Giving this a try to see if it helps people hang around and engage with the community a little bit more. Spicy memes and gun bunnies are great but we all know the one thing that keeps us together is our love of the firearms that guarantee our freedom.
If you have questions about guns, training, ammo, etc. etc. and don't feel like getting joke answers in a standalone post of a site dedicated to shitposting, ask it here.
For the people who would like to answer questions, please keep it somewhat serious. Lighthearted humor is fine but I'd like to keep the actual autism out of this particular post.
If this seems effective, I'll try to get one stickied every week
Personally, Glock 17 or 19, and a 16" or 20" AR-15. Neither system is my favorite to shoot, but they are the Honda Civic of guns. Cheap. Easy to stockpile mags, spare parts. Easy to get technical data. Basically they are "good enough" and win hands down for logistic reasons alone. They are the systems that I have multiple thousands of training rounds through for this reason, and the systems I am most willing to excessively dry fire. They are also both on the light side, weight wise, which is important when you add ammo, armor, PFAK, comms and water -- all of which are as important as the guns themselves.
The 20" actually might get a slight nod in current conditions because of the deterrent value of being able to toss a bayonet on there. Sharp objects are a far less abstract danger. People have demonstrated they are willing to rush a rifle. They might hesitate with the bayo, and then I don't have to shoot them. Win-win. I am biased though because I actually just like how a full sized AR feels and handles, even if a shorter one is more practical in many situations.
The bottom line here, though, is it's important to go with what you can afford to feed, what you train the most with, and what is common to the people you train with. The difference from system to system is less importance than the difference that comes from your own experience.
This is good. For sure commonalize caliber and magazines with your buddies if you can. .223 and 7.62 are both cheap to train on in normal times.
Interesting point with the bayonets- I agree that it would be an additional deterrent for sure, and adds a step of escalation before you have to start blasting. The US Army WW2 bayonet training films are pretty good.