[Laufer]

If the MN 44 bayonet would be needed, no.

How often will you drive until you run out of gas (no more gas station refills)?

If often walking far, the lighter weight of either (2) LE Jungle Carbine is preferable, possibly the Mini 30 with its stainless steel.
With no more gas, wouldn't riding a bike/walking for the rest of your life, sometimes with several mags of ammo and water bottles, require a really lightweight rifle?

[Ballbearing]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Laufer

If the MN 44 bayonet would be needed, no. How often will you drive until you run out of gas (no more gas station refills)? If often walking far, the lighter weight of either (2) LE Jungle Carbine is preferable, possibly the Mini 30 with its stainless steel. With no more gas, wouldn't riding a bike/walking for the rest of your life, sometimes with several mags of ammo and water bottles, require a really lightweight rifle?

Funny, I never really considered my M44 to be all that heavy. It sure seems lighter than the M-1 Garand I used to lug around in boot camp.

[coyoteweap]

I think since we are dealing with hypotheticals; hypothetically any firearm with a good supply of ammo would be just nice to have. Think about that kind of scenario, I wouldnt mind lugging a little weight if it is what I had. Hopefully we never have to find out.
Hypothetically a weapon that you arent going to worry about failing you will be ideal, so the logical choice would be a weapon that we know others have face inclimate conditions under extreme circumstances with. The MN would be good for this.
Look at history, WW2 eastern front, German snipers regularly used a captured MN in preference to their own weapons, that has to say something about the MN because the Mauser is a great weapon, so why would someone trade it up?

[Ballbearing]

Quote:       Originally Posted by coyoteweap

I think since we are dealing with hypotheticals; hypothetically any firearm with a good supply of ammo would be just nice to have. Think about that kind of scenario, I wouldnt mind lugging a little weight if it is what I had. Hopefully we never have to find out. Hypothetically a weapon that you arent going to worry about failing you will be ideal, so the logical choice would be a weapon that we know others have face inclimate conditions under extreme circumstances with. The MN would be good for this. Look at history, WW2 eastern front, German snipers regularly used a captured MN in preference to their own weapons, that has to say something about the MN because the Mauser is a great weapon, so why would someone trade it up?

This is the internet, If there's still a German soldier alive who served on the Russian front in World War 2, I'd like to ask him why they did that? My best guess would be (being a person who owns a Mauser and a Mosin) that the Mosin was more tolerant of the frozen winter environment. By working both of the actions, I see that the Mosin action seems to work in the more easy and free manner of the two, if that makes any sense. Plus, the Mauser has it's bolt release on the side, where it can more easily be clogged or stopped up by ice or mud, whereas in the Mosin, one simply pulls the trigger, disengaging the sear and pulls the bolt straight out which is a much better system for protection from the elements. The Mosin is a simpler rifle than the Mauser, although the Mauser definitely has the stronger action of the two. However, since the power level of their respective cartridges was pretty close to one another, the Mauser's ability to be re-chambered for more powerful cartridges was rendered pretty much moot.

[Sporkinator3]

Thank god for my layered tower of snadbags concrete lead and steel rebar. I think I would steal one of the mosin machine guns and well play tower defense. Hell i have enough ammo to make a fort out of steel tins soo im in for the long haul with 10 cases of beer and 2 freezers of meat.

[Mike82]

yeah, anything that'll pop a zombie head would work honestly....but what if the zombie were a vet with a metal plate in his head? "hey Billy!!!....gimme some of dem yellow-tippers"

[Super Toaster]

Well this topic got me thinking, and after a few replaced brain fuses heres what i came up with

Oh and one of these has a BIG problem, I threw it in for a laugh. I used Gmod which is mod for Half Life 2, and my dude is a Day of Defeat (ww2 fps mod) American soldier on counter strikes cs_office.