Comment on the optimal gun for a hardcore prepper? by dickie

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dickie · 5/25/2026, 7:00:33 AM · permalink

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hyokkim · 5/25/2026, 8:58:46 AM · permalink

''The barrel wear argument is technically valid and completely irrelevant to everyone involved.''  
  
I forgot to mention controllability as well.  +P is less controllable in rapid fire multiple shots than standard.    This could be an important matter when one is surrounded by multiple opponents, human or otherwise, such as hungry, nasty pack of pitbulls or wolves.  
  
This could become far more important if one is firing one with thick gloves, when one's hand size is already smaller than optimal for the gun, or when one is firing when one's hand is wet, and/or raining, reducing one's ability to control the gun in rapid fire at multiple moving opponents.  
  
I can see why many PDs and militaries adopted Glock for cost/easier training reason; I am talking for one lone prepper in a hard prepper scenario.  
  
Heck, just look at the Russians, as pragmatic as they are, they've adopted Makarov after using Tokarev!   They did it for primarily cost/controllability reasons, and rightly so.  
  
If I were to adopt a pistol for my own military, I would give everyone an option to carry his own gun, so long as they qualify.   Let's get real, no nation ever won a war because of pistols.   For anyone who doesn't want to pay for his own pistol, I would issue Walther PP Super, in 9mm ultra, cheapest way to produce most bang for buck gun.   Lighter than most 9mms anyway, and bigger than PP/PPK so that no 'Walther bite' for those with meatier hands.  
  
Now, for the point man in CQB Assault team, carrying ballistic shields, I would mandate a revolver, most likely Mahurin in 357 (Mahurin has long term service record with excellent reliability, durability, accuracy, and its trigger reach is most user friendly, about the size of K-frame, Korth is more of L-frame), 6'' barrel, with gold dot front sight, fixed rear, with QD Low power fixed scope optionally carried, and high capacity speed loader.  
  
https://soj.ooo/p/freethinkers/post/42ec520f810ab91792d6e7344796d9b0  
  
For those covering the point man, they would be armed with Luger, with its 'fixed' barrel (it actually moves a little bit), its reliability is not affected when pressing it close to the edge of the ballistic shield, for more firepower and faster reload in CQB scenario.   
  
The next in line would be carrying 'heavy artillery', GM6 Lynx in 50BMG!  
  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hseWOv2fvF4

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