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The Springfield Armory M6 Scout is virtually identical to the original Ithaca M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon. The Scout is also made of stamped sheet steel, with a forged steel removable barrel assembly. The barrel assembly is connected to the stock/action group by means of a removable hinge pin.
The M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon was a specially-made .22 Hornet over .410 bore combination gun issued to United States Air Force aircrews to help forage for food in the event of a plane crash. [1] It was issued from 1952 until the early 1970s, in conjunction with the M4 Survival Rifle .
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The Chiappa M6 Survival Gun is an over and under combination gun that comes in four versions; 12 gauge over .22 LR, 12 gauge over .22 WMR, 20 gauge over .22 LR, and 20 gauge over .22 WMR. [1] It has a similar appearance to the original M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon , with a skeletonized metal buttstock surrounding a polypropylene foam insert.
Survival guns are weapons designed for survival use, and consist of any reliable and easy-to-use handgun, rifle, shotgun, or combination gun which allows the user (a downed pilot, a sailor stranded at sea or on land, a hiker lost in the woods, etc.) to hunt for food and defend themselves until they are either rescued or find help by other means.
Chiappa Little Badger is a single-shot rimfire survival rifle with a 16.5 inch barrel, chambered for .22LR, .22WMR, .17WSM and .17HMR. Little Badger Shotgun is a garden gun version and is virtually identical to the rifle, except that it fires 9mm Flobert shot-shells from a 24-inch smooth-bore barrel. [5]
The earlier M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon is a superposed ("over-under") break action combination gun with a .22 Hornet single-shot rifle barrel over a .410 shotgun barrel. While there is versatility to such a combination, the AR-5's detachable box magazine-fed bolt action has the advantage of rapid-fire capability.
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