On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:51:30 GMT, Anthony W
wrote:

Additional barrels in various calibers and shotgun gages can be bought
for NEF single shot rifles. These rifles are light and way more
accurate than the under $200 new price tag would suggest...

I'll second that; I bought a NEF 20 gauge with a slug barrel for my
daughter when she was 14. It's beautifully finished, the action is
very solid, and it's a tack driver out to 100 yards with sabot slugs.
Not what I'd pick for a survival gun, but then again it might not be
such a bad choice.

I also have one of the FMJ 2 barrel .45LC/.410 derringers. It's a
piece of junk in a way, but it does what it's supposed to do,
reliably, and the under $100 price can't be beat. I bought it mainly
for backpacking. It can also shoot .410 slugs as well as the ,45's,
but though I tried it on the one occasion I found a box of .410 slugs
in a store (why do they even make such a thing?) I don't know offhand
which would be better ballisticly.

The AR-7 breakdown .22 is very popular in Alaska, where I understand
(perhaps somebody can confirm?) by law you must carry a firearm in
your aircraft. People that think the law is silly go for the cheapest
solution, and the AR-7 is cheap. The Marlin Papoose, though, is
similar but a _much_ higher quality gun. I use mine for squirrel
hunting on occasion. It breaks down in a similar manner and although
it doesn't store inside the stock, its stock isn't so big and clunky
as the AR-7; the Papoose comes with a nice little case. Like the
AR-7, it floats _IF_ it's in the case and IF you don't throw away the
styrofoam insert that comes with it.

-Dana
--
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,
but too early to shoot the *******s.