I never really got the whole "fighting your way to your rifle" thing. Is there some scenario where someone has discarded a functioning rifle that they need to get back to? Not to thread drift too much, but I've seen that "the only thing a pistol is good for in combat is fighting your way back to your rifle" comment A LOT on other gun forums. A: in a true SHTF scenario, a rifle is way too obvious for you to carry it around in the first place. A concealed pistol with reloads, and friends with concealed pistols are really far more effective than trying to walk around in public with a rifle. SHTF is all about trying to blend in and avoid being hassled by either the authorities or bad guys. And a slung rifle calls attention to you like few other things can. B: in actual combat, a pistol is awesome as a secondary weapon if your rifle malfunctions or you're out of rounds. But you're not going to toss your rifle aside in any case. And if it was messed up to the point where you would toss it aside, why are you fighting your way back to it?
Sorry to thread jack, and with something somewhat off the wall, but this thread gave me the chance to bring up something that I've wondered about for some time. So, does anyone know exactly where the phrase "fighting your way back to your rifle" came from?
