The concept of something that potentially uses the same mags as your sidearm is handy. And quieter.
Again, there’s definitely a locality for its use. In Iowa where I grew up, honestly a good .22 rifle and half a dozen .22 pills to the lungs will provide dinner. One to the ‘brainpan’ is certainly better but you do what you have to do.
Is a folding AK better? Maybe. But nowadays we are talking about $500+ again, if you can build your own.
Everyone has their own perfect survival rifle, and it’s generally different for each location.
Tolik, compare Maine to Arizona, different needs? Because I can say that eastern and western Colorado are different, let alone Iowa and Wyoming.
I still have the 24, but it hasn’t been used in the field since we got here. Used twice in CO, missed a dove, got a rabbit.
I thought long and hard about the M6, both the SA and the CZ versions, and they were less efficient than the 24 I had.
Are they playing to a market, certainly. Is it a bad choice? 25+ years ago I would have thought so, but more recently I have been dropping back into the poachers mindset. And unlike what was available back then, what is available today including the TNW is light years ahead.
My little .300 BO for example, discussing it with one of the old timers, he was practically drooling over the possibilities.
Certainly most of us who expect more than just financial hardships would prefer more, but at the same time, a single package that can protect and feed? In two different calibers?
We are on the same page, just different paragraphs.