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Originally Posted by Dean2
There is a clear pattern to your gun failures, and it has nothing to do with make or action, you are using the WRONG lube. Any gun hunted in cold weather needs to be lubed with dry graphite or something similar. All oils get thick at -30 and colder.
This argument that semis are not reliable seems pretty silly. Every Army in world runs semi auto rifles as their main battle rifles. If they weren't reliable no one would carry them into a fire fight. Probably 80% of waterfowlers use semi autos in the mud, swamp, straw and other detritus. They work virtually 100% of the time despite often being filled with crap and fired 1000 rounds between cleaning.
Being left handed I am very limited in LH semi rifles. The BAR came in LH, they shoot great, most will easily do an inch at 100 yards, and I have never had a problem with one failing to work properly. If you want one buy it, worst is you can re-sell if you find it isn't what you really like.
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Only the M14 was a lube issue. Some m14s are even known for short stroking at -30 even without lube. Port size could be the culprit. It also suffers from oprod damage using heavier than 168gr bullets. It is what it is.
The marlin was finicky with certain ammo at any temperature and the tikka was outside in the cold and brought inside. Slight surface rust caused the striker to not have enough force to ignite the primer. Anyways the point of everything was to show that any firearm can fail, regardless of action type. Any mechanical device can