If you look at it in its niche, it is quite remarkable. As stated, you could shoot it with heavy arctic mittens on. Moving parts were minimal, and, it certainly was much better than a survival knife tied on the end of a stick. It may not have been a Savage 24, but it certainly served its purpose well. I am not absolutely certain that it has been taken out of the survival kits totally, although I did read an article about a compact M4 for the kits. Been a while since I was on active duty, so things have changed.
