I have only ever fired a gun one time in my entire life... when i was a kid on my dads farm, and my sisters boyfriend thought it would be funny to see me fire a shot gun and watch it throw me back. However not only did it not throw me back, but i also hit the target spot on,,, he was very surprised! No one bothered to let me use a gun again after that, although,, my parents did get me an an air rifle (BB gun) around the same time. But when i grew up the government decided i (Australian citizens) are not responsible enough to own a BB gun without a gun licence so i had to get rid of it, along with our family sword, also not allowed in Australia without licence.

IF Aussies were allowed to have whatever guns they fancied then this one would be mine.  It was so good even the Americans wanted them ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Gun 

Interesting, i have heard of the name 'Owen Gun' but new nothing about it, and i'm Australian!

But yerr, i can understand that if i had to trust my life to a weapon in those harsh conditions, i would prefer reliability over performance, so long as the performance was already adequate enough.