The following list of links are my suggestions on key posts on the topic of survival gun selection from my archives here at TheSurvivalistBlog.net – I hope you find them to be useful.
What Everybody Ought to Know About Survival Gun Selection
The Poor Man’s Survival Arsenal
The Poor Man’s Arsenal Revisited
What You Should Know About The Marlin 336
Realistic Handgun Training with Airsoft
Build a Survival Arsenal You can be Proud Of
What Everybody Ought to Know About The Springfield XD9
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my survival guns are both 6 inch s&w revolvers one is .22lr the other is .357 mag. both are very accuarate the .22 loves everthing from cb caps thru hypers shotshells have been holding tight patterns at 30 feet my.357 with fullhouse jacketed flatnose has turned in 6 inch grups 100yrds cock & fire one handed (I dont drink or smoke ie no shakes) for survival thay have both been drilled & tapped for thumbscrew atatched buttstock if ever need be it should make hunting easyer two guns good for everyting from tree rats thru man rats
Ok, lets look at something that most of you, yes even the so called “gun experts” forget about. It is called ‘standardization’. Yes a 30-30 , AK-47, Arnold 7mm WIN MAG or your neat Colt Python are great to have on hand, but could you pick up spare ammo off the street? From the body of a fallen what-ever? No. But chances are you will be able to find standard AR mags and the common pistol mags carried by “government employees” and others. Common would be the .40 Glock and the same in a S&W M&P. Common issue pistols almost everyplace in the U.S.. And lets not forget about the widely used 12 gauge either….
Ok, lets look at something that most of you, yes even the so called “gun experts” forget about. It is called ’standardization’. Yes a 30-30 , AK-47, Arnold 7mm WIN MAG or your neat Colt Python are great to have on hand, but could you pick up spare ammo off the street? From the body of a fallen what-ever? No. But chances are you will be able to find standard AR mags and the common pistol mags carried by “government employees” and others. Common would be the .40 Glock and the same in a S&W M&P. Common issue pistols almost everyplace in the U.S.. And lets not forget about the widely used 12 gauge either….
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Sorry guys, but I don’t buy the picking up ammo off dead bodies thing. A shtf scenario will not be WW2 revisited. (Of coarse if I’m wrong then we’ll be picking up the weapons aswell as the ammo.)
My guess is the danger will be the have-nothing desperado approaching asking for help & pulling a knife or gun (like a common criminal) or some camo-wearing wackkos making a move on your home.
In any case ONLY aimed fire or fast,accurate instinctive shooting (up close) will work.
At 50-300 yards (that’s aqbout the max unless you live in the middle of the prairie or the desert) one aimed shot from the scout scope mounted 336 will whoop AK spray. I know the ARs are reasonably accurate but I doubt we’ll be able to keep ‘em ready during the ‘gov’t goes-crazy-and confiscates-stuff’ period PRIOR to shtf. Also, with all the unprovisioned bug-out types out there looking for ammo to resupply the stuff they’ve sprayed away with their EBRs, I’d rather not have any .223, 7.62×39, 9mm etc. in my basement that they’d covet.
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