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mcgeedo · 01-27-2011, 06:59 PM

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and comments. Thanks to Plan9 and others for their thoughts outside the weapons choice.

The armory:
Bersa .380 ACP - Cheap but reliable, and cheap ammo. No plan to reload; buy more ammo instead. Purpose is to be armed 24/7.

870 in 12 GA. - Cheap, relatively, and reliable. Home/close-in defense and game hunting. No plan to reload, just stock up a bunch of #6 and a few slugs.

SKS - Cheap and reliable. Big game and long range defense. Maybe set up to reload, if that's cheaper than a large stock of ammo.

Henry 22 LR - Not cheap or practical, but sure looks good over the mantle, and gets small game, too. Stock tons of ammo.

Repro black powder rifle (haven't picked it yet). Great over the mantle, too. I assume that the technology to make BP and cast .40 slugs would come back before primers and smokeless. This is the really-long-term survival gun.

01-27-2011, 06:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
mcgeedo Crazy	Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and comments. Thanks to Plan9 and others for their thoughts outside the weapons choice. The armory: Bersa .380 ACP - Cheap but reliable, and cheap ammo. No plan to reload; buy more ammo instead. Purpose is to be armed 24/7. 870 in 12 GA. - Cheap, relatively, and reliable. Home/close-in defense and game hunting. No plan to reload, just stock up a bunch of #6 and a few slugs. SKS - Cheap and reliable. Big game and long range defense. Maybe set up to reload, if that's cheaper than a large stock of ammo. Henry 22 LR - Not cheap or practical, but sure looks good over the mantle, and gets small game, too. Stock tons of ammo. Repro black powder rifle (haven't picked it yet). Great over the mantle, too. I assume that the technology to make BP and cast .40 slugs would come back before primers and smokeless. This is the really-long-term survival gun.