milo-2
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I'd grab my "patrol rifle" and 3 clips worth.
Family chest rigs preloaded with 260 Rem, and 308 Win, son has a rig with 223 Rem. All will hunt, each is ready to go. Each rig equipped with handguns, 40, 9mm's. Ammo is common throughout ALL of North/America. Each pack is also equipped with kill kits for processing game, safety/med equipment, solar chargers, optics and the rest of the usual suspects. The only other weapon we'll grab is a takedown 22LR (already attached to a pack). Ammo is light, quiet, accurate, and puts easy meals on the table cost effectively.We had so much fun with the 5 gun thread lets play a new game. Here are the rules: You have a safe full of guns, and not a single round of ammo. You have plenty of bullets, powder, cases, and 1000 each of LRM, LR, SR, 209 and LP primers in your stash. The problem is Society has broken down overnight and you are unsafe at home. You will have to bug out to a remote location with your family in tow. You very well may have to walk a big part of the way with everything you need on both your and your wife's back. You have a wife and two small children that you will have to both protect and provide for. What do you load for and how much? Remember all the other stuff you will have to carry so what is really important to you? I would first choose a 22RF but that's against the rules, you have to load them and you don't have a lot of time.
300 BLK subsonics, 220gr Makers expanders, 11.2gr A-1680 over Rem 7.5 primers. A few hundred at least, they're light enough to probably carry 300 between us. Since I'd have kids in tow there would be a premium on being quiet and avoiding attracting attention. Will kill any game animal (or the odd cow, since the rules of polite society are out the window here) that I would come across. The 300 Blackout in a bolt action is Hollywood quiet, serving the goal of avoidance over confrontation. It's analogous to a survival 22LR, which can't be loaded for in this situation.You have time to load
Loudest gun I ever owned! Mine was a 10 inch. Sure miss it though.I bugged-out to a remote location 36 years ago! But, I'll play. A Contender with scoped,14" .223 Rem barrel and 1000 loaded rounds, split among us! memtb
Yes they doThe AR in 223/5.56 is hard to beat in this situation. Another good choice would be an AK or variant. Since I don't own an AK, I'd be grabbing my AR. Like said before good chance to be able to pickup ammo along the way, probably the same with an AK. I understand the stopping power of the 12 gauge, but it's more difficult to reload for when in a firefight and it may stop anything in its path, but isn't the best at putting rounds down range when needed.
Does the wife and kids not get a rifle?