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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
AR15/10 Rifles
the 5.56 vs 308 debate
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<blockquote data-quote="threejones" data-source="post: 648666" data-attributes="member: 27464"><p>I don't mean to stir the pot even more. But if you really want to be prepared for some sort of SHTF, you'd have rifles in the same caliber as your would-be attackers, most likely 5.56 or 7.62, I would think (ideally, rifles that you can shoot better than what the bad guys). If you're thinking ahead of them, they'll leave plenty of ammo around for you to use after they've been dispatched. In a suvival situation where you're hunting for sustinance, caliber means nothing, toss ethical hunting calibers out the window. A 22lr will feed the family about as well as anything else (depending on how well you use it). There's a reason that Eskimos traditionally use a 22lr for pretty much everything, polar bears included, and those are some folks who are really good at surviving. Plus you can easily pack as many rounds as you feel like taking. Like the above comments, just my $.02, but thinking ahead is gonna be worth more than picking a caliber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="threejones, post: 648666, member: 27464"] I don't mean to stir the pot even more. But if you really want to be prepared for some sort of SHTF, you'd have rifles in the same caliber as your would-be attackers, most likely 5.56 or 7.62, I would think (ideally, rifles that you can shoot better than what the bad guys). If you're thinking ahead of them, they'll leave plenty of ammo around for you to use after they've been dispatched. In a suvival situation where you're hunting for sustinance, caliber means nothing, toss ethical hunting calibers out the window. A 22lr will feed the family about as well as anything else (depending on how well you use it). There's a reason that Eskimos traditionally use a 22lr for pretty much everything, polar bears included, and those are some folks who are really good at surviving. Plus you can easily pack as many rounds as you feel like taking. Like the above comments, just my $.02, but thinking ahead is gonna be worth more than picking a caliber. [/QUOTE]
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