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What gun would you want if the SHTF?
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 336125" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>I'd consider:</p><p>1) Ammo availability. A wildcat/rare cartridge gun is useless once you use up whatever small stock you can carry.</p><p>2) Sight setup. Most modern bolt actions are useless if your scope gets broken and I would expect this gun to see some abuse</p><p>3) Portability. Most of the heavy hunting rifles we talk about here would be useless, you'd have other things to carry as well.</p><p>4) Likely engagement scenarios. I'd be focused on protecting and feeding my family. If the enemy is 1000yds away, I'm more likely to evade than engage.</p><p></p><p>I'd opt for a rugged semi-auto in a popular cartridge. Out of my current stock that's my Garand, with my Glock as backup. In a pinch I could engage targets past a quarter mile with a Garand, they'd need to keep their head down anyways. I'd want a shotgun available too if food was a priority.</p><p></p><p>I'm just not an AR fan. Among the dozen or so shooting buddies own, despite good maintenance/cleaning several wouldn't feed right from the factory and probably 80% of them have had serious feed issues. My Garand has never failed to feed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 336125, member: 1656"] I'd consider: 1) Ammo availability. A wildcat/rare cartridge gun is useless once you use up whatever small stock you can carry. 2) Sight setup. Most modern bolt actions are useless if your scope gets broken and I would expect this gun to see some abuse 3) Portability. Most of the heavy hunting rifles we talk about here would be useless, you'd have other things to carry as well. 4) Likely engagement scenarios. I'd be focused on protecting and feeding my family. If the enemy is 1000yds away, I'm more likely to evade than engage. I'd opt for a rugged semi-auto in a popular cartridge. Out of my current stock that's my Garand, with my Glock as backup. In a pinch I could engage targets past a quarter mile with a Garand, they'd need to keep their head down anyways. I'd want a shotgun available too if food was a priority. I'm just not an AR fan. Among the dozen or so shooting buddies own, despite good maintenance/cleaning several wouldn't feed right from the factory and probably 80% of them have had serious feed issues. My Garand has never failed to feed. [/QUOTE]
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