One survival rifle, count it only 1, yes just one thats it

It's too late to edit ir I just would have added, but I am quite surprised that so many people would choose a .22. We're talking "survival rifle" here, not a plinker. The only thing a .22 has going for it is cheap ammo, but for any firearm you choose, you should already have an ammo stash. About all the .22 can do for you is get small game. It's insufficient to get deer, for example, and if you dare shoot a bear, it will just become quite angry with you. It's not a good defensive weapon at all, especially against an armed opponent who has something nastier. It has no stopping power to speak of. I have a couple of .22s myself, a rifle and a pistol, both Rugers. They are nice firearms, but they are for target practice, not for survival.

Mossberg 500 for sure!

- can fire many different types of rounds including slugs, buckshot, and birdshot.

-Ammunition is available everywhere and is fairly affordable.

-Impossible to jam.

-the sound of it chambering a round will make most bad guys literally urinate in their pants.

reply to post by wills120


Lol that’s exactly what I was going to say and I have my 22 ready to go on a second notice or feeling of anything about to happen, it’s great for game food and great for self protection. Holds more loads in the mag than most any other weapon light weight easy to carry and super dependable. I can easily care a case in my back pack and a quick wipe down and run through the barrel for cleaning heck no one could ever tell me differently. And fyi I’ve been shooting since I was 9 with all kind plus I spent some time in the Army and still wouldn’t give up my 22 over any M16 or 17 of today.

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I must totally dis agree with you, I have with my 22 rifle taken down a deer no problem, I wouldn’t go after a bear mind you, and as far a person goes, I can bulls eye a target at 50 yards and at 100 yards still nail 8 out of 10. as far as a person the 22 is perfect hollow point to take a person down with a chest shot braking the rib and sending it right into the heart. A head shot might, I mean might not fully penetrate depending on distance to target but it sure will make the other guy think twice before approaching closer. Remember its all about aiming proper and any beast including a bear if shot in the eye will penetrate into the brain if need be. I can put empty and I have in competition shooting a full clip with 3 or more kill shots. Compared to others I have shot against with 45 or 9 that couldn’t even empty the clip during a run target. For those whom do not know what that is, it’s a moving target at 50 yards, you have one clip to empty from the time it starts to move till it stops at the end, then points are reward for each hit and 3 points for each kill shot. So again I will say a 22 is your best bet, just practice with it as much as possible and you will be ready for any situation. Or get yourself a Kimber pistol 45 or 9 mil with the 1911 barrel change kit to a 22 then you have both available for use when the situation calls for it.

But to be honest with you, my survival is the open waters of the ocean, on a boat with desalinization unit on board for fresh drinking water, fishing poles for food and my weapons to protect me against any would be pirates. Fuel consumption will be at a min once outside if you use wind power, the ocean will provide you with everything you need to survive for years. Just saying.

The Encore would be good for providing game.

Now, with the addition of interchangeable barrels in 95 calibers, it’s also the most technologically advanced shooting system ever conceived.

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Originally posted by Now_Then
How about one of those Russian TP-82's (if your ever able to get hold of one!

It's the triple barreled thing they gave to the cosmonauts for survival after they land somewhere in Siberia... It fires pistol ammo - shotgun and flares - the stock it also a machete and there is probably fishing kit and other goodies stashed somewhere on it.

It is intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness. The upper two smoothbore barrels use 12.5 mm caliber ammunition, and the lower rifled barrel use 5.45 mm caliber ammunition. The pistol can be used for hunting, to defend against predators and for visual and auditory distress signals. The detachable buttstock is also a machete sheath.

All well and good, but in a SHTF situation you want something that uses commonly used ammo (ie: .303; .308; .223; 5.56mm;or 7.62mm) or something to that effect. After you've used up your original stockpile where are you going to find 12.5mm and 5.45mm?

Where I live [and plan to stay] you can't see over 200 meters let alone shot in it. I carry with me either a Marlin papoose in the jeep or a folding stock 10/22 with a reworked trigger, folding stock, scope, threaded barrel and a suppressor.[ legal if you pay the tax, illegal if used to hunt] I know people that use a similar set up for whitetail without issue. quiet and compact works in my neck of the woods, and has done so for a considerable time. As for tactical, if you can,t see it, cant hear it, it isn't there. By the time you can acquire a target you are close enough to bag with one of these. Other scenarios are way different but it works for us hilbillies.

respectfully

reluctantpawn

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I'm still aghast. You are very confident and you are probably a better shot than I am, but a .22 is marginally more effective than a BB gun or Airsoft round. Tell you what. I'm going to pose this question on a gun forum I frequent and we'll see what kind of responses we get. I'll post in a day or so.

I would pick a old cooey 22 cal. a couple boxes of long rifle bullets. That could take down anything from a bull moose to taking the head of a Partridge . peace

reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread487984/pg6#pid9400721]post by schuyler[/ry friggen machine ...OK ..I remember a story about our norther natives hunting Polar Bears with 22 shorts because they thought the long rifles were a waste ... I would feel a little safer with a 300 magnum but they were quite comfortable using 22 shorts ...