Survival guns

[idsubgun]

I don't see how People here would consider that "hunting". When I'm talking about hunting with a .22 LR. Revolver, I'm not talking about shooting Wild "Pets". ( Or farm Pigs ).

I would certainly like to see video of someone here hunting wild boars with a .22 Lr revolver!!

This thread is about survival....keep up. It's not about traditional hunting,
Believe me, if you, or your family member was hungry, you'd be more then happy to screw the barrel of your .22 handgun into the ear of that deer and pull the trigger. smh

 

[buckaroo]

Believe me, if you, or your family member was hungry, you'd be more then happy to screw the barrel of your .22 handgun into the ear of that deer and pull the trigger. smh

Valid point, hunger will drive most to do anything including cannibalism. When the real SHTF in this country happens they'll be eating anything that moves. The seniors and handicapped will go first, you'll kiss grandpa on the forehead then cut his throat and boil 'em.

 

[Wvfarrier]

Personally, my "survival" gun (I actually have an emergency kit it goes with) is a S&W 627 (8rd 357/38spl). For rifles, I have a takedown Winchester 92 in 357 mag. That gun has taken turkey deer bear and uncountable squirrels/raccoons.

 

[jgt]

The thing about survival that has to be taken into consideration is the firearm has to work in the very worst of conditions. What if you ......... It is your life. If you think an autoloading firearm will work for you, then bet your life on it. I would, however, take one out on a test run for a month in the wilderness and see how it holds up without the support from your bench at home. I prefer a single shot or revolver, but I want no say in what you choose. The idea about the contender with say a 45/410 barrel and a twenty-two barrel would fit what I am talking about. A single six and single shot rifle. The 357 revolver and lever would work but I would choose the long gun in a single shot like CVA, handy rifle, or Henry. One factor that was mentioned was weight. The handier, lighter without sacrificing reliability, a firearm can be, will work better in this situation. The gun must be able to work when wet, muddy, dusty, frozen, or banged around. To get from point a to b, you may have to swim, wade though swamp slim, or across desert like terrain. You may slide down a mountain side or any number of conditions. This is not even taking into account if you have to evade being found.
During this time, the first three to four days you will cling to your urban ways and values. After that you will eat and drink things you never thought you could. Many will give up and die the first time they get heat exhaustion. Those who survive will give up the idea of rest and comfort and chose to go on even if they only die in the end. Once you accept death and decide to go as far as you can anyway, you have a chance. You can live a long time on nearly no food at all or very little. It is water that is the key. You need it on a regular basis and you need to know how to find it and when you do find it , you need to drink it. If you drink water with unhealthy things in it you will become weaker. That is better anticipated and prepared for ahead of time with what you are carrying. That was the weak point in my survival experience. Drink bad water, and you have bad experience. Make room for whatever it take to have good water even at the expense of firearm or ammunition.

 

[buckeyeshooter]

Somehow I managed to miss out on getting one of the campers companions. I would love to have one that is 22 over 20 guage. The one in my picture above is 410 as you can see and I don't much care for the 410. I love the 20 guage though. I don't know why more company's don't make these type guns. To me the perfect one would be 22 over 20 with synthetic stock, 18 inch barrels, stainless steel and storage in the stock.

My first gun was a 22 mag over 3 inch 20 gauge. For a 1 long gun restriction there were a few 24's made in 30-30 over 12 gauge. Then a 22 handgun ( I have a SW 18 ).

 

[Jeepnik]

What amazes me is folks call surviving what people once called daily living. They seem to need copious amounts of technology to “survive”.

Are firearms, matches, knife and compass necessary? Nope. But they make it easier. But folks think they are.

 

[kmoore]

My idea of a real survival gun (rifle) would be a Ruger Scout or Tikki T3x Arctic style rifle. Survival can be getting out of a city or back to a city from the backcountry. My wants are enough power to take down a human and big game, bolt action, detachable magazine fed, rear peep sight, 308 win.
Heck with ruining to much meat, taking down a big game animal. That's what I would be shooting. Take what I need and can consume and move on. Really any gun will do as a survival gun as long as it works and you have ammo. Small and light weight have there merits and also limitations. I don't have an airplane, but in my Hummer, truck or boat I normally have a rifle or shotgun that can be a survival gun. Depends on where I am going and why as to the gun I take. I keep ammo, a bug out pack and one gun in the RV.

 

[sharpblade7777]

My idea of a real survival gun (rifle) would be a Ruger Scout or Tikki T3x Arctic style rifle. Survival can be getting out of a city or back to a city from the backcountry. My wants are enough power to take down a human and big game, bolt action, detachable magazine fed, rear peep sight, 308 win.
Heck with ruining to much meat, taking down a big game animal. That's what I would be shooting. Take what I need and can consume and move on. Really any gun will do as a survival gun as long as it works and you have ammo. Small and light weight have there merits and also limitations. I don't have an airplane, but in my Hummer, truck or boat I normally have a rifle or shotgun that can be a survival gun. Depends on where I am going and why as to the gun I take. I keep ammo, a bug out pack and one gun in the RV.

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[buckaroo]

Heck with ruining to much meat, taking down a big game animal. That's what I would be shooting. Take what I need and can consume and move on.

I suspect to many YouTube videos and survival blogs. Remember that expression 'head for the hills', you'll have at best 2 weeks before the food runs out in the cities, then the rats are heading your way. By week 4 there will not be anything left bigger than a mouse. And your RV will be out of gas.

 

[kmoore]

I live in the hills. Food will be gone in the cities in a fews days not weeks. Getting out of a city could be mostly on foot for city folk. Not me. No, I don't watch you tubes, never seen a survival blog. Maybe I should start one, just kidding.
I forgot to mention the rv needs diesel to move, it's solar and batteries keeps the other stuff working.

 

[Johnnu2]

Here are my survival guns. The first one I got around 1958 and is still accurate for squirrel head shots. The second one is a typical survival 'take down' and has survived since it was made in 1911. Both will shoot any brand, any weight, and NEVER hiccup.





IMHO of course :)
J.

 

[buckaroo]

I live in the hills. Food will be gone in the cities in a fews days not weeks. Getting out of a city could be mostly on foot for city folk. Not me. No, I don't watch you tubes, never seen a survival blog. Maybe I should start one, just kidding maybe you could.

Remember to save a bullet for yourself and no the militia can't save you in Idaho or the rich transplants from California.

 

[Fox Mike]

Maybe a 20mm firing API rounds would be better for you than a wrangler for hunting?

Don't own a Wrangler. Don't need a 20mm. I have my 9 inch Single Six in .22lr for 'survival' use, which is what we are speaking of ... survival.
BTW do you know how many races the #40 NASCAR car has won over the years? Nine.

 

[Jeepnik]

Will someone please come up with a viable EOTWAWKI scenario. Any natural disaster is relatively geographically limited. Political upheaval is similarly limited. Zombies don't exist and virus' have never killed off even most of the people.

 

[buckaroo]

Will someone please come up with a viable EOTWAWKI scenario.

How does one define viable ? The globalist want a civil war to keep the focus off of them. And what is now happening and I suspected it would the hoodies are now venturing into suburbia and the gated communities. And most of it is easy pickings and they know it. And you know the rest of the story, once they disarm us only the criminals will be armed.

The elitist don't want average schmuck owning anything especially average White that has basic reasoning skills to figure it all out. They are going to use the criminals to kill us off. The very near future is Orwellian, 3% or less will own and control it all.

 

[Jeepnik]

An Orwellian future, world wide? Am I he only one that realizes how big the world is, how many people are on this planet or how much resistance the supports of it would face? There's a bigger chance of a zombie or alien invasion. Stuff of somewhat entertaining movies.

 

[jack black]

These topics always make me chuckle.

 

[Eastman88]

The horse is dead; quit beating it! We understand that you do not believe that you can hunt with a .22lr revolver. So be it. Many others here disagree. Your decision. hunt with a 155 howitzer if you feel that is what is needed. Personally I would trust my 9" Single Six to take down just about anything except possibly a bear.

 

[buckaroo]

Am I he only one that realizes how big the world is

You do realize that the last country standing at the moment is the United States. Every other country in the world has been systematically disarmed. And every White country in the world has been flooded with economic migrants from the sht-holes of the world. Get a work force on the cheap and have the hoodies kill the rest off.

 

[Sniperfox]

This is what I keep in the lock box inside of my truck along with my get home bag.

 

[kmoore]

Buckaroo, I have no idea why you want to attack me. But, it makes me feel special. So far your assumed thoughts about me, where I live and how I live are 100% wrong. I won't assume anything about you and your life. It's foolish and makes people who print such things look like fools. I am betting you will feel the need to attack me some more, but I'm done. Play your game with others.

 

[buckaroo]

Buckaroo, I have no idea why you want to attack me. Play your game with others.

Is this reverse psychology, perhaps a 'red flag' intervention ?

 

[milsurpman]

My two survival purpose rifles are a synthetic stocked savage 24 in 223-12gauge and stainless laminated 10/22.

 

[the_leper_colony]

Thank you for starting an interesting thread (most don't get this big :>)!

 

[David Lee Valdina]

Some thoughts to share.

If the world is going to Hell, I see no good reason to leave my house where I have all of my stuff. Any other place will probably have a lot of others milling about in desperation. How you decide to provide for your survival will focus on food, water, hygiene, heat etc. Guns will be but one very small part of what you will need to consider and deal with.

To come up with a scenario where picking out a gun for survival, you may think of being in a plane that went down on a hunting trip or similar where you are far away from civilization and need to survive. Use your imagination as it is a fun exercise. A good book about a boy with a hatchet in Alaska comes to mind. What most all of these scenarios will have in common is a need to survive with what you can carry as you make your way back to civilization. Please consider all you may want to have to carry, and in doing so, you may find you can only have one gun to do all you need. I guess if you are where Brown Bears live, you may want a shotgun as your first choice, some slugs and some bird shot would make sense. And a shotgun as an only gun for getting game and protection does make a lot of sense. If no lions and tigers and bears, oh my, you could also make do with a .22 and the way I shoot, it would need to be a rifle. On that note, I had a gunsmith line the barrel of a Remington 521T with a 1:8 twist liner. I can shoot the 60 gr. Aguila rounds accurately and those have enough sectional density to reliably pass through the lungs of a deer at reasonable ranges. That would be a comfort to have, light weight, reliable and adequate. Maybe an ultimate gun would be a .22 over .410 with the .22 barrel having the 1:8 twist.

 

[buckaroo]

If the world is going to Hell, I see no good reason to leave my house where I have all of my stuff. Any other place will probably have a lot of others milling about in desperation. How you decide to provide for your survival will focus on food, water, hygiene, heat etc. Guns will be but one very small part of what you will need to consider and deal with.

You got it right Mr. David ! Only ever leave if you absolutely have no choice. Your best line of defense will always be where you live. And if you have the resources stocked up you are good to go. Remember this as well some of the first people you'll most likely have to shoot first will be neighbors, family and so called friends. You get out on the road as they say and you might not even be able to trust yourself. :)

 

[jgt]

I see survival as being stranded in a wilderness or remote area and trying to return to civilization. The other things being discussed here as apocalyptic. That is totally different and much easier for me to prepare for since I have been working on that for some time now. I plan on staying put where I am and continuing to upgrade my prep as I have the means and opportunity.

 

[Jeepnik]

This is what I keep in the lock box inside of my truck along with my get home bag. View attachment 8406View attachment 8405

Used to keep one of those until it turned out that the hole in the barrel seemed much too "small". Compared to its replacement.

 

[Sniperfox]

Used to keep one of those until it turned out that the hole in the barrel seemed much too "small". Compared to its replacement.

I had previously kept a 500 with a top folder in that box but since it’s part of my get home kit, I switched to the .22 since it will fit in the side pocket of my get home bag. It doesn’t stand out and if I’m just trying to get back to my crib, I figured grey man seemed the best way to go. My EDC is a G32 concealed.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Some thoughts to share.

If the world is going to Hell, I see no good reason to leave my house where I have all of my stuff. Any other place will probably have a lot of others milling about in desperation. How you decide to provide for your survival will focus on food, water, hygiene, heat etc. Guns will be but one very small part of what you will need to consider and deal with.

That is so true. Most people are not prepared at all, but at least at home they make have things they can get by with. Most people aren't even prepared to be uncomfortable. Let the internet be off for a day and listen to people act like they are dying.

Although only a week or a few extra days of hardships was the hard freeze that hit February of last year. People wondering where they could go and trying to get them to understand the risk they were taking just driving through the snow and worse ice on the roads. Then where are they going to go? To a friend or family as if everybody else had not lost power, heat and water. To a hotel that would be full up and likely to be just as bad.

We spent several days before the storm settled getting ready. Checking out the sleeping bags, we have fine cold weather ones, bottled up a gallon of water a day per person since you never know what may happen and had foods ready to be eaten on the fly. Camp foods like summer sausage, cheese, crackers, things that we had cooked in advance to eat as finger foods off of paper plates since you may not have running water.

No running water then be prepared to go outside to yugo because no way you want to do such in the house since you can't flush it out. Your house will smell... well, plus you would be breathing in God knows what.