Poll: Best Survival Rifle/Weapons

[dementia]

i pick 2 fals and a 870

 

[RockKrawler]

I would love to go bear hunting with you!!!! this will be fun!!!!.

I have a very good friend that is a trapper,and he dispatches all his bears with a Ruger Bearcat,that is a .22 LR,and it never fails to do the job.
Many yrs ago,i loaded up some .44 Mag rds for him to try out on the bears,too noisey,gun too heavy,and just flat out did not work as easliy as the .22.
The wildlife biologists were kind enough to disect the animals that he had used the .44 slugs on,you would be surprised at the results,i still have the slugs,(Speer 300GR GD)complete with the fur and all.
To this day he still uses a .22 Bearcat.
Joes credentals are impecable,in the past he has been, assistant to wildlife commissioner,head of the fur bears assoc,a liscensed Falconer,and i am sure there is more.
RK

 

[Sun195]

Not sure about the AR-15 vs. SOCOM question, but I'd go with at least one 870 in the mix - all sorts of things you (I) can do with that gun & ammo is common.

Depending on the situation, I've always wondered about the wisdom of carrying around long-arms with you. If you go down the wrong street/neighborhood, the locals' reaction to two people carrying weapons may be... hostile.

Maybe better to have concealed, hi-cap sidearms? Who knows - I'm no expert.

 

[22many]

If it came down to it I would do a saiga 12 and my AK. I have a AR in a 7.62 chamber and Ill pick my AK over it any day.

 

[simpleguy]

Went with both AR's for commonality of parts/caliber.........though a 12ga. is nice and I like the .308 caliber.........so how about all 3.

 

[BrianL]

AK for me and 10/22 for the girlfriend.

 

[slingshot1943]

I'm secluded where I am. Hope I don't have to go any where. I think I'd love my 22 mag if I needed subsistance type meat supply. It's a very deadly rifle. Greydiggers fear it at 80-90 yds. I've had a butcher out that drops large cattle in thier tracks with one 22 mag shot. Of course for defense I like the 12 ga 3 1/2" buck shot

 

[tuckerha]

I love my sks and would take that anywhere with me.

 

[jimwsea]

I'll take a slightly sawed-off 12 gauge shotgun with a good scope. I can shoot slugs and buckshot, fleschettes, pepper spray and armor piercing rounds, giving me a choice on how I want to take out the visiting zombies. Then I can also use different size buckshot and birdshot shot for going after my dinner.

When I get bored being the last person on earth, I'll break out a box of incendiary or flame thrower rounds for entertainment.

 

[artifactr]

In order of preference and utility;

870 - it will literally do anything with the right ammo, and it's reliable.
Socom 16 - proven design, can reach out and touch something big, common caliber.
AK/SKS - Reliable, portable, and good 'stopping power' (at least a little better than an AR)
AR15 - Ammo and parts availability, can carry alot of rounds, can shoot long ranges on smaller game

One thing I haven't really seen mentioned is a nice, lightweight, .308 or 30-06 hunting rifle. A good bolt gun would be more reliable than any of those and much better for longer range targets. If you had the 870 to back it up at closer ranges, you would only need one shot from either of these to kill most anything. Also, I think a good 22lr pistol and a brick of ammo gets overlooked alot. It's cheap, easily concealable, can carry wayy more ammo for it, and it's perfect for taking small game (which would probably be your best food source if shtf).
But variety is the spice of life, they're all fun to shoot.. maybe you should just get all of them

 

[SquatchWorks]

One thing I haven't really seen mentioned is a nice, lightweight, .308 or 30-06 hunting rifle. A good bolt gun would be more reliable than any of those and much better for longer range targets.

Something like this?......

 

[johnboy]

Hard to beat 12ga+ AR Most Alaskans carry 12ga when "out" AR ammo everywhere and can carry lots..5-10 FMJ should penetrate a bear skull with 12ga backup at 15ft. Don't leave out .22 for small game and lightweight ammo....

 

[SquatchWorks]

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Everett Skinner says when a bear broke into his home, he grabbed his shotgun and killed it.

The animal ripped off a screen and climbed in through a window late Saturday, Skinner said. The man told the Daily Courier he hadn't killed a bear before or even hunted in awhile, but makes it a point to keep the shotgun handy.

"In this case, I'm glad I did," he said. Bear and man saw each other at about the same time. Skinner said the animal stood up and headed toward him, so he fired.

"It didn't even faze him," Skinner said. In all, he said he fired four times.

The Skinners say they don't know why the bear invaded their home, about eight miles from Grants Pass.

Daughter Nicole Skinner, who awoke around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to a strange shuffling sound, was the first to spot the bear. She quickly retreated to her parents' room to get help.

"In hindsight, you start thinking of all that could have gone wrong," she said. "We were very blessed that this didn't go badly."

After the bear was dead, Skinner said, he called the Josephine County sheriff's non-emergency number but no one was working late at night. He said he also tried the Oregon State Police.

Skinner said he tried to donate the carcass to a wildlife rehabilitation center that takes road-killed deer, but apparently none of the animals there eat bear meat. Eventually he used his tractor to bury the bear.

Family members have done what they can to clean up the den, but Skinner notes they're probably going to have to replace the carpet.

"It was a rather bloody mess," he said.

And the Skinners won't be leaving the window open at night anymore.

"That's the last fresh air we're going to get at night," he said.

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this is why i think a 308 would be nice...

"It didn't even faze him," Skinner said. In all, he said he fired four times.

 

[SquatchWorks]

here is another

BOULDER, Colo. — It took three rounds from a shotgun, five bullets from a handgun and two shots from a rifle to kill the 120-pound black bear that broke into a Boulder County home early Monday morning.

Who wanted to go bear hunting with a .22 again??

 

[SON*OF*LIBERTY]

my wife will take nothing but a Noble Arms AK-47.


Let me try this...:

Nothing beats AK's when it comes to survival weapon, ...

AR may be a great combat weaopon ,given supply lines....

But overall reliability? Nothing beats an AK,...

So it would be:

1. me AK, wife AK
2. me AK, wife AK
3. me AK, wife AK
4. me AK, wife AK

 

[torpedoman]

You will never regret having a m1 garand in the gun cabinet.

 

[SquatchWorks]

You will never regret having a m1 garand in the gun cabinet.

I love the M1 garand!!! it is soo fun to shoot!!

 

[johnboy]

They are dependable.......and they double as a club........

 

[SquatchWorks]

And that is why I would trade my M4 for a M1a... its a battle rifle

 

[dario541]

I think something in .308 would do it for me. AN M1A or FAL would be wonderful. But, a good bolt action heavy barrel rifle with a Nikon or Leupold scope might do the trick. These are generally very accurate and the .308 is used by the military for target shooting at up to 1,000 yards. My wife is too crippled to shoot anything but a .22.