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One can make black powder...Just ask Captain Kirk....Nothing precludes you from taking both archery and firearms, no contraints on anything except weight and size constraints - whatever you can take with you that you can haul on foot - no pack animals or motorized vehicles.
I personally would go for something like the Dixon roller pack, but custom built to my specs, and I would have most of my gear on that hauling mechanism - it would also serve as a game hauler.
I would probably have some kind of archery (maybe a take down bow and a crossbow) and spear and other gear, but I was more interested in what firearms would be taken - the rest would be interesting too, but I have my own preferences there (knives, my Half-a-Chance parang, my British belt axe, probably a regular full sized axe, a folding bow saw or two with spare blades, survival augers and so on).
But back to firearms, the fact that there would be no resupply allows me to choose something beyond common calibers because there would be no interchanging of ammo with anybody else, so what I would have would be it - so no downsides to magnums/etc. with regards to getting more ammo. Maybe a BP muzzle loading barrel for a T/C Encore - but caps/primers would still be an issue, and making BP? Not sure about making BP powder from materials found in nature - not to mention I would still need projectiles and/or something to cast them - weight wise it might just be better to take the equivalent weight in ammo.
Seriously though one could do so...and if flint were around and lead.....you'd be in business.
As much as I love my Hawken Rifle or a good 03A3....
A bow , spear and knife...would be more to my liking.
I have in the past made bows , arrows and points...for both spears and arrows from flint and obsidian.
Again my idea would be to survive...and as useful as a firearm is..and as much as I like 'em....they would "outlive" there usefulness here in this scenario.
As well as , I am not the apex being here....a bow and spear will make me hunt and live a certain way and with a certain mindset...knowing that I don't have a gun , may make me more cautious.
Andy