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Here are several of mine:
1) The pretty standard strategy of acquiring firearms in standard chamberings, regardless of the advantages of other non-standard cartridges (e.g., 7.62x51 vs. 7mm mag, or 5.56x45 vs. 6.5 Grendel). Not just gov. issue standard cartridges, but also 'standard' civilian cartridges like .45 Colt, .357 mag, .44 mag, .30-06, .30-30, .45-70, .410, 20 ga., etc.
2) For most of the chamberings, have a non semi-auto (bolt, lever, single shot, revolver) chambered for the same cartridge. The plan is to deal with any legal restrictions that may come into play for semi-autos, especially military style firearms. What happens to those firearms if restricted in some way would be for another discussion, but suffice to say they may not be readily accessible or it may not be desirable to use them except in a SHTF scenario. Whereas a revolver or lever action may still be politically correct or at least legal to use.
Also, inexpensive bolt actions (e.g., Ishapore Enfield) may be good stash/cache guns.
3) For the most part, have the same defensive guns for the different members of my group.
What firearm strategies do you follow in prepping?
1) The pretty standard strategy of acquiring firearms in standard chamberings, regardless of the advantages of other non-standard cartridges (e.g., 7.62x51 vs. 7mm mag, or 5.56x45 vs. 6.5 Grendel). Not just gov. issue standard cartridges, but also 'standard' civilian cartridges like .45 Colt, .357 mag, .44 mag, .30-06, .30-30, .45-70, .410, 20 ga., etc.
2) For most of the chamberings, have a non semi-auto (bolt, lever, single shot, revolver) chambered for the same cartridge. The plan is to deal with any legal restrictions that may come into play for semi-autos, especially military style firearms. What happens to those firearms if restricted in some way would be for another discussion, but suffice to say they may not be readily accessible or it may not be desirable to use them except in a SHTF scenario. Whereas a revolver or lever action may still be politically correct or at least legal to use.
Also, inexpensive bolt actions (e.g., Ishapore Enfield) may be good stash/cache guns.
3) For the most part, have the same defensive guns for the different members of my group.
What firearm strategies do you follow in prepping?