What's your choice for SHTF rifle?

[Theboyandi]

Suppressed 10/22

 

[Stumpy]

suppressed .22 rifle

 

[WolfNinja]

SBR M4gery all the way!

 

[deemus]

AK in 7.62x39 or 5.45x39 and a Glock or Berreta in 9mm. If you want specifics. A Saiga AK74 and Glock 17.

This. The AK just never seems to jam, the ammo is cheap and the recoil is low.

 

[hkusp1]

Just for the record I have jammed the crap out of an ak before to the point where it rendered the gun useless for about 3 minutes. Some cheap ak ammo will get stuck in the chamber and the bolt will rip the back of the case off then the bolt will shove a live round into the casing stuck in the chamber. Not saying an ak isn't my first choice because it is I love me some 5.45 just saying they will jam occasionally in either caliber.

 

[Kyle]

Just for the record I have jammed the crap out of an ak before to the point where it rendered the gun useless for about 3 minutes. Some cheap ak ammo will get stuck in the chamber and the bolt will rip the back of the case off then the bolt will shove a live round into the casing stuck in the chamber. Not saying an ak isn't my first choice because it is I love me some 5.45 just saying they will jam occasionally in either caliber.

I Had exactly that happen with my saiga ak74 on saturday...


I think my choice for rifle would be a Mosin... and pistol would be a Mosin also (chopped barrel, and stock crudely cut off into a pistol grip.)

Seriously though, I would grab an sks and p89 ruger.

 

[Strelok]

 

[5 Screw Smith]

One of these..

 

[Mirage]

My pistol of choice would be Springfield XD(m) .45APC. Rifle would depend on where I was, am I coming back, expecting heavy duty combat, or schlepping the thing for miles... Either a Colt LE6920 Socom II, HK91, M1 Garand (.308) or a Ruger Gunsite scout. Am I alone? Where I am a .308 is way better. You cannot go wrong with many choices.

 

[40Arpent]

Hello and welcome to the internet.

 

[Pilgrim]

My suppressed 10/22. I'm going to run from a firefight then go kill me some squirrels (or stray dogs) for food

 

[Doc007]

I'm going wih my 45-70. If I'm fighting ill pick up yours after I shoot you if I'm hunting I can kill anything at 200 yards and when everyone else runs out of ammo I will make my own black powder and keep reloading. And I'm taking 45-70 pistol as well

 

[Acesn8's]

Woah ! holy old thread. Time for Mr Peabody and the WABAC machine

 

[Ole Cowboy]

AR in .223 with my drop-in .22 action to swipe out and use.

I am most likely with you on that for living here in the SW. For folks up N I would go for a bit more bang in a 7.62 NATO, like my AR 10.

As for AK's...you might take note that everyone that has ever tried to kill me carried an AK and that has been a LOT of folks, NONE of which are now posting on here or anywhere else.

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[Mirage]

I will grab my HK91... never fails to go bang, eats anything, accurate, .308, good at long range, cheap magazines. You cannot go wrong with reliable, rugged battle rifles!

 

[Kennydale]

If I had the money I would BUGOUT with an FNH FX-45 tactical And The FNH Scar (16 or 17).

 

[glockstr]

Seein' lots of semi's listed....one thing to consider is that if stuff DID hit the cyclic mover, cleaning/maintenance could become a challenge, and a bolt action is gonna typically be a lot more forgiving that a semi in my experience.

I agree, in a SHTF situation the ammo one comes across or acquires might not be the highest quality or friendly to the semi. Bolt guns usually don't care about such things.

 

[556.45.12]

One of my M4gerys - probably one of the more expensive ones - and lots of mags.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Sig 552. 22lr. and 500rds ammo. Tasco red dot, with an aimpoint back up stored somewhere else. Extra batts, ammo, vert grips(two) and sling. Boresnake in the grip. Trigger mods, and a reset thats gotta be felt to believe. It doesn't stay in the closest. Its not a queen. Shes a 'working' rifle. And i don't cry when she gets scratched. Shes swabbed every 50rds. Broken down every 500rds and detailed cleaned. It's dispatched more animals then I can remember. Its never had a jam either. Me and this rifle have made friends. Id use it over any of my other rifles. from 308, 300blk, to a mosin. At current shes loaded to bear with Remmy subs.

This is my rifle. Nones like it. I plan to have a shitproof fan. And she's the tool to help along.

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Yes, thats a stock for a Glock. lower left. The blue ammo box is 9mm. The two green remmy boxes are 300blk. The other containers store power levels of 22lr. From 22 sub, to mini max's.

 

[SKSer45]

My East German AK 47 Build.