If you could only keep one gun

Be careful with that Glaser safety slug. 44 mag and 45 heavy colt loads can dislodge the plastic cap on the shotshell and jam the cylinder up. Ive had it happen in my redhawk.

I don't even have to think about it. Its my daily carry. That is my every day working gun. All the others are what ifs or toys. The carry gets used every day.

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But really, what's your just-can't-live-without gun?

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My snubbie. It's the one I carry the most.

OK, since the rules have changed, I'll bite.

If only one gun - probably my 6" S&W 686-1 .357 revolver.
If I get a rifle, too - probably my Norinco AK84S in 5.56/.223.

I agree that a shotgun seems like the obvious choice from a versatility standpoint, and we have several, but I'm just not that into shotguns.

Colt 901 modular with both 5.56 and .308 uppers. And lots of spare parts.

SIG P-226, with 18 and 20 round magazines. Lot of spare parts, easy to maintain.

All my small critter-getting would then be done by trapping and fishing, I guess, but I want to be set up for both two-legged intruders, home-defense, concealed-carry and big game.

One gun?

If a long gun, an AR in a 5.56 flavor of some sort.

If a handgun, a CZ75 of some sort.

Thank God I don't have to make that choice right now.

I shoot more clay targets than anything, so I'll keep one of my shotguns

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Be careful with that Glaser safety slug. 44 mag and 45 heavy colt loads can dislodge the plastic cap on the shotshell and jam the cylinder up. Ive had it happen in my redhawk.

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That is some good information there. A jammed cylinder results in a club instead of a firearm. I've seen it when a primer backed out because of the improperly seated part that surrounds the firing pin hole on a Smith.
Shooting is over and opening the cylinder is too.

As a strictly hypothetical, Glock 26. Defensive EDC handgun for carry and home. All other purposes are secondary to defense and you can't lug around a long gun everywhere every day.

For me it would be my Ruger GP100 4"

Looking at it from the perspective of home/self defense and putting food on the table, I'd probably keep these:

Ruger Mini 14 Tac, 223 (light, quick, comfortable)
Ruger P89, 9mm (accurate, fast)

I would prefer to keep my 870 12 Ga but as I get older, I'm getting a little more recoil sensitive.

If only one, it would be either a Mossberg 500 or a Remington 870 12 gauge with a vent rib barrel with removable chokes, an 18" cylinder bore with a front bead, and a 24" rifled slug barrel with cantilevered scope mount sporting a good fixed 4X. That would cover the necessities.

If I could add one handgun in addition (or the selection had to be a handgun), it would be a 4" Ruger GP100.

Much as I like my .22 rimfires, they wouldn't make the final cut.

Only one gun? An AR-15. A second one? An M1911.

Handgun- Glock 41
Long gun - M1a

If only one firearm, I would have to go with AR in .223.

It can kill game from rodents to deer. It may not be legal or always humane, but will do the job. If I have to stay legal I can bump up to an upper that's .243 or larger to satisfy our local hunting regs.

It can be used for home defense.

I can reach out and touch someone. If someone has a hunting rifle or better I likely won't see the person shooting me, so no need for accuracy beyond 200 yards.

Not too unweildy that I cannot throw it in the back seat under a blanket.



If I had to pick two I would add an 870 in 12 gauge. It will fill the gaps the AR leaves. Like bird hunting and slugs to take down larger game without having to track as much.

As in one particular gun or one model?

Since we're allowed to pick one rifle to go with our one handgun I would go with a Colt AR15, along with a .22LR conversion kit and a complete 300 BLK upper assembly.

Rifle: Colt LE 6920 SOCOM

Handgun: Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 41

It would have to be a 12 Gauge automatic shotgun with two barrels
One of them would be a rifled barrel with a scope mounted on it.
The other would be one barrel with choke tubes.

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My Mossberd 500 and a backpack with what ever I can feed it. I'll never starve and nothing will eat me without a fight. Sidearm, my Security Six.

I've been in that predicament and I chose my EDC at the time. Now i would make it my HK P2K9mm

Since I don't hunt it would have to be a 9mm pistol for target shooting or defensive use. An older folded slide Sig, either a P220 or P225.

If I get to keep a long gun, that's tough because I like so many rifles. Probably an AR for practical reasons.

Ruger SP-101 .357 or SIG P-226 9mm - either with good concealment holster.

Then I'd cheat.

According to the government, muzzleloaders aren't actually "firearms" so I'd lay hands on a good flintlock .36 caliber rifle. I'd also track down a pre-1898 centerfire cartridge rifle - maybe something like a Rolling Block. I just think they're such and elegant, simple design and they tend to fire enormous bullets with lots of authority. Some Mausers, Mosins, and Enfields were made before 1898 too, as were lots of Winchesters and the 1895 Savage. I'm sure I could dig something up.

And are the Greener Martini style 14 gauge riot guns considered "firearms"? I'll take one of those too. Ammunition might be tricky to come by though.