22luvr
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My son and I have discussed at-length what constitutes a basic home arsenal. Purpose? The possibility of civil unrest, anarchy, breakdown in the vital infrastructure (water, gas, electricity, food, etc) My criteria:
Reliable, accurate, durable, inexpensive to purchase, universally available cheap ammo, and simplicity of battery.
We came up with five categories of firearms for our own bare-bones basic personal arsenal:
RIFLE: My son already owns what I want: an SKS, which I have shot at length and really love. Ammo is plentiful and dirt-cheap. In a pinch, it will do many tasks fairly well.
SHOTGUN: Make mine a Remington or Mossberg 12 ga.
REVOLVER: .357 magnum....versatile, powerful and can shoot both .38 spcl and .357 mag. Ammo is universally inexpensive and available.
AUTOLOADER: A service-grade 9 mm. This is the one that is puzzling both of us. There are so many fine autoloaders out there. I am leaning towards a CZ 75 (I like that Kadet .22 conversion kit!) The 9mm is a stout round and is both universally cheap and plentiful.
back-up/concealment gun: I already have this one....my NAA mini-revolver .22mag
This entire post may be redundant but I am very interested what some of the more experienced shooters would consider for their basic armory. Did we leave something out?
Reliable, accurate, durable, inexpensive to purchase, universally available cheap ammo, and simplicity of battery.
We came up with five categories of firearms for our own bare-bones basic personal arsenal:
RIFLE: My son already owns what I want: an SKS, which I have shot at length and really love. Ammo is plentiful and dirt-cheap. In a pinch, it will do many tasks fairly well.
SHOTGUN: Make mine a Remington or Mossberg 12 ga.
REVOLVER: .357 magnum....versatile, powerful and can shoot both .38 spcl and .357 mag. Ammo is universally inexpensive and available.
AUTOLOADER: A service-grade 9 mm. This is the one that is puzzling both of us. There are so many fine autoloaders out there. I am leaning towards a CZ 75 (I like that Kadet .22 conversion kit!) The 9mm is a stout round and is both universally cheap and plentiful.
back-up/concealment gun: I already have this one....my NAA mini-revolver .22mag
This entire post may be redundant but I am very interested what some of the more experienced shooters would consider for their basic armory. Did we leave something out?