I am in almost full compliance: I have everything but an AK and a Remington 700 in .308.
I think you have an interesting idea. I hope the thread discusses the idea and the pros and cons of your choices rather than just use this as an opportunity to tell everyone what guns they already own or what their faviorite guns are. But, I fear it is too late for this: most of the posts are just a list of what guns they already own and not germaine to the topic.
I for one am really starved for a good thread that merits some discussion. I realize that everyone likes to brag about what guns they own, or the latest gun they bought etc. But what else can you say about that ? Great. Good for you. Have fun with it. ????
I like the idea. I don't think that many people will buy into it unfortunately. I personally think your list is far too complicated. We all can own as many guns as we like (for now), but the core guns are the ones that need to be the same. The SHTF guns if you like. We don't need to have nine different SHTF guns. We don't need to have 4-5 different rifle calibers. We need ONE rifle caliber. One handgun caliber. One shotgun caliber. And a .22.
The .22 is a given. The 12 gauge probably won't promote much argument. The rest of it, is a can of worms. For my ONE SHTF rifle, I would want a 7.62 Nato caliber rifle. I think it is the more versitile of eveyrthing you mention. It has far better range than the 7.62x39 or the 5.56 rounds, yet it will also work up close if you need it to. If you know you are going to be engaged in CQB then take the shotgun, but if you can't get it, the 7.62 Nato rifle will work. Handgun: I agree with your choice of the 9mm. I am a big huge .45 ACP fan, but if we got something like this going, I think the 9mm would be the way to go. It is a very common civilian caliber. It is a very common police and military caliber. It works well enough and seems to be a better match for the average person. I see no need to complicate things with two different handguns. So, you pick your FOUR basic weapons. Support them with spare parts, magazines, and ammo: as much as you can afford. You train and become good with them. You maintain your skills with them. The rest of your gun collection is for fun. You can own as many others as you want, but these are your go-to guns. These are the guns you would grab if you were forced to leave your home. These are the ones you buy multiple copes of to keep in your vehicle, your cabin, your RV, your boat, in a burial vault, whatever. You are not going to be GOOD with nine different guns. Most people are not going to be able to afford to be good with nine different guns. Most people are not going to be able to affford nine different guns and all the support gear that goes with it.
What does "getting good" with a gun mean ? There is no limit to how good you can get. If you are concentrating on a few guns, the sky is the limit. Good enough is never good enough. With practice any one of the four guns can substitue for the other three in a pinch. You can use the shotgun as a short range rifle. You can use the pistol as a short range rifle. You can use the .22 as a short range rifle. ETC. you get the idea, but this takes dedicated practice and not playing around with all kinds of different guns shooting beer cans.
