If You Could Only Have 1 Single Firearm...

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Just one to serve as many arenas as possible, to have as many load options
as possible?

I'd go with the 4" GP 100 .357

Can shoot the whole range of .38s and .357s. Size is good for or able to CCW,
hunt, and HD as well as a good bang for the buck.
 
Like ArfinGreebly said, I need to know the context.

Everything the same, but the .gov says I can only have one?
Glock 20- Ammo is still available, .357+ ballistics for the most part, easy to conceal, good capacity, the .22 upper is not a bad accessory either.

Things are broken down, but on the mend?
Ruger GP100 4"- Wide variety of ammo, concealment is less of a concern, even lower chance of needed repair/parts than the Glock

Mass Chaos, TEOTWAWKI, ZombieBearGodzilla invasions?
Remington 870, 20" Rifle Sighted barrel, Imp. Cyl. bore.- extremely versatile, reliable, concealment is the least of my concerns, and it can kill anything in North America.

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Easily would be a large pistol caliber.

Probably a .357 mag or .44 Mag.


You can hunt and use it for self defense + Conceal Carry.

But since I'm a 1911 Lover I'd probably go with a .10mm 1911 style :)
 
A 45-70 lever action carbine or rifle. It's big enough to take out anything from moose, elk or bison, down to squirrel and rabbit(that you won't need to skin or gut (a 405 grain bullet will do that for you); from an 18 wheeler on down to a motor scooter; anywhere from 400+ yards down to up close and personal.

Even if you are reduced to reloading with home-grown black powder and a touch hole sans primers, you've got an effective arm.

Woody

"I swear to protect the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, but I am not trigger-happy. I am merely prepared and determined in its defense. It's a comfortable place to be. I don't suffer doubt." B.E.Wood
 
That would be a really tough choice. I'd probably opt for a GP rifle, like a Remington Model Seven in either .243 or .308. But eliphalet's suggestion of a Savage 24 (.22WMR over a 20 gauge for me) might be the ticket. Hmmm.
 
I'd have to go with an AK47 since they are my favorite guns and they are very reliable.
 
It seems like the top 3 choices so far are a .357 revolver, an 870 12-guage, and an AR-15 with multiple uppers/lowers. (Thankfully, I own all 3). I guess I could have added more context in the original post, but that would have narrowed things down and given certain restrictions. But for the sake of continued debate, let's give 2 scenarios:

#1 Scenario: You have to choose 1 single firearm in today's current world. The infrastructure is in place, people go about their daily lives, nothing has changed. Recreational hunting, concealed carry, home defense, target plinking, etc. should all be considerations.

#2 Scenario: Mass chaos. Governments are dissolved, theft and murder are rampant, martial law has come and gone, total disaster. It's "every man, woman, and child for themselves". You have to leave home alone with friends, or with your family to try and get to a safe place and you only have room to take 1 single firearm and some ammo (100 rounds or less). Concealment is not a legal issue, since there is no law, and besides, concealing a firearm might make you and your family a target. Hunting goes from recreation to survival. Also, reliability is a major issue since repair and regular cleaning would not be possible. Also, lots of fancy battery-powered gadgets (lights, night optics, lasers, etc.) wouldn't last too long. One more consideration for this scenario should be accessibility to common ammo, if you come across a sporting goods store or someone's ammo stash.

P.S. - Multiple uppers/lowers/barrels will all count as "one firearm" in scenario #1 where you can store everything, but not in #2, since it's all extra stuff you would have to carry.


For me:

#1 - Remington 870 Marine 12-guage (18.5" barrel for HD, with a 28" barrel for clays and bird hunting, and a 24" rifled barrel for deer)

#2 - A toss up between my good old Winchester 94 lever-action .30-30, or an AR-15 with 16" gas-piston upper in .223/5.56 with flip-up iron sights.

Let the discussion continue...
 
Also, if I had to choose 1 that would deal with both scenarios, I'd choose the Remington 870.
 
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well crap.

#1. 1911A1 (prob. the springfeild mil-specs i have)
#2. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...... ONE GUN? Nooooooooooooooooooooo......... darn it, same thing. now the real question..... can i use my 1911 to get other guns? if so my first appropreation from bad person will be a shotgun (12 gauge pump)
 
As much as I love 1911's and my Bullseye Rimfire Rugers

I have one of these, but I'd rather have it in Stainless and in .445 Super Mag.

I could hunt with it, I could carry it concealed.. I could target shoot with it. I could put food on the table with it. I could light load it with .44special for home defense. They are quite accurate. Did I say that I could still hunt with it?

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-Steve
 
I would say my ak47 it's always gonna fire. If the #@&)% ever hits the fan. that is the gun ill grab. 12 ga. would be second choice.
 
S&W 686 6." Can be concealed/easily carried, which in some situations may be necessary. Accurate out to 100 yards.. 7 rounds of 357/38sp... Good for most anything up to white tail sized critters
 
Chalk up another vote for the 12ga pump......it rarely does anything perfectly.....but it does almost everything pretty well. It is an easy weapon to use, clean and maintain and handles a variety of ammo types for a variety of situations.
 
I'm assuming a legal or economic limit, not a "can only carry one in the riot" question.

So, the one that I'm most likely to really use and need. Right now I live in a town and my most likely need will be self defense. So something small enough that I'll always be able to have it at hand- j frame S&W, PPK, Seecamp, that little plastic .32, something like that.

When I lived on a pretty isolated farm, I would have been tempted toward a 12 gauge.

And, 1.2 million or 12 million, until even poor people in the projects can reliably come home to unbroken doors, there aren't enough people in prison in America. People who live in fear are prisoners, too.
 
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