One handgun and one long gun for self defense and reliabilty.

[Cosmoline]

The Puma M92 in .44 mag and a .44 mag handgun. Then just grab the bandoliers and an ammo can full of the stuff. Apart from the really big bear slugs, they'll both eat the same stuff. The ammo is easy to find and reload. The carbine is sighted in for 50 yards.

 

[mpmarty]

Handgun = full size 10mm Witness with all ten fifteen round mags full.
This would be my "out to 100 yards pick 'em off" gun.
Shotgun = Saiga 12 with all six high cap quick change magazines w/ 00 Buck
Rapid fire (think of bump firing an AK) and quick to reload.

 

[wjustinen]

I'd tell you, but then ...

 

[hamourkiller]

6" N frame S&W in .357, .41 or .44 magnums

Marlin 1894 in what ever caliber the handgun is in.

 

[coyote_jr]

gotta love 2 year old thread resurrection

 

[dodging230grainers]

Beretta 92FS and Remington 870 pump.

Fill a few ammo cans with a few thousand 9mm rounds, a few thousand 12 gauge rounds , half buckshot/half slugs, and you're good to go.

An AK is a close second.

 

[jungleroy]

Glock model 22, and a Winchester 1300.
If I was just wishing on a star, I would like a Glock 18 with a backpack full of Magazines and a stubby Bushmaster AR 15.
Do you have reliable intel on something about to happen?

 

[Geronimo45]

For the old-school mall ninja:
1 SMLE, complete with hook-quillon bayonet (the one that's long enough to stab your enemies on the other side of the ocean) and copious rifle grenades - anti-personnel and anti-tank.

Webley Mark VI with bayonet (they made 'em), cut for moon clips. Ejecting shells can be used as an indirect fire weapon.

Then I have the ultimate fogey-tacticool gear. Well, probably need a PIAT in the mix. Can you mount a bayonet on a PIAT?

Alright.

For long gun... I'd really like an M1 Carbine with a folding stock, ultimak rail with eotech or red dot. A half-dozen spare mags, maybe a full dozen.

For handgun... I think I'd like a P99 AS in 9mm with another half-dozen mags.

 

[Dionysusigma]

I'll have to change my answer since this thread is two years old.

Handgun: Smith 642
Long gun: Yugo AK in 7.62x39, with a slightly longer stock

 

[Darkside852003]

Need to change mine.

Colt 6920
Glock 19

 

[Ala Dan]

Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special .45 ACP with several Wilson seven round
magazines for the handgun; and my Remington 870 12 gague Marine Magnum
stoked with #4 buckshot for the long gun~!

 

[Fisherman_48768]

Handgun: 45 L Colt DA Mdl 25-5
Rifle: Marlin 1894 45 L Colt

I've got sufficient powder, lead and primers to keep these two going for a long time.

 

[shepsan]

For home defense, Remington 870 and Glock 21.

The 870 loaded with 00 will stop an attacker within the limits of the home and immediate yard areas. The 21 loaded with 13 or 14 230 gr .45ACP rounds will stop an attacker at the outside limits of the home environment.

Any further distance will no longer be considered as shooting for defense purposes.

 

[foghornl]

Based on what I have on-hand now, GI-45 for the handgun, Shotgun is Mossberg500/Maverick88. Much as I like my Vaquero & Blackhawk in .357Mag, a Single Action revolver is a bit too slow to reload for this use.

If it does come down to me needing to be the "Designated Marksman", then The US Rifle Cal .30 M1, or the Mossy ATR-100 in .30-06

 

[Brian Williams]

Mine changed to a S&W 65 with a 4" pencil barrel still in 357 to go along with my Marlin 1894 instead of my 3" S&W 13.

 

[Houston Tom]

SA XD-45

mossberg 590

 

[SoonerSP101]

Springfield Armory M1A Scout Squad

and a

.45

 

[arctictom]

taurus tracker 357 , and marlin 1895 G 45-70

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Taurus Tracker 357 and Mossberg 500 12 gauge, slugs and buckshot.

 

[JackCrow]

Of the guns I own: Rem 1100 12ga & S&W M-19 w/ .357 Hydra-shock.

What I would like to own (and will someday soon) Rem 870 or Moss 590 12ga pump & CZ 75D PCR Compact

 

[Dysfunctional Individual]

G18 and Colt M4 carbine w/ M203 launcher (or G19 and LE6920 w/out M203 for the unfortunate)

 

[def4pos8]

Oh my! --another SHTF thread!!

I lived very near Biloxi MS and sat through Katrina, so I think my choices are "qualified".

Handgun: Ruger 345 with Trijicon sights for close work.
Rifle: Springfield SOCOM 16 with EOTech primary sight for night.
Springfield M1A with bayonet for day work. (Mine is a National Match.)

A bayonet is a great "visual aid" when making social statements to looters.

 

[Nameless_Hobo]

What I own now; I'd have to take my Mosin. I'm almost out of x39, and I still have 400 rounds of x54R.
The only pistol I presently own is a blackpowder
.44, though, if I had time to go over and borrow one, I could get a 9mm from my father, or a .22 revolver because I have plenty of .22.
(My present loadout of guns is a Mosin, an unconverted Saiga, a blackpowder .44 and an old model 60. I mostly shoot my fathers and grandfather's guns, they've got larger collections than I.)

Yes, I'm low on ammunition and guns, but, I've got more important things to do than buy guns, like buy food and gas.

What I intend to own within the next year;
A yugo M70 underfolder with a couple 30 rounders and a Glock 19 with some 33 rounders.

Edit, Fantasy load, a M16A2 with an M203, some buckshot and some HE shells, with a Glock 18 as a side arm. Might as well go all the way with the sidearm...

 

[Doug S]

Based on what I own, for reliability, Glock and an AK.

 

[Regolith]

Remington 870 with 18" barrel

Ruger GP100 .357 with 4" barrel.