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What would be a great arsenal (limit 5)
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Allow me to expand on the reasoning for my prior list.
For someone just getting in to guns, being the parameters here.
Number One: A Shotgun. A shotgun is the most versatile gun on the planet. With birdshot, it's a bird and small game gun. With buckshot, it's a home defense gun and medium game gun. With foster slugs, it's a large game gun. The gauge should be either 20 or 12, but possibly even 16 gauge. Preferably 12 ga, but 20 will work just as well. The action should be pump or semi-auto, but pump is preferred for maximum reliability. One or two barrels is fine. Two barrels is prefferred (one 26"-28" for hunting, and one 18.5"-22" for defense). If just one barrel, it should be 22" or 24" or possibly 26". Can be chambered for 2.75 only, or 3.0 & 2.75 both. Either one is fine, though 3.0" is preferred, for geese & turkeys. This gun should NOT be chambered for 3.5" shells, IF it's a semi-auto, because reliability becomes compromised with 2.75s. If it's a pump, then a 3.5" chamber is fine.
Number Two: A .22 Rimfire Rifle. This is a close second in versatility to the shotgun. Small game, varmints, fun plinking, target shooting. The action can be any, but strongly prefer a turnbolt, lever, or pump gun (not semi-auto), and a model that can feed shorts, longs, and long rifle ammo. I prefer a turnbolt if I'm limited to one .22 rifle, because they will feed anything and are easy to clean. CZ 452 is an excellent example for this category.
Number Three: A Multi-Purpose/Defensive Handgun.. This gun can serve for concealed/open carry, home defense, vehicle carry, woods carry, or even close-range hunting in a pinch. Can be a revolver or semi-auto; doesn't matter, as long as it's a good design of high quality manufacture. How large depends upon whether you may carry it or not. Barrel length should be no less than 1.5" (revolver) or 2.5" (semi), and no more than 5" (revolver) or 6" (semi). Chambering should be in whatever you can shoot well and floats your boat, but I would prefer .380 auto (9x17), 9x19 luger/para, .38 super, 9x23, 10mm, .45 acp., .44 spec./.44 mag, .38 spec./.357mag, or .45 colt. In particular, I would favor 9x19, .45 acp, .44 special, and .45 colt.
Number Four: A "Full-powered" centerfire rifle. Chambered preferably for a "bottle-necked" cartridge from .243 Winchester to .30-'06 springfield, but a straight-walled round such a .444 Marlin or .45-70 will work too. This is your long range, unusual social problems, and hunting gun. The action can be any (turnbolt, lever, pump, or semi), but turnbolt is preferred pretty highly above all others. However, a lever, pump, or semi will serve well, too. Semi is least desirable because of weight, if you hunt. Preferred chamberings for me, are those with lower recoil, in the 6mm, .25 cal, 6.5mm, and 7mm families.
Number Five: Either/Or The 5th one is tough, and the answer I think depends upon whether or not you're going to be hunting. If hunting is included, then No. 5 should be a muzzleloader in .45, .50, or .54 caliber, preferably in .50 cal. Preferably this ML will be a Savage 10ML, to maximize versatility, if legal in your state to use for hunting, or if smokeless powder ML hunting is not legal in your state, then a true smokepole, either inline or traditional. The frontstuffer is also advocated by some as a good apocolypse gun - if regular ammo and/or components become unavailable, then you could make your own lead round balls, and make your own gunpowder.
If, on the other hand, hunting is not on the list of to-do activities, then I think 5th place is time for a lightweight, intermediate-cartridge, fighting rifle or EBR or HDR or whatever you want to call it - typically an AR15 type or AK47 type, but not necessarily. This is a combination of both a target & self-defense rifle. Highly preferred specific choice here for me would be an AR15 or similar with a 20" HB, in 5.56x45mm / .223 rem - again, great for both shooting targets, introducing noobs, and also self-defense if the S were to hit the F.
I think if you're going to expand to 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, then it's time to start adding things like (a) extra centerfire handgun (backup, or one for carry, one for home defense, etc.), (b) dedicated "tactical" shotgun, (c) NICE shotgun (O/U or SxS) to impress the boys at the trap club and while social upland hunting, (d) additional turnbolt or double rifle for hunting, particularly one in a DG caliber - over .35 cal, and (e) small-caliber dedicated precision/ varminter rifle, in calibers such as .17 HMR, .20s or Calhoon calibers, .221, .222, .223, .17 centerfires, PPC rounds, .204, .22-250, .220 swift, or even .243 or 6mm rem.
If you go to 11-15, then it's wide open and would include more hunting rifles, more handguns, a big ol' long-barreled revolver, more long-range precision guns, including a .50 BMG, .408 CT, or .416 Barrett, cowboy guns, .22 handgun, more rimfire rifles in both .22 and magnum rimfires, etc.
For someone just getting in to guns, being the parameters here.
Number One: A Shotgun. A shotgun is the most versatile gun on the planet. With birdshot, it's a bird and small game gun. With buckshot, it's a home defense gun and medium game gun. With foster slugs, it's a large game gun. The gauge should be either 20 or 12, but possibly even 16 gauge. Preferably 12 ga, but 20 will work just as well. The action should be pump or semi-auto, but pump is preferred for maximum reliability. One or two barrels is fine. Two barrels is prefferred (one 26"-28" for hunting, and one 18.5"-22" for defense). If just one barrel, it should be 22" or 24" or possibly 26". Can be chambered for 2.75 only, or 3.0 & 2.75 both. Either one is fine, though 3.0" is preferred, for geese & turkeys. This gun should NOT be chambered for 3.5" shells, IF it's a semi-auto, because reliability becomes compromised with 2.75s. If it's a pump, then a 3.5" chamber is fine.
Number Two: A .22 Rimfire Rifle. This is a close second in versatility to the shotgun. Small game, varmints, fun plinking, target shooting. The action can be any, but strongly prefer a turnbolt, lever, or pump gun (not semi-auto), and a model that can feed shorts, longs, and long rifle ammo. I prefer a turnbolt if I'm limited to one .22 rifle, because they will feed anything and are easy to clean. CZ 452 is an excellent example for this category.
Number Three: A Multi-Purpose/Defensive Handgun.. This gun can serve for concealed/open carry, home defense, vehicle carry, woods carry, or even close-range hunting in a pinch. Can be a revolver or semi-auto; doesn't matter, as long as it's a good design of high quality manufacture. How large depends upon whether you may carry it or not. Barrel length should be no less than 1.5" (revolver) or 2.5" (semi), and no more than 5" (revolver) or 6" (semi). Chambering should be in whatever you can shoot well and floats your boat, but I would prefer .380 auto (9x17), 9x19 luger/para, .38 super, 9x23, 10mm, .45 acp., .44 spec./.44 mag, .38 spec./.357mag, or .45 colt. In particular, I would favor 9x19, .45 acp, .44 special, and .45 colt.
Number Four: A "Full-powered" centerfire rifle. Chambered preferably for a "bottle-necked" cartridge from .243 Winchester to .30-'06 springfield, but a straight-walled round such a .444 Marlin or .45-70 will work too. This is your long range, unusual social problems, and hunting gun. The action can be any (turnbolt, lever, pump, or semi), but turnbolt is preferred pretty highly above all others. However, a lever, pump, or semi will serve well, too. Semi is least desirable because of weight, if you hunt. Preferred chamberings for me, are those with lower recoil, in the 6mm, .25 cal, 6.5mm, and 7mm families.
Number Five: Either/Or The 5th one is tough, and the answer I think depends upon whether or not you're going to be hunting. If hunting is included, then No. 5 should be a muzzleloader in .45, .50, or .54 caliber, preferably in .50 cal. Preferably this ML will be a Savage 10ML, to maximize versatility, if legal in your state to use for hunting, or if smokeless powder ML hunting is not legal in your state, then a true smokepole, either inline or traditional. The frontstuffer is also advocated by some as a good apocolypse gun - if regular ammo and/or components become unavailable, then you could make your own lead round balls, and make your own gunpowder.
If, on the other hand, hunting is not on the list of to-do activities, then I think 5th place is time for a lightweight, intermediate-cartridge, fighting rifle or EBR or HDR or whatever you want to call it - typically an AR15 type or AK47 type, but not necessarily. This is a combination of both a target & self-defense rifle. Highly preferred specific choice here for me would be an AR15 or similar with a 20" HB, in 5.56x45mm / .223 rem - again, great for both shooting targets, introducing noobs, and also self-defense if the S were to hit the F.
I think if you're going to expand to 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, then it's time to start adding things like (a) extra centerfire handgun (backup, or one for carry, one for home defense, etc.), (b) dedicated "tactical" shotgun, (c) NICE shotgun (O/U or SxS) to impress the boys at the trap club and while social upland hunting, (d) additional turnbolt or double rifle for hunting, particularly one in a DG caliber - over .35 cal, and (e) small-caliber dedicated precision/ varminter rifle, in calibers such as .17 HMR, .20s or Calhoon calibers, .221, .222, .223, .17 centerfires, PPC rounds, .204, .22-250, .220 swift, or even .243 or 6mm rem.
If you go to 11-15, then it's wide open and would include more hunting rifles, more handguns, a big ol' long-barreled revolver, more long-range precision guns, including a .50 BMG, .408 CT, or .416 Barrett, cowboy guns, .22 handgun, more rimfire rifles in both .22 and magnum rimfires, etc.
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1. 1911 .45 (5 inch)
2. Pump 12 g Shotgun
3. .243 bolt gun scoped
4. 300 win. long barrel and long range scope (14 pounds?)
5. 1911 .45
2. Pump 12 g Shotgun
3. .243 bolt gun scoped
4. 300 win. long barrel and long range scope (14 pounds?)
5. 1911 .45
1) Remington 870 shotgun
2) Quality AR-15
3) Remington or Savage Bolt action (300 family... .308, 30-06, 300WM)
4) Ruger 10/22
5a) Glock 17 or 19
5b) DA Smith & Wesson (caliber of flavor)
5c) Ruger Single Action Blackhawk or Vaquaro (caliber of flavor)
2) Quality AR-15
3) Remington or Savage Bolt action (300 family... .308, 30-06, 300WM)
4) Ruger 10/22
5a) Glock 17 or 19
5b) DA Smith & Wesson (caliber of flavor)
5c) Ruger Single Action Blackhawk or Vaquaro (caliber of flavor)
Silvanus
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1) Glock 19
2) 14.5" AR-15 (5.56)
3) Remington 870 (12gauge)
4) don't have much experience with bolt-actions, but a quality rifle in .300 or .338 win. mag. should do the trick
5) 4" S&W 686
2) 14.5" AR-15 (5.56)
3) Remington 870 (12gauge)
4) don't have much experience with bolt-actions, but a quality rifle in .300 or .338 win. mag. should do the trick
5) 4" S&W 686
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HoosierQ
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I am going with simple, inexpensive, new guns here.
Honorable mention - Marlin 60 .22lr (or you could swap out either the Glock or the Ruger for it).
Every niche a man might need in what you call an "arsenal". Obviously if you hunt, you'll need other guns that I would not call an arsenal.
- Glock 17 or 19, 9mm semi-auto pistol...nice and handy.
- .357 Ruger GP100 4" barrel revolver...nice and big.
- .38 S&W 642 snubbie revolver...nice and light.
- Mossberg 500 or 590 12 ga. pump...nice and scary.
- DPMS Sportical Carbine, 5.56 semo-auto rifle...nice and affordable (although you have to buy sights or optics of some kind for it).
Honorable mention - Marlin 60 .22lr (or you could swap out either the Glock or the Ruger for it).
Every niche a man might need in what you call an "arsenal". Obviously if you hunt, you'll need other guns that I would not call an arsenal.
I wouldn't want to be limited to five, but I think you could be well equipped with that number.
Long Guns:
12ga shotgun
30-06 rifle
22LR rifle
Handguns:
large "full power" revolver or auto
compact, concealable revolver or auto
With this collection, an individual would have on hand everything needed for large and small game, gamebirds, pest control, and defense.
Long Guns:
12ga shotgun
30-06 rifle
22LR rifle
Handguns:
large "full power" revolver or auto
compact, concealable revolver or auto
With this collection, an individual would have on hand everything needed for large and small game, gamebirds, pest control, and defense.
HardShell
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I think the term "battery" of weapons would have fit the bill much better, and likely prevented a lot of the flack that the OP caught. 
For my purposes/uses:
1. Primary CCW of choice
2. BUG of choice
3. Defensive rifle of choice
4. Hunting rifle of choice
5. Shotgun of choice
Although I cringe at the thought of being reduced down to just five...
For my purposes/uses:
1. Primary CCW of choice
2. BUG of choice
3. Defensive rifle of choice
4. Hunting rifle of choice
5. Shotgun of choice
Although I cringe at the thought of being reduced down to just five...
Heres mine
#1----30.06 scoped bolt action rifle-----Any animal 2 or 4 legs in N.America out to 350-400 yards..
#2 Mossberg/Remington 12 gauge shotgun----All small game including turkey..18 inch barrel for home defence..
#3 AK-47 / AR-15 / FAL---Everyone needs a battle rifle..
#4 Glock/Sig/H&K 9 mil-----Everyone needs a good hi-cap 9 mil combat pistol.
#5 A 357mag ...A handgun to take hunting that is legal and capable of taking deer and small game if need be...A 6 inch 357 I think is perfect..Practicing double action with this will improve your accuracy with the GLOCK big time..
I'd also like to add a pair of 22s...A bolt action scoped Marlin and a Ruger MK 2 or a S&W revolver...
Rich
#1----30.06 scoped bolt action rifle-----Any animal 2 or 4 legs in N.America out to 350-400 yards..
#2 Mossberg/Remington 12 gauge shotgun----All small game including turkey..18 inch barrel for home defence..
#3 AK-47 / AR-15 / FAL---Everyone needs a battle rifle..
#4 Glock/Sig/H&K 9 mil-----Everyone needs a good hi-cap 9 mil combat pistol.
#5 A 357mag ...A handgun to take hunting that is legal and capable of taking deer and small game if need be...A 6 inch 357 I think is perfect..Practicing double action with this will improve your accuracy with the GLOCK big time..
I'd also like to add a pair of 22s...A bolt action scoped Marlin and a Ruger MK 2 or a S&W revolver...
Rich
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Although this is a somewhat rediculous topic for a thread I have to add my two cents.
For me a "great arsenal" would have to consist of a variety of guns that could be used for any circumstance necessary.
Mine would be:
Sig Sauer P220 .45
Glock 17 with 33 round mag and streamlight flashlight laser combo
Taurus PT 709 9mm (great for concealed carry)
Benelli Supernova 12 gauge (Absorbing stock, ghost ring sights, extended 7 shot mag)
Remington 700 .308 with Burris Scope)
P.S. what's up with all the references to .22s? I thought we were trying to kill things with our guns? : / lol
For me a "great arsenal" would have to consist of a variety of guns that could be used for any circumstance necessary.
Mine would be:
Sig Sauer P220 .45
Glock 17 with 33 round mag and streamlight flashlight laser combo
Taurus PT 709 9mm (great for concealed carry)
Benelli Supernova 12 gauge (Absorbing stock, ghost ring sights, extended 7 shot mag)
Remington 700 .308 with Burris Scope)
P.S. what's up with all the references to .22s? I thought we were trying to kill things with our guns? : / lol
Here is a twist:
1) 12 Gauge O/U with complete set of Briley sub-guage tubes and full compliment of chokes.
2) 1911 with a .22 conversion kit to go along with it.
3) AR-15 with .22 conversion kit to go along with it.
4) Contender with an assortment of bbls and a rifle stock.
5) ?
1) 12 Gauge O/U with complete set of Briley sub-guage tubes and full compliment of chokes.
2) 1911 with a .22 conversion kit to go along with it.
3) AR-15 with .22 conversion kit to go along with it.
4) Contender with an assortment of bbls and a rifle stock.
5) ?
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There's no such thing as a five gun great arsenal. I always though a great arsenal was about five hundred guns.
higene
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Just 5
Top 5:
1. S&W M17 .22
2. S&W M24 .44 Special (Thunder Ranch)
3. CZ 452 American .22
4. Sedgley 03A3 - 30-06
5. CZ double 12 w choke tubes
Strange but true
Tell us what you love
Higene
Top 5:
1. S&W M17 .22
2. S&W M24 .44 Special (Thunder Ranch)
3. CZ 452 American .22
4. Sedgley 03A3 - 30-06
5. CZ double 12 w choke tubes
Strange but true
Tell us what you love
Higene
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Ruger 10-22
Remington 700 .270
Mossberg 500 12 ga.
Ruger Redhawk .41
Ruger 10-22
Remington 700 .270
Mossberg 500 12 ga.
Ruger Redhawk .41
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1) AR 15 variant rifle chambered in 5.56 (Bushmaster XM15 E2S )
2) Pump action shotgun chambered in 12 gauge (Remington 870/Mossberg 590)
3) Medium frame semi-auto pistol (Glock 17/19/20)
4) Small frame semi-auto BUG (Glock 26/29)
5) Hunting rifle/Scoped long"er" range rifle chambered in .30-06 (Savage, Remington, Winchester, etc.)
)2) Pump action shotgun chambered in 12 gauge (Remington 870/Mossberg 590
)3) Medium frame semi-auto pistol (Glock 17/19/20
)4) Small frame semi-auto BUG (Glock 26/29
)5) Hunting rifle/Scoped long"er" range rifle chambered in .30-06 (Savage, Remington, Winchester, etc.
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