So, What Guns To Keep...If Only A Couple/Few?

[Don Ro]

Something tells me that this has been discussed before - haven't all gun topics been discussed here?
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Thinking about which 2 or 3 to keep forever...tough one for me.
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S/A 1911 A-1 Range Officer - for punching big holes in cretins.
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AMT .22 Mag - for a survival gun (?) (less wt. for tons of ammo)
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S&W M638 (shrouded) - carry
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[Rick Lee]

I would make it a 10/22, a 12 gauge pump, a wheel gun and a 1911. Probably need an AR too. Anything else is icing on the cake.

[jyl]

Yeah, need a long gun for the apocalypse scenarios. I think a 12 ga and a rifle. Seems ideally the rifle should be suitable for hunting.

[Don Ro]

Yeah, thinking further...
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My SKS 7.62x39
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My S/A 1911 A-1 Range Officer
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My Mossberg 12 ga. Defender Short Barrel

[id10t]

22 bolt rifle
22 semi pistol
FAL
1911
12 ga pump shotgun

nothing that can't be done with one of these

[Head416]

.22 rifle
12 ga
Reliable handgun in 9mm or .45
Hunting rifle in common caliber

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Head416

.22 rifle
12 ga
Reliable handgun in 9mm or .45
Hunting rifle in common caliber

Works for me.

[HardDrive]

- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.

[red-beard]

Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good time in Dallas with all that...

[KFC911]

I don't know how many "one issue of" is, but that don't sound like enough to me

[cashflyer]

If I could only have 3:
7.62x51 - preferably an FN/FAL
12g shotgun - probably a Mossberg 500 series.
a .357 revolver with either a 4 or 6 inch barrel.

And a truckload of ammo for each, please.

[crownarch]

12 Ga. pump with the plug out and 1 round in the chamber right next to the front door. Make sure your wife also knows how to use it. Just make sure she doesn't know how your life insurance policy is worth. Kind of a safety feature!

[Don Ro]

"12g shotgun - probably a Mossberg 500 series."
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Leaning against my night stand...in a pillow case (dust cover).

[crownarch]

Hey, if the night stand works for you great but, I would be cautious of having a pillow cover over it as it could get in your way. I keep one by the front door and .45 Para Ordinance under my pillow. No I am not paranoid, and not a prepper but, one never knows nowdays. I live in area of homes from 2500 sq ft to 8k sq ft and on acreage from 1 1/2 to 24 with private roads but, one just never knows.

[flipper35]

Around here the 7.62x63 is easier to find and less expensive than 7.62x51.

[Don Ro]

Not sure if I told this before...
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I bought a few guns from a friend (FFL) way back when...a Viet Nam combat vet and a Sheriff deputy for years.
He suggested I buy a 12 ga. shotgun for home defense.
'Told me of a night when he heard a noise down in his big kitchen. The only thing he had in his upstairs bedroom was his .45.
Guests were sleeping downstairs...and that's where his shotgun was.
He slowly and quietly crept down the stairs...telling me, "I was so scared and shaking that I didn't think that I could hit anything with that .45."
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Well, before he closed and locked the back (kitchen) door, his neighbor's German Shephard came in and my friend didn't even notice the dog
in his big (dimly lit) kitchen.
The noise he heard was the dog dumping the trash can in the kitchen.
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That's when he told me to buy a shotgun. "..better chance of hitting something even if you're scared ch!tless".

[72doug2,2S]

Don't worry. If you like your guns, you can keep them.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by crownarch

Hey, if the night stand works for you great but, I would be cautious of having a pillow cover over it as it could get in your way. I keep one by the front door and .45 Para Ordinance under my pillow. No I am not paranoid, and not a prepper but, one never knows nowdays. I live in area of homes from 2500 sq ft to 8k sq ft and on acreage from 1 1/2 to 24 with private roads but, one just never knows.

Oh, the pillow case is just draped over the gun as a dust cover.
I've had a few times when I grabbed it...hearing noises, etc.
I live on an acre, corner lot, with 7' block walls all around.
But, as you say, 'one just never knows'.

[Synchro Joe]

Mossberg 930 Tactical Shotgun + 1911 .45ACP + 9mm
Optional: .30-06 or .270 for longer reach.

[Flat Six]

Similar to others:

.22LR rifle (10/22 or Remington Nylon 66)
12 ga pump shotgun (500 Mossy for me)
1911
AR

+ ammo; boresnakes, brushes, Hoppes, Kroil, and CLP; extra springs, firing pins, and magazines.