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Four Firearms Every Family Should Own: When the World Comes Crashing Down, Protect You and Yours
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| 10/10/2008
| Loran Montgomery
Posted on 02/19/2009 1:32:54 PM PST by terabyte
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To: terabyte
.32 Beretta pistol
.45 Springfield 1911A1 pistol
30-30 Winchester Model 94 lever action
12ga. Winchester Defender pump.
IMHO
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:45:00 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?")
To: terabyte
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:45:05 PM PST
by
tnlibertarian
(Wealth is earned, not distributed.)
To: terabyte
When the SHTF this will be my bug out group:
1) AR-15
2) M1A
3) 1911/XD
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:45:06 PM PST
by
cowboyway
("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
To: 12Gauge687
9mm = .45 set on stun.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:45:06 PM PST
by
FBRhawk
(Pray with faith, act with courage, never surrender!)
To: terabyte
Did my own blog post months ago about the four firearms, in a $1000 budget. This is what I had in order:
Shotgun - Remington 870 or Mossberg 500 - $175 (less if shopped)
Pistol - Kel-Tec PF-9 - $270 (slightly used)
Rifle Mossberg ATR - $300 (new)
Rifle Remington 10/22 - $250 (new)
Total ~$995
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:45:40 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
To: terabyte
I don’t see anything good for long-range hunting of game the size of deer and up. No 30.06 or something else in that class.
Also, a Marlin is a better choice than the 10/22. It’s the most plentiful .22 rifle in the world with over 10 million sold, so parts are very easy to come by. It also carries 18 rounds.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:47:08 PM PST
by
antiRepublicrat
("I am a firm believer that there are not two sides to every issue..." -- Arianna Huffington)
To: conservativeharleyguy
To: 12Gauge687
Unfortunately, I sold every one of mine years ago.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:47:48 PM PST
by
ataDude
(My incredulity has already turned into disillusionment and is now turning into hatred.)
To: NonValueAdded; terabyte
Actually he does mention wheelguns and says they are too hard to reload.Actually, that's not what he says in the article. He says, quote: "I would not recommend a revolver because any revolver requires more practice to reload quickly than most people are willing to give." He didn't say it was hard, he said it was hard to do as quickly as a semiauto.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:48:34 PM PST
by
Terabitten
(To all RINOs: You're expendable. Sarah isn't.)
To: NVDave
He mentions revolvers, but comes down in favor of a semi-auto for the speed of reloading. Since he kept the list to four weapons, I could come down on either side of the revolver/semi-auto. Revolvers don't jam like a semi-auto, but do take longer to reload.
I don't know how long this has been out, but a couple of other Freeps and I have posted very similar lists in the last few days. Where we varied from him was that we said have a revolver and a semi pistol, revolver in the .357 range and the pistol in .40 or .45, we also recommended a .22 pistol. A couple of guys recommended something in a .223, as if it's really an end of civilization scenario, most of the ammo available will probably be stuff scavanged from NATO or UN sources.
Whether bolt or semi-auto on the rifle is not a huge consideration to me. I have semi-auto, so will stick to it. If I had bolt, I'd stick to it.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:49:01 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I’m in middle TN and the Walmart’s are stripped of guns and Ammo (ALL)This may be another case of to little to late for many in the preparation dept.
I’m also in law enforcement and have no problem with home defense, it is the law of the land IMHO. The level of action needing a weapon will be when the food runs out, those out of food, with or without weapons, will come for those with food and their weapons; those with the defense weapons will defend their food supply and family. I hope it never comes to this but in the situation at hand we never know.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:50:09 PM PST
by
PROSOUTH
( Deo Vindice "God Will Vindicate")
To: terabyte
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:50:14 PM PST
by
Kryptonite
(Keep Democrats Out of Power!)
To: terabyte
I couldn’t agree more with this article.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:50:27 PM PST
by
stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: NVDave
What you said.
Exactly what you said, as a matter of fact.
I'll take a pump shotgun, .357 revolver, .30-06 bolt-action and a nice, high quality Kimber .22 myself.
Basic, easy to clean and maintain, they'll shoot any ammo ('specially the revolver(s)) and difficult to break.
AND THEY DON'T GO FLINGING YOUR EMPTIES ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN YOU GO SHOOTING!
(JMHO. YMMV.)
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:51:43 PM PST
by
OKSooner
("He's quite mad, you know." - Sean Connery to Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger".)
To: terabyte
I have all those already. But now I’m bored.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:53:25 PM PST
by
ottbmare
(Ein reich, ein volk, ein Obama!)
To: cowboyway
I'm actually selling my AR and getting this:
PTR91SC
I want something with a little more knock down power.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:53:45 PM PST
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: Richard Kimball
A couple of guys recommended something in a .223, as if it's really an end of civilization scenario, most of the ammo available will probably be stuff scavanged from NATO or UN sources. My end-of-civilization rifle is a .223, for exactly that reason.
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:53:53 PM PST
by
Terabitten
(To all RINOs: You're expendable. Sarah isn't.)
To: terabyte
The shotgun is a great tip, but for smaller and/or more dainty women, perhaps a 20 gauge would be more realistic. For home defense, if your lady has to plug a perp from 15 or 20 feet, a direct hit with a shot gun will put the guy down, and I mean DOWN, even if it’s a “mere” 20 G. And the recovery time will make it much easier to get that next shot ready to go, for small women.
To: terabyte
I guess I’m covered then.
To: Domandred
Shotgun--Winchester Defender
.22 pistol--Any of several Ruger models
30.06 --I like Remington
.45 --Glock model 29
.22 Rifle -- Remington nylon stock
Revolver -- S&W Model 36 (small enough to conceal. Only used for close range defense anyway.)
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posted on
02/19/2009 1:54:34 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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