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If you were to only have Three Guns for Survival
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 3/28/2017 | J Stokes

Posted on 03/28/2017 7:48:50 AM PDT by w1n1

What would those three guns be? Jerry Miculek had a chance to voice his response on the subject.

Wait, before we get to the guns, just to clarify that we’re talking about having these three guns for survival.

Some folks have talked about the .357 revolver as a primary SHTF in many internet forums and this has stirred up the hornet’s nest. Mainly due to the age demographics, for instances, folks that are from the older generation would agree with the .357 revolver. Where the younger millennium generation will stick with the striker based handguns like the Glocks in 9mm.

Don’t think so?, someone had asked this question to shootist extraordinaire Jerry Miculek and even he went with an 8-shot .357 wheelgun–specifically a Smith & Wesson 627–as his one handgun for every situation. Take a look here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 357revolver; banglist; glocks; miculek; shtf; survivalists
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To: w1n1

Ruger 10/22 or Smith & Wesson M&P 15/22
Remington 870 Express Tactical
Heckler & Koch HK45

Would add 1 more
Remington 700 in 308 or 30-06


21 posted on 03/28/2017 8:03:18 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: w1n1

Ruger 10/22
Mossberg 500 with interchangeable barrels (long and short)
AR-15


22 posted on 03/28/2017 8:04:36 AM PDT by RavenATB
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To: w1n1

For Surviving a tsunami?

3 big ones. Made of cork.


23 posted on 03/28/2017 8:05:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: w1n1

S & W .357 wheel Gun

MODEL 870 AMERICAN CLASSIC

Henry Lever Action 22LR


24 posted on 03/28/2017 8:06:07 AM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: w1n1

This is a question which comes up often. Usually it is just which “one” gun would you choose.

I can’t argue with Miculek’s picks but I would change the .357 to a Glock 20. Still a .357 magnum would be about as good as any.

Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason novels once wrote an article on survival and his one gun would have been a Smith & Wesson model 17 with a six inch barrel. Not a bad choice either.

Specifically mine would be a Remington 870 with 18” barrel and extended mag. A Ruger 10-22 and the Glock.


25 posted on 03/28/2017 8:06:46 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: dangus

I know the 1911 inside and out, it can stop a lunatic dead in his tracks and .45 ammo would/should be plentiful.


26 posted on 03/28/2017 8:07:07 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Is it just the large caliber bullet for stopping power?


27 posted on 03/28/2017 8:07:23 AM PDT by dangus
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To: w1n1
A .357 handgun makes a lot of sense if you also have a .357 lever action rifle because you can use the same ammo for both. (I have one of each). But I think the best combo from scratch would be:

AR-15 or AR-10
Shotgun
Glock 19

There is a lot to be said, however, for a .22 rifle in a "survival" situation as you can use it for hunting small game as well as for a weapon. You can store and carry a LOT of 22 LR ammo in a pretty small space and it's light. I'm not a Glock fanboy and don't even own one but I have friends who do and that Glock 19 is probably the most reliable semi-auto I've ever seen.

28 posted on 03/28/2017 8:08:20 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: w1n1

Hmmm...
I own that very 8 shot 357 revolver with 2.5 inch barrel. I only load .38 specials in it as my backup gun at work.

Anyone interested in that revolver...they actually make speedloaders for it.


29 posted on 03/28/2017 8:09:01 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
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To: w1n1

PTR 91 (HK 91 clone, .308)— Battle Rifle
Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge— CQB
.17 HMR bolt gun (Savage)— Light, accurate for small game hunting to 100 yds; can carry thousands of rounds with little weight penalty

I’ve always found pistols utterly useless other than concealed carry; better with hands / sword close up anyway.


30 posted on 03/28/2017 8:10:59 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: w1n1

AK-47, 357 8-rd spinner, and 12 ga shotgun.


31 posted on 03/28/2017 8:11:31 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: w1n1

In a worst case scenario of complete societal breakdown there won’t be any case ammo after a while. It will be a black powder world.


32 posted on 03/28/2017 8:12:02 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: dangus

Exactly, a .45 in the chest from close range will drop most men.


33 posted on 03/28/2017 8:13:22 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: LambSlave

Pistols and revolvers can be amazingly accurate. It just takes getting used to them. Also helps to be a good shot.


34 posted on 03/28/2017 8:14:40 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: central_va
In a worst case scenario of complete societal breakdown there won’t be any case ammo after a while. It will be a black powder world.

That's a really good point. Having a 50 cal inline with 209 priming system wouldn't be a bad choice. I've seen long range shooting shows that bag game at 300-500 yards with such equipment.

I'm invested in 54 and 58 cal, so I'll need a bullet mold and some lead stock, and some nipple caps...
35 posted on 03/28/2017 8:16:45 AM PDT by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: Sybeck1

Yup, sounds like you looked in my closet.


36 posted on 03/28/2017 8:17:21 AM PDT by loucon
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To: dangus

“Wait... why a 1911 Colt .45?”

Grizzlies ...


37 posted on 03/28/2017 8:17:23 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: EXCH54FE

Just got a Henry AR-7. Love it. Shoot the nuts off a squirrel!


38 posted on 03/28/2017 8:20:01 AM PDT by loucon
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To: akalinin

There is tool you can make caps out of beer cans. You can down load the steps in making primer ->Mercury(II) fulminate


39 posted on 03/28/2017 8:20:27 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: w1n1

I’ll take a Sig Sauer 45ACP,AR15 and my Smith&Wesson 586 357 Magnum revolver.


40 posted on 03/28/2017 8:21:05 AM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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