Shotgun, Pistol and Rifle

get a drilling and a nice pistol lol, but i would have a shotgun and rifle.

Pistol for defense, rifle for hunting. While I appreciate the utility of a shotgun, and if the question was 1 instead of 2 the answer would be shotgun, if I can have 2, the shotgun is of the least use to me.

Savage 24V in 30-30 and 12 gauge plus my Glock. Yeah, it's cheating, but those would cover it all for me.

Very dependent on where you live and your needs. I live in heavily wooded rural area. I’d take a 12 gauge that would give me the option of slugs, buck shot and bird shot, and my 5.5” 357 magnum single action revolver that gives me the option of stout 357 loads through light 38’s. I could keep predators away and food on the table with just those, although I would deeply miss my old 30-30 model 94.

Pistol and rifle. I don’t have a lot of use for shotguns. In fact I don’t own one.

Shotgun and pistol.
An Ithaca model 37.
A Ruger SBH in .44 Magnum. Five inch barrel.

Probably a pistol and a rifle.

A 1911 and an AR15 would do just fine for me.

@Keyfer 55-What is the exact intended purpose of only having two? Are you letting some stuff go and not sure what to keep?

If I am a hunter I would keep the hunting guns. I like to shoot my rifle a lot and also my pistol and I hunt a lot but, I haven't shot my shotguns in 2yrs due to lack of game birds. If I am a target shooter then pistol and rifle.

I live in the Texas Hill Country shots are seldom taken over 60-75 yards stand or still shooting. I would take a shotgun preferably a pump in any reputable American brand (Mossberg, Remington, Old Winchester, Ithaca) and I'd take my 629 classic in a 5 inch barrel.

I am also in the drilling camp plus a handgun. I would add the .22lr insert for one of the shotgun barrels giving me one gun with a shotgun barrel, a rifle barrel and a rimfire barrel; then give me a 4" 357.

I honestly don't have a lot NEED for a long arm of any flavor. I don't hunt or kick down doors for a living.

However if we are talking about potential need, I think would choose a 12 gauge over a rifle. I suppose a .22 would make the most sense for hunting small game, but a 12 gauge would be able to be pressed into more roles.

So a 590/500/870/Ithaca 37 would be fine.

If we are talking a shotgun, then I feel that it can be pressed into home defense. So if I have to pick one handgun, I think I would go with a .357 Blackhawk convertible. .357 for bigger stuff, .38 for medium stuff, 9mm is everywhere.

The 4 1/2 lb 12ga shotgun single shot, built like a tank and a 9mm Shortlane insert and a 22.cal insert. which can be carried in the STOCK. along with ammo.
I can have birdshot, slugs, buckshot, 9mm, 357 defense and 22.cal for plenty of small game to eat.



Along with a Ruger BlackHawk convertible. 357. with very available 9mm.

Pistol and rifle.

The last few years, most of my rifles have seen little or no use. Barely ever take them to the range anymore and have no desire whatsoever to get anymore. My shotguns tho, between turkey hunting and upland game like Pheasant, Grouse and Woodcock see continuous usage. Same goes for my handguns. Between range time, SD and hunting there is one or another on me or with me most of the time.

So for me, it's a shotty and a handgun. At some other time in my life it certainly would have been different, and in the future, it may change again.

While these "what if" theoretical threads can be fun, I'm just glad I don't have to settle for just "two", cause odds are. I wouldn't or couldn't..

Keyfer 55 said:

If you could only have two. I would keep
Shotgun and ???

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LOVE the 12 bore,BUT the ammo is too heavy to carry much.

Pistol and rifle,covers anything is want ------------- or need to shoot.

22 rifle and 9mm pistol.

Nice thing about 12 gauge singles is, you can get adapters to shoot smaller gauges and rifled ones matching your pistol. I have one in 9mm for my Topper and plan on getting ones in 20ga. and .22 as well.

Keyfer 55 said:

I'm thinking most people going to lean to the pistol and Rifle because of the times we live in.

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....and the reasoning is? Not dising, just curious. Be interesting to know the reasoning behind the majority of folk's opinion. I'm sure region/area of residence and primary interest such as hunting or HD/SD would have a lot to do with it.

When I was a kid, regardless of where you lived in this country, I doubt very much if more than a very low percentage of civilian folks would have even thought to include "handguns" into the equation. Most handguns were kept in the sock drawer along with the first and only box of ammo bought with it. Folks back then used guns for hunting and as now, shotguns were considered an excellent choice for home defense. Handguns, not so much. I think this went along with many of our fathers and grandfathers that were in the wars, where handguns were only thought of as a last resort and the accuracy and lethality were not there. There was no such thing as CWC for civilians and hunting with a handgun was something only those few hardcores in hunting magazines did. Rifles are still the preferred platform for taking game animals with a single projectile. Some game can only really be seriously hunted with a shotgun, namely for ethics or safety. This is where those folks that want to cheat and have a "drilling", or "combination" like the old Savage model 24s(I had a .22/20ga one myself). One could actually just have different barrel/stock combos and claim have all three(or four iffin you want to include MLs) in only one platform/firearm with their TC. Then there are those so called "adapters" as RedlegRick mentioned. Just another way of getting past having to choose just two.

I recommend having the right tools for the job.
What jobs do you have for your firearms?

I would absolutely keep dad's JC Higgins 12ga and my EDC 9mm S&W Shield

bannockburn said:

Probably a pistol and a rifle.

A 1911 and an AR15 would do just fine for me.

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Without a more detailed scenario, I agree pistol and rifle. Id go with these two-


Sufficient for killing pretty much anything on earth at reasonable ranges with enough hits. Ammo found anywhere, parts and magazines abundant.

Just not a smoothbore guy, I guess, though I do have an Auto5 and a .410 Enfield.

Living in TX, I'll go with an AR15 and a Glock 17, but if I was back in AK or MT, it would be an AR10 and my G21