TheLastBoyScout
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For actual self defense from anything from one BG to a small group, from up close to far out, I'd feel fine with an AR (preferably 20", to get the extra oomph from the cartridge) and a Beretta 92 (military issue) , Glock 17(police issue around here), or Colt 1911, as long as I had plentiful full-cap mags. If someone is out of range of the AR, I have no problem with live&let live, and if someone or a group of someones are closer in, I like the capacity of the AR compared to an M1 or M1A (my problem with the M1A is mag cost, and ammo weight. A battle load of 100 rounds in 5 mags for an M1A would cost like $250 for the magazines, but a load of 7 AR mags for 210 rounds of capacity can be had for between $175 and $210 if you look.) The important thing here is to have the same things as a lot of people have, for commonality of parts, mags and ammo.
As far as survival hunting goes, my 10/22 would fill the bill nicely for small game, seeing as post SHTF I doubt there will be any game wardens to complain about its being a semi-auto.
I don't know much about shotguns and hunting/main battle rifles. I'll just say that I'd be most comfortable with police/military issue/popular designs, for the reasons in the first paragraph. That said, I believe the US military issue shotguns are remington 870 and Mossburg 500 12 gauges, and these are fairly common civilian choices. For a hunting rifle, a 7.62 NATO remington 700, or a 7.62 M1 or M1A, or a .30-06 M1 would be what I would consider. The M1 and M1A could possibly replace the AR up top, but the boltgun is the only one of the 3 that I could legally hunt with in PA.
I didn't mention any ComBlock rifles merely because logistics could be a problem, as I see very few people around where I live with AKs and SKSs at the range, and one of my main criterion is commonality of parts with other people/ organizations.
As far as survival hunting goes, my 10/22 would fill the bill nicely for small game, seeing as post SHTF I doubt there will be any game wardens to complain about its being a semi-auto.
I don't know much about shotguns and hunting/main battle rifles. I'll just say that I'd be most comfortable with police/military issue/popular designs, for the reasons in the first paragraph. That said, I believe the US military issue shotguns are remington 870 and Mossburg 500 12 gauges, and these are fairly common civilian choices. For a hunting rifle, a 7.62 NATO remington 700, or a 7.62 M1 or M1A, or a .30-06 M1 would be what I would consider. The M1 and M1A could possibly replace the AR up top, but the boltgun is the only one of the 3 that I could legally hunt with in PA.
I didn't mention any ComBlock rifles merely because logistics could be a problem, as I see very few people around where I live with AKs and SKSs at the range, and one of my main criterion is commonality of parts with other people/ organizations.