Re: Preppers and their .22's!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nostradumbass</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't get it....I was working in Minnesotta last month and our safety guy was a devout survivalist/prepper, and animate about it. He went on a rant about guns insisting all a man needs is a .22lr to handle any disaster or survival situation. He stated he sold all of his other firearms to purchase ammunition for his ruger 10/22.
I confronted him about the prospect of self defense or shooting large game, and he simply kept stating, "I'll just shoot'm in the head." It was obvious there was no arguing with this dude, so I just shrugged and let him go on with his retardation.
Later I dicked around on some survivalists boards and was alarmed to see how many people were on board with owning just a .22. Yeah I know, cheap, carry lots of ammo, yah, yah. But if they're so magical, why isn't the military using them, or why aren't all hunting rifles chambered in .22lr?
Well, that's my rant, just wondering what your thoughts were on the subject.
Take care!
</div></div>It's interesting that you consider his opinion retardation, but offered no alternatives. And therein lies the problem with the OP. I'd be interested in hearing what you think is a better single gun.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wildcats</div><div class="ubbcode-body">.22,that's a f*****g joke!
Wait,let me get my Samuel Adams out and sit on the recliner.
This thread should be interesting. </div></div>
Yeah .22s are so silly. I mean I'm sure all those silly Mossad and Bit Shin agents that carried them laughed thier asses off every time they waxed someone.
ROFL.
If I had to pick one and only one gun for a distopian future it'd probably be a glock 17 with a shoulder stock and a suppressor . You know pesky NFA aside. I feel like its the most readily available submachinegun on the market. Mostly because finding a SW M76 isn't realistic. (as a side whatever happened to Omega Man as the standard for survivalists?) But a Glock isn't a submachinegun you say, WTF ever asshole. Shoulder stock, pistol round, reliable 30+ rd magazines. It's a pistol when you need it a carbine when you want it. It'll easily put down most medium game and you know...people. I'd say a reliable 22 comes a close second. You can carry a ton of rounds, little to no recoil, quiet, reliable weapons abound. "but but my M4 is so much better in a firefight" that's cool. I thought we were talking about survival, and I suit to you that if you run around getting in firefights you won't survive long. But yeah let's go there. How many movement to contacts to you plan on doing in the post apocalyptic future? I would submit that most fights between fellow scavengers would happen under 100m where a 22 is plenty potent and the advantage of an m4 are largely negated.
If I had to find one and only one gun and my goal was long term survival I'd want something reloadable, potent, and centerfire. Because, you know it's sort of hard to reload rim fires and eventually they run out. I also don't need a battle rifle because my goal isnt to win a war; it's to survive with my family. As a one and only gun for a person who isnt immersed in firearms 22 is fine. A larger caliber would largely come wit diminishing returns for most obese preppers.
