The best all around three gun battery

[Irving]

Took me a minute. Wheel of Time... that last one was a damn good book.

I'm not going to derail this thread, but I wanted to let you know that Brandon Sanderson has been commissioned to finish out the series. Sanderson's other work should be checked out.

Carry on dudes.

[jreifsch80]

This is a very interesting thread. Lots of varried responses I gotta admit when I first read some posts talking about taking a couple hundred rounds of different types of shotgun ammo and rifle ammo and pistol ammo I think wow some guys here must either be very very strong if they also plan on carrying supplies or have very very big gas tanks not bashing anyone as we all have different plans and needs here's my idea

If I have transportation
1 my 8x57 m76 its an ak based rifle mine is very accurate and 8mm mauser will drop anything with 4 legs or two and I have plenty of ammo for it (also despite what you all may think ammo is pretty easy to find if need be)

2 my 870 wingmaster

3 my cz-52 with 3 or 4 70 round boxes of surp 7.62x25 for it also a 9mm conversion barrel in case I scavenge some


If I'm on foot

1 underfolder akm, light weight hardy can hide in a pack and while people say it can be cleaned with spit and a boot lace my buddy that is a former ukrainian spetznaz said they were taught if need be to clean it by pissing down the barrel and running a boot lace through it haha

2 single shot break open 12 gauge, breaks into 2 pieces fits in a pack and is light, for ammo I'd have about 50 full brass hulls a couple pounds of black powder and a couple pounds of shot a slug mold (just in case) and elmers glue for my top wad, if the top wad is glued instead of crimped in place they can practicly be reloaded forever oh and plenty of primers too

3 same pistol as before the ammo is light

And in my dreams where weight and ammo are not problem (or full on fall of western civ as we know it shtf)

1 mg-42 with at least 4 cases of ammo and a dozen barrels haha

2 saiga 12k with about 20 8 round mags and about 10 drums

3 for my pistol hehe... An aks-74u with about 30 mags and a couple cases of ammo (oh and a hand drill and a few "extra" parts haha)

But realisticly though it's tempting to have like 20 mags per firearm in my bug out bag I find it more practicle to have more like 4 or 5 for my ak variant I'd choose to take as well as a stripper clip guide and my extra ammo on stripper clips though I can see carring zillions of pistol mags as they're light and compact

And don't forget black powder and full brass hulls guys bp lasts forever practicly and with brass hulls reloading them would only require a. Punch for pushing out the spent primer, a stick for compressing the load and elmers glue for securing the top wad heck you could probably use candle wax (might be dangerous haha) or even tree sap to secure the top wad. Also with bp loads the measuring is simple too

Anyway I don't mean to ramble but I did haha

[mcantar18c]

Gun 1: Colt SAA in .45LC with a 7.5" barrel. I'm more accurate with single actions than any other handgun I've shot with. They're durable as hell, no recoil springs or anything to wear down, simple = less chit to break.

Gun 2: Taurus Circuit Judge with a 4x32 optic. Will shoot .45LC and both 2.5" and 3" .410 shells out of an 18.5" barrel. .45LC to hunt 4 and 2 leg creatures, .410 for winged ones and for personal defense. Commonality of .45LC is an obvious benefit, and I can fit more .410 on me than I can 12ga.

Don't need a Gun 3, I already have a shotgun, handgun, and a rifle.... I can put that saved space and weight to better use.

[gcrookston]

HK 93 quickly convertible from precision rifle to battle rifle to assault rifle
HK/Benelli M1S90
HK USPT .45

[glock21]

my 3 gun would be only what i have.

1. Glock 22 with 10+mags
2. mossberg 500 with only ammo i can carry and still be able to run
3. .22 single action revolver

i would also carry my aluminum baseball bat for when ammo runs dry or to save ammo either way i can do some damage with that if they dont have a gun hahaha

[Asmodiar]

Well, for sure:
12 gauge pump shotgun - Probably longer barrel for better hunting...
.22LR rifle - personal choice - I like my Marlin bolt action.. but they are all about the same

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Then your third arm is up in the air... But handguns are good for personal defense... I'd go .45 revolver

Of course a 5.56 AR would be a good option... can't go wrong there

But a .308 or 30-06 hunting rifle with a x4 scope would probably be a more practical bet.

[primeelkhunter]

1 Pistol is a Ruger revolver chambered in .357 Magnum
2 Rifle is a Rossi "trapper" chambered in .357 magnum (Krasni has it on
order for me)
3 Shotgun is a Stoeger "coach gun" chambered in 20 ga.(one barrel with
00 buck, the other with slug)

[rockhound]

how about just about any gun you happen to have handy.

personally i have been customizing my personal armory for the last year or so.

no ones business as to what i have or will have,


suffice to say I won't be unarmed when the SHTF