Agree with redneck, his original post.
When I was a kid, times were pretty tough. No running water, outhouse, kerosene lamps. We ate a lot of beans, tortillas, and eggs. What we did get was rabbit, turkey, grouse, and the occasional deer. We did a lot of spotlighting and used a .22 shot from inside the cab of our truck to muffle the shot. It was our primary meat getting gun. My grandpa had a 7mm and a couple of boxes of shells he kept for elk that wandered into the alfalfa field in the summer but everything else was taken with a Winchester 62a.
We lived out in the sticks for years and never had a problem with anything but coyotes and the occasional mountain lion. No wild boar in sw Colorado.
I've been under theconsideration that a good BOB gun would be a ruger standard, extra Mag's and 550 round box. Granted, I view a BOB as what it is meant for, sustainment of life for 1-3 days en route to either a BOL or home.
Every person has to make the decision on what the percieved threats to their life and liberty will be. A desert dwelling nomad will have different needs that a Atlanta based yuppies. Different threats require different tools. Where I live, there are not a lot of large predators, so the choice for me is based on food gathering with a lower emphasis on fighting off rabid wolverines.the ability to stay extremely light is a large concern due to the need to carry large amounts of water. I know the effectiveness of the round in gathering food and I will not turn my nose up at it.
That being said, the first gun I grab when I travel is a glock 17 and 100 rounds. My main concern is self defence in an urban environment, concealability, and weight. Not the ability to engage in a prolonged gunfight, but to defend my ass as I beat feet out of whatever situation I may find myself in.
Our plan is to grab our AR'S and BOB's as we run out the door if civil unrest is happening. Once again, different scenario, with a different tool. I know someone will say, "but doppleganger, what if something happens while you're not at home and don't have your MBR. " Well then, I probably deserve to be shot for not paying enough attention to the socio-political situation in my area AO to know the level of unrest.
I think some good reccomended reading is ferfals blot about his experiences with the economic collapse ir Argentina. Or "self defense, Israeli style" a paladin press book written by an Israeli citizen. Well thought out arguments and opinions in both places.
