None. You grab your 12 gauge or a pistol if you want to stay inconspicuous. You hope and pray your airguns are ok after a catastrophe. This is what happened during the fires. I grabbed my 9mm pistol and that’s it. No leaks just plain reliable.
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Yeah luckily it made it. lost ugly bushes boo hoo lol. Probably going to have my gardener cut the burned stuff in the back.Hi Mike, good to see you're safe and sound.......Is your property/home safe as well?
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Ended up coming back the next couple days and grabbing guns and ammo and storing them somewhere safe
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I was going to see how you were. We are a mild drive apart. I second your thoughts, im not relying on orings.
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I wouldnt bet my life on an air rifle personally. Orings and failures are commonplace. Bringing mine for food but firearm for safety. If you're in a country where guns arent really a thing, archery is where I would go.
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That’s an understatement. The fire dept looks at our place in awe because it should’ve burned. The Ring Cam footage looks like the everything was going up .
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Glad you're okay Mike.
As for an airgun in SHTF. I'd say a crosman 1322 in carbine format ONLY so you have a quiet and handy food getter. A pack of seals and a small set of tools is all you'd need to keep it going for a long time.
Or course a 22lr would work just as well, and also be able to deter/stop anything with 2 legs as well.
As for an airgun in SHTF. I'd say a crosman 1322 in carbine format ONLY so you have a quiet and handy food getter. A pack of seals and a small set of tools is all you'd need to keep it going for a long time.
Or course a 22lr would work just as well, and also be able to deter/stop anything with 2 legs as well.
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Glad you’re good Mike. Also wanted to add that AEA is the only airgun I would trust my
Life/wife with
Life/wife with
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For shtf problems I generally plan for different concerns. If I need to get food it would be a break barrel or a .22lr. For protection it would be a .45 or 9mm. Actually this is something I need to consider as we are traveling north from Alabama into a snow storm next week. I normally carry a backpack with food, water, fire starting items, a good knife or two if I’m going more than a few hundred miles.
Rick H.
Rick H.
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If it were for true survival, only 2 types of weapons that fire ammo I feel would be ok.
Flintlock firearm. You can cast ammo and you can make black powder.
I shoot antique 44-40 guns and load black powder for them, but cases do not last "forever" they will eventually split.
If it must be an airgun. An old one that you can do the same, cast round balls and make leather seals.
Nothing I can think of that is modern would be easy to get ammo for, or keep it going..seals, ammo issues, caps, brass, etc.
If it is a temporary situation. All sorts of modern firearms would fit the bill.
Flintlock firearm. You can cast ammo and you can make black powder.
I shoot antique 44-40 guns and load black powder for them, but cases do not last "forever" they will eventually split.
If it must be an airgun. An old one that you can do the same, cast round balls and make leather seals.
Nothing I can think of that is modern would be easy to get ammo for, or keep it going..seals, ammo issues, caps, brass, etc.
If it is a temporary situation. All sorts of modern firearms would fit the bill.
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Glad to hear you and your stuff is ok . You can claim the ugly bushes on insurance , and thank the fire for getting rid of them for you
Stan in KY .
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Glad you're well @PasadenaMike .
Edgun Leshiy Classic. You simply cannot beat it. It is heavy and solid enough as a weapon to induce severe blunt trauma, you can backpack it or strap it to your chest without it being inconvenient. Air pump friendly, and you can change calibers in seconds only needing the barrel to do so.
Edgun Leshiy Classic. You simply cannot beat it. It is heavy and solid enough as a weapon to induce severe blunt trauma, you can backpack it or strap it to your chest without it being inconvenient. Air pump friendly, and you can change calibers in seconds only needing the barrel to do so.
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Airguns are recreational. There's not enough time in the day to feed you family by hunting, much less hunting with an airgun. If you plan to defend them with an airgun, try to limit your attackers to the unarmed variety.
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One of my Atamans M2Rs or the Ap-16 and a mold for ammo. Low noise way of getting food. Caliber dependents on the menu.
Anything beyond that will require powder.
Anything beyond that will require powder.
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