Survival Gun of last resort.

Les said:
When you get rain you do!:D
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We got a little this last month... Lake Hartwell is done for though I'm afraid. There is supposed to be a little town under that lake when they filled it in... I wanna go exploring to see if there is anything left now that it's down.
 
Steel-Junky
Very fine shooting. I shoot a stack barrel 22 with 1 inch barrels and find it extremely hard to hit with it at more than 10 feet. I need lot more practice with it. I still drop it my pocket for some wood walks. It is better than nothing.
 
Steel-Junky said:
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I bought one of these once. It was the 22lr/22mag conversion set. It was well made, and pretty cool...

...until I shot it a few times. It's the most INACCURATE thing I've ever shot; that includes throwing a stick at something blindfolded. The 22mag was crazy. It burnt my hand every time I fired it, and kicked like a mule.

It's a cool little hand gun, but has only one real purpose, to be shoved into someone's gut and fired repeatedly.

For a survival gun, I have two options that I would choose:

S&W 686+ w/ 4-6" barrel
S&W 22A w/ 4-6" barrel

I'm not tooting S&W's horn, but have owned both of these, and they're well made, easy to clean and maintain in the field, and above all, super accurate w/ just the iron sights.
 
Well keep in mind I was sitting at a bench with my hands resting on a padded block... I didn't hit that pack free hand LOL. But since my 22 has the folding handle... I can get a good grip on it and double fist it. And I think the trigger on mine is better than most. It's not hard to pull at all and break cleanly and evenly... I think I got a good one.
 
wulfshrunting said:
...until I shot it a few times. It's the most INACCURATE thing I've ever shot
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Perhaps I got a good one but they're really not incapable of some accuracy though... They are hard to shoot well and don't lend themselves to traditional shooting styles... but they can hit somewhat.
 
wulfshrunting said:
It's a cool little hand gun, but has only one real purpose, to be shoved into someone's gut and fired repeatedly.
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I agree with wulfshrunting. As a self-defence gun of absolute last resort, the little .22 has a place, but as a survival gun of last resort it leaves a lot to be desired.

For a survival gun, I have two options that I would choose:

S&W 686+ w/ 4-6" barrel
S&W 22A w/ 4-6" barrel
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I have a 4" 686 myself, and as a survival side arm I would not feel at all distressed to have only that gun. For the minimum gun I would consider for survival purposes, I would choose a S&W J-framed .22 or similar gun from another maker.
 
I think it boils down to three things; ease of carry, power and preference. I thought long and hard about a "trail gun" - one that would allow me to defend myself against two and four legged critters, allow me to harvest food and allow me to easily carry it whenever I needed to. I thought that the .22 was a good answer - there were many choices for delivery systems and though it lacked "stopping power" I could carry a bunch of it. Then I considered the 9mm/38/357 - good guns, good cartidges and good power. I gave thought to the 44/45 calibers for about a minute until I realized I wasn't man enough to pack one of these all day. My choice?

A Glock 19. Lots of good powered rounds in a delivery system you can't kill. It will take medium game but I decided that wasn't my primary need for a portable weapon in the woods; feral animals and people are a far bigger threat just like in the big city. Bears? Big cats? Every one I've ever seen has been running away from me and I maintain a high situational awareness. I figured that 15 rounds of 9mm +P would discourage most predators, if not I was probably meant to be their meal. Plus this is the gun I carry every day everywhere so I am intimately familiar with it.

As Fred Dryer's chacter Hunter used to say: "Works for me!" YMMV
 
Steel-Junky said:
Well keep in mind I was sitting at a bench with my hands resting on a padded block... I didn't hit that pack free hand LOL.
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Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of a survival gun? After all you aren't going to have a bench or rest when you have to shoot at game.
 
STAGE 2 said:
Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of a survival gun? After all you aren't going to have a bench or rest when you have to shoot at game.
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Not really you can fire while lying down and rest your arm on a log or something... Most of the time when shooting at game people rest on something.
 
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