Best survival caliber?
The 22LR? I could see the use for a good 22LR and would take it along. But if I were limited to one gun, that would not be it.
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March 15th, 2012 at 10:13 am
Not my first choice, but I would be in favor of a .223 with a .22LR conversion kit.
March 15th, 2012 at 10:53 am
I like that answer Bob, I would carry a m4 with a .22 conversion kit, with the idea of using more .22lr to survive than anything. It’s real easy to have 2k rounds of .22lr on your person at any time. .223, not so much
March 15th, 2012 at 11:14 am
As I understand it, the big issue with .22 conversion kits for your AR is accuracy – with the 1/9 to 1/7 twist of a .223 barrel, accuracy with .22LR is seriously mediocre – and for the sort of thing that .22 excels at (small game harvesting) that’s a problem.
Better would be a dedicated .22LR upper, IMHO – though that’s significantly heavier to tote around.
March 15th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Wouldn’t this depend upon what you are surviving against?
March 15th, 2012 at 11:38 am
“I could see the use for a good 22LR and would take it along.”
Now, your totin’ two guns.
March 15th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
I think the author reaches the same conclusion….i.e.: not ideal
March 15th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Besides the 22LR the 223 would be the last caliber that I would choose to go “big game hunting”.
March 15th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Nothing new here. Len McDougall has been arguing for the one rifle in .22 LR as ‘the’ survival firearm for years.
March 15th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
22lr, currency of the coming zombie apocalypse…..
March 15th, 2012 at 7:40 pm
.35 Remington would be my choice. Low pressure, so you can use lots of different powders including some pistol powders. You can use large pistol primers instead of larger rifle primers, which means flexibility. Uses 9mm and .38/.357 pistol bullets as well as cast bullets. Low recoil for it’s power, low noise due to low pressure. Available in manually operated actions like lever (Marlin 336), Pump (Remington Model 14/141), and Bolt (Remington Model 30) so you can use black powder if you had to, and you never have to chase brass. Powerful enough to take anything in the lower 48.
March 15th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
I would NEVER underestimate anything in .22. Or .25, .32, .35….etc,….
I will, also, never hunt squirrel with my pocket .25. It would be a waste of ammo.
All that said, a Cricket in .32 ACP, would really ruin a squirrel’s day. Still, I’ll keep my .22.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:04 am
I shoot minute of bowling pin with irons on my AR15, 1 in 7 twist barrel @ 50 yards and a drop in 22lr kit.
March 16th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
The author didn’t declare the .22 as the “best” caliber, just one that you would not want to be without. It’s a very versatile round, & one could well justify having a .22 battery of an AR conversion, a 10-22, a bolt- or lever-action, a revolver and a semiauto pistol.