So What's Your Go-to-Caliber for SHTF?

[Belt Fed]

My go to will depend on what type of situation it is and if my target will be two legged or four legged.

[Black_Sheep]

5.56 for popularity/availability 

12 Gauge for versatility/availability 

.45 ACP just because

.38 Special for versatility 

.22 for popularity/versatility 

 

I should probably have a 9mm due to the calibers popularity.

 

[98Z5V]

2 hours ago, BigNate said:

Errr...  cough cough....  https://greenacressporting.com/product/federal-gm300wmbh1-premium-gold-medal-300-win-mag-215-gr-berger-hybrid-open-tip-match-20-round-box/  Maybe not!  LOL

 

 

DAMN!  What do they think that stuff is?!  .338 Lapua?!...  

[Belt Fed]

10 minutes ago, 98Z5V said:

DAMN!  What do they think that stuff is?!  .338 Lapua?!...  

I bought 5 boxes.

[Belt Fed]

Ok..i mighta lied.

[Armed Eye Doc]

7 minutes ago, Belt Fed said:

Ok..i mighta lied.

Are you sure @Lonewolf McQuade didn't?

[Belt Fed]

Never sure about that guy. he did say he had long hair one time.

[Lonewolf McQuade]

14 minutes ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

Are you sure @Lonewolf McQuade didn't?

Y'all shoulda figured out by now that @Lonewolf McQuade   @Belt Fed  @JF89 & a few other accounts here  are "probably " all the same person..... then again....... nevermind- carry on

[Lonewolf McQuade]

16 minutes ago, Belt Fed said:

Never sure about that guy. he did say he had long hair one time.

I did, I mean you did err..?.we did

[Belt Fed]

5 minutes ago, Lonewolf McQuade said:

I did, I mean you did err..?.we did

You derned ole hippy.

Edited September 2, 2021 by Belt Fed

[Lonewolf McQuade]

3 minutes ago, Belt Fed said:

You derrned ole hippy.

Don't be so tough on yurself

[jtallen83]

On 8/27/2021 at 11:22 PM, Sharpshooter said:

1. The mechanics of society continue to work. You have your choice of pretty much anything that the ammo companies make.

So I'm not fighting of the hoard but things are still bad I gather, schit has still hit? I have to go with a gun rather than a caliber, I have a Savage 24 in 20 ga. mag. and 22 mag. I have the ammo with it to harvest any game around me for several decades on hand, just in case, been shooting that thing since I remember, it has literally fed generations in my family.

On 8/27/2021 at 11:22 PM, Sharpshooter said:

2. The mechanics of society don't work anymore. Your only choices are what you can scrounge up, whether it's from a big-box store or anywhere else.

For me in this situation I have to go with 308 Win. It is what I am set up for best and I know others that have 5.56 covered well.

I had a pretty limited caliber focus....... until I started hanging around here.

[Armed Eye Doc]

19 minutes ago, jtallen83 said:

I had a pretty limited caliber focus....... until I started hanging around here.

I resemble that remark.  I am up to at least 8 calibers of ARs

[BigNate]

2 hours ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

I resemble that remark.  I am up to at least 8 calibers of ARs

LOL  I have 2 calibers of AR (today) - unless we want to call .223 Wylde its own caliber... I'm working on what the next one will be.   .260 Rem, 6.5 CM are the leading contenders... 

[Belt Fed]

5 hours ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

I resemble that remark.  I am up to at least 8 calibers of ARs

Hmmmmm you got me thinkin now. i don't have that many

5.56

300blk

224 Valkyrie

6.5 Grendel

6.5 Creedmore

308

Now if you count AR shotguns then i do have 8

12 gauge and 20 gauge.

Edited September 2, 2021 by Belt Fed

[Armed Eye Doc]

1 hour ago, Belt Fed said:

8.5 Grendel

That's got to be harder to find ammo than a 6.5 Grendel.  I applaud you on originality.

[Belt Fed]

1 hour ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

That's got to be harder to find ammo than a 6.5 Grendel.  I applaud you on originality.

Lol.

Oops wrong number

[Lonewolf McQuade]

Damn! Y'all have a few more calibers in the AR platform than I do, having AR envy now. Think I got 3. 308, 5.56 & 9mm 😪

[Belt Fed]

1 hour ago, Lonewolf McQuade said:

9mm

Well crap, i fergotted about that one, i gots one of those too.

[shooterrex]

Let's see 9mm

6.5 Grendel

6 ARC

5.56

300BO

308

6.5 Creedmoor

50 Beowulf

7.62x39

12 ga

Just in AR platform.

[Armed Eye Doc]

22lr

5.7x28

223W

6.5 Grendel

7.62x39

308

450B

410

9mm

I was wrong.  I am at 9.

Edited September 2, 2021 by Armed Eye Doc

[shooterrex]

Thought you had a 450 Bushmaster.

Never mind I can't read.

Edited September 2, 2021 by shooterrex

[Armed Eye Doc]

I just didn't put the B on the 450

[Belt Fed]

7 minutes ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

22lr

well crap, i got one of those too. i didn't think real hard. it gives me headaches. guess i'm at 10.

[Belt Fed]

7 minutes ago, shooterrex said:

Thought you had a 450 Bushmaster.

Never mind I can't read.

I remember drooling over the pics he posted.