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If you could have one gun, one platform, and one caliber, what would it be ?

41K views 160 replies 132 participants last post by  insman1132 
#1 ·
Mine would be a Ruger SP 101 357 MAG 4 in barrel, stainless. Went with a revolver because this would be the only gun I could have. The SP is still concealable with a five shot capacity. Double action so a speed loader or strip for quick reload is an option.
 
#133 ·
Politically correct vs real answer



Politically correct answer:

Mine would be my Ruger SP101 3 inch in .357 mag. One of my favorite all around guns and almost always with me. Easy to carry/conceal. I can reload for it. Power levels can go from 125 gr screaming man stoppers down to light target.

Real Answer:

When it gets that oppressive, ammo and reloading components will not be available. My NATO compatible weapons will have to be dug up from where they are stored.
You do know where you will get your ammo at that point right?

If it ever gets to the point that our oppressive government violates the constitution along those lines, and only "allows" us one handgun;
" A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a FREE STATE, ....................
 
#136 ·
Mine would only have 33 parts. The trigger would come from Ghost. It would hold 15+1. It would be reliable to the point of being boring.......?

GW
 
#141 ·
If I had to get rid of everything and only keep 1 gun, it would by my S&W, model 19, 4", 357 mag.
I totally agree, the versatility of the 357 makes it a survival and self defense weapon that is hard to beat, and it eats 38 Spl. and 357 Mag. interchangeably
and so makes it a easy recoiling gun for people who can't handle the full powered magnum and yet you can load it up hot and take on a Black bear, or a deer or if you can get close enough even an elk with a well placed shot.
Wear a coat and it's concealed even in a regular hip holster.
I own the M-19 and won't ever trade or sell it!
R
 
#142 ·
Hummm
I don't have enough information to make a decision.
What scenario would that be?

A kind of gun ban, that you can have only one gun by law? Well I had even in Germany, the UK and Australia guns (plural). They have a completely and by denunciators and police including night searches in homes, enforced gun ban law. I prefer to be alive on a court of law than politically correct and lawful death in a funeral home.
"Your honor, I didn't do anything. The robber wants to shoot me and than out of the blue just in the right moment, a Gun came and shoots the robber and than just flew out into the sky". People don't shoot people, guns do that - right?
I stay outside the law in this case and commit a felony. Felons go to a court of law. Political correct Marxist gun ban followers are lawful, but travel always to the funeral home in any violent scenario. If I can choose, I take my chances being alive on a court of law.

Other scenarios have to be explained.
In a scenario, like in a civilized world with some robbers and burglars and a functioning LE system I just stay outside the law if they create such a one gun law.
In a Marxist anarchistic scenario I need more than one weapon for sure.
Do I have to hunt for a living? How does the infrastructure look like? Police still in place, or law enforced by militant groups, neighborhood watches and Police controlled by UN-Military forces? UN-Military keeps zones that civilians can't leave? Stores open, Streets open to travel, Gas Stations open, Electricity on or off…..

I can not even think of having only one weapon. Even in a hypothetical scenario I need to know a scenario to make a decision. The one fits all weapon does not exist, so I have to make an evaluation, a triage, to make a choice on one and one only gun.
A 22 is good for shooting nice little lunch meat. Shot a squirrel with a 45 or try to shoot a boar with a 22. The one fits all doesn't exist.

The question is like if you could have only one wrench in your toolbox, which one would you keep?

A scenario please?
Simple question was if you could have only one gun what would it be?
You decide the scenario, or even none!
R
 
#145 ·
Glock 9mm as I could get the Lone Wolf G9 in the Ar with interchangeable mags. With so many options for the glock pistols, the added ability of LW G9 and the availability of 9mm ammo it make sense.
Some will tell you that the 9mm for SHTF is nuts. Well we are talking about one manufacturer, one caliber for multiple guns. Weight equals pain. I can carry tons of 9mm where 5.56, 7.62, 223 etc., you are limited by weight and room. The second thing is some will say you cant hunt with 9mm. Bull. I have taken deer with a 22 and the 9mm G9 will be sufficient for deer to small game. It's shot placement and when grew up, I used a single shot and you had to make sure your one shot was up close and counted.
I like the 9mm but own 22's, 300, 30-06, 45, 30-30, 12g, 410, Ar15, AK47, G9 several glocks, CZs, Bersa's, Berretta's and the odd wall hangers and a few collectors. If I could carry them all, I would carry them all, but if I had to choose I think I would have made the right choice.
 
#150 ·
Considering that my primary EDC and night time under the pillow gun is a BT380 from early spring to late fall and year round as my Sunday go to meeting and going to dinner carry, I'd have to choose my 9mm. Due to "happen stance" I have two Bersa 9UCs and 17 of the 13 round mags to go with them (Wish Bersa would introduce a 9mm Carbine). They are very concealable even for OWB carry First, I like the variety of the rounds for the 9mm, from 115 to 147+P grain rounds and the general "non Obama interference" availability. I target with 115 and 124 FMJ and carry a combo load of 147+P and 124 FMJ in my SD mags.
 
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