Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I totally agree with being prepared for difficulties resulting from hurricanes, having hunkered down for ten days without power here. Found some real nice lanterns at Sam's that uses 'D' cells and has a flouresent tube. my wife and I enjoyed 'watching' the short wave while the boob tube was out.

jim

“Be Prepared.”
“Be prepared for what?”
“Why, for any old thing.”


Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. [as quoted in the Boy Scout Handbook]

gunderwood wrote:

CowboyT wrote:I agree with you if you're talking about a 10mm revolver, so that you can down-load the round if you need to. It's a mighty fine round.

You can download 10mm for semis too. In fact, most 10mm ammo found on the market today is already downloaded. However, the point is well taken that a revolver offers far more flexibility for pushing either end of the scale. Not to mention that some semis don't like cast bullets while I can't think of a modern revolver which won't eat them.

You won't need to download 10mm for a revolver. You can use the extremely plentiful 40 S&W out of a 610 with moon clips. And the moon clips make hand speed loaders and keep your brass together for later pickup.

Jim

gunderwood wrote:

arkypete wrote:As I said above, I've been around the block a few times and have see the birth, death and re-birth of the survivialist movement and mind set, several times.
I got excited the first time, because it was new. The second time I nearly over looked it.
The third and possibily the fourth time I didn't know I was supposed to prepare for the Apocalypse and totally failed to recognise the the end of the danger.

Jim

I am making what I consider common sense preparations. Nothing extreme like many of the survivalists push. The less severe scenarios are far more likely; like a hurricane knocking out power for a week. However, the extreme scenarios are more fun to talk about.

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I also prepare in light of the hurricane type and some minor things like plenty of ammo and haveing the wife practice along with me with diffrent weapons for home defense or self defense.
Bill

SgtBill wrote:

gunderwood wrote:

arkypete wrote:As I said above, I've been around the block a few times and have see the birth, death and re-birth of the survivialist movement and mind set, several times.
I got excited the first time, because it was new. The second time I nearly over looked it.
The third and possibily the fourth time I didn't know I was supposed to prepare for the Apocalypse and totally failed to recognise the the end of the danger.

Jim

I am making what I consider common sense preparations. Nothing extreme like many of the survivalists push. The less severe scenarios are far more likely; like a hurricane knocking out power for a week. However, the extreme scenarios are more fun to talk about.

Plus 1
I also prepare in light of the hurricane type and some minor things like plenty of ammo and haveing the wife practice along with me with diffrent weapons for home defense or self defense.
Bill

A week without power... I wish. The year we bought our house we went over a month without power because urban areas took priority for repairs due to the back to back hurricanes that hit florida.

For the initial question of semi vs revolver my answer is simple... BOTH.
I don't have a 1911, yet. I have a 40 semi and a 22lr semi which are both nice but I like having a 38special revolver on my ankle just in case.

as for a shtf situation I believe in forethought and being prepared. I moved to a semi rural 1 acre property and promptly planted clumping bamboo along the fence line to make a living wall. Planted fruit and citrus trees. fixed the second well and bought a easily installable hand pump [why does everybody forget water?]

as for protection...

bows are nice, quite, and the ammo can be recovered.
that said I think the ideal would be sitting on your roof when the zombies come with...
sniper rifle for distance
hunting rifle for a little closer
ar15 for closer than that and the occasional mob
pump shotgun for real close
semi-auto pistol for even closer
revolver as back up when reloading the above
Remmington chain saw on a stick for when they are trying to get on the roof
then there are the swords...

almost there