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What would your “bug out” handgun be?
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And these threads always stir up the imaginations of the "bail out kit" dream world fantasizers, as if they don't already have enough to obsess over. The reasonably prepared aren't really too concerned - as it should be.
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I don’t see me going anywhere. So if I’m leaving it’s a serious situation which calls for more than a handgun. But I have already thought of this. I’ll be carrying my 629 and Ruger 44 carbine. My stepson will be carrying my P365 and Ruger PC9 carbine. My wife will be carrying my Ruger MKII and a Ruger 10/22 with red dot. Each of us will be responsible for our own ammo.
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If we take the OP at his word:
His question was NOT to stay or to leave. It was what gun to take.
I believe like so many, that staying put is usually the best option; but that's not the question.
Bug out is defined as "forced to evacuate". I believe Weight will be the key. Food and water weigh a lot. In this scenario only, 22 is the answer if you may need hunting ammo as well as defense.
I don't think there's a high probability of bugging out. So my Bug-Out-Bag (BOB) is called Get Home Bag. It's in my car if I need to fight (elements or people) on my way home.
If things go bad:
Does your family know how to get home from different locations? Do they know how to contact each other with cell and phone lines down?
What makes folks think they will be at home when disaster strikes? These are much better questions than "what gun?".
By the way, social psychologists have been playing and scoring the "Disaster Simulation game" for years. I played it in the 60's in psych class. Example: You score points if you get home. You lose points if you leave your hospital job to get there. Interesting choices.
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His question was NOT to stay or to leave. It was what gun to take.
I believe like so many, that staying put is usually the best option; but that's not the question.
Bug out is defined as "forced to evacuate". I believe Weight will be the key. Food and water weigh a lot. In this scenario only, 22 is the answer if you may need hunting ammo as well as defense.
I don't think there's a high probability of bugging out. So my Bug-Out-Bag (BOB) is called Get Home Bag. It's in my car if I need to fight (elements or people) on my way home.
If things go bad:
Does your family know how to get home from different locations? Do they know how to contact each other with cell and phone lines down?
What makes folks think they will be at home when disaster strikes? These are much better questions than "what gun?".
By the way, social psychologists have been playing and scoring the "Disaster Simulation game" for years. I played it in the 60's in psych class. Example: You score points if you get home. You lose points if you leave your hospital job to get there. Interesting choices.
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My first choice would be a Model 48, 22wmr and 22lr. with lots of ammo. Not willing to go John Wayne (my generations butt kicker) on a group but am willing to go one-on-one if needed. It is enough for keeping one or 2, 2-legged predictors away while being big enough for hunting.
A second pistol, if allowed, would be a Glock 23/32 with compatible barrels in 40/9mm/357sig and a .22 conversion along with appropriate ammo, but you have the ability to feed it whatever you can get. Mags can almost be interchangeable too, if you are willing to risk possible feed issues at a critical time.
BTW, I would not suggest bugging out to Montana, or any other Canadian border states, in the winter months. If you are from the South or West like me, your tender body will find out what real winter feels like.
"For hunting" I'll bet 9 out of 10 "buggers" would starve within a week if they had to hunt for food......Only place they could probably kill a squirrel is a city park.
The wife and I made it through a couple riots, 10 miles from the epicenter of the Northridge quake, and general crime conditions in LA for over 30 years. But getting out if it got really bad was always a concern. Breathed a sigh of relief when we made it to the boonies, several years before covid.
I would think if something drove us away it would be 3 glock 9s, 34,17, 19 and a Keltec 2000 glock W/ mags. Have a bunch of mags and a dozen 32 rds.plus cans for them. Also a ruger 10-22/ folding stock carbon fiber barrel with a can and a thermal. I would try to pack a LW AR and several hundred rounds but ammo weighs.
I dont fear the military. We live out 20+ miles from any big Hwy or about that from any small town. We are pretty old also,Ha. But I refuse to think any US military would go along with rounding up the entire civilian population. Notice I did not say FBI/DOJ etc.
I did make a couple small preparations...
I would think if something drove us away it would be 3 glock 9s, 34,17, 19 and a Keltec 2000 glock W/ mags. Have a bunch of mags and a dozen 32 rds.plus cans for them. Also a ruger 10-22/ folding stock carbon fiber barrel with a can and a thermal. I would try to pack a LW AR and several hundred rounds but ammo weighs.
I dont fear the military. We live out 20+ miles from any big Hwy or about that from any small town. We are pretty old also,Ha. But I refuse to think any US military would go along with rounding up the entire civilian population. Notice I did not say FBI/DOJ etc.
I did make a couple small preparations...
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My heart says 1911 in .45, but the right side of my body requested a Glock 19. Seems more practical, anyway.
Your country ride vehicle looks like one from the TV series RAT PATROL.......I LIKE IT.
I would stay put. Have enuff ammo, long guns & hand guns .
High ground to cover main roads & road I am on is a dead end . Plenty of batteries & medical supplies.
Also 5 mean cat's & a German Shepherd Boxer mix who has the night watch.
High ground to cover main roads & road I am on is a dead end . Plenty of batteries & medical supplies.
Also 5 mean cat's & a German Shepherd Boxer mix who has the night watch.
Not a bug out as I live in rural MT but a get home bag. I have a Savage 24 22/20 and a H&R 22 lr 9 shot that does 1 1/2" at 25 yards. Back pack with 100 shot shells, 25 slugs and #3 buck and 500+ 22 cartridges.
I imagine it would take the military a while to find my road.
I imagine it would take the military a while to find my road.
Well its not mine SC, belongs to a Vet as in horse DR here. Pretty nice I agree.
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I reckon it would depend on where I was and what was handy, if I'm being half realistic. if it were right NOW....which would have to be something along the lines of a nuclear attack for me to abandon my post, it would be the S&W 638 J frame and a S&W M&P R8 revolver with 100 rounds or so of ammo.
Given my druthers....It'd be one of my .357s. Likely, an 8 shot 627 with a 2.5" bbl. It would be paired with my lever gun in the same caliber and a suppressor. Light load .38 Specials would give a chance at small game still having some meat attached, and full power 200 grain loads would give half a chance against bigger and more dangerous critters.
That being said, I fully realize in such an instance my weapon could easily be a discarded bra found near a homeless camp with a rock in each cup. Whatever. I will make best use of whatever the good Lord provides me with.
Given my druthers....It'd be one of my .357s. Likely, an 8 shot 627 with a 2.5" bbl. It would be paired with my lever gun in the same caliber and a suppressor. Light load .38 Specials would give a chance at small game still having some meat attached, and full power 200 grain loads would give half a chance against bigger and more dangerous critters.
That being said, I fully realize in such an instance my weapon could easily be a discarded bra found near a homeless camp with a rock in each cup. Whatever. I will make best use of whatever the good Lord provides me with.
DGNY
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Good question, probably none at all, as in NYS public places are verboten. But maybe a movie theater as I haven’t been to one in so long, bad guys probably would never think of that and plenty of popcorn, restrooms and entertainment. Just a thought.
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I have lots of choices available, but I know what would NOT be an option- Glock, P320/365, M&P or anything similar.
For about the last 8 years or so I've kept a High Point C9 in a locked compartment in whatever truck I own. It is in a vacuum sealed bag as is two boxes of ammo in another bag. There is also a holster and two spare magazines in the locked compartment. Every spring I take it out and shoot a box of ammo through it. It also gets taken out and fired during various camping trips. In the fall I'll clean it again and reseal it up for the winter. It's not a Bug Out Gun, it's a Get Me Home Gun.
If I was leaving the house in an emergency I'd grab my Ruger 10/22 take down and whatever 1911 was handy. I keep a brick of the 22LR that the Ruger is sighted for in the carry case along with a couple extended magazines. Frankly I think it's the most practical emergency firearm I own.
If I was leaving the house in an emergency I'd grab my Ruger 10/22 take down and whatever 1911 was handy. I keep a brick of the 22LR that the Ruger is sighted for in the carry case along with a couple extended magazines. Frankly I think it's the most practical emergency firearm I own.
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The wife and I have vests set up for GLOCKS. Same caliber, same size etc. That works well forthe Ruger pcc’s set up for GLOCK 33 round mags.
We aren’t bugging out, by the time they get to us they will be pretty worn out.
Regards, Rick Gibbs
We aren’t bugging out, by the time they get to us they will be pretty worn out.
Regards, Rick Gibbs
Although I'm a die hard S&W fan and S&Ws are my EDCs (M&P9 PC Shield Plus and 642-2) , I would bug out with my SIG P226 SAO Legion. It pairs well with my SIG MPX Gen 2 (with pistol arm brace). As a matter of fact, my bug out bag is rigged for holding the P226 and MPX with lots of mags, as well as knives, a tomahawk, and standard survival supplies. As others have said, bugging out is not always your choice. Here on Florida's barrier islands, we've had to evacuate 5-6 times over the past 15 years due to hurricanes. Not just because of the risk of storm damage, but because electrical power, water and emergency services are lost or shut down.
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If I lived in your area I would have a “bug to” bank and safety deposit box located safely upstate where it will not flood. In the safety deposit box I would have cash, credit card(s), passport, vital records such as birth and marriage certificates along with handgun and some ammunition. The bank would not not necessarily where I will be staying but conveniently located along my evacuation route.
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