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For f's sake, please don't take this too seriously
Assuming my wife and I end up moving to Washington State, I'll be purchasing an FN Five-seveN for OC. I'm also aware of the AR-57, and while I've long said that I have no need of an AR weapon, it's intriguing. Hell, it's cool, and that's probably enough for me.
However, the shared ammunition between the Five-seveN and the AR-57 got me thinking about SHTF scenarios. I want to talk, specifically, about what cartridge or cartridges you'd want to have weapons for in a long-term SHTF situation. I don't think the 5.7x28mm round is preferable when facing the probability of having to acquire ammunition after your stores expire, simply due to its relative rarity. Let's not talk about the most preferable single cartridge and gun if you only have one gun. I want to talk about the gun and cartridge options if you're planning for a SHTF scenario, wherein you would have the options of pistol and rifle, and maybe even pistol carbine. Self-defense, hunting, etc are on the table. The idea here is this: we are planning the guns (and rounds) we'd take with us if we knew we had to be mobile, and ordered society was significantly, if not totally, broken-down. To be clear: hunkering in one location is 100% out of the question, in this discussion. I'm aware some people think they could hunker in one location; it is stipulated that this is off-topic, so please leave any and all such discussion out of this, no matter how unrealistic you think this stipulation is.
Assuming my wife and I end up moving to Washington State, I'll be purchasing an FN Five-seveN for OC. I'm also aware of the AR-57, and while I've long said that I have no need of an AR weapon, it's intriguing. Hell, it's cool, and that's probably enough for me.
However, the shared ammunition between the Five-seveN and the AR-57 got me thinking about SHTF scenarios. I want to talk, specifically, about what cartridge or cartridges you'd want to have weapons for in a long-term SHTF situation. I don't think the 5.7x28mm round is preferable when facing the probability of having to acquire ammunition after your stores expire, simply due to its relative rarity. Let's not talk about the most preferable single cartridge and gun if you only have one gun. I want to talk about the gun and cartridge options if you're planning for a SHTF scenario, wherein you would have the options of pistol and rifle, and maybe even pistol carbine. Self-defense, hunting, etc are on the table. The idea here is this: we are planning the guns (and rounds) we'd take with us if we knew we had to be mobile, and ordered society was significantly, if not totally, broken-down. To be clear: hunkering in one location is 100% out of the question, in this discussion. I'm aware some people think they could hunker in one location; it is stipulated that this is off-topic, so please leave any and all such discussion out of this, no matter how unrealistic you think this stipulation is.