I beg to differ. Of course you will not be able to just walk in somewhere and buy it, but there WILL be ways of trading and exchanging other goods for ammo. Thus, the more common your caliber, the more likely you'll be able to find some. Stockpiling can't hurt, though...And that is that in a survival situation, NO AMMO IS AVAILABLE
...while for the "civilization is (temporarily, hopefully) down" scenario you will most of all need something you actually have a chance to resupply in case the situation persists for a longer period of time.
Found here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859#cite_note-mccracken-13Ice cores contain thin nitrate-rich layers that can be analyzed to reconstruct a history of past events before reliable observations; the data from Greenland ice cores was gathered by Kenneth G. McCracken[12] and others. These show evidence that events of this magnitude—as measured by high-energy proton radiation, not geomagnetic effect—occur approximately once per 500 years, with events at least one-fifth as large occurring several times per century.[13]
And that is that in a survival situation, NO AMMO IS AVAILABLE
I beg to differ. Of course you will not be able to just walk in somewhere and buy it, but there WILL be ways of trading and exchanging other goods for ammo. Thus, the more common your caliber, the more likely you'll be able to find some. Stockpiling can't hurt, though...
Possible, but highly unlikely. On the other hand, it WOULD be "interesting" to see how the 'wired' generation can live without smart phones, iPods, iPads, etc...think there was a television series about that recently. I agree, emergencies tend to be shorter lived than Hollywood would like you to believe, unless the Chinese really do invade. Start thefocus on 72 hours and move up, and like others here, I tend to focus firearm wise on defense, not offense -I'm not out to win WWIII.
The AR,7 would be much better if is was 22mag instead of 22LR. IMO. ]
But I think we should leave the title “survival gun” behind. It’s not really a valid moniker.