Whats your full power battle Survival Rifle?

OK, then the ultimate rifle for this purpose would have to be the Arisaka Type 99 bolt action as used by Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Imperial Army. Onoda kept fighting in the Philippines for nearly 30 years after WWII ended, & finally surrendered in 1974 to his retired commanding officer. The Arisaka rifle was still in good working order & Lt Odona still had 500 rounds of ammunition.
 
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Mine is a 30-06 bolt-action 1903a3 with strippers in bando,s all stock ,but loaded with 165 sp bt,s. I like the robustness and accuracy of a DCM Legal Match rifle. 1"M.O.A accurate with standard peep sites. The 06 can carry the mail for protection and food. Ar,s and Ak,s are not full power and Fal,s and M1,s ,M1A1,s waste to much ammo,weight to haul around. All the ammo you have is what you can carry. For me its 150rds of 30-06. You are on your own with no resupply. If you live longer than your ammo supply feel lucky. You survived!

I disagree I have a M-1 Rifle in 7.62x51 with bandoleers of 8 round clips and a WWII Garand ammo pouch belt. Just because a rifle is a semi-automatic does not mean it is not accurate or that you will waste ammo. You can if you want but that would be foolish. The reason for the semi-auto is you can acquire multiple hostiles in less time normally and dispatch them faster. The marksmanship rules should be used whatever weapon you use. Spray and pray is just foolish.
 
I have two full power battle rifles. The Arisaka failed to allow its original operator to survive and as far as I know the M1 has never been tested in a survival contest.
 
Everyone knows that, when the SHTF, zombies will be with in spitting distance of you. So, no need for an AK, AR, XYZ or even a hand gun! I'll use my trusty "super soaker" with 91 octane and a dependable flick of the Bic. Zombies can and will take bullets all night long. Every zombie movie I've ever seen the zombies just will not stand up to fire :D
 
One of these probably
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What am I supposed to be surviving? There's no perfect rifle for all possible scenarios, with or without all this "survival" stuff.

The old '03 is a great hunting rifle. Been a mainstay in my family since around 1922. Post-WW II, my father's sporter accounted for well over a hundred tagged bucks. A 150-grain Hornady Spire Point loaded to GI specs will kill deer to 500 yards.
 
This is a Silly post, but I would probably want to take my Remington 03 A3 too, its an accurate rifle, and dependable.
 
I keep an Abrams tank idling out back just in case.

Not as good as the 16" gun, but the wife likes diesels so it works out ok.

Still need to get the auto loader though, bit hard to crew it with just the two of us.

With the cost of diesel I need to get the under armor APU upgrade though. I guess I could pipe the turbine through a heat exchanger and keep the house warm in winter.
 
Oh come on you guys lighten up. He means your General Purpose Rifle. No need to make it harder than need be. The presumably full power rifle that you should already have to meet the needs of your family no matter who's doomsday scenario you envision. To feed the Fam with, repel boarders, or take on the 40 LB African rats in the back yard.:D

I have an M1A, an AR15, and my fav, the 1895G, and friends.

In thinking about a GP rifle, I think Cooper was correct in his assessment of the 180/308 type of load for GP use.
 
My Sig 556 patrol. It's light, accurate, rugged (refined AK operating system) I don't at the moment have a .308 but have been looking at the Sig 716.
 
Where I live in Kansas, there are wide open spaces. My nearest neighbor is a mile away. I could conceiveably start engaging a target 1000 yards away in any direction with my scoped K31 or my scoped Enfield #4 Mk1. A little closer I could start using my Garand or HK91. If targets get within 400 yards or so, then I can engage with my AK or AR. Yes, these are in a variety of calibre's but who knows what my resupply might be. You may love the AR but if .223 isn't available at the time you need it..... I am pretty much able to use any major calibre that might come my way.
Also, in a SHTF engagement, you can't play the same game as your opponent. He may be more accurate and stronger than you. You've got to be prepared to engage in a variety of ways to counter an attack. If someone is coming at you with AR type rifles, they are not going to be able to contend with long distance accurate fire in open spaces. If they are engaging you at long distances, you are going to have to move and engage them with a flanking manuever while pinning them down with your own long distance fire. Having one type of rifle will not make you able to contend with, in a significant way, a variety of situations.
If I were on the move always and could only carry one rifle, it would be my HK91. I would avoid conflict at all costs but if I had to, I would have a powerful weapon that could engage at a variety of distances. If I needed more than the 160 rounds I could carry, then I failed at avoiding major contact with hostiles.
 
Its not silly and can happen. Most would die for lack of woodscraft& and being out of shape. Not lack of a simple bolt hi-power rifle. :Anything can happen on this world anytime.
 
[I,m not talking a ring of Indians running around your wagon train or what you think is safe in your home. But heading for deep woods or mountian wilderness with only the gear you can carry to make it. Basic survival gear ,knive ,compass,firestarters , space blanket,snare& small fishing gear lines and hooks,canteen& pure water system. So you had to go into the back country for 2-3 months intill the problem ended with a natural disaster or terrorist attack. Your home and citys not safe. On foot with no auto,s,trucks. ]

I can't see anyway that could happen here, so I cannot relate to that. Most would not have the survival skills to get by anyway, and would starve.
Not a realistic scenario.
Jerry
 
For me If not my K98 Mausers it would most likely be my Yugo m76 in 8mm mauser. I think the M76 1st,then the K98's. The 8mm is a very good long range round.
 
Yes you have a point there most worry about guns,guns,guns and would die forgetting how to survive and nobody gets out of this world alive. Amen brother. The Father & son is the only way.
 
"So you had to go into the back country for 2-3 months intill the problem ended..."

MREs, water purifier, a good knife and a .22 rimfire.

And more knowledge and skills than 99.9% of the rest of the population.
 
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