If you haven't already acquainted yourself with the idea of defending yourself with a firearm TODAY is the day. Ideally you would have three weapons an AR-15 (Palmetto State Armory or equivalent) because it's everywhere, a Glock 19 because everyone who's job it is to kill people has used it without complaint and a shotgun if you are unfamiliar with firearms I suggest an old (70s 80s) Remington 870 (pump action) police magnum if you are familiar with shotguns can't beat the Benelli m4 or Beretta 1301 I'm sure some of you have felt an ominous weight for awhile now like myself, feeling as though things cannot continue as they have and you are right. I've struggled myself with the idea that what we have been told to be is reliant upon a system that should not be. I'd like to open a discussion on this topic and how you think things will go. For all the non believers I'll pray for you.
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I recommend an AR pistol, preferably with a heavy hitting round that does well in varying environments (walls, foliage, windows, car doors), which means not a standard spitzer round, but something heavy and wide like a .458 SOCOM. These rounds are nice because they pack twice the punch of a .556 (watch some bear hunting videos with them to see what I mean, they will usually stop any target with one shot), but fit into a standard AR, rather than needing a longer/heavier action, and they are also much lower psi, which means low risk of explosions. However, you can also get by with a 10.5 inch barrel in a 7.62 x 51 (.308), with surprisingly little loss in FPS/muzzle energy, and you could still reach out and touch something at 500 yards with pretty decent accuracy.
The AR pistol format is absolutely a must for the zombie apocalypse, because, for one it's a pistol which means you could legally carry it in a bag, in the interim before the apocalypse, and because it's small and easy to bring with you in your car, easier to deploy in a tight space, lighter weight, etc.
The reason I bring up the skinny/high velocity spitzer rounds being less ideal for this role is that, unless you're planning on sniping with this gun, the most likely scenario for missing a target in a chaotic urban zombie apocalypse scenario is your bullet hitting a branch or going through a windshield or some other soft debris causing it to fly wildly off target. IV 8888 did a video where they showed the .45-70 making its way through branches without any problem, while fast spitzer surrounds like .556 with miss their targets by a long shot after hitting just leaves.
I've shot a lot of different ARs/M4s I've been on the AR pistol train before but I gotta say unless you have a flash hider, good muzzle break or a suppressor shooting an AR pistol in doors is super fuckin concussive in .308 it'd be a semi auto flashbang I prefer 16" barrels nice middle of the road multipurpose rifle and the reason I recommended the AR was because of parts availability that utility goes out the window if you use other calibers I do like niche rounds but from a utilitarian perspective 5.56/.223 will work
Absolutely true (re: utilitarian bit). Btw, .458 is a faster burning load w/ a large (.50 AE) primer, so there's no flash at 10.5". That said... there is a LOT of noise and concussive force.
Had a 9inch ar pistol(5.56) a little ways back lost it in a boating accident but that thing was intense if anyone is standing near you forget about it I'd love of these https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1041273584
That sucks, man. We lost pretty much everything in our last building accident as well.
That pistol looks pretty sweet, though. I'm not a huge fan of 300blk because you only gain a tiny bit (~10%) of muzzle energy over .556, at the expense of ballistic coefficient and range, and because it's a narrower spitzer round, you also lose a lot of ability to step up projectile grain weight when you go subsonic. For example, with .458 you can put a can on it and shoot subsonic 600 grain rounds with more muzzle energy than supersonic .556. Subsonic 300blk have less than half the energy, and a similar range. (Sorry to come across like a .458 salesman.)