My good friend has been telling me to get a 270 for years. He's very knowledgable in guns & ammo.
Thats one of the rounds thats scarce here in most stores.
Nothing wrong with the .270 (even regarding ammo availability in most places, though CA is a special case). My dad hunted with a Remington 742 Semi-auto .30-06 for almost 20 years but recently switched to a Ruger M77 in .270 and he likes it just as much. My personal preference would be to the '06, but realistically I'd never feel bad holding a .270 instead.
I want a gun that, when the poo hits the fan & I can only carry one gun with me in survival situations I want it to be a gun that will work on everything & be able to find ammo more easily than others. stores, garage sales, barter or trade if things get really bad. Thats why I kinda wanted a 357 lever gun to increase my chances of finding ammo to survive off of & I would be able to carry more ammo because they are smaller, lighter rounds. That & I already have a small stock pile of 38's & 357's.
In that case, I don't see .357 or .38 being your go to rounds. For small pistol rounds, 9mm Luger is as common as dirt. Not really good for hunting under normal circumstances, but could be in a pinch. They make carbines that fire it, or you could look at a handgun. OR, more realistically, a .22LR. You can fit 5,000 rounds in a good backpack if you had a mind to, and the rifles don't cost much (used .22's go for under $100 all day in pawn shops - new ones can be found for ~$130-140). Plus if you're really set on the level action Henry makes one of those too. And for a "Just in case" SHTF scenario, .22LR bullets are easy on the wallet to save up. I typically just buy a small box of them every now and then and stick them aside. I'll probably never need them, but if I do, I've got probably 20K+ rounds of various brands stuffed away. Plenty of reloading components too. I figure that for myself (not trading them away), I've got enough ammo to hunt and feed myself for 3-4 lifetimes if need be .
I have a ruger 10-22 carbine thats stamped, made in the 200th year of american liberty.
not sure if its worth anything yet.
I got it for $80.
As far as the 357 lever gun, It would be a secondary rifle to hunt small game & such, because I like the fact of being able to shoot 38's out of it also. In a survival situation I would have it safely burried where I would have somewhat easy access. (if there is such a place.) I wouldnt feel that unconfident in the 357 to hunt with but wouldnt be my first choice for an all around rifle especialy self defense against anyone with somthing any larger with a longer range.
I do however need a pistol & was in the prosses of getting one 7 years ago before some thing happened that prevented me from owning guns for 5 years (which I was wrongfuly accused of) & actualy drove me to getting some guns anyway just to spite the government.
If I had sued the people & the places they work for, I would be living fat off the $$$ for such a screw up.
I was much younger & very devostated from what I was put through that I couldnt handle the stress of fighting this in court & my parents were to stupid to know how to help me so I left it in the past... until it came up in conversation like this. It messed me up mentaly for life. Sadly I will never have the pride or respect for this country that I once did.
However I do respect those who put there lives on the line for this country. Thank you
but thats where it ends.
That was the worst incident of my life but led me to the greatest thing I have in life now & brought me to be as passionat for the wilderness as I am today because after that I couldnt stand being around anyone or within city limits so any spare time I have had in the past 6-7 years I spend out in the timber where I am not bothered. I still wish that it hadnt happened but who knows if I would be as into the outdoors as I am today.
At least some good came from it. Right?
anyway I cant think about that any more, it makes me want to leave the country because I was wrongfully accused of something I didnt do, by my own government.
now that I know that there are more of us that have had this happen to than those not, It helps to make me feel like I'm not alone in this. most people are screwed by the gov. in one way or another. some more than others.
now the government is putting 6 year olds on terrorist watch lists?
Every time I think about the government now I see it as being the smartest kid with downsyndrom,
no matter how smart they think they are, they're still retarted!
That generaly cheers me up a bit.
With these types of things happening in this country, It will be no surprise when the SHTF!
Thats why I want to get on the ball & buy a few guns before it happens.
Or move to the vast wilderness of Canada or another place with a good amount of things to hunt.
A 9mm would be nice but I would rather have a 40 cal. simply for the human stopping power.
I hope it never comes to this but its looking more & more like it.
GOD HELP US ALL!