My current SHTF Rifles are a .30-06 bolt action rifle. A nice 800 yard plus range , plenty of ammo found at most any Wally World or back water general store/bait shop. I hand load .30-06 and find it to be the most versitile round out there and can be loaded for any varmit or game animal in North America. Though it does not have the inherent accuracy of the .308 or .223 it wil easily shoot one minute of bad guy.

And a .22lr bolt gun for adding meat to the stew pot.

they are supplimented with a .357 magnum revolver on my hip to dispatch two legged critters who get too close.

Quote Originally Posted by solecistic View Post
So this is for the zombie apocalypse, right?
No, not really. Something like an earthquake or hurricain or other disaster where the govermemt is unable or unwilling to provide for your proctection and you have to proctect your family from the thug element such as the citizens of New Orleans had to fend off the looters during hurricain Katrina or as bussiness owners had to protect thier life long investments during the L.A. riots.

Besides for Zombies the best weapon is a machete, they are easily sharpend with a bastard file and never run out of bullets. You can easily lop off head on those slow moving pests until your arms get tired.