Off-Grid Guns - Guns for offgrid living, self-defense, hunting, etc.
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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Guns can serve a variety of purposes, especially off the grid. Whether you need something for home defence, keeping critters out of the garden, or hunting, there are several to choose from. This is a little selection that I've accumulated over the years. Each weapon has a purpose, each one fulfills a different role around here, even though the lines between them can be blurred.
For new gun owners, I recommend getting a .22LR. This will give you shooting practice, provide some amount of home defence capability, the ability to hunt small game or take out rodents, and they are cheap and fun to shoot. Depending on the type of shooting you want to train for, get a pistol or a rifle, or both. Mine are the Ruger 10/22 and the Phoenix Arms HP22A.
A self defence pistol takes personal defence out of the household or homestead and into town as a concealed carry pistol. Mine are both chambered in 45ACP, but any caliber will do the trick, really. Most people go with 40S&W, 9mm, or 45ACP in their auto-loaders and 38 Special or .357 in revolvers. But there are so many others that it's really too much to talk about.
A big game rifle should be in a major caliber, while home defense rifles are often smaller calibers. Both my deer rifle and my AR are chambered in full size calibers. The bolt action in 30-06 and the AR10 in .308 Winchester.
And of course, a good all-around do everything gun is a 12GA or 20GA shotgun like the Remington 870 or Mossberg 500.
Hope you like the vid, and maybe there's something here to learn for those of you thinking about your first firearm.
simple to the point, i like it...well explained...kudos
Glad it was helpful!
Primarily I'll most likely have...
1. A 9mm pistol such as a Glock 19 as primary side arm.
2. An AR-15 in 5.56 as my main battle rifle.
3. A 22LR mouse gun such as a Walther PPK/S, Beretta 21A Bobcat, or a Ruger LCP 2 Lite Rack.
4. A 1911 pistol in 45 ACP such as a Colt 1911 since this one has a soft spot in my heart because it was the first gun I ever shot and became very accurate with thanks to my dad's Colt 1911 and Para Ordnance.
5. An AR-10 in 308 for long range shooting.
sounds like a really nice little arsenal! impressive
@@offgridgecko Update.
1. Glock 19 (or Glock 23 if I can shoot a 40 cal since I’d be able to use 9mm and 40 cal in a G23).
2. AR-15
3. Springfield XD9 Subcompact (The smallest gun I’m most comfortable shooting with.)
4. AR-10
5. Still not sure is it’s a .45 pistol anymore or a .357 magnum wheel gun. Besides the Colt 1911, I gotta try other .45 pistols and also the .357 revolvers. Maybe it’s just the Glock conversion kit for my Glock. Not sure yet. It’s still to be determined.
You have a nice diversity of firearms. I mainly use shotguns but i do have rifles of different calibers and some handguns. There's just something about the power of a good 12 gauge.
My guns are the 22wmr and 22lr and mossberg 12ga and g3c 9mm and s&w 40cal
Got ruger 10/22 and Remington 700 as well. Great job !
You can hunt deer with any center fire single projectile round in MO. Even 9mm.
Some really good choices and valid points. Loved this vid ol'boy!
Thanks!
@@offgridgecko 99% of the time on my homestead, I just carry my Ruger LCP 380 loaded with Underwood 380+P XTP hollowpoints. I have all kinds of guns, but that little ruger is always on my person, and I shoot it quite well.
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Old and very experienced hunters tend to favour the 7x57mm Mauser or even more so the 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser cartridges for their low recoil, high sectional density, inherent accuracy, and for being hard hitting. One of the major hunting\shooting magazines did a study of one shot kills on game and said that the common denominator was a well placed (of course) bullet that was heavy for its' calibre travelling at a modest velocity. The old Lee Enfield .303 with 215 gr. projectiles had a sterling reputation here in Canada as a moose and bear getter. Same thing with the 7x57mm with 173 gr. projectiles and the 6.5x55mm with 160 gr. projectiles.
Here in America nearly no one uses 7x57 or 6.5x55 to hunt but those are both great options
While I am getting old (but no faster than anyone else) I don't have as much experience on big game as a lot of hunters. I relied on their advice and most of them advised me to get a 6.5 x 55 mm Swede or a 7 x 57 mm and to stick to the heavier bullet weights. I already had a .303 Lee Enfield and had dropped a deer in its' tracks using 180 gr. Federal blue box ammo. Old army rifles such as the Lee Enfield and Swedish Mauser translate into civilian life as great big game hunting rifles while newer army rifles make great predator rifles.
@@kenlansing1216 I couldn’t agree more 303 Brit will take anything in North America especially those big Canadian whitetail but I have a soft spot for the 7x57
@@bobertsmaug5583 You'd probably get along good with one of my brothers who swears by the 7 x 57. He too is puzzled by the multiplication of new calibres while great old calibres are neglected.
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Yes me speaking I would stop advertising what I had especially on CZcams And here in America they say we have a ammo shortage we do not we have ammo shortage the makers it’s just not making it so they can go up on ungodly prices
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A 22 in your pocket is always better than your 45 at home.
nice. thanks.
You have every area covered when it come to fire arms. Although we could all use a few extra. Lol! How do you feel about having bulk ammo? Or do you think this is unnecessary? Just to pick your bring a bit
Pick away, I'm an open book! hehe. Ammo... I feel that more is generally better until it becomes too much of a burden. I actually bought an 800 pack of Federal 22LR today because Walmart had some in stock. I didn't try to buy everything they had, just one box. Other people are going to want that also, and it's good to let everyone have a chance at it. I think people should get whatever they feel is necessary. For a defense gun, I would say at least enough defence ammo to load up two magazines plus a box (usually 50 rounds) for practice ammo, that's after putting 100 rounds through the weapon at the range. Because if you wait until you really need it to pick some up, it'll be during a panic buy and there won't be any. What people define as a horde of ammunition varies from person to person though, so I can't put a number on that. Personally, I could use more .308 (I have less than a box), 12ga shells in different flavors, and some extra 30-06, but for the moment I have enough to cover my shooting at the moment. I have plenty of 22LR but I also shoot that the most, so even 2 ammo cans full seems a bit scant. I don't think there's anything wrong with having too much. Wow, I could talk about this for a while. I'm gonna leave it at that for now.
@@offgridgecko I think folks should have at least 1000 rnds for each firearm the own.
@@Katana-Karl To each his own. That makes sense from a certain vantage point, but I tend to base my ammo choices on need. A strictly self-defence shotgun: one box of 00 buck is prolly enough, and all you'll be able to access. God forbid you need to use it, and you can buy another box afterward. Just how I think about it. I have thousands and thousands of pellets because they are cheap and it's my last-ditch everything's gone to hell grocery getter. I always think about getting a slingshot too, but that's also why I'm getting more into archery. Make your own ammo from the woods ;)
That said a couple extra boxes to practice with prolly isn't a bad idea, but just talking minimums.
Oh man, $200 for a 10/22? US gun prices are insane, here people sell 10/22s for no less than $600
Just checked on sportsmans.com and basspro, both under $300 for a regular model in the US(not the take-down variant). I wonder where "here" is? I'm almost afraid to ask what 22LR ammo costs there.
@@offgridgecko Here is Argentina. A 500 box of 22lr is around $50, nationally made, imports are much pricier, I think a 500 box of federal costs like $80.
Prices are not exact, that's because the Argentine peso is horribly inflated and state has a lot of restrictions on other currencies.
However, the price of $600 is exact, I remember seeing *used* 10/22 selling at around that price in US dollars, new ones are sold here for $990. www.fullaventura.com/gunshop/carabinas-ruger_1_23.php
Argentine *legal* gun market is really tiny, and heavily regulated, just as regulated as everything here. Also, can't have semiauto carbines or rifles with caliber bigger than 22lr.
@@bioemiliano Gotcha. I haven't been that far south but I remember in Ecuador someone telling me about their restrictions on firearm ownership, they didn't mention the price, but almost all of our security and the local police were carrying Taurus brand weapons. It's kinda funny because I remember almost everything else being cheaper over there, even US cigarettes were less than half the price that I can get them up here.
@@offgridgecko It's probably cause the price of labor is much cheaper.
Here police mainly uses Bersa weapons, made here so it's cheaper and much easier to get; to my demise, they only make handguns.
Their website if you are curious: english.bersa.com.ar/