Marlin 1895 in 45-70

by Phillip
(Colorado)

I have many rifles but I use the Marlin as my primary survival Rifle in 45-70 caliber. I back it up with a Ruger Redhawk in 44 mag with 300 grain bullet. I also usally carry a small 22 caliber revolver in stainless or Beretta 21 in 22 caliber with ammo for rabbits and small game or snakes when backpacking. If it were a man made emergency or conflict then I have an entire different battery of weapons for that occasion that I hope never comes.
I would still have a 22 long rifle weapon of some type for small game with low noise and recoil. My personal defense weapons would have to do double duty so I would take a cashe of one each semi-auto rifle,handgun,and 12 gauge shot gun with ammo,repair parts for each. The hand gun would be a popular caliber that ammo is easily available for like 9mm,40 S&W even though I perfer .45 auto. I think everyone should should have at least a 3 gun battery that they can shoot very well, pratice and have lots of ammo for each. I have a small hand press with all the reloading conpontes necessary to reload on the fly if necessary for the semi-auto pistol that I would take a long. In stead of throwing away the dryer lint form my clothes. I save it in a plastic bag for fire staring in my survial kit. I also save all the plastic peanuts from packages for starting.


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