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Make mine a g40 as well, they conceal good enough under a fishing shirt or hoodie and they cover a lot of ground.

A Government Model .45, Colt or Springfield.

45 auto, Colt made

This

That's an easy answer, S&W 29-2 4", the original "Elmer".

Colt Delta Elite.

Yessir, the Ruger is a 45Colt/45ACP convertible that was tuned up by Jack Huntington. The 25-9's had all the bugs worked out of them, included S&W's Endurance Package upgrades and, in my opinion, were the best and rarest of the 25 series. This one shoots great with multiple loads, but the recipe I settled on for this revolver is listed below (minus the actual powder weight). It'll shoot slightly warmer loads, but this'll do for most anything I'd need it for.


BULLET: Montana Bullet Works 250gr LFN-GC
CASE: Starline
PRIMER: WLP
POWDER: Unique
AVG VEL: 950fps

If I really couldn't have but one, it would probably be a high quality, target sighted .22 auto.

No one said I could only have one rifle.

If brown bears are on the menu, I'd take a long gun.

Word on the street is the Nelson Custom, Marvel design conversion unit is bullseye competition worthy. Very accurate.

A good 1911 in 10 or 45 paired with one of these conversions could check a lot of boxes.

Yes it is, and a very nice addition to a .45. I've used both Nelson and Marvel units competitively.
Bob

870 pistol in 12 or 20.

Smith & Wesson, M60, 3 inch barrel.

I'd always rather have a rifle if anything was threatening me, but it's not always possible or practical.

I like the saying that: "It's good to have a handgun, so I can get to my rifle."

I think my apocalypse is different than yours, my location is different, and my response might be different. I'm in a valley an hour west of the crest of one major mountain range, 1.5 hours east of the crest of another, at the end of a mile long one lane road with neighbors as armed, or more, than I am, and a family that I think are probably Italian mafia across the river. Whether I stayed to fight or ran for the hills, my choices would be pretty much the same. On the more concealable end (though not all that concealable), a Redhawk .45 that handles both .45 ACP and .45 Colt, and on the other end a 5-1/2" Redhawk or Super Blackhawk. My apocalypse doesn't come with dealing with crowds up close.

If I were in a more urban setting, I'd look at a 4" GP100 or S&W x86.

Tom

If I’m on, or can get to, my land in Colorado when the Visigoths attack, I likely will be sitting on this rock on my land with my M1A or .340 Wby:

That or a G20

No one handgun can cover that wide of a range successfully so the best thing to do is chart the bell curve for each person's situation and chose one to cover the most ground in the middle of it.

First thought was a Glock 17 or like Bristoe, a .22, most likely a Ruger target model. Reason would be ammo availability in the Apocalypse since everybody and their brother's dog has one. But we're still 7 days from An Actual Apocalypse and 9mm and .22 is almost nowhere to be found and hasn't been for many moons, because everybody has one.

So I'd take my 6" GP100 half lug and all the .38 and .357 brass plus propulsion components already on the shelf, plus sufficient #2 alloy in the garage.

.38's for target practice and small game hunting.
.357's for marauders both two and four legged.
Concealed carry might be a problem. Oh well, Idaho is open carry.


Now change the question to a Three Gun Apocalypse, and the answer would be the same revolver, .223 rifle and 12 gauge shotgun.

What does the exfil route look like in case of retreat?