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nice.

I am not too concerned with quick response. Idealy, I would like to be able to set up or break down in about 30 seconds or less, but as long as I can get to my hunting grounds (on foot or otherwise) and back without every lib/nosy dick I pass looking over their shoulder, I feel pretty good about it. The philosophy I am sort of getting at is just that I have something quiet that I can procure food with in a worst case scenario. This may just be me, but in my mind, I would probably take my 30-30 or a 22lr and remove the stock/barrel/receiver halfs if I really needed something with a rapid response time. ofc, that would sacrifice stealth. :/

idk, i am just thinking

I still like the idea of a good compound bow for shtf. not the most compact, but easy enough to conceal in some cases, rapid response, rapid follow up shots, versatility in terms of game that can be taken, etc.

Think crossbow instead of standard compound, most will collapse to a fairly small size and take just a few seconds to make ready, quieter than the PCP rifles by far. I have two Barnetts that are several years old and proven game getters, and I much prefer them to the standard bows I own. When I have nothing better to do I manufacture bolts for them (cheaper than buying). For a couple hundred and a stamp fee you can use a suppressor on a .22lr and its pretty quiet, the CAN can be swapped between a handgun and rifle, on the handgun for that rapid response scene and to the rifle for a quiet hunt.

If you go with bows of any kind, and firearms as well, make sure you acquire replacement parts to build at least two replacements. You don't know how long you will need to use them. Gee this discussion might belong in the prepping channel.

wonder if the moderators can move it??

Air rifles in general are under appreciated for hunting or other applications.. thanks for that info BAR

Is this the right channel?

Didn't know if this belonged here or in memes

tell me that's real, I want a box

this

this is perfect

I would like to shoot a comee with doge ammo

does anyone remember that gun fail clip where this russian dude had some weird bolt action rifle and it did a hangfire and went off like 5 seconds later?

well i found it

and its not a rifle

its apparently a shotgun

The TOZ-106, a russian short barrel 20 gauge shotgun

@Aperfectghost
You are quite welcome. Several years ago as the early PCP started to make headway in the market I started looking at their ability to take game. I was part of an annual charity hog hunt in west Texas from 2004 thru last year and in 2010 brought a borrowed .50cal PCP to the hunt and took three boars with that rifle, two of them over 350lbs. Because I was concerned over the lethality of the 350gr hollow point pellets, I did not take any of them over about 20 yards. None of them moved more than 5 yards from point of impact. I was sold on the ability of the weapon to take game. Since then, I've purchased my own and have taken dozens of pigs. Now because I'm a bad shot I still keep them close and avoid any shot longer than 25-30 yards.

For a SHTF survival tool, its nearly perfect, it's a LOT louder than you would think for an air-rifle, so its not stealthy. But ammo can be cast from any bulk metal you have the ability to melt, lead, brass, copper and air is free as long as you have a pump.

Interesting note; Lewis and Clark had one as they headed for Oregon.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/gun-was-secret-weapon-lewis-and-clark-expedition-45427

@ThiccSpicyGenderRevealParty
Hang fire can be a problem, and is an astounding reason to buy quality ammo. Had some off brand 9mm (Russian) that had 2 hang-fires out of 25 rounds. When it happens you have to just stand there for a long time pointing the weapon down-range waiting for the BANG, or lay it on the bench with a sandbag on it. When it does go off, you can wet yerself.

Ah yes one of my fav history moments involving Air Rifles.

Great bit of Air rifle coolness in that paragraph

*looks at 88mm casually sitting there*

hmm

This has something to do w hangfire....I live near a CW battlefield, the reenactors where test charging the field cannons...one of them had a failure because of the fuse but went off a few seconds later

Got some bigger mags comming

does any one shoot with one eye closed or are you not supposed to do that

i do

i can't aim without one eye closed but my dad say you should have both eyes open

nice to know that there are others

If im aiming down sights on say a rifle, i have both open to look for target and close one to take the shot

^ye about the same here. I typically use irons so I prefer one-eye aiming for precise shots, but otherwise I run two eye-open for better SA.

The exception is eotechs. I try to use two eyes regardless with eotechs.

For some reason, whether its for irl target shooting, or in videogames, i get extreme tunnel vision when zeroing on a target, and my friends have no qualms about screwing with me when it happens

interesting. I think I used to get like that, but what I started playing airsoft I made myself quite that shit because I wasn't noticing people in my peripheral.

never happened in vgs tho.

Also, it depends on light. Low light 2 eyes open is better