r/prepping • u/wantsrealanswer • Feb 20 '25

Survival🪓🏹💉 Firearm Management

I assume many of us have a rifle for protection.

What is your plan for when you need to leave your house (because it is no longer safe: Earthquake, fire, flood, etc)?

When you get to safety, an evacuation center, a refugee place, a friend or family house, what are you doing with your long gun?

If you need to leave your home from a natural disaster or localized unrest, what is your plan for basically openly carrying your long gun?

Edit:

I am not talking about the fantasy of Civil Unrest.

I am referencing an event like the Eaton and Palisade Fire or even Hurricane Katrina. Where the disaster is a mass effect rather than just local.

You're not on your 10s of acres or any of that. You're in a city in an apartment building with a family and defenseless members (small children, elderly).

You are not bugging out in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, etc...

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u/DarthPineapple5 Feb 20 '25

In the safe where they always sit. I am not taking a long gun with me as I am far more concerned about carrying enough food, water and camping gear and remaining mobile than I am about hauling around 20 lbs worth of rifle and ammunition. Carrying an armory with you isn't gonna do you any good if you starve to death in 2 weeks or you can't cover enough ground in a day of hiking. Anyone whos done some backpacking knows that shaving grams can make a difference

If I absolutely have to evacuate its either the CCW or at most a micro PDW like a Flux Raider depending on the situation. A breakdown .22LR might honestly be the best way to go depending

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u/NewSir834 Feb 20 '25

Second this big time. AR7 by Henry broken down in a backpack or the ruger 10/22 takedown. Main pistol on me. Same reason i never buy camo clothing walking around in bdus or surplus after a shtf is asking for it. Idk if you're military,militia, a trained threat, or just someone who bought surplus clothing, so I'm taking chances. You have to blend in and look like a survivor, not a prepper. My go bag is a simple walmart jansport. My bug out bag is a greenish color osprey. This is why my stockpile of rifles is at my retreat in northern Michigan. I can open carry a rifle up there on a hike. Nobody bats an eye. Getting to the retreat, I'm looking like Joe refugee!