Best Bug Out Guns for Survival 2024: Only Preppers Know About #1!

[@tkarlmann]

I prefer the no-longer-manufactured Remington Model 887 over the 590. I find that the reach to the fore-end is too great for my shorter arms, and the 887 improves on this -- and also, somehow, does better on recoil too. The Ruger GP100 is my favorite gun. I don't have to apply a 'death-grip' to the gun for it to cycle as I do for a pistol, and the reliability and safety is unbeatable. I have an older Ruger Mark1 pistol, but I also have the world's best magazine loader for it. You just dump the bulk .22s into it, clip on your magazine, and bam -- you're mag is re-loaded!

[@mrlafayette1964]

Totally agree, in an emergency situation when you're taken by surprise you'll be glad to have that double action revolver handy.

[@greybone777]

In 1806 when Lewis and Clark came to Idaho and eastern Washington they found that even the small bands of Indians were barely able to survive. Mostly foraging for camas bulbs and eating horses and dogs . City boys will last about a week before they starve. Stay home We will not be kind to marauders.

[@namvet1968]

Hahaha

[@joevalencic5275]

They also came with the Girandoni air rifle…the first PCP air rifle, which mesmerized the Indians. If you want to talk about compact ammunition, a tin of 500 .22 cal pellets is the size of a large snuff can. True preppers are stealthy, and an air rifle can be deadly accurate in the right hands. A brick of .22 rim fire ammo uses the same volume as more than 5000 pellets…and are a whole lot cheaper. JMHO, YMMV

[@samgibson684]

My .22 cal pellet airgun is my primary survival weapon

[@julioc.7760]

i will not survive a week without food. a gun will be the last of my worries.

[@edtaubeneck8662]

No we won’t.

[@Moto-me]

If everyone bugs out , I'll just stay home , that Way they'll be out and I'll be alone.

[@TheNicestAssholeYouWillNvrMeet]

🤣

[@neiloevocati]

You're thinking🤣😂🤣😂

[@speilpotts]

The Ruger 10/22 takedown is part of my arsenal. It’s a great bugout gun.

[@gsdfan8455]

Sweet little 22

[@davidsawmandave8731]

Was just thinking about this rifle while watching this video, want one bad

[@matteblack3331]

@@speilpotts I got the Magpul Backpacker setup 10/22. Freakin' awesome gun.

[@samsmith3345]

The Ruger standard automatic 22 pistol is the best bug out device

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

I've shot with the best in the world and belive me we can alll completely miss an 18x24" "torso" at 10m with mach guns, nice light, stationary, full-frontal, erect target, ear and eye protection, us being stationary, . Make that target the 10" vitals circle,, have it move, use cover, in bad light, without any ear or eye protection and have bullets narrowly missing you maybe also having hit you and the misses become common at 10 FEET. The fear factor causes you to jerk the gun around Once the longarms come out the pistol doesnt amount to a hill of beans. So I will use the same 6" long, 16 oz single stack 9mm that I wear for edc, with the same velcroed in, front pants pocket holster, Such a rig is out of sight, out of the elements even if I have to low crawl. It's accessible, and out of the wsy of the pack harness and the rifle (slung or not) You'd better KEEP your silencer, shorty AR in 223 always either in your hands, or on your assault sling. for the first year (at least) of shtf, you'd better stay in a tunnel, 23 hours per day. come out only at night, to access a food bucket, eat and return to your tunnel. The first month, you can't cook or have food inside of your tunnel, cause all of the dogs have not been eaten yet. So the food you have scatter-buried at your BOL better rflect that fact. It better be granola, powdered milk, flour tortillas, nut butters, sugar salt, koolaid.,vinegar salad dressing jerky, dried frut. nobody'a going anywhere by road or by 4 wheeled vehicle. there will be ambushes everywhere, all it takes to stop cars is 1" thick wood and 3" nails. Such things are easily found/carried Your BOL has to be in the woods at your local water source, at least for the first year. The next fall, you can use a raft to drift down river 30 miles per night, brinigng your mountain bicycle on t he raft and a drum of goodies being towed behind you. After a year, 99% of the population will be dead, 90% in 6 months. The stored food, produce, livestock will be gone in a month fish and game in another month. By day 90, the dogs and cats will have been eaten and the cannibalim will be in full squing. at night, after a year, showing no light, you can tend small, hidden plots of peanuts and root veggies. In another year, at night, after half of the remaining 1% have died-off, it will be feasible, to go scrounge what you need. So many will have died, so quickly, that there will plenty of stuff ready to be picked up and used.

[@mafirearmsafety]

Why have we never met?

[@namvet1968]

Bummer.

[@papajeff5486]

Heh, heh, you ought to team up with Stephen King…Write it in a book

[@chrisskywalker6079]

One revolver and one shotgun is enough for solo camping in the wild or protect my house. But for the apocalypse scenario, I think I would need them all if they're the only choose I have😅✌🏼

[@224valk4]

BUG OUT? I'll play to my strength! I'm 300ft on a bluff looking over a lake! I've got more ammo here THAN A PICK UP CAN CARRY! Well 3/4 ton truck would haul it all. I have every point ranged with laser range finder. I have a generator & my neighbor is stacked with kinetic noise makers also!! IM NOT BUGGING OUT ANYWHERE!

[@dougthomas7957]

Ok, I noticed the title as "for survival" and saw the first 4 as primary self-defense weapons. I was preparing a nasty response when you blew me away with number 1. In many survival videos, I've seen at least one Ruger 10/22. But when you pulled a Mark IV out of a hat, it was like my team just won the Superbowl. I agree most wholeheartedly. I have both a 10/22 and Mk IV. They are my primary go-to for survival. If I had to bug out, they would be my first choice. Thanks (and I'm subscribing).

[@jsog6]

So a marketing “106” video

[@TinMan0555]

Only in a perfect situation would I consider leaving my home. I’m already in a semi rural area, well provisioned and stocked……..so, all I need to do is get home. 😐

[@namvet1968]

Can I have your address? Just kidding.

[@TinMan0555]

@@namvet1968 Funny you should say that. Pretty much everyone at work has said something like “if the balloon ever goes up, I’m coming to your house”. To the ones I would accept, my response has been, “if you show up you are required to bring some sort of shelter, tent, camper, RV, etc, fuel (gas, diesel or propane), ammo and food. If you are serious, start stock piling now”.

[@peternorton5648]

@@namvet1968beat me to it.😆

[@archangel20031]

#1: When a revolver jams, it's dead until you get it torn down and repaired, something like a 1911 can be cleared and running ASAP! #2: A plastic gun like a Glock, are not as durable as an all metal gun! #3: A pump shotgun as long as you choose a durable one is a mandatory choice for it's power and flexibility, but the ammo is really heavy! #4: A rifle like the AR-15 is not a bad choice, if built right it can go from light as a toy to one with a 20" bull barrel and a scope for long range shooting and the ammo is crazy common, but I feel an AK is more durable and reliable, especially when dirty. #5: The main reason to get 22LR is you can carry quite a few thousand rounds easily. #6: I'd say if you were bugging out, have a 12 Gauge in your hands loaded with buckshot and slugs, a rifle over the shoulder on a sling, a couple pistols on your hip, at least one in 9mm, and a take-down semi-auto 22 LR rifle and pistol in the pack!

[@johnricks7277]

I agree with all your choices but I'd change the Glock for a S&W M&P. And I'd have a .22mag rifle over a .22 long pistole.

[@generatormike]

Best to bug in if at all possible, learn how to survive 3-4 days if you get lost hiking or hunting that is a many time more likely scenerio

[@robdavidson4945]

As usual the question of "just one gun" to cover all situations just doesn't make sense to older senior citizen ranch/farm kids with military backgrounds. I grew up with .44 Magnum handguns partly due to the fact my Dad was an acquaintance of Elmer Kieth. The Ruger and S&W longer barrel were able to take from small birds up to and including Elk. I had one acquaintance retired Sheriff who won a disagreement with a homicidal felon so the ability to use for self defense against single opponent and survival with in range for hunting it would be OK. However the12ga. Break action shotgun with the drop in pistol rifle caliber inserts are great for survival. However if there is an outside chance of contact with multiple characters with nefarious intent an AR type weapon with optics is hard to beat. I still tend towards the longer20" barrels. Close quarters combat short barrels are a plus but for all round general survival long barrels rule.

[@generatormike]

You are not going to the woods with a 100lbs pack

[@JoeDixon-h9c]

My choice is the Phased Plasma Neutronic Blaster in the 900 watt range. My BOV Bug Out Vehicle is my Ion powered sub orbital sky cruiser. I will be staying in a deep green swampy place with my uncle Yoda.

[@guardianofgoblins682]

Just a quick something while I'm 3 minutes and 6 seconds in a straight walled large caliber revolver cartridge and a lie hand load kit with a couple of boxes of primers and a pound or two of pirate X and a bullet mold is more than enough for self-defense and hunting in shtf my personal recommendation is an open-top replica Colt made by piada preferably in 44 black powder with a Kirst konversion cylinder for 45

[@douglasmcneil8413]

Most bugout situations that actually do happen fairly regularly involve natural disasters. Those happen frequently. Usually, you are just getting out of the way of the disaster. "End of times" bugouts are far less likely.

[@namvet1968]

Spot on.

[@kennethrisner-c8q]

everything in this video is a good choice, but personally speaking iffn I could have only one it would be my old school marlin model 60

[@jwhitty14]

It’s a Smith and Wesson FPC and Shield Plus for me.

[@davidtaylor195]

Bug out or shelter in place happens. Make your decisions, but good to consider options. Good thread. Well done!

[@larryhand7219]

S&W 686+, Glock 17, Remington 870, AR, and I can agree with Ruger Mark IV. Bonus gun raven cross bow

[@markgelinas8114]

Given the present state of things, it seems only prudent not to talk about what is presently in your stores as firearms/longarms/calibers in one's cashe. It seems also prudent in owning alternate devices needed to secure a meal or protecting oneself and family in the event that there is such a situation. A firearm makes noise and that will give away OPSEC. This is something no one wants. Move quickly and quietly to to point designated in plans and hunker down. Obviously, this is different if involved in a natural disaster. Just exercise discretion in these situations. If you must carry, no one needs to know what you have or how much. Remember, the present administration and other politicians want to know what you have so they can take it via seizures and raids. As the WWII add age said: Loose lips, sink ships. Keep it frosty and keep it quiet.

[@TheNicestAssholeYouWillNvrMeet]

Well said.

[@KorenaErrera]

For a long time, as the price of Chanel increased, I no longer thought I could afford it. I think I'll be happy that I have the kislux as my travel bag that I don't have to take care of. By the way, I'm sure no one will have a hard time telling the difference. Thanks for the comparison.

[@gregb6469]

The whole 'bug-out' idea is silly, because if something happened to a city that necessitated leaving in a hurry, thousands of people would leave at the same time, making it impossible to get away to a rural sanctuary, and besides, by the time you got to your place (if you even do), someone else will likely have already occupied the place. The only way bugging out would work would be if you are already at, or well on the way to, the rural hideout before the fertilizer impacts the air-moving device.

[@greasedog]

Red Dawn has had people gassed up for a decades.

[@playhouseinthewoods6103]

I have the same question where are all these tactical people going to bug out to. I live in north Idaho and I can tell you a bunch of these tactical dress people with guns show up where I live and it ain’t going to end well. Never understood the bug out thing other than to sell stuff. I always thought it would be a whole lot easier to work things out before it came to a total break down but that way of thinking doesn’t guns or tactcool stuff. If it comes to that just be careful of where you bug out to.

[@matteblack3331]

If someone has "occupied" my space, they'll be trespassing. At that point, I'll be taking matters into my own hands. I have the training and skill-set to handle trespassers and/or a bug-out situation. Also, the masses you're referring to aren't going to be hi-tailing it out of the cities, as most of them will be waiting around for Big Uncle Sugar to step in and save them. That's the state of our society at this point.... but you keep telling yourself otherwise👍🏻

[@gregb6469]

@@matteblack3331 -- And if there's one of you, and a dozen of them, and they've got guns, too, you're going to go all Rambo on them? Sure you are. Besides, it won't require the masses from the big cities to leave to create chaos in the surrounding rural counties, just as little as 5%. And don't imagine that the people who already live in the small towns and on farms are going to welcome these people with open arms.

[@playhouseinthewoods6103]

@@matteblack3331 really I guess all these hundreds of KZbinr that are preaching bug out are just going to head to the mall. When the masses get tired of hanging around the city I guess they are just going to catch the next plane to Mexico. No they will be heading to the country and unless you are apart of a compound and can manufacture everything you need including bullets ,powder and primers you will run out then what. And if there is someone in your area who has more bigger and better guns will looks on you as just a supply depot. But you just keep thinking you can take on the masses . And one more thing do you really think if someone has taken over your bug out spot will give a tinkers dam about your rights and they will be ready for the hungry masses. Good luck.

[@richcole6287]

I’ll bug in vs bug out.

[@michaeltaylor4984]

Yup. I'll move the chicken coop and goats into the garage for safety. Nobody is going to steal the hogs without alerting everyone in a 4 mile radius.

[@andrewfurie5647]

I'm to old to run, I was once a paratrooper, bad knees. I'll stay home, with my Glock and my attitude.

[@gonerydin4225]

Give me a 12 gauge pump with unlimited ammo.

[@wascalywabbit]

I like air... i actually prefer it to powder

[@clintonellyson9675]

Every good pepper has this as a backup plan.

[@wascalywabbit]

@clintonellyson9675 Yes,plus there's so many benefits, Not registered, the only reloading equipment you need is a lead smelter and a mold. Can carry double, even triple the ammo. It's somewhat quieter depending on what you're using, but DonnyFL has that covered,lol. There's downsides with seal maintenance, compressor/hand pumps, etc. But overall, I got one for every type of critter up to moose

[@darraldhill4724]

You missed the.22 magnum. There are multiple semi automatics out now that can hold 30 rounds, ammo is still light enough to carry a large amount. The pistols are super light and recoil is not bad at all. I would much rather have the magnum than the basic .22 LR.

[@dannypayne8150]

As usual,,,I wanted to see the rifle advertised showing the video. Compact and looked great. I guess lying to get me to watch a video is the norm now a days.

[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

I Bug In!

[@AllAboutSurvival]

If you're serious about survival, you can't ignore #1. Any fellow preppers already using it?

[@MichaelCaprino]

I added a Taurus 692. 357/38 Sp, change the cylinder and use 9MM, in a pinch 380 ACP!

[@gsdfan8455]

S&W 686+ seven shot 357

[@7xtc25]

True. I can’t argue with a GP 100. I have a 7 inch, seven shot version. One of the few pistols I can hit what I want with every time, and it is accurately describedx as “built like a tank“

[@Treashuntr2020]

What is the beautiful cover gun?

[@ChadK-ke7of]

S&W FPC paired with a M&P 2.0

[@jwhitty14]

Yes!

[@clintonellyson9675]

There's only one downside to this combo. They don't use Glock magazines, which can be bought anywhere and cheap. Other than that, the 2.0 and FPC is a great marriage.

[@JenkinHorne]

I would rather have ONE Security-Six than TEN GP-100!

[@CTCAC2000]

The liberator is the ultimate weapon

[@nastymkfan]

My choices…. 1. A 9mm pistol. (Most likely a Glock 19 or Springfield XD9.) 2. A Modular rifle that can chamber 5.56 AND .308 (Desert Tech MDRX or Primary Weapons UXR).

[@effeojnedib7208]

Bug out ? You become a refugee with limited resources. A .22 LR in a 9 shot revolver and a 10/22 with as much ammo as possible. Still gonna run out of ammo at some point. But the revolver will handle all the .22 rimfire family except the magnum. That includes shotshells. If I had a shot gun, I wouldn't waste much weight with bird shot. Better off trapping small game, for no more meat than a dove or pigeon provides per ounce of lead. Buck shot and slugs is where the 12 ga shines in close range power. If a person had a solid bug out location, the game changes. Especially if the person has reloading equipment and supplies. In that case a .44 magnum revolver would be a nice side piece. It can be loaded light or hot, plus the shot shells are close to a .410 2 3/4" shell worth of shot. Heavy though, when compared to the semi-auto family.

[@slimthuggasnow301]

Invest in night vision

[@nealjolly5434]

I think I'll stick to the rifle I have in my bugout bag. It has little more kick to it than this tiny rat killer.

[@guypehaim1080]

I like the AR-7 survival rifle.

[@MadMadSanClash]

🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@larry648]

I live in a more rural area. If I ever had to “bug out” I’ll take three. My AR, AKM, and a 9mm pistol. Why? Ammo availability. 5.56/223, 7.62 and 9mm are very common, I can fight and hunt with both rifles and defend myself with 9. All three are high capacity and are good enough. I would like my .30 cal M1 and 10mm, but how many can you carry?

[@everettgaskins5040]

4guns I fell that will work a 12ga pump with shell from number 8 to 00 a long gun 223 or 308 that up to you I like 308 an a pistols for me s 1911 an last a gun to hunt with a 54 cal black power smooth bore flint lock I believe knowing you have one shoot make you better hunter an there easy to take care of

[@ShaeferGriffin-it9nx]

Dr. Steve Brule talks guns.

[@allenatkins2263]

You can use a shotgun to take down birds? That is amazing, I would never think of that!

[@kevincooper8666]

I need to know which bug to choose for a bugout situation is the collective term ( a bunch of silly buggers ) correct ?

[@ca.5172]

When y’all “bug out” of those democrat cities please read my no trespassing signs. Things will work out better for you.

[@RichardMcMurry-nk7en]

$1,000 plus guns? No.

[@SB_Kahi]

Where is the gun in the thumbnail?

[@mafirearmsafety]

Henry A-7

[@MitchITW]

Bug out to Where???

[@inland85]

Why is the Beretta 92 not on this list i will take a 92 over a Glock ANY DAY !!!!!

[@mohandhanoa4797]

An AR is illegal in all the Commnist states unfortunately .

[@MichaelCaprino]

@@mohandhanoa4797 research Ruger Mini 14…use a 5 round magazine and it might be legal in your state.

[@samgibson684]

Don't live in one....

[@davidsawmandave8731]

And about to get worse if America votes that witch in and tampon tim

[@bluemouse5039]

I would not pick a revolver for a SHTF weapon, 6 rounds and a slow reload just isn't going to hack it today when all the criminals are armed with semi auto pistols, I would want a semi auto pistol with a minimum 15 round capacity, Another thing people dont think about is there will be a lot of fire fights where you will be shooting at a moving target and need several shots to hit it and there might be a mob of attackers,

[@michaelsarkisian1047]

How about backing up your BS about pump shotguns being more failure prone than a semi-auto

[@chadnabors5721]

User-induced malfunctions are far more likely to occur with a pump gun.

[@michaelsarkisian1047]

@@chadnabors5721 Yeah well, that is not the fault of the gun, that is totally on the user, much like limp wristing a 1911 will induce stove pipe jams.

[@dougied3449]

Sounds more like a personal problem. Never had it happen in 40 years of shooting 12.

[@neiloevocati]

Good Try on these Guns but, Preppers know you don't have to break the Budget when it comes to putting sustenance on the table , City dwellers will acquire a taste of desperation long before a Preppier can finish picking their teeth, and they're prepared for Un-Wanted Desperation🤣😂🤣😂...p.s.....Mayorkas will be eating Sushi..Ha!

[@charlescox6608]

It sure isn't a glock,blocks are worthless,berrettaputs glock to shame !!!

[@BM-mn5mm]

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