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Suburban Rifle Set up SHTF Scenario

NorCALSpeed said:
What about a PCC?
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That’s what I would want if I’m inside my house and keeping people out or dealing with them inside. It’s enough, but it won’t explode your eardrums or temporarily bInd you. I like my Ruger PC Carbine for that. But if you are outside keeping people away from your neighborhood, and you need to reach out further, and you want more power, I don’t think a PCC is what you want. In that case, I think you want an intermediate rifle round, like 5.56, which is loud for interior rooms, but has a lot more range and penetration outside.
 
7.62Lou said:
Possible but likely not very probable. Considering the releases from the FBI and Homeland Security about possible terrorist type attacks on the homeland, let’s war game a bit. Mainly interested in hearing from those who live in suburban/urban areas (OC for example). Imagine this, the power goes out, you hear booms and gun fire. Reports of a 10 man team of terrorist are in your city. What rifle set up are you grabbing to defend your home and neighborhood? Think October 7th style attack. Let’s say youre with your family and the only armed person. Maybe you have enough time to meet up with another friend or neighbor. Are you grabbing an LPVO equipped rifle or, red dot set up? Share your thoughts and reasoning behind what your set up would be.
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Zero confidence in reports by fbi or homeland security, if anything they are foretelling false flag attacks.

Own your eyes!
 
Fulcrum said:
It’s crazy, but sometimes it’s fun to game out a crazy scenario, even if it doesn’t make a lot of sense,
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60% of firearm (and accessories) sales are based on thinking through crazy scenarios, lol. Our brains are full of amazing drugs.
 
ZeroFoxGiven said:
You don’t need to penetrate body armor, aim for the lower half. Everyone’s Rambo until they take a 9mm to a knee or testical
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Did you ever happen to see that older video of the Israeli military sniping terrorists in the street with a Ruger 10/22? A shot to the thigh or the knee and these clowns dropped everything they were doing and limped away like a dog with a hurt paw
 
KingRansom said:
Did you ever happen to see that older video of the Israeli military sniping terrorists in the street with a Ruger 10/22? A shot to the thigh or the knee and these clowns dropped everything they were doing and limped away like a dog with a hurt paw
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Yes, back then they “Israeli doctrine” considered the Ruger 10/22 integral suppressed weapon system to be less than lethal.

At one of the crowd protest events where people people were getting rowdy, they fired a round into a women’s leg, but it hit bone, ricocheted up into her vitals and she passed away. After that it was reclassified to lethal.

That was a while ago. Pretty sure remembering that right.
 
Hit Factor said:
M1 Garand with iron sights and a 9-clip bandolier slung over my shoulder. If you think I’m kidding, I’m not.
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M1 Garand, while outdated is still a battle riffle that is not to be trifled with.
 
ZeroFoxGiven said:
Yes, back then they “Israeli doctrine” considered the Ruger 10/22 integral suppressed weapon system to be less than lethal.

At one of the crowd protest events where people people were getting rowdy, they fired a round into a women’s leg, but it hit bone, ricocheted up into her vitals and she passed away. After that it was reclassified to lethal.

That was a while ago. Pretty sure remembering that right.
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I remember watching that video laughing because just as a guy was about to throw a Molotov cocktail or launch some sort of RPG they would drill him in the leg.
 
First rule of gunfight, own gun, train, plan, strategize, be realistic about your gear, its weight and actual viability beyond cool factor and your health/endurance.

In a real scenario, having a nondiscript backpack set to go with a quality knife, prybar, handgun w/ extra mags/ammo, dried food, water bottles, tourniquet, basic first aide, flashlight, water filtration straw (or filter pills, etc).

You are better off going on defense, avoiding strangers and conflict. If you have access to a rifle great, bring it; but still play the long game.

Remember, you win every gunfight that you can avoid.
 
All great thoughts thanks for the engagement everyone. So that still has me wondering. If magnification/LPVO actually needed in a suburban/urban environment?
 
7.62Lou said:
If magnification/LPVO actually needed in a suburban/urban environment?
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I can't imagine why it wouldn't be!

You are better off going on defense, avoiding strangers and conflict...

Remember, you win every gunfight that you can avoid.
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100%

And as others have said here, if things go bad, our best bet is community-building.
 
7.62Lou said:
All great thoughts thanks for the engagement everyone. So that still has me wondering. If magnification/LPVO actually needed in a suburban/urban environment?
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To each there own, personally I would rather have small pair of binoculars to scope out my route from a distance, recon. Small, unobtrusive, and I am a smaller silhouette using these then a scoped rifle.

To me, staying quiet, unobtrusive and avoiding engaging is the key to staying alive.

I think sometimes people mistake survival with getting a kill count. Quite the opposite is true.
 
Okay guys I’m in my room with my Comtac VI’s on, where are the bad guys
 
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