Zombies.I have a family .... so .... all of them. Bugging out isn't something that's actually practical for like 99% of people, unless it's because a disaster of some kind(flood, fire, volcano, hurricane, invading army...etc) will kill you if you stay home. Why would you leave essentially all your assets and shelter otherwise?
Ammo is going to be more scarce than food. I do not believe finding available ammo is realistic.
I would take the Ares SCR (AR-type) because I have more .223 than any other caliber.
The calibers that will be most available during a SHTF event are:
9mm Luger
.45 ACP
5.56/.223
The calibers that will be most available during a SHTF event are:
9mm Luger
.45 ACP
5.56/.223
Bugging out is full of enormous compromises and risks. Bugging in, too, of a different sort. Being inside the beltway, we'd have to fortify ... because there would be a big wave of bug-outs washing over us on their way out of Dodge. Tough call. If we had to go? Wife carries lightest AR15 we have, and I carry the short AR10. She puts her pet .380 on her hip, and I'd carry probably the 92F. I'd have the MKIV .22 with a suppressor in a pack. It would really suck to haul all that around, along with the rest of the necessities. Bad enough I'd have to leave my mom behind, but after that really bad grilled cheese sandwich fiasco back in sixth grade, I know we can't rely on her in an emergency. Kidding, Mom, kidding! You can carry that featherweight 10/22 and the iodine pills.
Worst case, you can eat Mom if the going gets really tough.
Coincidentally, that list and .22 equals the same, most sought after list during a panic buy.
...oh how I dread when those days will return.