Top 10 Rifles & Shotguns for Prepping and Defense

There are several factors that form the selection of these guns including the cost, ammo, reliability, round and capacity. First I will start off with cost saving guns that can be used by peppers and home defenders. In my opinion firearms should not be used in a survival situation to produce food because no matter what whether it is a 10,000 rounds you have or 6 you will run out. I recommend using renewable resources for hunting like bows, spears and fishing poles.



The 702 Plinkster has its it doubters but it is a 22 low recoil, magazine fed rifle for between $100-$150. It beats the Ruger 10/22 because of cost. While you can't give it a cool body your target won't be able to tell.
10. The 702 Plinkster $100-$150 
                                                                                                         

The advantage to this black-powder Uberti 1858 reproduction Revolving Carbine is you can make your own ammo and keep extra loaded cylinders. The downsides are the cost at $500-$600 and that the only way to safely Shoot it is with a double handed pistol grip. 

9. Uberti 1858 Revolving Carbine $500-$600
The ASI pump action PASi1 12ga does what pump action shotguns do push pellets down range. The advantage though is the cost at $130-$150.

8. ASI pump action PASi1 12ga $130-$150


The CETME is a Spanish production of the German G-3. It fires 7.62 NATO also known as .308, has 30 round magazines and H&K function for a bargain. 
















7. CETME $400-$700

The Circuit Judge is a rifle and a shotgun being able to shoot .410 and 45 Long Cult with tight groups. 

6. Circuit Judge $500-$650

The SU-16D is a great design by Kel-Tec that borrows most of it's thrills from the AR-15. It takes AR/M-16 magazines and is chambered in .223. It has lots of rails to allow easy scope and laser installation.

5. The SU-16D $550-$650

The CT-9 G2 is carbine that shoots 9mm produced by Taurus in Brazil. While importation laws only allow 10 round magazines to be imported there are various conversion methods for other 30 and 40 round magazines. It also comes with nice sights and plenty of rails. 










4. CT-9 G2 $400-$600

The SUB-2000 by Kel-Tec has good sights, folds for easy storage, fires 9mm, has high capacity magazines available and normally go for $400-$550. 







3. SUB-2000 $400-$550 

The VZ-58 looks like an AK but it is not and in fact none of the parts or even magazines are inter changeable. It is the Czech military's improvements to the AK, fires 7.62x39mm, has high capacity mags available and the biggest plus is that it has a shorter dust cover. What that means is the bolt is the top of the gun and a casing can eject from 3 sides while a round is chambered by a heavier bolt. The bolt design also makes this gun a much straighter shooter than an AK.  







2. VZ-58 $600-$900 

The Tavor is a nice bullpup with high capacity mags often AR. It is very accurate and does not weigh a lot.









1. Tavor $1700-$1850

Top 10 Handguns for Prepping and Home Defense

There are several factors that form the selection of these guns including the cost, ammo, reliability, round capacity and concealment. First I will start off with cost saving guns that can be used by peppers and home defenders. I my opinion firearms should not be used in a survival situation to produce food because no matter what whether it is a 10,000 rounds you have or 6 you will run out. I recommend using renewable resources for hunting like bows, spears and fishing poles.

10. Pheonix HP 22 $100-$140.

9. Cobra Freedom 380 $100-$130

This pistol is a real steal of it's price and it's stainless steal body make it low maintenance. It also has low recoil and light ammo. The only down side is it's extra safety features. There are instructions found on YouTube a various sites to modify the pistol and remove the safety features making it operate like a normal pistol.

The Cobra Freedom 380 is another inexpensive pistol for preppers and home defense. The gun is a  heavier caliber than the last pistol. The grip is not that bad and it could be carried. The main issues are that it is made of pot metal making it heavy and fry firing can break the firing pin. For this reason you should order an extra firing pin.

8. High Point 9mm $120-$180

The HighPonit 9mm is heavy, ugly and is heavy. However it is cheap, reliable with a lifetime warranty, is accurate and is 9mm.

8. High Point 9mm $120-$180

7. Tisas 1911 $399-$500

It is a very basic GI 1911 but you can't beat the price with the 45 ACP caliber. It is reliable, accurate and cheaper. It's only flaw is the trigger because it is a stock 1911 trigger unlike the $1000+ 1911's out there with pro triggers.

The Canik 9mm is well made and cheap. It comes with a case and holster.

6. Canik TP9SA $300-$400

5. Black Powder Revolvers $300-$400

Numerous companies no make firing replicas of black powder revolvers. They have the advantage of being able to make the black powder and to cast the bullets to fire them. 

4. Taurus Judge $400-$550

The Taurus Judge is an interesting gun in that it is a shotgun pistol that is not an NFA item. The gun also fires 45 Long Colt. 

3. 5/7 $1100-$1500

The 5/7 gets its name from the special rounds it shoots. It holds 20 rounds that are essentially a carbine round. The down sides are the cost, cost of ammo and availability of ammo.

The 357 Magnum Desert Eagle is powerful, semiautomatic and more practical than the 50 caliber version. The only downside is the cost.

2. Desert Eagle 357 magnum $1400-$1600

1. PMR-30 $399-$500

The PMR-30 is number 1 because of it's price, 22 magnum ammo (only slightly less powerful than the 5/7), 30 round magazines, accuracy, reliability and light weight even loaded. It is a concealable fighting gun that qualifies a personal defense weapon.

Cheap and Abundant Prepper Generator Options

For preppers one of the biggest and least common prep for them to have is electricity backup. In this article we're going to address this issue and a number of solutions. I will show you how you can do it at a number of cost levels and out put levels.

For smaller devices there is something you may not know about for producing power. They have small crank generators that can fit in your pocket and medium sized ones made out of things like old drills. This can keep a smart phone, tablet, light, radio other small device charged without fuel costs or need for fuel. These devices also normally are under $70.

Since solar and wind generators have gained in popularity and dropped in price fuel powered generators have gone down in price a lot. You can by a small one for $70 and a large one for $400. While gasoline is expensive there is a away you can use one these on the cheap. Converting many models including some of the cheap ones from gasoline to natural gas can be as cheap as $5-$20 on your own. If you can find a source of natural gas or way to safely store it you can have your own source or a cheap fuel to stockpile.













One option that has dropped in price is solar you can get a nice generator for $200-$500 that will power one major device. A lot of these are mobile which is a perk. The biggest perk though is there is no fuel needed. 

Here is something you will have to assemble on your own but can produce all the power you need cheap or even free. Coal generators require a coal steam boiler and some sort of steam pistol system to make the power. The perk is coal can be found in some parts of the country and is cheap everywhere. Coal generators can make lots of power and have fuel that is free or super cheap to stockpile.

How Anyone can Have a Farm Free; Infinite, Free and Renewable Food for Preppers

Well a picture is a thousand words and there are considerations of laws that would have to be broken in some cases and safety but this does result in free farming. I am not going to go into all the details but you can seed, grow, harvest, harvest seed and conceal vast amounts of food growth on public land that people can walk over or under and never see. The start up can be free to cheap and it can be spread out and vast. It won't take a rocket scientist to see the how in the pics.

Self Defense Options for Peppers that are Cheap, Effective and Consider Laws.

When you consider your safety for when SHTF you often are faced with laws, cost, lack of ammo and finding something user friendly. In  this article we will show you how to arm legally, economically and effectively almost anywhere. The options presented in this article even give options to people who live in England.

The first option I present is the single barrerl shotgun and they're often found under$100 used. These guns meet local laws in all places in the US and Canada, have chamber inserts available to fire even pistol rounds and almost never fail. With barrel inserts they can be a handy tool.

Another option is home building from kits or building from scratch like this semi automatic pistol. Instructions can be found online both on how to make receiveers for kit guns and how to make a gun from scratch. This regulated in some places but not all. It is normally cheap.

Crossbow pistols are sometimes powerful enough to go through a concrete wall with darts.  The big advantage is their legal almost everywhere and are well under $100 not to mention they're easy to make.

The Plinkster is a poor mans Ruger 10/22 and is semi auto, cheap lr22, has 20 round mags available and often is found for well under $200.

The Arx 160 comes in Lr22 and is normally under $500 in this variation for those who want a military rifle but can't afford the ammo or rifle in a larger caliber.

The circuit judge is a rifle version of the pistol. This judge is both a shotgun and rifle shooting 5 rounds of 4/10 or 45 colt. Est $500-600. 

The pmr 30 is a semi automatic pistol made by Kel tech that holds 30 rounds. It comes in both lr22 and 22 mag making it a useful pistol at $500-$800.

Making Prepped Modern Ammo From Scratch; Powder, Bullets, Cases and Primers

If and when you make your own ammo you first need to study loading and smelting. In survival situations I  recommend coal smelting because once equipped with propper forms and furnace coal can be found in most parts and where it can't it is cheap to stockpile. Map gas and other methods are costly and rely on infrastructure.

This is extremely dangerous and should only be done be professionals and still can cause injury or death. In some places laws apply.

The first thing I will cover is bullets. Numerous materials can be cast into slugs, bullets and pellet's. These include aluminum, brass, led, copper, steel and iron . We are going to talk about iron and more specifically magnetite because if you have a water way or desert you have lots of this hard iron. Magnetite also does not rust with an oxide of 4. Please note to study your barrel first because it will make hard bullets and should only be fired from chrome and other barrels capable of firing rounds this hard safely.

Getting magnetite is easy you just run a big magnet over sand and use the magnet to separate and purify the  ore.

Once you have the material you want use you can cast the bullets with a high heat cast. The history of iron bullets dates to World War II when late in the war Germany ran out of its led sources. They successful used iron bullets like the one below.
 Beware that it is illegal to make pure iron or steel pistol bullets with the exception of 22 . This ammo is likely to pierce most armor.

Here is a link on how to make gunpowder. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol9wuQO5v-A

As far as cases and primers there are casts for those.

Pocket Toolbox for Prepping

These are great mobile, affordable and usable prepping tools. They save space and money too.