Thread: Lightest weight survival rifle

A "mares leg" style truncated lever action with a micro dot sight or ghost ring would be good.

Gimp, If you take care of the design we can get it made easy enough

Rossi make a factory version, just need a rail and a microdot and bingo.

The problem is that it's 25" OAL which is legally a pistol in New Zealand.

That's a pity.

Just buy a cheap .44 mag lever action then cut it to exactly 763mm OAL?

What is the lightest 44mag rifle availiable here?

I still think an uberlight 223 would be the most versatile, 2-7x33 leupold on top, mercator in pocket, start fishing/hunting !

Pistol?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Pistol?

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Illegal for hunting in NZ ?

single shot, break open in either 223 or 410, open sights - ghost ring ?

would not trust carbon / alu combo like the pack-rifle, especially on quad or motorcycle.

cheap starter would be a baikal izh18, go to town skeletonizing the fore-end and stock, or replace with carbon

or speak to SSR... should be able to make you something that ticks all the boxes.

How light are the lightweight single shots? Be interesting to see how much real difference there is between that and the lightest bolt actions.

Handguns are illegal for hunting in NZ , there was a move to get them accepted about 15 years ago , it almost got Police approval the fell over for some reason .
When you want a survival rifle you need to work back , where and when ,Assuming you are lost in the NZ bush or have survived a boat or aircraft wreck in NZ or even trapped by rising flood waters then rescue services will probably be after you within a day or so , I think you need a firearm that can shoot both birds and deer and be used for signaling ,Id go for a 410 fold up single shot with bird shot , slugs and buck to fill this brief , no sights to add weight or fog , absolutely reliable and I own one. Most likely this would happen on DOC controlled land .but stuff worrying about DOC rules it is a survival situation and needs must .

In the 22's Id go Marlin Papoose and or the Ruger 1022 takedown , forget the centrefires they blow birds to bits

The AR7 has been a prohibited import into NZ for many years , in the USA one can buy a pistol grip and barrel for the AR7 which slots and screws straight on . NZ shooters caught on to this and a few got in and the Police were none too happy and banned further imports . If you see a green stocked one it came in illegally , probably on a yacht because they were only made after the ban .

why would you need a semi for a survival rifle? surely a single shot would suffice?
proabaly be more accurate than a ruger too

Originally Posted by Bill999

why would you need a semi for a survival rifle?

Beavis you want to answer that one ? Iraq or the zombie invasion ?

Originally Posted by Bill999

surely a single shot would suffice?
proabaly be more accurate than a ruger too

Mate, not all Rugers are like the 10/22 , have a look at Ruger No 1, falling block design... bloody nice rifles

yea id still like a N0.1 in 7 rem built into a nice light stock for thar

But its close to or over two grand for a ruger... and who whats to pay sako money for a ruger?

Who makes the lightest single shot 410/20/12 gauge ?