for your survival rifle. it's stupid, but for the moment, let's engage in trying to work around this stupidity. You could have a silenced 308 auto, a very long, bulky package, and a silenced .22 handgun, for small game. perhaps with a battery dependent optical sight, it could even serve for...

but CLAIM they have the $1000 to spend on 5000 rds of rifle ammo. :-) SURE you do. Without the silencer, .22 conversion unit, subsonic ammo, luminous sights, nvd's, soft armor and enough sense to stay underground during daylight hours, you won[t survive needing to fire the first 50 rds...

You aint Audy Murphy, and Audie was the first one to admit that he survived by pure LUCK, many times. Audie killed 241 Germans, in 2 years of the worst fighting ever seen. There's been nothing like that record since the advent of the AK47, other than by sniping against ignorant rice growers and...

for all the inept here who just gotta use a 308 for a pissant sized critter like a deer.

Corrosive, misfires, smoke obscures target and MARKS you. It's quite dangerous and difficult to "corn" the blackpowder into decent firearms fuel (as vs bomb powder) You need huge amounts of powder and lead, and there aint any bison left, dummies. A silenced 22lr autorifle, with a lousy 1000 rds...