Finally, a viable double-barreled air shotgun. That also shoots 50cal ball ammo and bolts. Their text: "Easily the most flexible big bore system on the market, the Double Shot delivers a decisive one-two punch to medium and large game with any combination of .50 caliber ammo, shotshells, and the Air Venturi Air Bolt.

The Double Shot uses a patent-pending air distributor that allows you to seamlessly perform a quick follow up shot in less than two seconds through the use of a barrel selector dial.  No more bringing the action to a standstill to reload!  Simply load both barrels, rack back the bolt, fire your shot, twist the barrel selector dial, rack the bolt, and fire again.  To sight in on your target, use the traditional shotgun style bead sight, or purchase the Air Venturi 11mm Dovetail rail for mounting the optic of your choice.   

This innovative PCP uses a 244cc cylinder, filled to 3000 psi, that provides 5 full-powered shots per fill.  This high pressure translates to incredible velocities with up to 1,130 fps with shotshells.  The options don’t stop there however, as the Double Shot can sling .50 caliber big bore ammo and the revolutionary Air Venturi Air Bolt—an arrow-slinging system that can put 170 FPE on target. Each Double Shot features the trademarked etched actions and finely grained hardwood stocks you’ve come to expect from a brand that pays homage to the golden age of the hunt.

Put simply, the Seneca Double Shot is the most versatile big bore PCP shotgun on the market today that doubles down on big bore power. If you want a PCP shotgun that can sling .50 caliber rounds downrange one shot after the next, grab the Double Shot and track your game—the trail awaits.

SHOTGUN: Choose the shotgun option and enjoy velocities of 1,130 feet per second with either No. 6 or No. 8 filled shot shells. With consistent spreads of 12" at 20 yards.

RIFLE: UNSCREW THE CHOKES BEFORE USING LEAD BULLETS. Hunting for larger game? With .50 caliber slugs the Double Shot offers speeds of 600 fps and fpe exceeding 140. That's more than enough power to take medium game with a well-placed shot.

BOLT-SLINGER:  UNSCREW THE CHOKES BEFORE USING AIR BOLTS. Arm your Double Shot with Air Venturi Air Bolts to turn your air shotgun into a hard-hitting arrow launcher!  Now more speargun than airgun, be careful not to "Robin Hood" or split bolts already on the target --they are that accurate!  Capable of speeds up to 425 FPS and 170 FPE, Air Bolts are a fusion of innovative design and incredible knockdown power. Buy here.

First off, I'm not a "tactical" expert so if you want a military grade recommendation of what you'll need to shoot your way out of a zombie apocalypse that occurs in a matter of hours and catches you completely off guard....then you may want to look elsewhere for wisdom. There are a hundred gun-writers and Youtubers with military training and money, who can afford to try out a vast range of firearms and gear and thereby give you the best list for surviving a walking dead scenario. For my part I only have firsthand experience (via my former career) of being in major world cities during three military coups, four riots where firearms and explosives were used by conflicting sides, three terrorist bombings and a natural disaster where eleven million people were advised to evacuate. In the last of these events all food and water was off grocery store shelves within four days and I left on the 5th. In all of those events there was ample time and opportunity to leave the city quietly and peaceably either by bus, private car, motorcycle or on foot and I never felt it would be necessary to fight my way through rampaging hordes of zombies, murderous mobs or packs of cutthroat looters. However, I could see how any one of those scenarios might very quickly have manifested themselves via one faction's decision to use widespread and sustained violence for whatever reason, or, if disease were the catalyst for societal breakdown as then you have mass hysteria and mistrust provoking irrevocable action on behalf of authorities and civilians alike. So, if things had broken down to fight-or-flight, what 3 Gun choice would I have wanted on hand to get me out of those cities?

Humans are undoubtedly the most dangerous creature on the face of the planet (after the mosquito) and my first three choices of weapon for the urban landscape are 1) evade, 2) evade and 3) evade. If you sense an imminent dissolution of order then get the heck out of dodge, asap, before it happens, even if you just go visit friends in the country for a few days to see if it blows over because that’s better than sticking around past the tipping point. But let's say you have stuck it out and the time has come to leave or risk dying in your home. It’s dark outside and you've decided to make a break for the hills with your wife and two kids in tow. If you're the praying sort then say a quick prayer before you leave the house to bolster yourself, because this could get hairy. What do you wear? Nothing tactical, military or otherwise conspicuous. And don’t try and be all special forces unless indeed that was your profession, because you’ll quickly be stomped by someone better trained or descended upon and outnumbered. If you can dress up as a couple of senior citizens out with the grandkids, you’ll be safer still. You can't take the car because streets are cordoned off and roadblocked to enforce a curfew. Don’t burst out through your front door like they do in the movies with a shotgun or any other longarm because you’ll immediately draw fire: you're not going up against LEO or the military because they're in the same boat as you and they just want to survive this, but, they have full authority for lethal force and they'll use it.

So, don’t hit the street visibly armed because the first thing you’ll catch is a bullet sent by someone ordered to keep the peace and maintain order. Plan on using your knowledge of your neighborhood to stay concealed, i.e. backyards, passageways between buildings, hedgerows etc. And you absolutely DO want a carbine because you may have to make a 75 yard shot at some malfeasant individual running toward your family with a weapon. So which rifle can be effectively concealed? Many SBR's will work here but meantime the Kel-Tec Sub2000, folded out of sight under your jacket, can be deployed very quickly and carries a punch from its 16” barrel. That’s your first line of defense. You take your shot and put it away again, immediately, out-of-sight. Then duck into the shadows and move quickly away from the location (the sound of gunfire will draw attention). Holding hands in single file will keep you from leaving anyone behind.

If you haven’t practiced with the carbine extensively beforehand (so you can deploy it quickly, and consistently place an accurate hit) then you’ll need those aforementioned prayers. So, let’s just assume you were smart and spent sufficient hours at the range practicing. Your spouse will either be carrying a duplicate trio of firearms or she’ll be concealing the Glock 17 (or other 9mm sidearm) which shares a magazine with your Sub2000. 9mm isn’t the best caliber, it’s just the most common so you’ll have a higher likelihood of happening across more of the stuff as the SHTF event unfolds. Together you and your spouse will get each other and the kids discreetly (save for the unhappy need to use lethal force) to the outskirts of the city into the relative safety of the urban greenbelt. And the further the better, and mountains and woods are optimal. In 8-10 hours of darkness you can hike a long way and clear all but the largest of metropolises especially if you already live in suburbia. Your “bugout” bag - containing means for acquiring food, water, shelter and everything in between - is another topic and there are numerous experts online who cover this matter. Anyway, make certain you're equipped properly and can keep yourselves and the kids hydrated and nourished as you find safety and maintain life until the “SHTF” scenario has passed.

A quick side-note on knives. Remember, an individual with a knife poses a serious threat. It always amazes me that people cry foul when a cop shoots an assailant with a knife: an attacker armed with a knife can get to you faster from twelve feet away than you can draw a gun, so be on guard. Also, knife wounds are often more egregious than bullet wounds as they typically cause rapid hemorrhaging thereby killing you faster. Also, a bullet is inherently sterile upon entry (notwithstanding it pulls fiber and pathogens into the wound from your clothing) whereas I doubt any knife used by an attacker would be pre-sanitized for your comfort.

Once you’re out of immediate danger you’ll need to turn to woodcraft to sustain survival. You always have the Sub2000 and the matching sidearm for suppressing threats, but quietly procuring food will be imperative. This is where a 22LR comes into play. If you read my last 3 Gun post I recommended the Chiappa Little Badger but the Keystone Crickett is another rifle that also comes in a threaded variant for those who have their Class 4 stamp. It’s also very accurate and has surprised even seasoned reviewers for its attributes in this department. Squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, birds, cats or whatever you come across will succumb to the 22LR. But small prey can still run off and disappear down a hole even with a body shot, so make a point of practicing those quarter-sized shots at 50 yards so you can confidently make head shots, and that’ll make sure meat isn’t wasted and the kids don’t go hungry.

So, in summary, remember these 5 rules during your next "zombie apocalypse", 1) evade, evade, evade: don’t try and be a gunslinging hero, the objective is survival. 2) Use lethal force ONLY when you have no other choice and evasion is impossible. 2) LEO and military are not likely to be your enemy, they’re there to keep order, but if you appear as a threat they’ll put you down. 3) So, dress inconspicuous, not tactical. 4) Use your local knowledge to get you out of harms way and keep you hidden as you treck out. 5) Have provisions and tools (in a so-called “bugout” bag) so you can survive in the woods until the threat has passed. And don't forget your prayers. GOM.

The term "survival gun" is amusing because it's often used in conjunction with a scenario where your Cessna or other private plane goes down somewhere miles from civilization and lo and behold you survive the crash and happen to have a recommended "survival" weapon safely stashed in the hold that you can break out and use to live off the land until you're rescued. These three perfect alignments of 1) owning your own plane, 2) surviving a crash and, 3) recovering a "survival" weapon from the wreckage all add up to about the same odds as winning the Powerball. And I'm still not sure there's any such thing as one ideal survival weapon, I think there are choices, made intelligently based on the terrain your choosing to enter. For 100-miles-from-anywhere wilderness my "3 Gun" pick above would be what I'd take - be it Alaska, the Yukon or my own private Idaho estate (if only) - where I needed to survive all eventualities over the coarse of a year. And I mean eventualities, not just possibilities. I will need to track and procure my own food and I will at some point encounter a predator who intends to procure me as food, so to stay alive I need the above three firearms.

The Taurus Tracker would stay on my person at all times, in a chest holster, with extra rounds in a wrist band where they can be easily and quickly transferred into a freshly emptied cylinder if a reload was needed. Though there is ample evidence that bear spray is more effective than a 44MAG revolver against bears, a spraycan might need replacing after your first encounter so what would you do if there was a second run-in? Also a revolver has the potential to take large game so it's uses are more diverse. And you'll sleep better knowing it's near at hand, and loaded should anything try to sneak into your shelter in the dead of night.
These are the best and most affordable chest holsters I've found.
These are the wrist bands I'd utilize.

The Chiappa Little Badger is mostly junk but the parts that matter, work fine. Usually the guns function satisfactorily straight from the factory, but there are occasional lemons, so, if you buy from Buds then add the additional warranty for a few bucks more because Chiappa has abysmal customer service and any efforts to get the gun fixed will drive you to drink.  So, you bought one from Buds, it works (or you replaced it for one that does), now take off the useless little ammo holder by the buttstock, remove the hopeless plastic sights and remove all but the top picatinny rail. Get your suppressor stamp because this rifle comes threaded and that's very useful when you're trying to be quiet as a mouse out in the woods. Oh, and get a steel thread protector because the plastic one that comes with the rifle is all but stripped once you remove it. Then get a little telescopic sight (not a reflex or red dot sight) and put 100 CCI standard velocity rounds through the gun to make sure everything works as it should and that you can consistently hit a quarter at 50 yards. Then, once you've checked all those boxes you will have something truly amazing: i.e. a 22LR rifle that folds down to 16", is accurate and super quiet (when suppressed). Plus the mechanism is almost silent to operate unlike a bolt action which has a telltale tick-tack-toe-tick when cycling the action with the aplomb necessary to properly eject the spent brass and load another round. For putting small game in the pot a 22LR is unsurpassed and one brick of ammo will keep you alive for a whole year. What's more, you can stuff this in your backpack alongside your other provisions and the folding shotgun. This scope from Barska or this from Tasco works well, but you'll need to remove the dovetail rings with pliers (gently so as not to damage the scope) and get 1" rings for the standard picatinny rail on the Badger. The tube on the scope is 3/4" so go to a hardware store and buy a foot of clear fuel line with 3/4" ID and 1" OD. Cut 2 x 1/2" lengths, split them and wrap them around the scope tube prior to installing the new scope rings. This will create a tight fit and provide a wee bit of cushioning for the scope when it's stuffed in your backpack. Tamp everything down finger-tight (plus an eighth of a turn with a screwdriver) and once zeroed-in you'll have a stellar wee rifle that can make small game head-shots out to 70 yards.

A shotgun is arguably the most powerful weapon civilians can own. However, despite its lethality at close range, it loses a lot with each yard. So, barrel length is critical. Unfortunately Midland only make them with 18" (20 yards) and 26" (35 yards) barrels whereas for true usefulness you'd want a 28" (40 yards) or even a 30" (50 yards) barrel. However, it's a folder and that makes up for it's shortcomings in the range department by being inherently packable. And until someone revives the Burgess folding pump shotgun, we'll have to make do with this folding single shot. I've recommended the 12GA but if you prefer something a little less abrupt on the shoulder then go with the 20GA, and 20GA ammo is slightly more space-saving. Every ounce and cubic inch matters when it's on your back, believe me. The shotgun has such a wide range of capabilities but in our wilderness scenario it will serve you best for bagging moving meals: rabbits, grouse, turkeys, geese, ducks or anything edible that moves or flies fast and I've even see a deer brought down with a single shot as it sprinted across a shooters path. A bandolier is the best means of holding ammo as it won't pull your pants down, overweight your gun as you react quickly to flushed game or rattle around in a pocket. Keep half a dozen slug rounds in your bandolier just in case.

So there you go, these are the 3 Guns I'd pack if I were heading into the forest to get away from the masses, to tough it out with the beasts and survive off what the land yielded for my sustenance. You'll notice a distinct lack of magazines and the mechanical simplicity of the chosen three: this keeps risk of gun disablement to a minimum. You don't want to starve to death because you accidentally stood on your magazine or bent the feed lips whilst hurriedly trying to load up. Oh, and I'd also carry the greatest passive protein provider of all time, a mosquito net. Make a little fire (for light, not heat) and suspend the net above it to catch the attracted insects. In the morning you'll have a handful of protein that can be mixed into whatever pot of veggie stew you're brewing for dinner that night. And it's free, and nourishing (if a little unappetizing at first) and it requires no expenditure of bullets or calories to procure. GOM.

Well, that's actually a ridiculous question akin to asking, "If you could only choose one tool from Home Depot, what would you take?" Doesn't make any sense because the variety of functions is as diverse as the tools, and one would limit your usefulness so narrowly that you'd be useless in almost every capacity. I use the analogy of hardware stores because hold the same fascination for me as gunshops and my wife won't let me go into one alone as an entire day could pass before I re-emerge. It's not that I overspend, it's that I become utterly engrossed in the mechanical ingenuity and potential of everything that time becomes a vacuum and I become a lost boy in Neverland.  And finding a poor soul in the catacombs of a modern-day DIY store like Home Depot is nigh on impossible without a dog and a scent trail. As a stone mason the tools of the trade obsess me: the hammers alone offer such a range of capabilities in shaping and cleaving every different type of material from granite to sandstone and basalt to limestone and all variants of each inbetween that it would take a tome the size of War and Peace to explain it all. As it is with firearms.

So because there's no such thing as one stone hammer, there can be no such thing as one gun. I believe the absolute minimum is three. If I needed to build a small stone house or a good retaining wall I'd want three hammers, or two and a chisel. If I had to flee a burning building or a pack of marauding zombies, I'd want three guns, notwithstanding three good guns is about all I could carry and still be mobile (mindful of ammo and it's inherent weight) and/or effectively use anyway so I'd want those three to be perfect for every potential scenario and range. And I'd want to be so rehearsed with those firearms that a fast and natural transition from one to the other would be smooth, because that adeptness would be necessary for my survival and the protection of loved ones who'd be on the trail with me.

So what would those three guns be? Over the next three articles I'm going to look at some options, and those options will depend on the scenario, terrain and environment in which one might find oneself at the time of a catalytic event, the short-term and subsequent long-term demands on those guns and the all-important question of ammo, because, just as a cigarette is un-smokable without a light, a gun is a mere club without it's relevant bullet or shell. Similarly with vehicles, the power to weight ratio is critical to duration; a heavy gun with a few giant rounds won't get you very far. So, there's a lot to consider and by no means am I an authority on this, nor can I know your personal preferences of circumstances so there's no need for vitriol if you can't agree - just know your 2 cents is as valid as mine and we'd be happy to hear yours especially if it's rooted in experiential knowhow. Ed.

Reviewers are writing about the BRNO as though it's God's personal gift to the sport, and I have to confer, I suspect it might be. With it's clear CZ DNA and that Blade Runner profile, I gotta say it's spectacular to look at...which is all I can do, because God also knows I can't afford one at $7.5k. I'm the AFD writer who has zero interest in plastic or modern military weaponry, I'm the cantankerous old-schooler who likes blued steel semi-autos, single-action revolvers and mechanically cycled rifles and shotguns made of sterner stuff than black polymer (aka plastic). Call me old fashioned, I like to reminisce about my misspent youth roaming the hills with gun in hand keeping the pot filled for a family of six 'cos our pappy died when we were all minnows and left five hungry boys and a widow. We watched westerns on TV and played cowboys and injuns in the field out back with bicycles (or cows when could catch one) for horses. We were taught gun safety and marksmanship by a WWII veteran friend of the family and I still remember him spitting at the mention of those M16's the poor Vietnam fella's were having to deal with. He showed us how to shoot a pistol single handed ("just in case your other hand is blowed off", he said) until we could hit a soup can at 50 yards, every time. I never knew such things as youth guns existed, he had me shooting barn pigeons at 12 years old with a 12 gauge! There was no need for weight reduction, real men had carried 20lbs of steel into battle since the vikings and our mentor had himself lugged a 12lb Tommy across the Normandy beaches into occupied France. So you can see, my roots are firmly bedded in forged American steel and the remembrance of brave hard-working men who were built like brick sh*thouses without ever having seen the inside of a gym. To them a 1911 was the CCW of the day and that ethos rubbed off on me and stuck. So when I see the BRNO I'm reminded of my youth 'cos this looks like a real man's firearm, all blued steel, lightweight at 2.9lbs, SA only, slimline as a Colt and complete with an elephant-hide holster (of course). In all honesty I think we need to be preserving the few elephants China hasn't killed for ivory, so cow or buffalo would work just fine for a holster, but that's a very European big game hunter thing and this does after all originate from Czechoslovakia so we can overlook this one faux pas. And I'll be especially forgiving if www.luxuryfirearms.com feels like donating a BRNO to the AFD for an in-depth review, but until then I'll keep on dreaming and saying my prayers at night that God see's fit to let me have one. GOM.

Cops, competitive shooters, and military personnel increasingly train with air guns, so what do they know that we don’t? It 's safer and cheaper than live fire while measurably improving performance. With replicated slide/action battery, there's no better way to cost-effectively teach trigger control and reduce a shooters recoil-flinch.

The cost of range training is much more than just the ammunition, we must also include vehicle mileage, targets, range fees and your time.  Though training at home can never completely replace range time, shooting an air gun can be a vital addition to help you get the trigger time you need. Air guns can mirror your real guns and let you train in your basement or back yard offering more freedom (and realism) than the range where strict rules of conduct apply.

Many shooters view air guns as toys, but they can be very precise and allow inexpensive high-quality training in convenient venues: MIL and LEO know this. The NRA has a whole section of their website dedicated to airguns.  https://homeairgun.nra.org/

So, in that light meet the new Hellraiser HellBoy, providing satisfying repeating shots fueled by a single 12-gram CO2 cartridge. Based on one of the greatest weapons platforms ever created--the M4 Carbine--heat up the range with blistering semi-auto shots and unparalleled realism for a tactical experience like nothing on Earth!  

Each HellBoy features a full-metal construction throughout the barrel, receiver, and the 18rd  BB magazine.  Load up a single 12-gram CO2 and start sending BBs downrange at speeds up to 495 fps.  Just like the real M4, the HellBoy gives you a lot of choices for your optics. Shoot straight out of the box with included open sights with a flip-up rear aperture, or remove the rear sights to expose the 5.5" Picatinny/Weaver Rail--ideal for a small scope or red-dot sight.  Its adjustable rear stock can be set to your preferred pull length with the press of a button. Each HellBoy is field-strippable, and includes integrated sling swivels for easy carrying options.

If you want a truly thrilling backyard shooting experience, choose the HellBoy and incinerate your targets.

18-rd BB magazine
Semi-Automatic
One 12 gram CO2 cartridge fits into magazine
Velocity: 495 FPS
Full-metal receiver, magazine, and barrel
Weaver/Picatinny optics rail (removable carry handle)
Full metal action, plastic only used on retractable stock, pistol grip, and handguard
Non-adjustable trigger
Field-Strippable
Integrated Sling Swivel Mounts
Rear sight adjustable for windage and elevation (2 flip-up aperture settings)
30"-33.5" overall length due to the adjustable stock
Overall weight of 5.2lbs

https://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/HellBoy_177_CO2_BB_Tactical_Air_Rifle_Black/4486

Ed.