I'd take an AR15, with 100 rd drum, luminous sight inserts, a .22lr conversion unit, a sound suppressor, a scope, and instead of 100 rds of 223, which weigh 3 lbs (assuming I'm limited to one mag) I'd take instead 30 rds of 60 gr softpoint 223 and 2 lbs of 60 gr. Aquila subsonic 22 rimfire ammo, which would be 200 rds. If men are not an issue, I"d take apart the 100 rd drum and use the springs to make fishhooks, use the mag body as a container. I'd get the ejection port cover off, haft it and sharpen it on a rock.
You can always start a fire with ammo, altho 22lr is a lot harder to do it with than 223. What you do is pull the bullets out of a couple of rds of ammo, cut a bit of material off of your shirt tail, if you must, smear it around in the gunpowder of one rd. then you loosely tuck the cord of cloth down the barrel, and chamber the bulletless other rd. Holding the gun vertially, fire a rd. the cloth will come down smouldering. If you have a tinder bundle ready, a windbreak, kindling, etc, you'll have your fire.
it's much, much easier to field make the simple stuff than it is to harvest game without a gun. The ability to hit well at night, ,and not scare off game with flashes and blasts is much more of a plus than most hunters realize. Survival aint about laws or being humane or sportsmanlike.
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