I've been a serious gundude since my teens, and now at 50 and about to condense my life into a trailer, my most painfull adaptation is that I can no longer have a dedicated gun room with all my reloading gear and multiple weaponry. I've been begrudgingly and slowly divesting myself of everything except the essential battery. But as a long time prepper as well, my underlying urge is to still at least carry a substatial stockpile of ammo. But the wieght penalty on that forces me to keep that drastically limited also.
But worst of all, if you are an owner of NFA items (National Firearms Act,...the unconstitutional federal regulatory scheme passed in 1934 that licenses machineguns and silencers and all the other truly good stuff), there is no way to live as a nomad without a fixed residence AND still possess your awesome tools. My Thompson and Sten and suppressors have had to be sold off.
The battery consists of;
1. Glock 43 (a 9mm pocket pistol) for concealed carry
2. Glock 20 (full size 10mm pistol for unconcealed carry, including bear country)
3. Ruger 22/45 Mk3 (.22lr pistol suitable for hunting small critters or for recreation)
4. AR15 carbine (a short version of the famous rifle, similar to what is currently called the M4, particularly useful for intimidation or use against multiple ner-do-wells)
5. M1 Garand T26 "Tanker" (a shorty version of Clint Eastwood's "get off my lawn" gun, useable for bear, elk, deer, coyotes or people, my preferred long gun for the southern border region due to open spaces)
I can fit these into my limited space. But it is much more than most would likely justify for themselves.
If I absolutely HAD to reduce it further,...the horror,...I would likely go retro old school and simply have a revolver and lever-action shorty in the same caliber,...probably a .357 combo. A nice pair (for my tastes) would be a S&W 686 and Puma M92, both in stainless steel.
