[quake]

Someone may have mentioned it earlier, but with the 10-round limit, what about an sks carbine? Top-loading's not ideal (unless you're talking to a rabid Garand-ophile), but the price of the gun & ammo both would lend themselves to obtaining more training, more practice, and more depth of stocked supplies. You'd get maximum capacity, plenty of power, as cheap a defensive caliber as you're going to find, and a gun/caliber that would work for the feral hogs as well.

[Tim808]

Bumpfire - Sorry bro!! I apologize, I did not intend to attack you and I'm sorry if it sounded that way. I have no quarrel with pistol caliber carbines. I can see the sense in common ammo/mags.

Quake - I used to have a sks. I regret selling it to raise money to buy an AK. That bayonet was so cool.

The 10 rd max only applies to pistol mags. Hi cap rifle mags are allowed.

[quake]

Originally Posted by Tim808

...The 10 rd max only applies to pistol mags. Hi cap rifle mags are allowed.

In that case, as much as I like (and babble on about ) pistol-caliber carbines, I'd really steer toward something that didn't have that silly restriction. If my choice is between a 30-shot rifle-caliber carbine or a 10-shot pistol-caliber carbine, no contest.