Midland Backpack?

[butler]

Has anyone gotten their hands on this?


Single shot (try banning that!), folds in half, adjustable length of pull, and...MSRP under $150!

Seems like an excellent emergency/bug-out firearm?

[Wulf202]

It really depends on your needs. I can think of many uses for a shotgun but most of those involve hunting within the confines of the regulations. I think a quiet 22lr pistol or "pistol" ruger charger with a brace and a can would be much lighter and you can carry many times more ammo.

Chiappa has an offering that's a lot like the savage 24 or Springfield m6 with a 22lr barrel and a shotgun.

While there's no doubt 22 is not a good defensive round there's little better for game getting to feed yourself however.

The m&p 22lr pistol is so light that you can carry it suppressed for less than 1.5lbs loaded if you pick an aluminum can

If budget is the issue I've found single shot breaks that take up less room in the pack for around $100 on the used market common enough they don't sell quickly. For just a little more than the retail of this one you can get one of the hr pardner 870 clones and have a pump action if a 12ga fits your needs.

But one of each is always best....

[sroz]

Currently available in 12, 20 & 410. The plan is to add barrels for 22, 38 and 357. They are also considering 223.

[Erni]

At 150, I would probably get a 357 version and experiment with heavy for caliber "puff" loads for fun

[butler]

The appeal to me is three-fold:
- price (which means I won't care as much if this firearm gets beat-up, lost, or stolen)
- single-shot (probably the last firearm to ever get banned; inherently easier to fix, maintain, etc)
- ability to use sub-caliber adapters, like these: https://www.gunadapters.com/

There's a YouTuber who pairs single shot shotguns with sub-caliber adapters and does a lot of accuracy testing:


So the thinking is that with something like this (or any other break-action firearm, like an over-under) and a whole bunch of caliber adapters, you can use whatever you happen to have on you (or whatever you can forage/harvest, barter for, etc). A true emergency firearm.

[Wulf202]

I get it. This concept comes and goes every 10 years or so for survival popularity. Rossi has been making these for a long time. If it works for your idea of survival enjoy it. I've used far less rational reasons for buying things.

My only issue is by the time you dump the money into adapters and the full kit you could have gotten a better gun and a bunch of ammo.