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Bit of an odd question, but please bear with me…

I am a bit of an armchair survivalist. Despite an annoying desk job, I have a well equipped bug-out-bag packed in my basement. Every time there is a severe storm coming, I am ready to live without power for about 3 weeks. I basically live a typical suburban life while secretly waiting for the apocalypse so that I can live in a debris hut and hunt and gather for my family. Ridiculous, I know, but I am what I am.

In light of all this, I am looking to make a single lifetime purchase of a pellet gun. From my survivalist perspective, some ideal characteristics would be:

It would probably need to be a break barrel – it can’t have any consumable inputs since I don’t plan to buy a lifetime supply of CO2 cartridges. I also don’t plan to buy a lifetime supply of bullets or gunpowder – thus the need for a pellet gun (I could however see myself buying a few thousand pellets just to have around).

It would have to effectively take down small game. In my area, there is pretty much only small game, aside from a few coyotes that I would never mess with. Thus I would need a gun that could take down the rabbits, pheasant, partridge, etc., that would be fair game in a survival situation.

It would have to be durable, and maintenance free – if I am being the Davey Crocket of my apocalypse I don’t want everyone in my family to starve due to a broken spring.

Again, I know this is a bit over the top, but I plan to get a great pellet gun and your advice/input would be greatly appreciated.