Thanks again for the warm welcome folks. I am new to the whole forum thing and didn't plan on staying too long but there is good reading here. It gives me something to do at work until they block this website.

I don't have a dedicated survival gun, My survival gun is the one I am taking with me at the time I guess but out of my gun collection I usually end up in the field with my ruger 10/22 the most. As far as redundancy goes there is no other gun out there that I am aware of that you can buy so many aftermarket parts for. It won't break down like a Henry but there are some nice survival stocks available for the Rugers whick don't take up much room in a pack. I think it is possible to buy every part separate and assemble it yourself out of knock off parts without using a single one made buy Ruger.

If anyone wanted the kind of redundancy that Hacksaw was talking about then this rifle would get my vote.