Dump the 9mm ammo…it’s junk, the FBI found out the hard way and now use .40’s. Go with either .38/.357 Mag (both can be shot through a .357).40 (nice), .45 (better – see below for duality of use), or if you have a need to shoot through schools (reference to the movie Johnny Dangerously…I’m not actually advocating shooting up schools) .44 mag which will make the average engine block shudder. Honestly, your best value would probably be a .45 cal revolver and a matching .45 cal lever action rifle (equally good for home defense and for general hunting).

While automatics are cool in the movies, they tend to be more maintenance heavy unless you are getting some sort of Russian military surplus or an old 1911 which will function well enough even when not cleaned for months (I honestly wouldn’t suggest buying either as you will have better accuracy throwing rocks or cans of spoiled SPAM (can spam actually go bad?)). Stick with a good quality revolver or a well made semi-automatic. Get proficient at speed-loading. Buy a few cylinder speed-loaders or extra clips and practice reloading. Always keep your weapons clean, well oiled and make sure people know how to use them PROPERLY. “Unloaded guns” kill as many if not more people than loaded ones.

I also think the amount of ammunition you are suggesting is on the conservative side. The only real reason you carry pistol ammo is to defend against people; if people are coming chances are pretty good they are carrying an above-average number of guns somewhere slightly beyond the level of insane. I would suggest dropping the .22 magnum by half, increasing the pistol ammo by half again and at least doubling the rifle ammo. It might not be a bad idea to have a shotgun as well. Nothing says true love like a “crowd pleaser”.

I noticed you also forgot a mixed case of good single malt scotch…tsk tsk Janos

Finally, unless you plan to shave with a hunting knife, I would suggest either investing in a crap-load of DE blades for your safety razor or just buy a couple good straight razors

Just a few thoughts…

It’s also important to have good hand tools and ways to sharpen them. Stock up on nails and screws. Get a bunch of crank-up LED lights. Keep it simple. If you can find an old wood-burning kitchen stove, they’re worth their weight in gold.

I grew up in a refugee camp after WW II. Even if you had money, you couldn’t buy many of the essentials of life. A dominant memory of my childhood is of every square inch of ground that wasn’t a path was turned into a garden. No food was wasted. Scraps were taken to our extended family’s animal pens where, together, we raised and shared pigs, chickens and geese. I remember fall slaughtering. It was a noisy, bloody, communal affair.

You don’t need a lot of land. But many of the skills needed for living independently now reside in fewer and fewer people. During the Great Depression, Americans were still primarily rural and had survival skills. Today that is not the case.

The collapse of the financial banking system (not only in the U.S. — read about Iceland) in such a short period of time is indicative of the behavior of a chaotic system, where inputs have amplifying outputs. I think it’s safe to say that classical economic theory has not been a terribly accurate predictor of real life economic behavior.

The land Janos is talking about, we bought in 1991 for $32,000. It came with house (needing major work, namely a new foundation), a barn (falling down), and several outbuildings. Because it had a non-functioning septic system, it was not possible to get a bank loan to buy it. I was farming at the time, and I had enough cash flow to be able to pay cash for it. We still don’t have a septic system. The outhouse works just fine. We recently trenched in a gravity flow drain so we’re not dependent on electricity to empty the sump. The point is to keep it simple.