Shotguns and rifles will be among the first things reached for after the apocalypse of 2012. A dependable rifle will be a valuable piece of survival equipment in the end of the world. They allow a person to engage a target, be it for hunting or defense, from a distance with the power necessary to not leave survival to chance. Of course proper training will be necessary when using a survival rifle so it's best to buy one now to get all the practice you can get before 2012... your survival might depend on it.