I have a little debate going with a friend of mine and my father, and wondered what your opinions would be. My father and I are planning a camping/hunting/survival excursion. Well we got off on a side discussion of the best survival rifle to take with my father, myself, and a friend. My fathers' choice was a 22 rifle. His reasons were light (easy to pack, he recently purchased a feather), lots of ammo, rugged, accurate to name a few. Well I am a big fan of the AR and that was my choice. My reasons well all the above, but a little larger round. My friend however thinks we are both crazy and says to take either a 308 (FAL, or bolt action) or a 30-06 of some sort. His reasons were what about large predators (bear, bobcat, mountain lion, etc...) or large game, long shots, optic variations, etc. My fathers' idea is good, but the 22? I would be a little worried, to say the least! What do you all think?