Next Logical Purchase

Hands down a Mosin Nagant. Everyone needs one! It is the volkswagen of rifles (volkswagen translates to "peoples car").

Maybe you can buy a handgun and a lower receiver for an ar 15. Take a couple months on builing the ar.

I kid you....

I wonder if anyone has ever taken the results of this type of poll and purchased the winning gun?

I love buying guns, and do so on a tight budget. I like all of you guys and I have learned a lot here, but I could care less what you think of my next purchase

Besides, it will be a 1911 and who could argue that?

Ok... I will post a poll....

Should my next 1911 (And my first!!) be:

A - The lowest price I can find.
B - The one I can afford.
C - The first one in my budget.
D - All of the above.



As far as the OP - If you apply the above methodology than get the LCR, if you have no budget limit... get one of those shiny, sissy 1911's or an AR with all the bell's and whistles

I say AR-15. You've got just about one of every other "type" of gun. I personally would start there just to fill in the collection and then move onto a larger caliber rifle, say somewhere from .338 - .50, my two cents.

What about killing two birds with one stone and getting a 1911 for concealed carry?

I see your "Gap" as a CC gun. Get the .45 if you live in the getto, the LCP in the burbs. BTW, I like your preference for Rugers.

I voted AR-15. They've come back down in price and you never know if the current government might try to slip in a quick AWB on their way out the door.

Looks to me that you need to put a wheel gun in that line-up...

The choice is to spend:

• $400+ (LCR)
• $800+ (1911)
• $1,200+ (AR15)
• Other (????)

Of course the 1911 and AR15 could be priced all over the spectrum, but I'm just shooting from the hip here.

How much are you looking to spend? What type of 1911 and/or AR would you be interested in buying?

If you were to name specific 1911s or ARs, it'd be an easier choice because how could you pass up buying a Nighthawk Custom for the LCR? Your budget, that's how. If you're asking whether to buy Ruger's LCR or a Vulcan rifle, I'd say don't waste your good money on the Vulcan, buy the LCR.

AR-15.

Round out your collection with a little bit of everything, as to a whole lot of just one type.

Get out and compete in 3-gun. Grab your shotgun and your favorite tactical pistol and have a blast.

1. Ruger LCR
2. Rock Island 1911
3. Olumpic AR15

I would choose the LCR or the RI. Probably the RI.

You need an AR my friend.

.223 is the key to your firearm salvation my friend.

I voted for the AR because it's the most likely to be regulated (at least attempted) in the near future.

1. Ruger LCR
2. Rock Island 1911
3. [strike]Olympic[/strike] S&W or Stag AR15

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Given these options, I'd go with the S&W or Stag.

I'd say build your own AR, screw prebuilts. Visit the AR Megathread in SomethingAwful's The Firing Range subforum for awesome build ideas that won't rape your bank.

Well, why not all three -

Kel-tec instead or ruger - pt11 gives you high cap 9mm for cc and cheaper

1911 - Taurus - (I have customized Springfield and nice Kimber and still think the taurus I bought is one nice gun) also cheaper for all you get, might even leave you money for the rifle.

AR15 - harder to say - there are so many options - depends what you want - I would say get something with rails for mounting optics - fun to shoot hardly any recoil

AR's are weak... unless you get one in .308 Winchester... with a gas piston... but you've already covered the carbine/rifle catagories pretty well, so forget about it. I would put off the AR-10 until later and focus on what you don't have in any form.

Since you don't yet have the classic wollup of a .45 ACP, then I would inform you that falling in love with a 1911 is one of the great pleasures in life. The 1911 is coming up on its 100th anniversary, which puts the longevity, reputation and success of all other handguns to shame. Nobody has been doing it so well for 100 years. If the revolvers, clunk'n'tingers, and plastic guns were so much better, the 1911 would have died out... but it just hasn't. I could continue extolling the virtues of this fine design, but in the end it really just speaks for itself.

You don't have anything in the .45 ACP realm. You've more-or-less covered all the other bases except a pocket gun, but I would consider that icing on the cake. Pocket guns are just barely better than nothing, so fill up your kick-butt categories first.

Party on.

I'd say you need a compact CCW. The LCP or something similar

AR's are weak... unless you get one in .308 Winchester... with a gas piston.

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LOL!

1911

Tinpig

I think a .22 rifle (like a Ruger 10/22) should be
a must have.

Don't overlook the lowly .22.
The ammo is cheap, light, and it will work well for several tasks.

I'd buy an AR while our elected officials still think you should be allowed to own one.....

But you do need a carry gun too

ARs are accurate and fun to shoot. You can use the P95 as a carry gun. I don't like lightweight snubbies so forget the LCR