Thanks! I refinished the wood to let the grain show through better. CZs usually have some great wood under the factory "mud" finish.
Thanks! You are correct but "only" 7 centerfires so I'm way behind compared to some here.Beautiful...
I take it however that isn't your only rifle...
Greg
I definitely agree that the popular stuff will be GONE as soon as a panic hits, and some of the other stuff will probably remain more available depending upon the severity of the "panic." Last time some of the less mainstream stuff hung around, BUT the panic was pretty mild compared to what it'll be if/when there is actual legislation before congress or an executive order being signed. In those cases, the shelves will be BARE, instantly. People will be buying whatever ammo is there planning to find a gun that it'll fit, planning to resell it, or whatever.That is 100% completely butt-end backwards from real life, GAMEOVER44.
If you are looking for a caliber that still exists on store shelves or internet websites when SHTF do not choose a 308. (Or a 9mm, 45, or 223; any military / LEO caliber is going to be gone, gone, GONE, and first!)
I could find 303 brit, 30-30, 7mm mag, 300 STW, etc, on store shelves, but for a very long while there after SH, there was simply no 308 to be had anywhere on any shelves, period. 30 cal reloading components from 150 through 220 grain were also scarce as hens teeth for the better part of a year, too. I waited nearly 7 months to get a backorder filled on 220 gr sierra MK's. (Then ALL of the backorders I placed trickled in one by one and now I have enough for the rest of my barrel life and then some)
Anyway.. yeah.
Conventional wisdom is "get a caliber that everyone uses"
But that's the problem. EVERYONE thinks that way, and as soon as there is a problem and the great gun-culture herd panics, they trample down the gun store aisles and buy every common caliber *anything* that isn't nailed down.
And each time it happens, it gets worse!
You want to play it smart, buy an oddball caliber. You can keep shooting when everyone else is busy hording the common stuff and panicking.
Or, conversely, buy the popular chambering that is most commonly available when it isn't SHTF mode and stock up when prices are low and product is widely available. Like right now, am stockpiling .308 Win.ammo and components to go with the .223 ammo and components I stocked up on right after the current president got elected the first time. That ammo and components were worth their weight in gold several times during the past 6+ years.That is 100% completely butt-end backwards from real life, GAMEOVER44.
If you are looking for a caliber that still exists on store shelves or internet websites when SHTF do not choose a 308. (Or a 9mm, 45, or 223; any military / LEO caliber is going to be gone, gone, GONE, and first!)
I could find 303 brit, 30-30, 7mm mag, 300 STW, etc, on store shelves, but for a very long while there after SH, there was simply no 308 to be had anywhere on any shelves, period. 30 cal reloading components from 150 through 220 grain were also scarce as hens teeth for the better part of a year, too. I waited nearly 7 months to get a backorder filled on 220 gr sierra MK's. (Then ALL of the backorders I placed trickled in one by one and now I have enough for the rest of my barrel life and then some)
Anyway.. yeah.
Conventional wisdom is "get a caliber that everyone uses"
But that's the problem. EVERYONE thinks that way, and as soon as there is a problem and the great gun-culture herd panics, they trample down the gun store aisles and buy every common caliber *anything* that isn't nailed down.
And each time it happens, it gets worse!
You want to play it smart, buy an oddball caliber. You can keep shooting when everyone else is busy hording the common stuff and panicking.
If things ever get that bad the last place you would find ammo is a 'store'. The reason you want common calibers is because the dead guys you run into or take down are going to have the common calibers.
