Help me spend $100.00

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First, I’m somewhat newish to shooting. I have an M&P40c and an AR15 chambered in 5.56. At the end of December I bought the M&P from Palmetto State Armory and got $100.00 gift card with it. Now I’m trying to figure out what to do with it. Note: I had another handgun for a few years that I sold to get the money to by the M&P.

So my options are...
  • Buy some ammo. At this point I'm kinda set for the amount of shooting I do but I haven't ruled this out.
  • Buy a GunVault. This is probably the most responsible thing I should do. When I get my holster I plan on carrying on a regular basis. I don't have a safe to put my pistol in and I have two small children. That issue is solved right now with a lock going through the mag-well. It'd be nice to not have to do that every night.
  • Buy a rifle. This is what I want to do but I don't know where to start. Obviously I can't buy much of anything with $100.00. I'd have to save up and add to the gift card. But deciding on what rifle isn't easy.
    • I’d like to start hunting some time down the road and would like something larger than a 223 to be able to hunt with. But I don’t know what’s good.
    • Should I look at getting a 22? I wouldn’t mind going this route because I think it’d be the easiest way to get my wife/girls into shooting but I haven’t seen any 22 on the shelves in well over a year. I really don’t want to get a rifle I can’t shoot.
    • Get a Mosin. I’m not sure this is hugely practical except that I wouldn’t have to put much more of my own money in to get one and the ammo is pretty cheap. It would be a cheap fun way to spend some time at the range.

So, if you were me what would you do?
 
As much 5.56 as $100 will buy. It's just going to get more expensive, it'll be difficult to find when the next panic rolls around (and it inevitably will), and sooner or later you'll use it.
 
All rifles shoot one brand of ammo better than all others or close to that. Sometimes you get lucky with a gun that will shoot other brands well. But I always invest in various brands and types of ammo to test any gun I buy including rifles. The wider the variety of choices you try the more likely you will find one that really works very well in your rifles. I would say to buy reloading equipment and supplies but you can't do that with just $100. Most casual shooters don't reload anyway and for certain situations I prefer factory loaded ammo. Unless you have a good bit of experience reloading a factory round is likely to be more reliable and accurate. You'll want to test for both of those qualities BTW.
 
I'm in the buy ammo camp. .223 is actually available right now as opposed to .22 LR, and you already HAVE the AR-15. Barring that option, I'd go with either the gun vault or holster. Eve though they go BOOM and are cheap (as is the ammo) Mosins have never appealed to me, and I've never had more than a quickly passing desire to own one. Other people have them and enjoy shooting them. I know that, fpor myself, the ammo is definitely the way to go. I've learned from previous experiences to keep what I'd consider about a 5 yr supply of any ammo i shoot often, as panics seem to be both more common and more severe as of late, and I don't see the point of owning a firearm I cannot acquire ammo for. When .22 ammo disappeared off the market, I had roughly 5k sitting in my ammo can, and wished I had more. That said, I've severely limited my rimfire shooting, and still have a bulk of that left. Its not going to "go bad" on me, and I don't panic along with everyone else any time someone mentions an ammo shortage.
 
Components....I just reloaded 500 rounds for .40 cal I just happened to have 250 ppeces of brass sitting in a baggie but $173 payed for all the components to load and purchase some brass for that 500 rounds plus the dies.
 
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[*]Buy a GunVault. This is probably the most responsible thing I should do. When I get my holster I plan on carrying on a regular basis. I don't have a safe to put my pistol in and I have two small children. That issue is solved right now with a lock going through the mag-well. It'd be nice to not have to do that every night.
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Maybe a locking steel gun cabinet to house your AR and pistol? Bolt to the wall and the kids won't get in.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Stack-On-GCWB-10-5-DS-Sentinel-10-Gun-Security-Cabinet/14710131

Stack On was recently discussed here. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=745430
 
Ouch! It costs me $0.18 a round to reload .40 S&W. That's about $90 / 500, but my brass is all free. I'm lucky that the local police practice at our range and leave all their .40 brass on the ground. Are you loading jacketed or plated?
 
Buy some ammo.
You can hunt with the AR. I have killed many whitetail with mine. Just needs the right bullets or headshots if its legal in your state.
 
I can't believe so many people are suggesting ammo or accessories when he has two children in the house and has expressed concern over their safety. Honestly, the only RESPONSIBLE answer is the gun vault.
 
...the easiest way to get my wife/girls into shooting...
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Really, with kids you can't go wrong with a safe & holster for retention. Followed by ammo (bullets). Responsible 1st, play later:)
 
It's you, so the choice is yours, and only you can make it.

Me? I'm good on ammo for now, considering my shooting habits.

I know my household environment regarding safe storage and my one child; covered there. Only you know what options you have for safe storage, and you probably already are exercising such practice.

I'd add a little coin and pick up a .22 rifle, such as a Marlin 795 or 60, especially if I didn't already own a .22 rifle (I do.)
 
If you don't have night sights, you should, best 100 you will ever spend. Or get a light that you can swap to either firearm, some have light and laser for a round that price. This way you can see what you are shooting at.
 
I can't believe so many people are suggesting ammo or accessories when he has two children in the house and has expressed concern over their safety. Honestly, the only RESPONSIBLE answer is the gun vault.
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There are other ways to prevent kids from getting access to loaded guns. Store the ammo in one place and the gun in another for one thing. And make both hard to get at. I never had a gun safe of any kind when my kids were little. I grew up around guns too and the ammo was always easily accessible. We were just taught very early on that if you messed with a gun there was a good chance someone would die. It worked for us. Dad did things that way because he knew that in a pinch we might need a weapon where we lived. 3 boys with shotguns can be a formidable defense. And my mother prevented a rape with a shotgun dad left laying around along with the ammo and my brothers were young kids at the time. I don't suggest that method but there are certainly other ways than just pistol boxes. Heck a trigger lock is just as effective if not more. Most of the new guns I've bought in the last 10 years came with a trigger lock. I have so many I couldn't guess the number and I gave a bunch of them away not too long ago.

Combine protection methods. Use a trigger lock, put the ammo in another place, put everything in a hard to get at place, and if you're really paranoid just take the gun apart before storing it. If you know your gun you should be able to put it back together quickly in a SD situation.
 
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