If you had a $1,000,000,000; gun shopping spree - Dumbest Thread Ever
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Depends on how many zeros behind my $1 after I buy that ammo plant. But yes, another zero would be appropriate.
Mark_Mark
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I’m going with a 10 mile yard!
hawg
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I think I'd have to have an airconditioned 1000 yard indoor range.
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underground for easy cooling!I think I'd have to have an airconditioned 1000 yard indoor range.
CapnMac
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Gotta keep this "stoopit"
CapnMac
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Well, if you are laying down 60,000 sf of storage space (that would be 125x500 or 200x300 for perspective), it would be easy to just put the range in the foundation (shorter walk from the storage area).
A full Section is a Square Mile, 640 acres, nominally 1760 yards to a side if an even square--so a 1000 yard outdoor range ought easily fit.
For some perspective on how big that is, the Four Sixes ranch, right on the edge of the Edwards Plateau in Texas, is around 10-11 Sections generally split along Highway 82.
For being all that large, it's also not that big (Guthrie is the County seat of King County, where the main house is located).
It's a good long distance from near nigh anything, too.
Vern Humphrey
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I'd for sure get a Model 1917 water-cooled machinegun and all the ammo I could shoot!
tomtomgt356
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What about building one on a form 1? $200 tax, ~1 month wait (pre pistol brace fiasco), and $999,999,800 for materials!
CapnMac
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[coff] that's Rhode, allegedly named after the Greek Island; or possible as a corruption of the Dutch word for "reddish" describing the soil of the eponymous island.
The 2020 GDP of RI was a bit north of US$50 billion, 25% larger than Russia's GDP.
A thousand million bux might score you an island in the US Virgin Islands or in American Samoa, though . . .
CapnMac
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I'd be inclined to have a water-cooled M-2 as well.
Probably a Vickers and a Maxim as well.
Which would get complicated in both cases, as there are a number of variants of both of those, and well, ya got a billion . . .
Tinman357
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With a billion? I'd buy a few WA state senators and congressman.
Mark_Mark
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here in Washington, 1 billion is just the entry fee for these corrupt gun banners
Howland937
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Unlimited (basically) budget, I'm only interested in buying the things nobody else has. First-evers, prototypes, one-of-one customs from the greatest gun makers in history. Hell, maybe buy the Cody Firearms Museum. I'd leave all the guns there for them to keep displaying, just make them tell everyone some jerk billionaire bought them out.
Of course I'd only be a billionaire for about 30 seconds, then I'd just be a mere millionaire. A miserable life that would be.
Of course I'd only be a billionaire for about 30 seconds, then I'd just be a mere millionaire. A miserable life that would be.
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230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
It would be more to favor our cause for me to buy every TV network and newspaper in the U.S.
If anything's left over, maybe a few movie studios, to boot.
Not a bad question at all. At root it underscores the sheer power of money.
Terry, 230RN
If anything's left over, maybe a few movie studios, to boot.
Not a bad question at all. At root it underscores the sheer power of money.
Terry, 230RN
Yep. The idea of having a billion dollars makes the idea of buying one of every production gun not a financial decision, but a question of what YOU value. Most here, if fate ever put you in that position, would without a doubt pass on that, because why Hi-Point when you can Staccato? Why Stoeger when you can Holland and Holland? When, often times, a Stoeger or Hi-Point will work just fine (disclaimer - I have no experience with Hi-Point or Stoeger, they are just examples of budget guns).
Where my priorities balance between 99% family purchases and 1% personal purchases, then I look for the best value I can get to sustain my "hobby". I have to make decisions about whether or not to get a Tisas 1911 or keep saving for a S&W 686. If I were a billionaire, that's deciding about spending 0.000035% of my wealth on a Tisas or .0001% on a S&W 686. That's not even close to rounding error on most transactions and inconsequential to daily decisons; like deciding to pick up or leave a penny when you see it.
Now, if it comes down to buying a billion dollar gun manufacturer or building an ammo plant, my hand wringing would start again.
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So after paying CA and Federal taxes I might have enough left to buy primers for the rest of my life?
Plenty of land some place to have my own range, maybe with a nice used missile silo I could have refurbed.
Some real standard cap mags after I buy some land someplace that allows them.
A nice engraved Kreighoff,
https://krieghoff.com/engraving/
I'm a sucker for nice engraving.
Plenty of land some place to have my own range, maybe with a nice used missile silo I could have refurbed.
Some real standard cap mags after I buy some land someplace that allows them.
A nice engraved Kreighoff,
https://krieghoff.com/engraving/
I'm a sucker for nice engraving.
CapnMac
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Sadly, those are values far more than a mere billion. CNN sold for what was a "basement" price and that was around US$900 million.
Twelve 60 second (2 ads) ad spots per hour, is 288 per day. At only US$1000 per each (a lowball number to account for overhead) that's US$288,000 per day. Multiply that by 365 days. TV networks rake cash in. Newspapers are not quite as cash flooded, but, are generally still profitable.
Sistema1927
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$1 billion drops into my lap?
I'm investing it fairly conservatively with a 3-5% return, living off the interest, and buying anything that I want. When I shuffle off this mortal coil, I will leave it as a legacy to my children and grandchildren.
I'm investing it fairly conservatively with a 3-5% return, living off the interest, and buying anything that I want. When I shuffle off this mortal coil, I will leave it as a legacy to my children and grandchildren.
Howland937
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Sounds painful.
I've thought about it some more but there's nothing made in the last 50 or so years that truly excites me. Granted I have newer stuff, but it's more for the utilitarian aspect than collectible. I'd much rather be the anonymous individual with the most comprehensive collection of historically significant firearms ever compiled. Guessing $1B would do it. Maybe keep back a few grand in case I need to upgrade my vehicle.
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buy Gold! and bury it with a treasure map!
Howland937
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Hey, I did consider a pirate ship with 30 or so cannons. I could terrorize Lake Erie with one of those...but I'm afraid finding me wouldn't be that difficult.
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