More ammo or guns?

[bearmgc]

With the presidential race precariously leaning liberal right now, what are you considering? Buy more ammo, or seek to increase your gun collection? I have been perusing ammo deals myself, to have enough on hand for hunting for years to come. I'm really not a dedicated range shooter, but hunting is a major food procuring endeavor for me. I have reloaded in the past, and still have the componants I need to load for my primary calibers. But time constraints cause me to have the factory stuff on hand now.

 

[Professor Gun]

As much as the checking account can bear, Both!

 

[Steve H]

Right now I'm thinking that I'm increasing the amount of 9mm & 45 by one each and picking up another 1000rds for each one plus adding another 1000 rounds of 223.................

 

[LeafsFan]

I would personally lean towards stocking up on ammo if I had to choose.

If ever a Katrina-esque state of emergency happened in my area I could only fire one of my rifles at a time anyway, so I'd prefer to have plenty of ammo for one of them, instead of buying 3 more new rifles but have only limited ammo for each.

 

[nwilliams]

last year was mostly guns for me, this year I think I'll invest more in ammo.

 

[Crow1108]

Personally I still need to buy some dies for .223, and some .45 ones for the 1911 I just got, so I'm gonna buy that and some components. For a bad situation, I think 1 carbine and 3 pistols is more than enough. I'm also gonna stock up on more of those "evil high-capacity magazines".

 

[Hoppy590]

ammo and hicap mags

 

[Feud]

Since my collection is still small, it will be guns for me. Right now I'm looking at either a Ruger Mk. III or Buckmark in a couple months, than an AR-15 once my tax return comes in.

 

[Run&Shoot]

Depends on how many firearms you have already. I would say more guns until you at least of two copies of a good battle rifle or carbine (e.g., M1, M1A, FAL, AK or AR15) and a handgun such as a Glock, 1911, XD, M&P, SIG, HK, etc. One primary rifle and handgun are not enough. Things break at the worst times so always have a second in ready reserve exactly like your primary. You might want at least one defensive shotgun.

Then make sure you have twice the mags as you foresee wanting to be ready for each gun (at least 10 each).

After that you should have at least 1000 rounds for each primary weapon, and either additional reloading components or additional ammo. Focus ammo stockpiling on your primary rifle and handgun cartridges, don;t be thin across twenty different cartridges.

Then I would stock up on a couple of sets of repair parts for each primary weapon: firing pin, extractor, ejector, springs, pins, bolt or bolt carrier group if AR15, etc. Some weapons are especially easy to stock up on complete repair parts: Glock, 1911, Hi-Power, M1, M1A, FAL, AK, AR15.

After all this then you could work on a third set for a second person in your household, and so on.

Many of us get into variety and end up with not enough redundancy for extended defensive purpose when repairs and parts may not be readily available.

 

[1911 guy]

Ammo, training and a few more mags for the AR.

 

[elderboy02]

Go with more ammo. I see Hillary/Barack increasing the cost of ammo as a way to deter us.

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

This thread looks awfully familiar. I guess we need two of them.

 

[takhtakaal]

Yep. Gotta have a back-up, Joe.

 

[CU74]

As noted above, your priorities should probably depend upon your current firearm inventory. Already having the reloading components for your primary calibers is a real plus; even though your current time constraints favor buying factory rounds now, the prices of powder, primers and bullets are increasing - you may want to factor that into your planning as well.

 

[foghornl]

I THINK I'm OK on shootin' irons-n-ammo right now, but could always have more magazines/stripper clips/en-bloc clips.

 

[Walkalong]

Ammo, always gotta have more ammo.

 

[Mannlicher]

Don't worry about guns. They will always be available. Ammo and hi cap magazines are more problematic.
One thing I keep hearing, is that there is a new Federal law coming that limits mags to 8 rounds. They do not plan to grandfather ANY 10, 20, 30 round 'assault rifle' magazines. All will be illegal.

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

They do not plan to grandfather ANY 10, 20, 30 round 'assault rifle' magazines. All will be illegal.

Wow, am I ever going to have a HUGE pile of scrap metal if that happens.

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

I'm cautiously optimistic about the future. Despite what politicians want, the American people as a whole seem to be more gun friendly than they have in the past 10 or 15 years. After much publicized shootings you see people have finally realized that guns will always be here and the government can't protect you.

That said, tax return + stimulus package will probably = Ruger Vaquero .357 and Mossberg 590. Granted, those guns probably will never be legislated out of existence, but they're what I want right now.

Besides, living in California buying an AR that has been converted to basically a 10 round .223 fixed mag plinker doesn't seem all that appealing at $900.

 

[Nightfox_308]

More money in weapons i got a 308 remington MTN SS Limited gander mountain edition for $1300 so there you go

 

[Mac45]

I cast and reload my own, so I'm not too worried about ammo.
(I am stocking up on primers tho!)
Thinking if I ever want an EBR, now is the time.

 

[ranger58]

low on 38 special right now so that would come first.

 

[kwelz]

I am in the process of switching from Guns to Ammo. I am looking at getting a Taurus 1911 and after that it will just be Ammo for a whole unless we get a great deal in the shop.

 

[Black Majik]

Guns are almost useless without ammo. I've been ammo whoring with the steady price increase.

 

[glockman19]

I'll buy as many as I can afford before they are no longer available.