Ok first off, lets please stay clear from politics here - that has nothing to do with this post, nor the buying frenzy of semi-auto's. I'm asking the question from a collectors / shooters perspective.
Ok so the days of the $99 AK parts kits are over. I missed it.
The $100 SKS's are gone. Missed that too.
$99 boxes of 1000rds of whatever you wanted? Yup. I missed that one too.
Sure we've got decent prices on Mosin-Nagants , but I've got that covered already.
What would you consider to be the "deal not to ignore" right now? Be it a Parts Kit, cheap C&R gun, something cheap with ammo (although I doubt that exists). What should I be buying now because its cool (not because its a frenzy) to stash for a rainy day that will be prohibitively expensive later? Deals at the $100 mark-ish are what I'm most interested in.
Let the games begin
Ok so the days of the $99 AK parts kits are over. I missed it.
The $100 SKS's are gone. Missed that too.
$99 boxes of 1000rds of whatever you wanted? Yup. I missed that one too.
Sure we've got decent prices on Mosin-Nagants , but I've got that covered already.
What would you consider to be the "deal not to ignore" right now? Be it a Parts Kit, cheap C&R gun, something cheap with ammo (although I doubt that exists). What should I be buying now because its cool (not because its a frenzy) to stash for a rainy day that will be prohibitively expensive later? Deals at the $100 mark-ish are what I'm most interested in.
Let the games begin
??? As for parts kits, apply the same logic. With two "identical" guns (or nearly identical anyway), you have a complete and totally functional spare set of parts. If you wear out and/or break two of them, that means your shooting an aweful lot of XXXXX, and perhaps you can pick up something someone else "left behind". I would get a handful of common wear and tear items: springs, firing pins, roll pins, extractor, ect. Those you just never when you might need!!!!! And don't forget, an arms manual and tools to repair whatever said firearm(s) you have. I don't think disassembly manuals would get caught up in the first round of "book burning" and "radical free speech" censorship. But hey, stranger things have happened; look at the Patriot Act. Just my .02, take it for what it's worth and do what you will.
). But any decent .22 in good shape that be bought for $150 or less is a good "investment". I saw an almost brand new Marlin Model 60, with fancy stock and a commemorative medallion of some sort, last weekend at a gun show. The guy had $150 on the tag, then reduced and sold it for $125. Not a smoking deal, no. But it's a decent rifle and this one was in like new condition. You can practice, feed, and protect yourself (in a pinch), as well as do it "cheaply" with a good .22
