The Day After - What to Buy

[alfsauve]

If Romney wins life pretty much goes on as normal... well except for the inevitable riots from the entitled group.  Life will, as most of us believe, actually improve.

BUT WHAT IF bHO wins?   Just play what if!

The wife has already said, I have cart blanche with the savings account.  Her preference is ammo and reloading supplies.   I have my cart filled already at Powder Valley and Berry Bullets.   Just waiting to pull the trigger (so to speak).

But for a moment consider what gun would you buy tomorrow if the unthinkable happens?     If you have a reasonable compliment of firearms already, what what would you add to the collection?

Several thoughts:

1) Restricted firearms:   Buy ARs, semi-autos and silencers while we can?

2) Investment:   Should you buy guns as an investment since prices will climb.  Lots of vanilla ARs or at least the lowers?

3) SHTF:  More C&Rs?  More ARs?  More .40 and 9mm handguns?  Buy used FTF to minimize tracing?







Then there's always the possibility that Romney wins, but bHO declares a national emergency and won't step down.

[tombogan03884]

FTF

[cooptire]

If Romney wins life pretty much goes on as normal... well except for the inevitable riots from the entitled group.  Life will, as most of us believe, actually improve.

BUT WHAT IF bHO wins?   Just play what if!

The wife has already said, I have cart blanche with the savings account.  Her preference is ammo and reloading supplies.   I have my cart filled already at Powder Valley and Berry Bullets.   Just waiting to pull the trigger (so to speak).

But for a moment consider what gun would you buy tomorrow if the unthinkable happens?     If you have a reasonable compliment of firearms already, what what would you add to the collection?

Several thoughts:

1) Restricted firearms:   Buy ARs, semi-autos and silencers while we can?

2) Investment:   Should you buy guns as an investment since prices will climb.  Lots of vanilla ARs or at least the lowers?

3) SHTF:  More C&Rs?  More ARs?  More .40 and 9mm handguns?  Buy used FTF to minimize tracing?







Then there's always the possibility that Romney wins, but bHO declares a national emergency and won't step down.

Wow! That would be nice. Never happen in my house. 

I don't think that BHO would declare martial law, they are very patient. They would just immediately start the sabotage/undermining of Romney so as to reaquire the office in 4 years and continue on with their nefarious plans. When you have spent the last 4 years blaming the last president for your failures, this just gives them more "Republican failures" to trumpet.

Oh wait, thread drift on the second post!    SORRY!

[Solus]

The biggest  hole I see in my 'arsenal' is a 308 Semi-Auto.

I'd be considering a AR-10, AR-15 variant, PTR,  or Saiga.

[tombogan03884]

Solus, build an AR on a CMMG lower.
They have one that takes inexpensive G - 3 Mags.
I have heard that there are issues with the Saiga .308 mags, don't know how true it is.

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[fightingquaker13]

Me, I'd buy mags. They won't ban ammo, and any gun you own already would probably be grandfathered, unless they want to go Australia, but that won't fly here. Mags on the other hand? Those they can and will ban. If you've always wanted an AR or AK or another EBR, now would be the time. But remember, it will take take a law to make this happen. No way in hell is the GOP losing the house, and they have enough votes for a filibuster in the Senate. I'd be more worried about combloc guns, where ATF rules can make import of mags and ammo either illegal, or stupidly pricey. Think 922R on steroids. Good bye Saigas, cheap AKs etc.. Flip side, some US firm like magpul or C-Products would probably start making AK mags, but I doubt they'll be cheap.

[TAB]

Nothing.  Buy it today  lol

[Solus]

Solus, build an AR on a CMMG lower.
They have one that takes inexpensive G - 3 Mags.
I have heard that there are issues with the Saiga .308 mags, don't know how true it is.

I book marked some links you posted in another thread about CMMG lowers.

The smaller the individual expenditures are to make up the whole, the better chance I have of filling that 'hole'.

Thanks

[Jrlobo]

My planning stays with calibers that are currently considered hunting rounds because production of those will be harder to curtail and more readily available and re-loadable. Black market weapons and ammunition will be more plentiful in those calibers as well (223/556 notwithstanding). So I stick with .308, .30-06 as two that easily come to mind. I have others in mind but won't go into them here. I won't purchase any weapon or part that requires extraordinary registration with ATF or the MD State Police, because they can act quickly to confiscate such items, AND THEY WILL DO SO when given the chance. My choices obviously are colored by the fact that I already live in a police state. Those of you who are freer will begin to experience what I already do if Obama gets re-elected. Tom is generally right when he says that to vote for Obama is stupid. Actually it's suicidal!  Remember when governments clamp down they start with the point of production (in the interest of public safety, of course), then distribution (interstate commerce clause) and then comes confiscation (revocation of the 2A) from the people. The government will be hesitant to confiscate all weapons and ammunition at first, not only because of the 2nd Amendment, but also because hunting is a way of life for some. So I'll stick with the known, recognized hunting rounds and rifles. I don't plan to use my handguns except as a last resort. And, lastly, I won't buy anything that I can't hide.

Tyranny almost always starts with democracy. The people do themselves in, so to speak. When you are sorry, it is already too late. Jobs are not the issue; FREEDOM is. It's not the nanny state; it's the mindset that gets you there. Just the musings of an old man?

[PegLeg45]

I could always use more guns (especially if the price is right)...but I'm more focused on ammo to stock up and feed my current arsenal. Mags and spare parts may run a close second.
A very close, and long-time, friend let me have 500 rounds of factory Federal ammo yesterday for the grand sum of $60. He had sold his .45 pistol and didn't need the ammo. He gave me first shot and I jumped quickly.