1.5 billion dollar's what do you buy first :)

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Invest about 30 million and build my own private rim fire manufacturing plant.....after supplying my own needs, it should provide a lucrative income for other ventures.
 
"I'd buy me a new suit, a solid gold house, and a rocket car." --nameless hobo

A solid Rhenium Bordchardt. $3190 by weight alone :D

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Ooh, no wait; I would literally buy the entire gun lobby (NRA's only like about a billion in valuation, right?) :D

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First gun-related thing I'd buy would be a short list of firearms, which I'd order all at once and which would hold me over for life. After that, I'd never again spend a cent of the money on anything relating to guns, except ammo, optics, classes, etc. I sure as heck wouldn't invest my money into a product-based company, manufacturing or otherwise. I'd let my hobby remain a hobby; it doesn't need to become my life.

Heck, you could put $100 million into a run-of-the-mill savings account and make $100,000 a year off the interest. Even after they'd pull taxes, you'd have enough to do that about eight times over (not that you'd want to - just making a point). There are safer ways to invest [than in business ventures] if you win a billion dollars overnight.
 
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First gun-related thing I'd buy would be a short list of firearms, which I'd order all at once and which would hold me over for life. After that, I'd never again spend a cent of the money on anything relating to guns, except ammo, optics, classes, etc. I sure as heck wouldn't invest my money into a product-based company, manufacturing or otherwise. I'd let my hobby remain a hobby; it doesn't need to become my life.

Heck, you could put $100 million into a run-of-the-mill savings account and make $100,000 a year off the interest. Even after they'd pull taxes, you'd have enough to do that about eight times over (not that you'd want to - just making a point). There are safer ways to invest [than in business ventures] if you win a billion dollars overnight.
I don't think we are talking about investing in a gun store or manufacturer (or range in my case). If you win over a billion dollars you can afford to spend a whole lot of money doing what you think is right/best/fun in your area of interest.
 
First...Gold. With a billion dollars I could create my own currency backed by actual Gold in my treasury.
 
Me?
Colt's Manufacturing, LLC

I was thinking the same thing. Although besides that I would buy a lot of land and a gunshop/manufacturer or create a small one so I can own modern machine guns. Then buy a couple of very very nice guns and lots of ammo so I could learn to shoot those great instead of having a bunch of less nice ones I barely shoot.
 
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I reckon I'd just keep raisin' pasture poodles and speed goats until it was gone.:(

There's 8 goats and at least that many prairie dogs in this picture. Can you find them?
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I think I'd rather have those poodles and that land you have than the money. Truly beautiful. Like the Flint Hills region here in Kansas, those kinds of natural places are slowly becoming a thing of the past.

Just be glad it's not a giant strip mall.

Yet.

As for what guns I'd buy, well I'd probably use some of the money to persuade Davide Pedersoli to make a replica of the M1842 Aston Johnson horse pistol. Then I'd use the rest on building up my collection of all the black powder rifles and pistols I want, with all the accessories. There are too many to name here. :)
 
Land/property like most of y'all.

But then I would completely fund the drydock effort for the Battleship Texas.

Yeah, that's right. I'd buy a battleship.
 
Let's see here....

First item would be a 12-pounder Napoleon cannon with all accoutrements, the trailer to tow it on, and a truck to tow it with.

Suitable property.

Support politicians...maybe run for office myself.

Then put money into supporting the precision shooting sports.

Though an armed World War I fighter replica would be terribly tempting.
 
"Yeah, that's right. I'd buy a battleship"
You mean to say you'll buy allll the tax stamps :D

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Funny. My lady told me if she won I could have any one present I wanted. I immediately said M4 Sherman. Full working order.

She asked why. I says, "A. It's a freaking tank. B. It'd be a helluva gun safe."

We didn't win. Tanks for nothing.
 
Well after I bought my own tropical island and built my own castle I would like to have an M1A2 Abrams tank for the front yard. Just my way of saying "Please stay off the grass". Then I would spend all my time in my gun vault playing with all my full auto weaponry.
 
Land. Lots of it. Some in the south. Some in the west. Some in the midwest. My own shooting sports mini complex where I can shoot as far as I want, as close as I want, whatever I want. Also needs a big rustic themed house with huge stone fireplace.

Then guns... lots of them. Big ones. Little ones. Silly ones. Working ones.

Probably a condo someplace warm for the wife and I.

The rest? INVEST it so that I never work to live again. If I work, its because I want to - working the land, for charity, etc. And have tons of leftovers, and income, for my kids, and their kids....
 
It's funny, I have been thinking about this for a while. One of those fantasies to play with while drifting off to sleep.

Long term we need more shooters and more places to shoot. I work at a land grant university in Idaho and the range we have in the basement of the gym is .22 only and very restricted use. So, if I won a big lottery - after going over the financials, hiring an architect, etc. I would sit down with the university administration and ask if they would like a new building.

Something to house the ROTC departments, a state of the art range in the basement, and a dedicated fund for maintenance. The range would be able to handle full power center fire as well as .22, have separate rifle and pistol ranges, maybe space for 3-gun and other sports as well. If I wrote the proposal properly it would be open to the general public as well as students and staff. The politics of getting this done would be challenging, but with enough money, lots of things are possible (see The Magic Christian with Peter Sellers). :)

We would support firearms teams, encourage better training for ROTC cadets, provide all-weather safe shooting spaces for anyone in the area and generally be a boost for shooting sports all over the area.

I don't need a lot for myself, this would provide benefits for years to come, and put a smile on my face.
 
An island in the tropics where its warm shooting weather all year round. Big enough to release and sustain a population of quail; then off to Scotland to David Brown and Austria to either Peter Hofer or Phillip Ollendorf for some new guns.
The island would also have a live pigeon ring for fun shooting.
 
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