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needs more ammo
But I’ll admit, 2 days ago I just about bought a new Marlin 1894 in 357 for $399. That took some serious self restraint not to do that.
Not nice to tease us, BB.
But I’ll admit, 2 days ago I just about bought a new Marlin 1894 in 357 for $399. That took some serious self restraint not to do that.
I like it.I guess the key is only be excessive in moderation.
But I’ll admit, 2 days ago I just about bought a new Marlin 1894 in 357 for $399. That took some serious self restraint not to do that.
Did you hit a point where aquiring new guns wasn't that much of a priority anymore?
I view a firearm as a package, not a individual item especially since I am coming to adopt a prepper mindset.
For example with a semi-automatic affordable extra magazines are an important part of my buying decision. Magazines are the weakest yet most important component. A damaged, worn out or lost magazine turns your gun at best into a single shot and at worst it isn't even a good fishing weight. I like lots of extra magazines but I will admit I have been lacking on a few guns.
The next important item is availability of ammunition. As I reload factory ammunition isn't that important as long as I can get bullets and brass. It fact some of my guns have never had a factory round fired through them. However I like to keep some factory ammunition on hand, especially high performance self-defense and hunting rounds.
Then comes accessories such as holsters, sights, scopes, carrying cases, slings, etc, The AR-15, for example, can have pop-up sights such as Magpul, Red Dot sight and regular scope all for just one gun. A sling is a must for a hunting gun and pretty convenient even at the range when carrying two handfuls of gear. Then, of course, there must be magazines. A lot of extra magazines. I like to have at least 10 magazines for each of my serious self-defense guns. So depending on the quality of the optics along with everything else it is easy to approach or exceed the cost of the rifle.
So from time to time I back off buying guns to use my limited budget on the other stuff.