I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel, but I can distinctly hear the fat lady warming up in the wings. Barring some miraculous outbreak of, you know, actual fairness and real journalism (not bloodly likely), it appears that Barack "ACORN" Obama will be our next president.Well, we know how THAT turned out...
Given that the Senate and House will most likely not only stay in Democratic control, but become even more further such entrenched, it's time to start thinking about the Wish List. The Firearm Acquisition Wish List. With Barack "Bring Back The Assault Weapon Ban" Obama wielding the Executive Order pen, Nancy "Botox" Pelosi riding herd over Congress and Harry "Deer in the headlights" Reid in the Senate, I think we can safely count on a return to the bad ol' Clinton years of persecution of lawful gun
owners.
So, what was my list?
Top Tier: Most important.
AR-15 variant. From what I've heard, Bushmaster makes a decent rifle.
Status: Done.
Semi-auto AK-47 clone. Most likely a converted high-cap WASR-10 or SAR-1 if I can find one. Expected cost: $400 - $500. 6 pre-ban 30-round magazines, est. $100.
Status: On hiatus until prices return to earth - I saw a Saiga-7.62 rifle selling for $700 on a local classified. NFW am I paying $700-$800 for a freakin' WASR-10.
Second Tier: Still important, but 1st tier to be filled first.
Bolt-action .50 BMG rifle, a la Serbu. If the AWB doesn't happen, they'll push for the .50 cal to become an NFA item. Est. $2,000.
Status: Ain't gonna happen. Too rich for my blood.
Additional SKS. Two. One will remain in cosmolene. Est. $200 each, $400 total.
Status: Done, partially (got one, not two).
Glock 17. Good to have at least one high-capacity polymer 9mm. $450 est. Add in 4-6 pre-ban 17 round magazines, $100-$120.
Status: Possible, if I find the right deal. See AK clone, though, for insane pricing - saw a Gen 3 G17 in MA for sale, guy wanted $700 for it. NFW.
Semi-auto .308. FN/FAL, M1A, AR-10, etc. This one should be further down the list than it is, since I have the VEPR, but a magazine-fed semi-auto firearm with only one five-round magazine isn't the most effective battle rifle. The Saiga-308 would be the best option, starting at ~ $400; the M1A the most elegant, but also the most expensive, around $1200 - $1500. Plus 6-8 magazines for whichever option is chosen.
Status: Dubious. Gun fund's running a little low these days, and right now I'd rather concentrate on high-capacity magazines and ammo.
Saiga-12. With as many 8 round magazines as I can find.
Status: Seriously back-burnered. Got the Saiga-20, that'll have to do for now. Got enough 12 gauges...
M1 Carbine. Manufacturer irrelevant. Already have a boatload of absolute pre-ban magazines. Est. $500.
Status: This is the most likely to happen in the near future, ideally for an early BAG Day acquisition.
Third Tier. Everything else.
More high capacity 9mm pistols - Beretta 92, S&W Model 59, etc. Plus magazines for each.
Status: Back-burnered like the Saiga-12. Got the Sig P226 and a good number of hi-cap magazines; if anything I'll look around for a couple more and call that done.
Factory 12 gauge pump-action shotgun with 8-round magazine.
Status: Done.
Duplicate AR-15/AK-47 clone - following the "two is one, one is none" principle.
Status: Very dubious. See situation, money.
Extra "large capacity" magazines for every semi-automatic firearm I own, and a handful of mags for guns I don't own but might conceivably come across in the future.Ammo. Lots and lots and lots of ammo...
Status: ongoing.
So that's the update on the post-Obamacalypse panic gun buying. Got one representative firearm from each tier, now I need to focus on more magazines and ammo. Oh, and accessorizing for the new guns I just got, too...
That is all.
4 comments:
They AREN'T 'hi-cap' magazines. They are regular capacity magazines.
Places that have rules against some of there regular magazines make you buy "Gimped" magazine. AKA: Hamstrung, Robert-Reiched, Crippled, Dangerously-Restricted magazines.
If the Serbu is out of your price range maybe the BOHICA .50BMG upper would appeal to you. It's "only" $1,245.
Their website.
If you want that M1 carbine, start getting your paperwork for the CMP together now. Hell, get your order in now. They have some nice looking service grade Inlands for about $500 shipped, but if you ordered now you probably wont get it until March. Also order the ammo, there is no better deal out there for .30 carbine (and .30-06)then the CMP.
you know, I currently do not own a shotgun. That Saiga 20 looks pretty cool.
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