Maybe buying a new gun soon?

[Mike]

I've been on a moratorium for over a year, we had to go to England to visit my sick brother at the beginning of this year, we have to go back for my parents 50th anniversary at the end of this year. AND we intend to move out of the city onto our retirement acreage next year so the gun funds have been going elsewhere.

However, the other half wants a new car, she's had this one for two years and she's over it. I said as long as the payments stay the same no problem, she can have what she wants, but I also get to buy by first gun in over a year!

Now I just have to figure out what I want.

[BubbaDX]

How far out from the city you moving Mike? I would love to have a piece of land in the country on a lake property somewhere. Maybe some day. As for new guns, watch the sale ads here on RMNF. There has been a lot of good stuff popping up for sale lately.

[Mike]

How far out from the city you moving Mike? I would love to have a piece of land in the country on a lake property somewhere. Maybe some day. As for new guns, watch the sale ads here on RMNF. There has been a lot of good stuff popping up for sale lately.

Not too far, we still have to commute to work, we're looking around 30 miles out, north and south, I would prefer north but we may get more land for our money to the south.

As for buying a gun, I may not pick anything in particular, I'll just keep watching things come up for sale until I find something I want, 1911, Finn, Sniper, AK - hmm - AK......

[Junk Yard Dog]

Your moving to the " country" Is that something called country but is really suburbia, or real country? If it's real country then there might be bears, get something in .300 Winchester Mag.

[Mike]

Your moving to the " country" Is that something called country but is really suburbia, or real country? If it's real country then there might be bears, get something in .300 Winchester Mag.

Real country. Fortunately we don't get too many bears around here, I would worry more about two legged predators, an AK would take care of them.

[rayjd2]

10-15 miles out of town?

Jim, I'm in the boondocks. Ain't no bears 'round these here parts!

Mike: just get me all, remember: if it all fits into one gun bag, it's one gun! That's why I use a giant bag when shopping!

[Junk Yard Dog]

.300 Winchester Mag works on two leg predators also, you can make their entire thoracic cavity turn inside out with one well placed round This will likely have a detrimental effect on the moral of their companions.

[rayjd2]

Or at LEAST evacuate a large grapefruit sized piece of hell, just from the crush factor. Hydrostatic shock might cut him in half!

[Junk Yard Dog]

Been known to happen, .300 Mag is not the ideal small game caliber.

[Mike]

I still like the idea of an AK, I've been wanting one for years....

[Longcolt44]

Do the AK. I wanted one and finally decided to add one to the family. I took my $350.00 to the gun shop only to find that overnight the AK had gone from $350.00 to $599.00. Obama had done something stupid and it panicked everybody. I still don't have one. I do have some nice Finns though.

[zeebill]

I am on 2 acres on a hillside about 2 and 1/2 miles from anything I could want. I have bears, deer, rabbits. coyotes (more than I want), bobcats, and mountain lions signs. I am retired so I get to look around and see all the things I may have missed for years and I love it out here. Cheaper cost of living and a slower way of life on a more simple scale of doing things makes it ideal for me. I hope and pray everyone gets to this point in life but sometimes bad choices or luck just makes this not possible so I guess I would opt for just a slower and simpler life style to enjoy ones old age is the best it will get for many. The ways our country has turned led by the current government has made a lot of retirement's blessings impossible for many to archive. Older people are often just being treated as expendables any more because they are no longer actively contributing money to the tax system. It is a shame but regardless of how government tries to disguise it that is what is happening. Bill

[Gunowner99]

I love buying guns! ;-)

[SA1911a1]

How far out from the city you moving Mike? I would love to have a piece of land in the country on a lake property somewhere. Maybe some day. As for new guns, watch the sale ads here on RMNF. There has been a lot of good stuff popping up for sale lately.

Not too far, we still have to commute to work, we're looking around 30 miles out, north and south, I would prefer north but we may get more land for our money to the south.

As for buying a gun, I may not pick anything in particular, I'll just keep watching things come up for sale until I find something I want, 1911, Finn, Sniper, AK - hmm - AK......

It sounds like a good plan. Prowl the pawn shops and see what pops up! Your other plan about moving is even better.

I will tell you this. Twenty five years ago I left first the city then the suburbs for a house in the woods. I am about 35 miles from where I work. At first the commute seemed rough, but it became routine after a short while. Moving was the best thing I ever did. My gun range is a short walk from my house. If I want to pee in the front yard it is fine. If I take a shot at a coyote from my back porch, no one gives a damn. I might get a notion to get naked and swing across the ravine from a wild grape vine and it ain't no one else's' business. Make it your first business to plant fruit trees; what ever grows where you are. Even if you are a silverback, you will get a lot of pleasure out of them quicker than you may think.

If it is possible, try to have only one way in and out and put an electric gate on that and don't give anyone the code. It will keep your friends honest, teach them to call before they come and keep the other riff-raff out. If you don't want company, no one knows whether you are home or not and you don't have to feel obligated to entertain.

If land is cheaper to the South, look South and buy more. The poorer the local government, the less they will expect form you, the less they will mess with you and usually the less they will tax you.

[Mike]

How far out from the city you moving Mike? I would love to have a piece of land in the country on a lake property somewhere. Maybe some day. As for new guns, watch the sale ads here on RMNF. There has been a lot of good stuff popping up for sale lately.

Not too far, we still have to commute to work, we're looking around 30 miles out, north and south, I would prefer north but we may get more land for our money to the south.

As for buying a gun, I may not pick anything in particular, I'll just keep watching things come up for sale until I find something I want, 1911, Finn, Sniper, AK - hmm - AK......

It sounds like a good plan. Prowl the pawn shops and see what pops up! Your other plan about moving is even better.

I will tell you this. Twenty five years ago I left first the city then the suburbs for a house in the woods. I am about 35 miles from where I work. At first the commute seemed rough, but it became routine after a short while. Moving was the best thing I ever did. My gun range is a short walk from my house. If I want to pee in the front yard it is fine. If I take a shot at a coyote from my back porch, no one gives a damn. I might get a notion to get naked and swing across the ravine from a wild grape vine and it ain't no one else's' business. Make it your first business to plant fruit trees; what ever grows where you are. Even if you are a silverback, you will get a lot of pleasure out of them quicker than you may think.

If it is possible, try to have only one way in and out and put an electric gate on that and don't give anyone the code. It will keep your friends honest, teach them to call before they come and keep the other riff-raff out. If you don't want company, no one knows whether you are home or not and you don't have to feel obligated to entertain.

If land is cheaper to the South, look South and buy more. The poorer the local government, the less they will expect form you, the less they will mess with you and usually the less they will tax you.

Awesome advice! Thank you!

[steelbuttplate]

If your wanting an AK, consider a type 56 SKS. or a Yugo 59/66. They are more accurate, less expensive, you gonna be shooting mostly semi auto anyway, these are fine rifles, better that Norincos, you won't be disappointed.....SBP 66 MN's , 6 SKS's, Enfields, an M1A, a PPS 43, Blah blah blah

[Mike]

Does anyone have any knowledge or opinions of the VEPR 7.62x54r?

[entropy]

If your wanting an AK, consider a type 56 SKS. or a Yugo 59/66. They are more accurate, less expensive, you gonna be shooting mostly semi auto anyway, these are fine rifles, better that Norincos, you won't be disappointed.....SBP 66 MN's , 6 SKS's, Enfields, an M1A, a PPS 43, Blah blah blah

With an SKS, you'll be shooting semi-auto all the time, unless you allow the firing pin to gum up or rust onto the bolt.........Then you will witness some SKS full auto 'fun'!

I liked my Yugo, but it was heavy, and the Norinco shot just as well.

I'll just agree with Greasemonkey now before he gets here and say: PSL or VZ2000.

[Mike]

Unfortunately the PSL is out of the budget range I'm looking it. I'm thinking about the VEPR in 7.62x54r because I have enough ammo to feed if for a while. I don't have anything in 7.62x39 so I'd be building that collection up from scratch.


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