How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
Now that you guys have gotten me 100% into Milsurps ( Commercial sporters no longer interest me ) and I will eventually go broke from it... I'm wondering how many guns/ calibers is sufficent? Right now, I have 2 Mosins, Remington 597 .22LR, JC Higgins 12ga and the M1 Garand is on order ( I know, not enough yet ).. So right now, I only have to stock. 7.62x54R, .22LR, 30-06 and 12ga.. I want the cool bolt actions, so a Mauser, Schmidt Rubin, Lee Enfield, 03-A3 ect... but how many calibers should I limit myself to, or is there a simple min amount of ammo to keep for several?
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I wish you well in your endevor to limit calibers once you have had the next new rifle in your hands.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I only try to consolidate calibers on my new stuff. Even that goes to hell every once in a while. Milsurps is game off. Just buy it all cheap and stack it deep.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
So would keeping 40-60rds of ammo for each caliber be sufficent?...
I do plan on keeping 1k rounds of 7.62x54R and quite a bit of 30-06 for the M1 but more what I can afford in that respect
I do plan on keeping 1k rounds of 7.62x54R and quite a bit of 30-06 for the M1 but more what I can afford in that respect
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Not if you go to KY to shoot with millman.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
That's a good start. You can never have enough guns and never enough ammo. NEVERmatt167 wrote:So would keeping 40-60rds of ammo for each caliber be sufficent?...
I do plan on keeping 1k rounds of 7.62x54R and quite a bit of 30-06 for the M1 but more what I can afford in that respect
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I don't know that there is a number of rifles or calibers to collect. I just collect what interests me and I like to have at least a small quantity of ammo for every caliber I own.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
A .22LR Pistol and Rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun, a .357 revolver or a .45 ACP pistol or Revolver and a High powered rifle, with optic/scope in a caliber of your choice. You may wish to also get a semi-auto carbine in a 'intermediate' caliber.
That's sufficient.
That being said, I'm sufficient for a bunch of people. A whole bunch.............
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That's sufficient.
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That being said, I'm sufficient for a bunch of people. A whole bunch.............
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I thought you turned on us there for a minute.Ironnewt wrote:A .22LR Pistol and Rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun, a .357 revolver or a .45 ACP pistol or Revolver and a High powered rifle, with optic/scope in a caliber of your choice. You may wish to also get a semi-auto carbine in a 'intermediate' caliber.
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Everyone should be able to arm their block...or county.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I have a buddy that asked me about buying a crate of Mosins. I told him he didn't want that, because they were all likely to be 1942-43 Izhevsks. He said he didn't care, because he wanted them to hand out to the neighbors if SHTF.BuckeyeSgt wrote:I thought you turned on us there for a minute.Ironnewt wrote:A .22LR Pistol and Rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun, a .357 revolver or a .45 ACP pistol or Revolver and a High powered rifle, with optic/scope in a caliber of your choice. You may wish to also get a semi-auto carbine in a 'intermediate' caliber.
That's sufficient.![]()
That being said, I'm sufficient for a bunch of people. A whole bunch.............![]()
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Everyone should be able to arm their block...or county.
“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, and critic, 1903-1950
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
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Instead of every other one getting 5 rounds, each of mine get 160.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I started with 1 91/30 about 6 months ago, Now I have 10 rifles shooting 6 different calibers. 7.62x54r, 7.62x39, 7.92x57 (8mm Mauser), 30-06, .223/5.56 nato, 5.45x39. Since I live in NY and my supply line of cheap ammo has been effectively cut off as of tomorrow 1/15/14, I stocked up alittle. I have roughly 1000rd or more of each caliber. trust me when I tell ya, I know a few guys that make my ammo stockpile look damn small.
Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
So many guns; so little time...I say buy what you want and what you can afford without destroying your livelihood or breaking up your family. No hobby is worth that.
Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
That depends on what it is and how much I would really shoot it, I have 100 balls for my black powder revolver, that will probably last a while, I have 80 rounds for my Nambu, that will probably last years, I have 250 rounds for my Nagant revolver, that should last a while.matt167 wrote:So would keeping 40-60rds of ammo for each caliber be sufficent?...
I do plan on keeping 1k rounds of 7.62x54R and quite a bit of 30-06 for the M1 but more what I can afford in that respect
The rest of them, 1k per gun minimum, when I save for a new gun I also save for the ammo I feel it is necessary to stash with it. I'm trying to limit my calibers though, I have 10 and don't want too many more, the ones I'm missing that I want to add one day are 7.62x39, 30-06 and .308/7.62x51 NATO.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
How many? All of them of course.
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Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
I started thinking about this question, and my head exploded! I can't think of any kind of answer.
Re: How many guns is sufficent? and how many calibers?
Well, I just ordered 40 rounds of federal M1 Garand ammo from PSA. we'll see if it goes thru.. The workaround is to have it shipped to an FFL or just have them order it.. The LGS I deal with told me just to find what I needed online and he would order it if it was something special and he could not get it thru his suppliers. That was his suggestion in prep for the SAFE act passage