https://guntalk.com/news/guns/why-you-should-own-40-sw-right-now
Aren't these the same kind of experts who tell people to buy a 9mm cause it's cheap and plentiful?
This was mentioned in another thread, but is a great example of why experts who haven't tested their hypothesis in a real world scenario aren't experts at all. They are philosophers.
Keep this in mind in a year when some gun store know-it-all mouths off about how 10mm is hard to find. Remind tham hard to find is not unavailable like 9mm becomes every time there is any whiff of actually needing guns.
I was at a feed store that sells ammo today...there was an almost unlimited choice of everything EXCEPT 9mm and 5.56mm. Oddly enough nobody is hoarding .22 rimfire...guess toilet paper took over that niche for this emergency.
10mm and 30-06: two rounds that get it done and are still easily purchased.
There was a TFB article suggesting a SHTF rifle this week. It was a $3000 plus AR15 build with two tax stamps for short barrel and suppressor.
And I'm thinking... would I dedicate such a rifle to an emergency kit for SHTF? Pack it and leave it with the rest of the kit until it is needed, and plan to let it go if need be?
And that says nothing for weight of the rifle, ammunition, magazines, and other accoutrements if I actually need to carry the kit any significant distance.
When I asked in the comments what the thought process behind the build was, he responded with "general SHTF. you know, zombie hordes or alien invasions" (not a quote, but that was the jist).
This article was ostensibly consumer advice during a "crisis".
sqlbullet - It is sad that that article didn't even do the 40 the dignity of actually recounting its parentage.
Oh, I think some people just like to judge and gossip about others.
If we all had 9mm or 40 we should have at least a small emergency supply for them at home, because you can't count on being able to go to the store.
During the last ammo crisis, the only ammo I could find on the shelves at Cabelas was 10mm. And an errant 20 round box of Wicnchester PDX in .40 that someone picked up and then dumped on the wrong shelf.
I do have a .357 Sig barrel for my G20 just in case I happen to find this caliber during a shortage. It shoots great.
Once again, with something as important as ammo / other particular items, stockings up in advance is the way to go : )
Ken
Quote from: Keiichi on March 27 2020 12:02:57 AM MDT
There was a TFB article suggesting a SHTF rifle this week. It was a $3000 plus AR15 build with two tax stamps for short barrel and suppressor.
So out of touch.
Quote from: sqlbullet on March 30 2020 10:23:12 AM MDT
Quote from: Keiichi on March 27 2020 12:02:57 AM MDT
There was a TFB article suggesting a SHTF rifle this week. It was a $3000 plus AR15 build with two tax stamps for short barrel and suppressor.
So out of touch.
Ya...I'd take a Winchester 94 any day. Don't think there's been a run on 30-30 shells since WWI.
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Ya...I'd take a Winchester 94 any day. Don't think there's been a run on 30-30 shells since WWI.
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Shhhhhh! Don't let that thought get out. I've had the same one for years. Light, fast handling, ultra reliable, and plenty of power for reasonable ranges. I like them so much I have 2. Funny how they're almost always passed over by the "experts."
^^^ Just like the above 30-30s', I have a couple old Marlins in 35 Rem. I have regular factory ammo for them but for reloads I use 38/357 bullets. With 125gr, high velocity range fun time and 158gr velocity similar to Remington's 150gr factory hunting load.
I have nothing against a good AR for practical duty. My safe is full of them. But at most they ran me $700-$800 and that one has a custom barrel and some great glass at that price. Most are in the $350-$500 range.
I just can't see spending the dime on tax stamps for SBR and suppressor for an EOTWAWKI/SHTF situation.
And I do like big, slow heavy cast bullets..
As a tangent there was a magazine page scribbled by a BP enthusiast. He was invited to an advanced training session-LEO perhaps. Either by invitation or his design he showed up with a couple of '92s in 44-40. There was a lot of eye rolling and chuckles as everyone unpacked the latest and greatest. At the end of some of the training sessions the instructor remarked that if they looked at Mr X?'s targets they would see that all the bullet holes were in the middle of the targets!
Nuff said!
45-70 405gr hard cast!
I'm pretty much loaded up w ammo and components for my many calibers. Glad to sit on the sideline while the panic buying is going on.
Quote from: rognp on March 31 2020 01:00:58 PM MDT
As a tangent there was a magazine page scribbled by a BP enthusiast. He was invited to an advanced training session-LEO perhaps. Either by invitation or his design he showed up with a couple of '92s in 44-40. There was a lot of eye rolling and chuckles as everyone unpacked the latest and greatest. At the end of some of the training sessions the instructor remarked that if they looked at Mr X?'s targets they would see that all the bullet holes were in the middle of the targets!
Nuff said!
Had this experience once myself. I did not grow up in a hunting family, so when my two oldest children were just into double digit age, I took hunter safety with them. In our state there is a marksmanship component to the class.
We get to the range on the appointed day with our class. Everyone else showed up with tricked-out scoped Ruger 10/22's. We had a Wincheseter Model 60 (bolt single shot), a Remington Model 12 (pump, tube magazine) and the super modern Glenfield (pre-Marlin) Model 60 (semi-auto, tube magazine). All three wore iron sights. We came in 1-2-3 in the results. Very good kids my wife raised!
A couple weeks ago my wife was going to pick up a 100 pack of 20ga target shells to go shoot a round of sporting clays with her dad. She text'd me "do I need to pick up anything else, people are buying EVERYTHING?"
It felt good to txt back "nawh, we're good"
As long as there's Primers, Powder and Projectiles, I'll be OK in the Ammo Department 8)