Posted on 01/25/2016 8:32:46 AM PST by rktman
I have never, ever had anyone tell me that he had too much ammunition. Not in a combat zone, not in a civil disaster, not even in peacetime. Never. Nor have I lived through a time where our governing class was so deeply corrupt, so utterly foolish, and so dangerously focused on the perpetuation of its own power that it risked bringing down everything we have built not merely in the United States but in the entire West.
Right now, if you are watching the news, you have questions about the future. And the answer to all of them is to buy ammo.
Buying ammo is a no-lose proposition. Look, the worst thing that happens if you buy more ammo is that you have more ammo. Plus, much of our consumer ammo is made by hardworking Americans, and many of those ammo makers are located in red states where the right to keep and bear arms is celebrated and respected. So you’re helping fellow conservative Americans, which is good. And you’re infuriating people like that sanctimonious, Second Amendment-hating incompetent infesting the White House, which is great.
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And paper towels. I buy each in 12 packs at the grocery store every other week. Paper will turn to gold when the SHTF.
Freeze dried baby. :-)
Same here in MA. Odd though, I used to be able to get it from ammotogo.com as little as two years ago. Now none of them will ship to MA.
I'd read Wolf was pretty good for that caliber, thanks for the heads up on the Red Army Standard brand.
Wolf is good as is Silver Bear. I’ve never had problems with either brand.
Enjoy your new 74!
Freeze dried baby? What kind of sicko are you. (Just kidding.)
Agreed with 2 caveats - (1) surplus rounds for bartering when shtf and (2) if you are a seasoned-citizen, then your more valuable role may be that as armorer for your inner circle rather than patrolling that circle.
I have various calibers of rifles and pistols and plenty of ammunition for each. You can never tell what the other person might need for barter. My preference however for trade would be the 12 gauge ammo #4 thru #7. I have plenty of it and the ability to make more. Plus unless the person with which you bartered is able to get real close, it probably won't be used against you.
:-)
Kart — in your mental model, how long do you intend to persist in a SHTF scenario?
IN your mind a violent defense needed for 1 week, 1 month, 1 quarter, 1 year? You get the idea.
You might need more than your amount depending on how long it’s really bad.
PLUS ... there’s the need to be able to equip other members of your tribe who aren’t as predispositioned in their ammo supplies, or come to you having been thru H3ll already, and need more. Plus it’ll be the currency of trade (not money) for a long time.
Food for thought.
I'd be cautious about bartering ammunition. There's the risk it might come back at you, pointy-end first.
Sometimes LG was the only source for what I needed at the time I had funds available. I didn’t care about a few dollars at that point.
yeah, that “return to vendor” can be a real surprise.
I’ve been trying to sell a MAK-90 for over a month now. Throwing in 500+ rounds of ammo to sweeten the deal brings nothing but yawns. If people were as worried about SHTF as preppers claimed that gun would have flown out of here at twice the price. I think the Obama panic gun buying is mostly concealable handguns. It doesn’t appear that home defense makes much of a dent.
“I don’t need chaos lessons from some tweedy gem boy, and neither do you.” That quote from the story made me chuckle.
Schlichter references the Rodney King riots, as an example of societal breakdown. Katrina was another.
There was a pitched gun battle in my neighborhood, between neighbors and outsiders coming in to loot. I returned weeks later to find windows of my house damaged by stray bullets.
I had evacuated ahead of the storm; hurricanes give plenty of advance warning, and I’m not one to hang around and risk my life—from the storm or from ferals—to protect a teevee from looters. That’s what insurance is for. You’ve gotta decide when to shelter in place, and when to bug out.
Having said that, though, other weather events —like tornadoes and earthquakes—don’t give advance notice.
And the ferals WILL try to take advantage of any chaotic situation, especially in areas where people are not pro-gun. While you’re helping your neighbors dig out, the ferals are coming after your daughter.
There were numerous violent rapes throughout New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. Having decided to disregard the evacuation order, they also failed to heed the warnings that there would be no police or medics to protect them or treat their injuries. Those women should have been armed and trained.
Anti-preppers are fools.
The wise person prepares for “whatever”—whether riots, grid down, economic collapse. weather, or personal catastrophe.
AMMO and TP?
I’m gettin molds for castin my own pellets [I’m only allowed to have air rifles, by being a disabled veteran] And I can salvage lead for them from just about everywhere.
TP in case “it” hits the pants instead of the fan.
Milady favours the 5,45 version over the 7,62, in her case a Romanian AIMS-74 with a folding stock. The recoil is a bit more noticeable with the *crutch* stock, which she prefers while on her motorbike or aboard the helicopter of which she's a charter pilot. The difference in flash at night is a consideration as well, she's tried the different shorty AR 15 versions in 5,56mm and was trained on the M16A2 when she was in the Air Force, so her decision is an informed and carefully chosen one- for her.
About the only way to really wreck an AK74 is to submerge it in water and forget to clear the chamber afterward; like an M16A1 the bore diameter is small enough that capillary action will keep the water in the bore unless the chamber is cleared to break the vacuum. Pop the round out of the chamber, point muzzle and flash hider toward ground to drain for a second, and chamber the next round in the magazine. Recover the ejected round, replace it in the magazine, and you're good to go.
The BATFE has forbidden import of any more 7N6 5,45mm military ammo, so pick up what you can when you see it...or use commercial hollowpoints instead.
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