What Do You Suggest?

Single Six · June 17, 2012, 10:00 PM

Several gun shows are coming to my area soon, but with my schedule, I can only attend two of them. Now, with the elections coming up [and therefore a good possibility of another ammo shortage], should I buy yet another gun that I really want more than I actually need...or use the money to instead buy ammo / accessories while I still can?

DaleA · June 18, 2012, 07:04 PM

Well, the last fourteen times they said the sky was going to fall it didn't.

Heck, I've still got the pallets of Y2K ammo taking up valuable space in the basement.

I'd get the gun and then take up reloading. (But just because reloading is fun.)

oneounceload · June 18, 2012, 07:12 PM

Maybe you should consult a financial advisor and really invest your money in some worthwhile financial instruments....

Nathan · June 18, 2012, 07:46 PM

Naw, buy guns and ammo. It is the investment which makes you happy while paying maginal returns!

shaunpain · June 18, 2012, 07:53 PM

I think prices will go way down on everything after November, but maybe that's just the optimism in me. Either way, I'd suggest you buy what you want because after all, guns are worth more than cash.

kilimanjaro · June 18, 2012, 11:03 PM

Given the premise that things could go all to pieces this fall, might be a good idea to keep some cash around in case of a bank holiday. If you have enough guns, that is....

Clark · June 18, 2012, 11:35 PM

Guns have made 3% compounded over the last 100 years, last 10 years, or in between.
So have guitars.

I have made 19.5% compounded over the last 18 years in the stock market.

Every night for an hour I argue about investments with a man with many millions and an econ degree.
He is buying farms in Uruguay and Gold in the USA.
I am still in stocks and trying to get out of real estate.

I know a guy in Utah that just one of his rifles is worth more than my 200 long guns.

I find getting deals at gun shows to be as good a sport as killing animals with guns.

So if I get a gun for $20 that is worth $200, that is as much fun for me as my 2nd friend shooting another elephant.

My attitude is that if the economy goes into a depression for 20 years, it will just be another adventure.

What does it all mean?
I am not impressed with gloom and doom economic prophesies.
I am not impressed with guns that are expensive collector jewelry.
I will just keep buying the cheapest gun at every gun show because they are fun to buy and fun to take apart.

June 17, 2012, 10:00 PM	#1
Single Six Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2010 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,522	What Do You Suggest? Several gun shows are coming to my area soon, but with my schedule, I can only attend two of them. Now, with the elections coming up [and therefore a good possibility of another ammo shortage], should I buy yet another gun that I really want more than I actually need...or use the money to instead buy ammo / accessories while I still can? __________________ Seen on a bumper sticker: "Exercise. Eat right. Take vitamins. Die anyway." Last edited by Single Six; June 18, 2012 at 08:36 PM.

June 18, 2012, 07:53 PM	#5
shaunpain Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 854	I think prices will go way down on everything after November, but maybe that's just the optimism in me. Either way, I'd suggest you buy what you want because after all, guns are worth more than cash. __________________ "Shut up, crime!"

June 18, 2012, 11:35 PM	#7
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	Guns have made 3% compounded over the last 100 years, last 10 years, or in between. So have guitars. I have made 19.5% compounded over the last 18 years in the stock market. Every night for an hour I argue about investments with a man with many millions and an econ degree. He is buying farms in Uruguay and Gold in the USA. I am still in stocks and trying to get out of real estate. I know a guy in Utah that just one of his rifles is worth more than my 200 long guns. I find getting deals at gun shows to be as good a sport as killing animals with guns. So if I get a gun for $20 that is worth $200, that is as much fun for me as my 2nd friend shooting another elephant. My attitude is that if the economy goes into a depression for 20 years, it will just be another adventure. What does it all mean? I am not impressed with gloom and doom economic prophesies. I am not impressed with guns that are expensive collector jewelry. I will just keep buying the cheapest gun at every gun show because they are fun to buy and fun to take apart. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?

June 18, 2012, 07:04 PM	#2
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,313	Well, the last fourteen times they said the sky was going to fall it didn't. Heck, I've still got the pallets of Y2K ammo taking up valuable space in the basement. I'd get the gun and then take up reloading. (But just because reloading is fun.)

June 18, 2012, 07:12 PM	#3
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	Maybe you should consult a financial advisor and really invest your money in some worthwhile financial instruments....

June 18, 2012, 07:46 PM	#4
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,331	Naw, buy guns and ammo. It is the investment which makes you happy while paying maginal returns!

June 18, 2012, 11:03 PM	#6
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 3,963	Given the premise that things could go all to pieces this fall, might be a good idea to keep some cash around in case of a bank holiday. If you have enough guns, that is....