5 guns you should buy before potential gun ban . . . .

Lance0812 said:

Sorry it took so long; I was distracted by the 10 Most Beautiful Conservative Women.
The 10/22 is a good choice buy I'd certainly go for one of the less fancy models - maybe the new takedown model.
And a Glock for a hi-cap handgun? Nothing against them except that they're ugly but I'd rather struggle along with my PT92.
As for the other choices - Sure, as soon as the check arrives in the mail.

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Yeah, I was careful to not get distracted by the links to the female folk . . . . I was a little surprised they singled out Glock, too. And the concept of a long stick mag hanging out the butt end of that thing offered no aesthetics to appreciate . . . . The AR and AK were no big surprise.

Lmstncwby said:

Interesting video. A lot of good advice.

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I thought their comments about the 30 round mags being worth more than the base firearm were interesting - maybe a bit over the top but interesting none the less. And their advice for stocking up on lower receivers and LR parts was something I hadn't thought about before. They could ban everything they wanted but if you had the lower receivers/parts already you could just about buy any number of upper receivers (not banned) to mount on them.

Like I said, interesting thoughts from different perspectives . . . .

Forgot to add: I was a little surprised that the 1911 didn't make the list. With a standard 8 round single stack magazine - they would now be illegal in NY . . . And they can be about as dependable as any gun out there

:r_c:The blogger's recommendations are all good if we assume that Congress will simply re-instate the 1994 ban. At this point, no one knows whether any new ban would grandfather existing weapons. Of course, the Republicans might show a little backbone for a change and refuse to enact a ban. Then again, they might cave as they always seem to do on increases to the debt ceiling and impose a tax of $100,000 per year per firearm on all American gun owners, requiring them to pay in cash and incidentally to submit to sodomy by convicts, or by certain members of Congress. (I'd be pretty happy about losing all my guns in that boating accident.) There's no point in waving the Constitution around; it hasn't restrained Congress since FDR tossed it out the window in 1933. There's no point in relying on the Supreme Court; according to the recent ruling on Obamacare, Congress can do whatever it wants as long it calls whatever that is a tax. If a confiscatory ban is enacted, then anyone who ran out to buy banned weapons at today's panic prices would look awfully stupid.;D

DLONeal said:

ordering extra 17 rd clips for my 24/7

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Clips hold ammo and are generally used to fill fixed or larger magazines. You ordered MAGAZINES M8 - a good move.

THESE are clips.

Here's a shot of my competition Glocks a 22 (soon to be a 35) and a 34 on the right. Occasionally they are carried - usually winter but when at home they do bedroom HD duty. The 40 is my go-to - it gets a rail light. I also have some of my mags set up with Pearce extensions (GP-XL IIRC). The 40 will go +2 and the 9mm will go +3. The gents in the video seem really stuck on the 33 rd. mag for the 9 - to each his own! A long one is made for the 40 as well - 30 rounds. They are cumbersome, you cant holster with them. In the pic the 22 with the light is at 18 rounds (17 +1) rounds with a 17 round mag as backup. The 34 is at 21 rounds (20 +1). With the 40 as a go-to with my backup mag I have 35 rounds of 40 S&W at my disposal 1 more round than a 9mm with a 'happy stick' (33 +1) and 4 more rounds than the 40mm 'stick' at 30 +1. I shoot a fair amount of competition (at least once a month) and am well practiced swapping mags - Glocks drop free every time and the mag release is right where it should be. I only keep 1 back up mag in the safe to avoid confusion (stick a 9 in a 40 or vv under stress = bad) but my wife and I have 46 rounds of hot JHP ammo between us - if we are going to run through that (and I sure hope to never go there!) then I WILL have to go to the closet - that's another story all together.

I'd prefer to keep my full firearm mobility with a well balanced gun that I can still holster. During normal times Glock mags are very affordable - $22 new and $12-15 LEO turn in. Do I but 12-15 mags for all my guns - no. I usually have 4-5 for carry guns. Am I happy with the kit in the pic - you bet!