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No real suggestions. Before reading your want list but after reading your already have list, I was going to suggest 2/3's of your list. Lever gun. Wheel gun. Garand. AK. Seems like you are already on point.
I say pick any three.
I'm slobbering now. Unfortunately will not find one that is not retardedly overpriced.
If I spend that kind of cash on a hand gun it would probably be a German Luger with the appropriate cartouche.
garand and a ton of 30-06
MP5 all the way. Or just browse Atlantic Firearms to see all the fun and cool stuff. Most of it you can own legally with some basic modifications. Remember, any pistol can be made into a rifle (or SBR). Ammo prices should heavily factor into what gun you buy. 9mm rifles are awesome and cheap.
or build an MK12
or build an MK12
. Good luck!ChevyGuy91
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A 357 or 44mag in both a lever AND a wheel gun is what I would do if I had a gun budget and nothing in mind to spend it on already.
ridleyman
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I'm testing mine. No cleaning. Flawless.
Hasn't it been the US sidearm for 25 years, and only a few branches have sigs and colt 45s? I get the preference for 45 thing, I do too, but 9mm is cheaper to shoot. and it is accurate.
allen-1
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Ruger GP100, chambered in .38/.357, either in 4" or 6" barrel depending upon your preference.
Pair it up with a lever action rifle of the same chambering.
Easily done within your budget.
Pair it up with a lever action rifle of the same chambering.
Easily done within your budget.
I don't want to derail the thread but that open slide is a magnet for sand, dirt, water, mud, and anything else in the environment. If you are simply range shooting that may not be as much of an issue. As for being the .mil sidearm, ask the soldiers who have to shoot it what they think of rather than the brass. Most of those decisions are political in nature.
If you want to ask the .mil what they use, ask SOCOM and such what they use on missions requiring pistols.
1903Collector
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If it was my money I would get this!
http://www.jamesriverarmory.com/products/product/50-rockola-m14f-carbine.html
http://www.jamesriverarmory.com/products/product/50-rockola-m14f-carbine.html
scatter
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Garand and a S&W Model 629 44 mag. Whatever is left goes for ammo and/or a class at the Sig academy. You're welcome.
ETA: Wow, just checked the CMP site. The Garands are getting scarcer and scarcer over there.
ETA: Wow, just checked the CMP site. The Garands are getting scarcer and scarcer over there.
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A M1 Garand from the CMP service grade 730$ shipped or if you want a like new M1 get the CMP special they build off a usgi receiver. 1030$ shipped. I would then use the remaining money for
A nice ron brown sling
20 or so clips
then the balance in ammo or start to reload. You can get into a nice reloading set up for 1k
Personally I would buy the PPU M2 ammo for the garand. Its not much more than the cmp stuff. shoots more accurately and you can sell the ammo can to recoupe a little cost.
Current reloading cost for garand with Nosler match bullet is .49 cents ea.
A nice ron brown sling
20 or so clips
then the balance in ammo or start to reload. You can get into a nice reloading set up for 1k
Personally I would buy the PPU M2 ammo for the garand. Its not much more than the cmp stuff. shoots more accurately and you can sell the ammo can to recoupe a little cost.
Current reloading cost for garand with Nosler match bullet is .49 cents ea.
Parker Duofold
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Purchase the M1 Garand from the CMP sooner rather than later. Buy that first - buy it now.
Wheel gun S&W 686.
Wheel gun S&W 686.
Wheel gun and Garand. Garand's from CMP are a bargain and a good wheel gun will serve you a few lifetimes.
Get Garand and SKS first because a year from now they will cost more. Everything else from your list is not going anywhere. Garand and SKS will be harder and harder to find because they are not produced any more.
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I've never had a jam with either of my 92fs that wasn't mag related love my Beretta I'm looking to round out and get a few of the higher end custom shop models. I'm assuming your former military and have had a bad run in with them. The military pistol issues are well chronicled doesn't make the Beretta a bad gun just means you shouldn't run 300k rounds through them and treat them like crap with crap mags and expect them to be flawless. That said my night stand usually has a glock in it lol. But I trust my life with my Beretta some nights and it's a fun range gun.
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I mean have to do a barrel roll no but I don't wanna look like that cop a few weeks back either I want my tatical barrel rolls to looks as cool as I do.
I never quite understood the desire to have "one of everything" in their collection. Pretty much impossible to do unless you have unlimited money resources.
I accumulate guns I have an interest in, not to "fill a hole".
I have no liking or use for much of any communist-block weapons, so I don't own any. Mosins, AK's? What's the point?
Then again, most everybody here probably thinks I'm an idiot.
Collect what you like.
I accumulate guns I have an interest in, not to "fill a hole".
I have no liking or use for much of any communist-block weapons, so I don't own any. Mosins, AK's? What's the point?
Then again, most everybody here probably thinks I'm an idiot.
Collect what you like.
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