I guess you'd be better off regretting that you didn't get a better price than finding that you can't get any ammo at all. I wish I had some cash ...
Maybe Obama will spread some ammo around.
Gringo, I'm in the same position. Cash is tight going into the Holiday, and Heating Seasons combined with a weak capital market, I'm sitting on my hands for a quarter of my billable hours. No extra money to buy toys, yet I too fear the coming price hikes on "anticipation" of Obama bans, even if he is smart enough or distracted enough not to try any new bans right away.
I see all these items I never really wanted buy now that I see the price rising or availability becoming scare I want them. Some things are intelligent long term choices; I really want a PTR 91 which is a high-quality HK91 knock off with remarkable accuracy and a .308 package. A good rife to own no doubt. but, at the same time, I also really want a GSG5 which, as a .22 MP5 lookalike is simply a low cost toy. However, you know with that look, that the GSG5 will be illegal the Moment Obama actually sees one in person. The fact that we can even get them in MA considering their "evil quotient," is incredible.
Anyway, one of those is a rational purchase and a good addition to an mid range AR platform, the other is just a fun way to shoot cheaply. Hence, I should buy the PTR, the SW revolver and the marlin lever action I've had my eye on and really want. But now, with a potential ban coming, I'm distracted by otherwise low-priority desires like AK's and GSG's and such that I fear will disappear fast.
Not to mention feeding these things.
Because I've never owned anything in .308, I didn't really know what it cost to feed it until recently. I just about shit a turnip when I saw $500-$650 prices on a case of ammo.
MY GOD.
That's a nice new gun every thousand rounds.
All I can say is I plan to lay in half a case of ammo for TEOTWAWKI and then go hunting for Zombies packing .308 when things get low.
Ah, sweet mother logic. You're the sharpest of my tools.