Stocking Up On Gun Stuff Before Retirement.

[arakboss]

It won't make you sad.

I don't have a lot, but I have a lot more than I used to. I can't complain about having actual savings and less stress over unplanned events.

I guess some people can be happy just having money in the bank regardless of whether it's worth anything or not or whether they spend it or not. To me money is only enjoyable if I exchange it for something else of value. The money itself does not bring me joy.

 

[nwslopoke]

I guess some people can be happy just having money in the bank regardless of whether it's worth anything or not or whether they spend it or not. To me money is only enjoyable if I exchange it for something else of value. The money itself does not bring me joy.

Think of money as energy or a battery. When you need it, you need it. Nobody wants an empty battery.

That said, I hope everyone can have as an enjoyable existence as possible. Guns, cars. Whatever.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I want a steel framed BP revolver with cartridge conversion cylinder.

As much as I like and prefer the Colt designs...Remington's design and the Ruger "Old Army" , work best for this.

Keeping in mind that you are modifying something to shoot in a way it was never intended to do.

If you want to shoot cartridges....my advice....buy a cartridge gun.

I also want a muzzleloader rifle capable of firing smokeless powder loads.

Don't do this.
It is dangerous to do ...smokeless powder should never be used in black powder firearms.
I do not care what some dumbazz with a You Tube channel says...or anything else.
Do Not Use Smokeless Powder In A Muzzle Loading Black Powder Firearm.

Andy

 

[Sawtooth58]

I would consider putting away money for after retirement firearm related purchases, if I could pigeon hole that savings for that purpose. Not sure of a good way to do that? Maybe something like a purpose trust.

Edit: And bucketed savings ain't going to work me.

View: https://youtu.be/5GpB4fBSAzw?feature=shared



Let's say somebody says

"You want to go to Hawaii, bask in the sweltering heat, pay outrageous prices for everything and risk getting attacked by sharks?"

My answer would be:

"Sorry but I don't have a vacation savings bucket."

Their reply would be:

"Can't you take the money from the $1000s in your firearm savings bucket?"

My reply would be:

"Again I'm sorry but that money is reserved for firearm related purchases only"

I can see this situation not going so well.

What if I had already spent the money before I retired. If the person wanting to go to Hawaii knew I didn't have the money, they probably wouldn't even ask me to go. That would save me from going through a lot of grief, everytime they were going to ask me to go somewhere or do something I wasn't thrilled about doing.

"You want to go to Hawaii, bask in the sweltering heat, pay outrageous prices for everything and risk getting attacked by sharks?"

Ha, been going to the Big Island for 30+ years and still haven't experienced the sweltering heat and spend 80% of my time in the water and only "very rarely" run into white tips that ignore you. Yeah it's expensive if you eat nothing but Kona restaurant grub. Average temp is 78-82 and you go enough you figure out how to eat crazy good food for not much more than how ridiculously expensive Boise is….and you want heat, come here. I'm melting right now because I'm here in this sh*#hole for the week and not at my place up north, it's 99 right now and still not the hottest part of the day. You want real expensive go to Stanley or McCall, Idaho, the tourist traps. Haven't been to McCall in 20 years and only go by Stanley because the Salmon river runs through there and access close by to a lot of my hiking spots. I pack my own food or eat what I catch/kill. I feel sorry for kids these days trying to get a start on life, an 1100 sq ft house is going to set you back $425k here. When I was that age I could have bought a ranch on river frontage for that and the sellers would likely leave the farm equipment, along with all the horse tac to boot. This state is goin to he*! in the last 15 years. Man, I sound like my Dad.

 

[Sawtooth58]

As much as I like and prefer the Colt designs...Remington's design and the Ruger "Old Army" , work best for this.

Keeping in mind that you are modifying something to shoot in a way it was never intended to do.

If you want to shoot cartridges....my advice....buy a cartridge gun.


Don't do this.
It is dangerous to do ...smokeless powder should never be used in black powder firearms.
I do not care what some dumbazz with a You Tube channel says...or anything else.
Do Not Use Smokeless Powder In A Muzzle Loading Black Powder Firearm.

Andy

There's an outfit building muzzleloaders that will handle smokeless powder pressure's, not sure what the point is? Kinda like putting a quad rail and a $4000 long range scope on a 30-30

 

[Andy54Hawken]

There's an outfit building muzzleloaders that will handle smokeless powder pressure's, not sure what the point is? Kinda like putting a quad rail and a $4000 long range scope on a 30-30

Still a bad idea and will wreck someone's day

I stand by my statement.....
Never use smokeless powder in a muzzle loader ....no matter what the ad copy says..or the even the gun maker , in this case.
Andy

 

[Sawtooth58]

Still a bad idea and will wreck someone's day

I stand by my statement.....
Never use smokeless powder in a muzzle loader ....no matter what the ad copy says..or the even the gun maker , in this case.
Andy

100% agree, I'm holding out for the Roy Rodger's smokeless cap gun set. Then….. I'm all in!

 

[dangerranger60]

I'm sitting on over 2000 lbs of raw lead. when we eventually move, that's 2000 lbs that also has to be moved. that does not include the cast bullets and lead ingots I have stored. Just be sure stocking up does not become the problem later. DR

 

[Sawtooth58]

I'm sitting on over 2000 lbs of raw lead. when we eventually move, that's 2000 lbs that also has to be moved. that does not include the cast bullets and lead ingots I have stored. Just be sure stocking up does not become the problem later. DR

Where I grew up a chain and a guy's leg would be attached to that in the deepest part of the Missouri river….only if you got caught scabbin a job during a strike.

 

[The Heretic]

I'm sitting on over 2000 lbs of raw lead. when we eventually move, that's 2000 lbs that also has to be moved. that does not include the cast bullets and lead ingots I have stored. Just be sure stocking up does not become the problem later. DR

I probably have somewhere near 1 ton of factory ammo. If/when I move, my guns & ammo will get moved first. When I moved here I had maybe a tenth of that amount of ammo - or less.

I used to have an ingot of boat ballast that weighed about 200#. I gave it away.

 

[Sawtooth58]

I guess some people can be happy just having money in the bank regardless of whether it's worth anything or not or whether they spend it or not. To me money is only enjoyable if I exchange it for something else of value. The money itself does not bring me joy.

And when you get older all that "stuff" is like a lead weight that keeps you from what we were really made for: glorifying, praising God and loving your friends and family. Don't get me wrong, I still have a lot a stuff and enjoy my stuff, but I could lose it all tomorrow and I would be okay because I know there's a bigger plan. One much more eternal than me or my stuff. It was liberating to get rid of all my company trucks, tools and such when I sold my business in 2022. I think it's going to be a 1000 fold more liberating when I breathe my last breath.

 

[The Heretic]

View: https://youtu.be/2ROK1-VvOQ0?si=04FTGhJJCRepYeaO

 

[arakboss]

A decade from now:

Wife: "Honey why are you so glum?"

Me: "I feel guilty for stocking up on this lifetime supply of ammo, while everybody else has to get a permit to purchase, pay a transfer fee plus state fee and an ammo tax to get their 50rnd limit of ammo every month."

Wife: "You could give away all your ammo to others."

Me: "No thanks, I feel better now."

 

[dangerranger60]

A decade from now:

Wife: "Honey why are you so glum?"

Me: "I feel guilty for stocking up on this lifetime supply of ammo, while everybody else has to get a permit to purchase, pay a transfer fee plus state fee and an ammo tax to get their 50rnd limit of ammo every month."

Wife: "You could give away all your ammo to others."

Me: "No thanks, I feel better now."

with the molds and raw lead, I can make bullets for the rest of my life.
Ca has been doing that for about 10 years now and I just this year had to buy some shotgun shells. The rest I reload. DR

 

[arakboss]

with the molds and raw lead, I can make bullets for the rest of my life.
Ca has been doing that for about 10 years now and I just this year had to buy some shotgun shells. The rest I reload. DR

Between the nonsense in CA & WA, nothing will surprise me if it happens in OR. A lot of bad stuff could happen in 10 legislative sessions.

 

[arakboss]

I was moving stuff around in my safe space this morning and decided that I have way too much brass. Beyond the two purchase commitments I already made, I will not buy anymore for a couple of years. The exception will be for a really good deal on 450BM, 458 SOCOM, 45-70 or 44-40 brass.

 

[Bobbygun]

I will not buy anymore for a couple of years.

You spelled "days" wrong.

 

[arakboss]

You spelled "days" wrong.

That was funny but possibly true.

 

[arakboss]

You spelled "days" wrong.

I found some 10mm brass I bought from Midway. That will be on my list of things to load in the near future.

Cascade f&o has Win 10mm for $18 a box.

 

[Bobbygun]

I found some 10mm brass I bought from Midway. That will be on my list of things to load in the near future.

Cascade f&o has Win 10mm for $18 a box.

I saw Cascade had the white box Winchester on sale. Of the three types of 10mm ammo I've tried - Ammo Inc. hollow points, Winchester white box and Blazer brass - the Winchester was the least accurate in my Rock Island. At that price though, I'm still considering it for chasing the reactive target around the gravel pit. By the time I shoot up the factory ammo I've bought, I probably won't need to buy brass for a while. Starline seems to have 10mm in stock regularly. I think it's about $125 for 500 cases.