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Back about 6 years ago YouTube blew up with SKS's being a well kept secret and you could get them in the $200 range and afford Ammo. Now people want $400-500 for nice ones with a few mods or accessories - sold mine for $600 (the price of an entry AK).
Mosinn's were $120 for a nice model and Ammo was also freely available for cheap.
Now I see them getting close to $200 and ammo is drying up possibly with the import ban.
Assuming those guns never get cheaper - what is the next big thing to stockpile for whatever you are going to call yourself (prepper/survivalist/whatever) for SHTF?
Only thing I can think of is .22lr rifles (still in the $150-200+ range) but ammo even inflated is cheap and more available at this time (and lots made in the US).
And a 12 ga Pump Shotgun for larger things? Being $100-300 and bird shot being able to be used as cut shells or wax slugs for $0.25 each or buck and slings being $0.75+.
Not buying but interested in what others are looking at for curiousitys sake.
I can't think of anything center fired for those prices except some old hunting guns will go for cheap if the condition is marginal but then ammo is rarely cheap for those and they are low capacity.
Not counting cheap companies with meager reliability reputations because why bother trusting your life to them? At least IMO?
Mosinn's were $120 for a nice model and Ammo was also freely available for cheap.
Now I see them getting close to $200 and ammo is drying up possibly with the import ban.
Assuming those guns never get cheaper - what is the next big thing to stockpile for whatever you are going to call yourself (prepper/survivalist/whatever) for SHTF?
Only thing I can think of is .22lr rifles (still in the $150-200+ range) but ammo even inflated is cheap and more available at this time (and lots made in the US).
And a 12 ga Pump Shotgun for larger things? Being $100-300 and bird shot being able to be used as cut shells or wax slugs for $0.25 each or buck and slings being $0.75+.
Not buying but interested in what others are looking at for curiousitys sake.
I can't think of anything center fired for those prices except some old hunting guns will go for cheap if the condition is marginal but then ammo is rarely cheap for those and they are low capacity.
Not counting cheap companies with meager reliability reputations because why bother trusting your life to them? At least IMO?