What's your latest "impulse buy" . . . . . ?

BlindedByScience · Apr 27, 2020

Bought a Ballistic Advantage 10.3" 300BO barrel. Had lots of the other parts, on the hunt for an Aero upper, SB Tactical pistol brace...

Tacos4me · Apr 27, 2020

I bought some ribeyes!

HA556 · Apr 27, 2020

Tacos4me said:
I bought some ribeyes!

Was that an impulse buy or just hunger pangs?! :s0140:

Tacos4me · Apr 27, 2020

HA556 said:
Was that an impulse buy or just hunger pangs?!

Well I was hungry and Fred Meyer said I could only buy 2 chubs of ground beef. I noticed the ribeye steaks for $7.99 / lb and said hell yeah. I have to say that I score extra points with the commander in chief (wife) when I make up some ribeyes on the barbi. Got her a rum/coke + the ribeye, mashed potatoes and salad and she was happy/relaxed!

terdog · Apr 28, 2020

^^^^ Way to know your target audience! lol

terdog · Apr 28, 2020

I bought 3K rnds of 9mm (sent 400 rnds of that to my Daughter).

Sunday the wife bought us a used pool table.
She's a good girl

ejether · Apr 28, 2020

Capn Jack said:
Sounds like you have way too much 9mm on hand...

Not for long

Caveman Jim · Apr 28, 2020

s1xty7 said:
The heart wants what the heart wants. This isn't a complete impulse buy, but definitely not a planned purchase. I've been debating getting a rugged laptop for a couple of years and recently stumbled on some eBay listings for Getac B300 G5s with the i7-4600M, 8GB RAM, and a 500GB hard disk in them. Resolution is terrible at 1024x768, but it should output 4K via HDMI if I need a better external resolution. Weighs nearly 8lbs, but it'll be fun, relatively cheap, and scratches my need for new technology that I get from time to time. I already upgraded it to 16GB RAM and put in an 500GB SSD I had laying around. Did I mention it's fanless too? Just need to wait for the charger to get here (didn't come with one) and I can get started getting it dialed in.

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What can I say? I'm a nerd at heart.

You mean like this???

F2CMaDMaXX · Apr 28, 2020

M1 Carbine. A filthy M1 Carbine that needs a full strip down and cleaning, and one that i won't get to for some time due to my FFL being a long way and pandemic etc. etc.

pathfinder · Apr 28, 2020

Always looked at a good sturdy tri-pod to purchase over the last 10 plus years. After watching tons of predator shows I finally found what I was looking for. BOGS Death Grip , Also ordered a few calls to !

nosbocaj · Apr 28, 2020

Deltapoint Pro, 1000 rounds of Speer Lawman 147, P226 Threaded Barrel.

Imma take it easy for a while now.

Swiss_Cheeze · Apr 28, 2020

Ruger PC Charger - Who Wants to be First?

I was away all day and got a VM that the Ruger PC Carbines arrived at the distributors today and I can have some. Anyone want dibs? We still have to get through a two week shipping backlog, but then they will be on the way! I have handled one already and my thoughts are it should be an SBR...

www.northwestfirearms.com

This. I've been wanting a PCC since my mpx.

trevi · Apr 28, 2020

ZoidMeister said:
With stimulus checks, lots of free time to peruse classifieds, I figured that I'm not the ONLY one who has made an impulse buy lately.

Just brought this one home yesterday.

What's your latest "impulse buy?"

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What do these go for now? I bought one new years ago for $450. Nice shooter!

XoXSciFiGuy · Apr 28, 2020

I'm old as dirt. Don't be fooled by the picture LOL. I sold my ancient SKS that made me look like a terrorist on patrol every time I went camping...and used some of the money to pick up my first black powder revolver. It's a 51 Navy in 36 caliber. Been researching BP for months. Figured I would go small at first, move up to the 44's later if I like it. Below is just the image from Cabela's. I haven't taken any home pictures of it yet.

Picture below that I sent to the buyer while we were negotiating the SKS. Actually, we settled on 350. I thought that was fair. I paid less than half that for it originally. It was a Chinese Norinco version. I was wrong when I said the 'cleaning rod' was in the stock. It wasn't. It was just the spare firing pin.

Do I have anything even resembling a modern weapon? Not really. Everything I have was made years ago. Old Win 30/30, a 4506 S/W, an old Ruger MK2. Not prepared for the zombies yet.

Mike_M57 · Apr 28, 2020

My last 'impulse' buy was over a year ago. I was looking for a .22-250 rifle for coyote hunting and was ready to spend about $500-600 when I found a 'used' (looked unfired) Ruger American Centerfire (not Predator) for a good price, so I took a chance. I was going to put a Vortex 4-12x40mm AO scope on it when I found the 4-12x50mm AO (Dead Hold BDC reticle) on sale for a lower price a few months ago. It took awhile to come together, but the total price for the combo ended up being under $475, less than the price I had planned to pay for a rifle alone.

But with things like my work schedule, the pandemic closing everything down, and the heart attack I had back in December (and the resulting financial distress), I haven't had a chance to get it sighted in properly. I want to find out if the factory stock is GTG or if I'll want to put it into a Boyd's laminated stock at some point.

ZoidMeister · Apr 29, 2020

trevi said:
What do these go for now? I bought one new years ago for $450. Nice shooter!

New on GB they run between $650 and $700. I picked this up for $550 shipped from the sellers FFL.

Seemed to be a reasonable price for an all steel. 45 ACP in pristine condition.

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