Good morning,
I'm actually at a bit of a loss as to what direction to take next. And with a few hundred more than I was expecting burning a hole in my bank account, I think I should do something useful with it.
Thoughts? What would you do next? The main factors influencing me are providing a means to comfortably CCW in the summer with something more than .380, expand the number of calibers in the house with an additional firearm or two, and keep home defense as a priority. I know I'm weird, but I view the best home defense gun as the one you know the most loaded with the right ammo for the job.
First, haves:
- 9mm pistols, .22LR pistol and rifles. Older 12ga turkey gun. Bolt action Argentine. 1.5 AR15's
The options: (also in this is the fact that I have a lot of .38spl and .357 ammo, but no gun.)
1. finish figuring out a way to CC IWB with any of the tons of pistols I have. (I've gone through 8+ holsters, 2 belts, changed pants a few times. At 160 .lbs, flat stomach and no hips, I can't seem to get a configuration that works. ) I'm not ready to give in to pocket carry yet.
2. Buy a revolver (.38sp /.357) and figure out a way to carry it instead. I have next to zero revolver experience.
3. Buy a lever action rifle in pistol cal. The Henry's have been calling to me. Hard.
4. Acquire a second shotgun to use for HD and keep the nice turkey gun for trap/hunt. I really want to learn skeet, but I don't want to have to strip off the extender, sling, card and light to go public without looking funny.
5. Give in and buy a Mosin. First large caliber weapon I fired was an early Mosin infantry. I've a small cache of ammo for it.
6. Buy or reacquire an SKS. (Gave away a good one when I moved to MA. Darn.)
7. Get into reloading 9mm. I started the process, but haven't finished.
8. Acquire a .308 bolt action. I'd prefer .30-06, but would like to have something which can shoot milsurp .308.
9. Something completely different: like grab a .45acp SR1911.
10. Just spend all the money on moar ammo!
I'm actually at a bit of a loss as to what direction to take next. And with a few hundred more than I was expecting burning a hole in my bank account, I think I should do something useful with it.
Thoughts? What would you do next? The main factors influencing me are providing a means to comfortably CCW in the summer with something more than .380, expand the number of calibers in the house with an additional firearm or two, and keep home defense as a priority. I know I'm weird, but I view the best home defense gun as the one you know the most loaded with the right ammo for the job.
First, haves:
- 9mm pistols, .22LR pistol and rifles. Older 12ga turkey gun. Bolt action Argentine. 1.5 AR15's
The options: (also in this is the fact that I have a lot of .38spl and .357 ammo, but no gun.)
1. finish figuring out a way to CC IWB with any of the tons of pistols I have. (I've gone through 8+ holsters, 2 belts, changed pants a few times. At 160 .lbs, flat stomach and no hips, I can't seem to get a configuration that works. ) I'm not ready to give in to pocket carry yet.
2. Buy a revolver (.38sp /.357) and figure out a way to carry it instead. I have next to zero revolver experience.
3. Buy a lever action rifle in pistol cal. The Henry's have been calling to me. Hard.
4. Acquire a second shotgun to use for HD and keep the nice turkey gun for trap/hunt. I really want to learn skeet, but I don't want to have to strip off the extender, sling, card and light to go public without looking funny.
5. Give in and buy a Mosin. First large caliber weapon I fired was an early Mosin infantry. I've a small cache of ammo for it.
6. Buy or reacquire an SKS. (Gave away a good one when I moved to MA. Darn.)
7. Get into reloading 9mm. I started the process, but haven't finished.
8. Acquire a .308 bolt action. I'd prefer .30-06, but would like to have something which can shoot milsurp .308.
9. Something completely different: like grab a .45acp SR1911.
10. Just spend all the money on moar ammo!
