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I'm about to pick up another AR 15, just a spare so nothing special. I'm thinking of grabbing a Ruger AR 556 Magpul or just putting together a PSA midlength Magpul rifle. Any thoughts on which one? I'm looking more towards the Ruger, just cuz...and I'm not sure I feel like putting another one together.
 
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99%evil said:
I'm about to pick up another AR 15, just a spare so nothing special. I'm thinking of grabbing a Ruger AR 556 Magpul or just putting together a PSA midlength Magpul rifle. Any thoughts on which one? I'm looking more towards the Ruger, just cuz...and I'm not sure I feel like putting another one together.
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I was in the same boat .. wanted a spare. Especially when I felt like part my AR fleet might get flagged as NFA with the pistol brace issue. I do like BCM myself. This one is NFA compliant (for now).

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99%evil said:
I'm about to pick up another AR 15, just a spare so nothing special. I'm thinking of grabbing a Ruger AR 556 Magpul or just putting together a PSA midlength Magpul rifle. Any thoughts on which one? I'm looking more towards the Ruger, just cuz...and I'm not sure I feel like putting another one together.
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What’s the budget? S&W is supposedly making some nicely specd rifles. Follow Mrsgunsngear of Facebook. He always posts deals
 
Trihonda said:
I was in the same boat .. wanted a spare. Especially when I felt like part my AR fleet might get flagged as NFA with the pistol brace issue. I do like BCM myself. This one is NFA compliant (for now).

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They seem to have retreated on the brace thing for now, but who knows what they will try in a few months. I may SBR my braced pistol.
 
Trihonda said:
Cautionary note!

This thread exists outside the “politics” section because it focuses on gun ownership, not the politics of guns. Explaining gun laws in the states vs Oz is fine, but debating guns and gun ownership from a political standpoint is going to get content deleted. I think what’s been posted thus far is ok, but others may feel obligated to chime in to debate the merits of guns, effects of guns on crime and on mass shooting, etc.

I think recent posts are certainly flirting in the debate realm.
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Hi Tri

Noted. Definatly no the intent to get political. Just genuinely interested. what we see here is not likely to be the real story. so i thought id ask.
 
Thanks to all who replied to my questions.

Its such a fascinating cultural difference. My first job was in a gun store. Till it got held up by a dill who got dropped by his girlfriend and wanted to take it out on the world.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6595076/times-past-january-25-1985/


The thing that was interesting in the gun buy back in Oz was that the statistics for crime and suicide remained fairly constant Pre and Post buyback -

just the tools changed but crime chugged on unabated.
 
Trihonda said:
5.56x45 is $1/rd locally. And on many places online. Has been for weeks.
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Yup, everything AR has been ridiculous for a while now.

Hell, nitride BCGs are pushing $150.

Silly.

I've pretty much become an AK guy over the last few months as a direct result of the AR gouging. But the ship is starting to sail on our commie bloc "cheaper alternative" as well... crap-ass Russian imports that were $500 just six months ago, are now well over $1,000. Oh well.
 
Trihonda said:
I was in the same boat .. wanted a spare. Especially when I felt like part my AR fleet might get flagged as NFA with the pistol brace issue. I do like BCM myself. This one is NFA compliant (for now).

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That is a genuine concern. Especially when gun laws are heavily influenced by people who know next to nothing about guns. Their opinions are based more on how scary a gun looks, than the actual capability of that gun. Case in point: This is still legal because it does not look scary.
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Ben8257 said:
Yes Todd... I was on a wait list years ago when they came out... like an idiot 2 months later they released the 3" chamber version! Mine only holds 2 1/2"
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What’s the recoil like on that bad boy? I have a 686 S&W that shoots 357 Mag - is it heavier than that?!?!
 
boltonguy said:
What’s the recoil like on that bad boy? I have a 686 S&W that shoots 357 Mag - is it heavier than that?!?!
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I thought it would be nasty but quite pleasant, the ribbed rubber grips absorb most of it, a bit of muzzle jump but I feel like that is expected. I am 6ft and 250lvs which I feels plays a part! Lol

I will have to let @FordPickup92 try it out and report back at some point! Lol
 
Remember this time when prices eventually come down. “Buy it cheap and stack it deep”. Picked up about 3000 rounds a few months before things went crazy. Should have got a lot more as most who actually shoot their guns know that isn’t very much..but it’s enough to allow range days. Classes are out of the question for now.

One this thing that’s still cheap our magazines. Just bought another 10 for my AR.
 
Old State said:
Remember this time when prices eventually come down. “Buy it cheap and stack it deep”. Picked up about 3000 rounds a few months before things went crazy. Should have got a lot more as most who actually shoot their guns know that isn’t very much..but it’s enough to allow range days. Classes are out of the question for now.

One this thing that’s still cheap our magazines. Just bought another 10 for my AR.
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Until they require us to retroactively pay $200 per pop or turn em in. :rolleyes:
 
This was 2 years ago from a sale in Canada on (US Black Friday)....... we had to pay 13% taxes on that so it was a little more expensive at the time than in the USA...... Seems like a fairytale doesn't it?

(Buy It Cheap And Stack It Deep)

The scary question is........ Is the current price cheap compared to what we will see 2 years from now?

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philhut said:
This was 2 years ago from a sale in Canada on (US Black Friday)....... we had to pay 13% taxes on that so it was a little more expensive at the time than in the USA...... Seems like a fairytale doesn't it?

(Buy It Cheap And Stack It Deep)

The scary question is........ Is the current price cheap compared to what we will see 2 years from now?

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A year ago you could get 1000 rounds of brass 5.56 for $275 from several vendors. I cleaned out two Walmart’s of ammo when they went political at .15 round for 5.56 and 45....1200 of each.

As for prices, I think they will come down. Everything I’ve read says they are running three shifts at ammo factories...it’s just that people are hoarding it. The average gun owner doesn’t shoot that much so 1000 rounds sounds like a lot. At some point they will reach their threshold and stop buying.
 
Re Old State

I agree ammo may even become very very cheap once it becomes a liability to own it if the government in the US under Biden goes full bore against the 2nd Amendment as promised..... stores and suppliers may be looking to clear stock before being stuck with illegal goods.

Or as always price may just plateau and stay the same with manufacturers and sellers reaping the bounty of the new normal.
 
The AK salad days are officially over...

762 is now starting out at 60cpr for garbage imports, and goes up from there. It was easily found in the 30s before 1/6, and was in the teens pre-lockdowns.

Cripes.

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I'm so pissed I lost all my guns in a tragic boating accident... Don't have any guns now. Nothing to take from me.

Please don't break in.:dead::eek:
 
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philhut said:
Re Old State

I agree ammo may even become very very cheap once it becomes a liability to own it if the government in the US under Biden goes full bore against the 2nd Amendment as promised..... stores and suppliers may be looking to clear stock before being stuck with illegal goods.

Or as always price may just plateau and stay the same with manufacturers and sellers reaping the bounty of the new normal.
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I think they will tread lightly despite the rhetoric. They don’t want to instigate a SCOTUS case that could nullify a lot of arbitrary laws.
Magazines have remained cheap which I didn’t expect. Maybe because people have been stockpiling them for the last 12 years
 

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