ASH556
Senior Member
So, I've tried to resist the panic buying mentality, but it's starting to get the best of me. I have a high-end scope that I'm wanting to move to free up some funds to do other things (was going to do this anyway), but now I'm questioning whether instead of another scope I should be buying 5.56 ammo or a .22 trainer.
I've had a S&W 15-22 before and while I thought it was a lot of fun to shoot, the lack of recoil didn't make it's training usefulness all that strong. Still, trigger time, even on a .22, is better than no trigger time at all.
The other thought is to buy a couple cases of steel cased .223. I've never shot the stuff before because of the issues it CAN cause. Now, my rifles are both Daniel Defense, and as such, they should run fine provided I keep the chambers clean.
The other thing I HAVE to buy, and the thing that was originally on my mind is a scope for my '06. I included the Leupold I used to have on it in a trade earlier this year and the rifle has no sights otherwise.
So, with a potential of $750 out of the scope and mount I'm selling, I'm looking at:
$180 (after $30 rebate) on a Redfield Revolution 3-9 Accurange for the '06.
That leaves me $570 for:
Ammo
or
A .22 trainer (M&P 15-22)
And
I can also pick up an old Aimpoint M2 from a buddy pretty cheap (I sold it to him a couple years ago for $250 and he'll sell it back to me for that).
The way I figure it, Obama isn't going to ban scopes, but he might ban high-cap magazines for a semi-auto .22 and ammo prices are likely to go up either due to panic buying, taxes, or both.
Finally, my wife and I have our first baby due in about a month, so simply saving and/or taking money out of our budget for gun stuff isn't happening. I've only got whatever I can get out of this scope to play with.
What would you do?
I've had a S&W 15-22 before and while I thought it was a lot of fun to shoot, the lack of recoil didn't make it's training usefulness all that strong. Still, trigger time, even on a .22, is better than no trigger time at all.
The other thought is to buy a couple cases of steel cased .223. I've never shot the stuff before because of the issues it CAN cause. Now, my rifles are both Daniel Defense, and as such, they should run fine provided I keep the chambers clean.
The other thing I HAVE to buy, and the thing that was originally on my mind is a scope for my '06. I included the Leupold I used to have on it in a trade earlier this year and the rifle has no sights otherwise.
So, with a potential of $750 out of the scope and mount I'm selling, I'm looking at:
$180 (after $30 rebate) on a Redfield Revolution 3-9 Accurange for the '06.
That leaves me $570 for:
Ammo
or
A .22 trainer (M&P 15-22)
And
I can also pick up an old Aimpoint M2 from a buddy pretty cheap (I sold it to him a couple years ago for $250 and he'll sell it back to me for that).
The way I figure it, Obama isn't going to ban scopes, but he might ban high-cap magazines for a semi-auto .22 and ammo prices are likely to go up either due to panic buying, taxes, or both.
Finally, my wife and I have our first baby due in about a month, so simply saving and/or taking money out of our budget for gun stuff isn't happening. I've only got whatever I can get out of this scope to play with.
What would you do?