What are you doing... if anything... to prepare

[Airgator0470]

On some gun boards there is already talk of mass buying and stocking up on parts and reloading components. Over the past six months I've been busy at the bench loading brass that I have on hand, mostly pistol as I'm stacked fairly well in .223 and .308.

Pistol powders are now readily available, as are primers and bullets, so I'm slowly gathering supplies but not in extreme amounts on each order. Today for example I ordered 5K small pistol primers and 5K large pistol primers to bring me up to speed to load for the pistol powder I have on hand, which is about 24-25 pounds.

I ordered an 8 pound jug of TAC and an 8 pound jug of IMR 4895... this will also bring me in line with my primer supply for .308 loads and precision .223 loads. I've got about 35 pounds of rifle powder which should keep me in good for a while considering the actual ammo I have on hand.

At the end of the month I will start getting the bullets to complement the powder/primer supply I have. I decided to make bullets the last component as they will be easier to source or actually make by casting if push comes to shove.

AR15's and other firearms, I've got a couple lowers/uppers, several BCG's, and at least 5 LPK's... so there will be no rifle parts buying this time around. Handguns... I'd like a couple more Glock pistols, maybe by mid Summer I can swing it... not going the credit card route so many have... I'm paying as I go.

So... anyone doing the same buying a little here, a little there, or has anyone gone full retard and maxed out a CC?

[0utlaw]

Maybe......

[Cattle/Horses]

You got all this at the house down there, or at the farm up here?

[0utlaw]

In all seriousness, our biggest prep was to be debt free. we've been able to do what we've done because we're not paying payments on boats, cars, Mcmansions, the credit card from last Christmas, etc. We have 1 credit card, it has a huge limit, we never let it carry a balance but if the shit hits the fan I'll melt that sucker down.

[Airgator0470]

You got all this at the house down there, or at the farm up here?

I live down here...

ETA... my neighbors and I keep a VERY CLOSE EYE on who/what comes down our drive... we live in a location where you can't approach w/o being seen and there are other specifics that help keep all of us relatively safe (few places are perfect)... that along with the dogs, alarms, but best of all... a mother-in-law who snoops with the best of them 24 hours a day... lol.

[Airgator0470]

In all seriousness, our biggest prep was to be debt free. we've been able to do what we've done because we're not paying payments on boats, cars, Mcmansions, the credit card from last Christmas, etc. We have 1 credit card, it has a huge limit, we never let it carry a balance but if the shit hits the fan I'll melt that sucker down.

That's kind of my point... I'm picking up stuff here and there because when it does start, if it does, you won't be able to get anything w/o paying insane prices. For those who don't reload, I'd recommend buying 2 or 3 boxes of ammo each pay day... little at a time adds up and helps control panic buying.

[0utlaw]

Yep, in a real collapse ammo will be currency, food will be currency, it will only have worth if someone NEEDS it, a stack of $100 bills will be worth roughly the same as a roll of toilet paper, where a loaded AR mag may feed your family for a week or get you that antibiotic you need or kill the coyete thats killing your chickens

[rr53]

A Berkey water filter here, a solar panel there. Pay as I go for me too.

[Airgator0470]

Yep, in a real collapse ammo will be currency, food will be currency, it will only have worth if someone NEEDS it, a stack of $100 bills will be worth roughly the same as a roll of toilet paper, where a loaded AR mag may feed your family for a week or get you that antibiotic you need or kill the coyete thats killing your chickens

I'm not much for the melt down situation... but after watching Clinton last night, if she gets the nomination, which I'm sure she will, shit will hit the fan in the guns/ammo market... she will go after guns with a vengeance like we have not seen...

[0utlaw]

I'm not much for the melt down situation... but after watching Clinton last night, if she gets the nomination, which I'm sure she will, shit will hit the fan in the guns/ammo market... she will go after guns with a vengeance like we have not seen...

I fear your scenario will lead to mine