signal through the noise 4

SIGNAL THROUGH THE NOISE 4

You all know how I feel about the M-16/AR-15. They started out like crap, and I treated them as such. Alas, you can only go so long ignoring actual Sandbox vets reporting the rifles work just fine, before you start sounding like an idiot. I finally realized that just as it took a couple of tries to make the Lee-Enfield the worlds best bolt action military arm ( yes, yes, how wonderfully accurate your Mauser is. Too bad it doesn't like dirt ), it took a bit to turn the M-16 into a decent shooter. Not that I like the plastic, or the round, but at least the thing keeps shooting now.

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The AR has two things going for it. It is so popular, parts are dirt cheap. You can indeed go TOO cheap, but by and large you can buy middlin quality so cheap no other gun can compete unless THEY lessen quality. And, “Apparition Weapon”. Don't make me say out loud that which rhymes with “Host Fun”. I'm hoping to bury this subject and hopefully it is ignored by Skynet. The AR is about the only rifle you can build yourself without registration ( well, there are still the AK's, but parts availability is spotty and the skill set is above my abilities.

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As I said, Turning Purple Nevada outlawed private firearms sales. When they still were allowing them, not much of note was ever available. I SHOULD have bought when I could but I would have overspent and had little of what I wanted. But, I dithered, mostly because the priority was in other things like food and ammo. Not to say I didn't worry. I did. I worried quite a bit. I just had to prioritize. Finally, a divine signal. I ran out of other priorities.

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When the midwest flooded, I wasn't too worried. I had calories and fat. Not as much protein as I needed or wanted, but at least I knew I had enough of the minimum. I got the great idea to store beans ( more, anyway ), but my heart wasn't really into it. Anything that dictates visiting Wal-Mart more than quarterly, I quickly lose my enthusiasm for. Plus, I got the brilliant idea to freezer freeze dry. That won't work, either, but that is an article for tomorrow ( literally ). The main point is, I wasn't too concerned with buying more food.

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Okay, no big deal. I've been at that point for some time. But something else happened. I stopped worrying about ammunition! They had a sale for three cent Winchester rimfire, free shipping ( although the monkey semen garglers in the state capital just started charging sales tax on out of state items AND the shipping cost, so that takes the place of shipping cost wise ), and since it wasn't the crappiest like Wal-Mart Remington, I would have felt confident buying it. But I felt no need to. Then, I turned down 303 Brit ammo on sale!

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I had the money, but finally after lo these many years I felt I had enough. And I'm talking 40 cent rounds of surplus ( the type the sights are designed for, and brass case ) here I was turning down, a mere nickel above the cost from fifteen years ago. I just didn't need any more. I could finally focus back on something else from down the Priority List. Which happened to be unregistered guns for burial. I can't say for sure Trump will actually Red Flag us. He could, or this is just him talking out of his ass as is his wont.

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But I don't want to take the chance, and I'm tired of it worrying me. My Lizard Brain harasses me something fierce. I don't lose sleep, but I have a hard time concentrating on other tasks when Lizard Brain sets his sights on something. When I didn't have enough food, that is all I could concentrate on. Every weekend, getting more wheat ( and if I am remembering correctly, this was when the cost had soared. Not that I cared about the cost-I cared so little I don't even remember it-but it did force me to pinch pennies elsewhere ).

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The last year working a real job, all I could concentrate on was saving every spare dollar ( once again, finances at work were tight and I worried about unemployment. As it turned out, I used it as unemployment insurance for self employment ). The years after that, it was All In on expanding my ammunition supply for my main rifle. Now, it was the turn for the burial firearms. I pulled the cord on getting AR's. I didn't want them because they are plastic poodle shooters. I want them to stay armed, no matter what.

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I started buying by priority of being outlawed. My first order at Midway was a $300 rifle kit and a Poly80 lower ( the eighty percent lower, at $75 ). I didn't realize it the time, but I got the kit far below regular cost ( $450, as it is a Stoner brand ). After tax it was $400. A couple of days later I got another lower ( I was trying to space out the purchases to give time for contemplation, not wanted to impulse buy ). And VERY importantly, a adjustable gas block ( to turn the gun into a bolt action ). On sale at $50.

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I also got four mag pouches ( each pouch has three slots ), not because it was my preferred choice but because they were drastically marked down to $3 each. Rounding it out was ten boxes of steel case Tula ammo. Total $200. At Amazon I got a How To Build paper book, and a rear sight the rifle didn't include. $35. Next up was ANOTHER lower ( remember, prioritizing what I thought would be outlawed first, or “disappeared” from JIT inventory ).

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I had to get some magazines, and just went with the cheapest Tapco brand, four for $30. Another ten cases ammo. Total, $165. After a couple of more days, I was ready to spend a bigger chunk, another $600. I had to go to Palmetto for another kit, not waiting for free shipping. $338 total. Harbor Freight was $100 for a bench drill press and a drill press vice ( I was kind of winging that one, not sure if I got exactly as needed. But, the cheapest drill was $67 ). The last $160 went to ammo.

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A thousand rounds of ammo ( I'll switch over to brass soon, knowing Tula has a three inch MOA, but again, prioritizing ). Three lowers ( they are polymer. I wanted back-ups ). Two rifle kits. The part to go from semi to bolt. A few mags and pouches and an instruction manual. Really, what more can you ask for for $1400? That would only buy you two Lee-Enfield's and a couple hundred rounds of its ammo, at today's Collectible prices. Now, do NOT for one second think I'm switching over to the AR. These are for burial.

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I won't be shooting the heck out of these. I won't be fondling its cool plastic furniture ( “soon, my pretty! Soon! A FLIR for my pretty, oh yes!” ). I won't be grabbing them with my BOB on the way out the door. My Enfield's are My Precious. They are my sweet bayonet delivery system ( sure, the AR has a bayonet lug. Big deal. Like putting balls on a lesbian ). They are my sunshine ( please picture a single tear of joy cascading down my face as I fondly describe just how much I love my Smellies ).

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This is a BTN weapon system. It may or may not be recorded by Skynet as purchased and in my possession. But they cannot take what isn't here. Try to picture how many locations my desert has for me to hide these in ( not including the flatlands, but just in the hills ). If you plead the 5^th, they must find your guns. Could they throw you in jail if you don't rat yourself out? Probably. And believe me, I fear prison. I fear being unarmed, in today's climate, more. It's already Spicy Time, and all our choices are between Crap and Suck-Ass.
( addendum- five days after writing this I went ahead and ordered another two thousand rounds.  This time from SG Ammo ( HERE ) which penciled out total cost to 20 cents each rather than 27.  I feel a little more comfortable now, being closer to a complete arsenal )

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note: worried about the proposed body armor ban?  A video on making your own plates for $30 each HERE.  If you want to buy your own off grid washing machine, cheap, to replace the laundromat visits, HERE is a video.  Still uses a big chunk of water and watts, so this is for those able to splurge on those luxuries.  And finally, a weird channel a lot of you might love, "The Post-Apocalyptic Inventor" HERE .
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