switching assets 2

SWITCHING ASSETS 2

As I said recently, I no longer had any Spidey Sense I needed more ammunition. Fifteen thousand rimfire for bolt/single shot 22's is a damn fine Forever Gun arsenal. And near ten thousand rounds ( if reloading components are included-the later rounds will be 7.62x39 rather than 303 Brit, to stretch out powder and lead ) of battle rifle bolt action is more than enough ( and as I don't plan on carrying a sidearm, a thousand rounds of 357/38 are sufficient ). But since I'm adding a third arsenal ( “sniper”, put in quotes since I'll be lucky to perform at marksmen level ), I need to start at the beginning again.

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In my humble estimation, and you know just how durn gosh humble I am with my opinions, you need a minimum of five thousand rounds of ammunition for a bolt action rifle, for the apocalypse. Mainly because it won't be higher crime followed by a die-off. It will be higher crime, followed by a civil war, THEN followed by a die-off ( minimum semi carbine, 20k. Minimum Forever Gun, 10k. Minimum revolver, 1k. Minimum semi sidearm, probably about $3k-although I've given that far less consideration than the others, judging it optional for myself ).

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Since I now have two AR's, I won't be happy at 5k. I'd start being ecstatic at 8k, but I'll settle for 7k. Why? That is what I have in the new budget, AFTER I set aside 20% for soybean meal in buckets. 40% for more ammo so I can truly finally say, enough dipping into savings ( I can always spend monthly, but the amounts are usually in dozen of dollars instead of hundreds ). And 40% in more silver. So, my total money cash type in unemployment savings was $6k. I can live, in desperate total belt tightening piss off the NOL with less rent times, as low as $150. Six grand was a long unemployment amount.

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I would have preferred five years savings to three, but Sweet Baby Jesus On An Applecart, how many people can say they can live three years on their savings? I cut that down to $4k for the Host Fun Project, because I had $1500 in bank savings ( I don't consider money in the bank long term safe, so to me it doesn't exist ) and I was gambling but not terribly. It was pushing the envelope but still technically safe. But, dammit, if I was keeping the AR's, three thousand rounds simply wasn't enough.

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It would have been enough for a Host Fun, because they served exactly ONE purpose-to start fighting and acquiring new firearms ( I'm still burying most guns, but now they are going to carry more repercussions come confiscation ). Now, not being invisible, or “last ditch”, they require a proper amount of ammo. So, another four K rounds, $800. $400 in soymeal. Leaving $800 in silver. Which is forty ounces. I ordered through Golden State Mint, who I prefer only because they smelt their own coins. Meaning NO Chinese fakes.

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The silver price ordering on the Labor Day weekend ( new minions-I write each article one week in advance, so expect time disconnect. It gives me a cushion in case of sickness or travel-as if I ever experience either. But just in case ) was eighteen and a half. Around $19.20 buying my favorite, the bison/Indian head. A fee for using a debit card and requiring a signature for delivery brought each coin to a few pennies over $20 each. The soybean amount was arbitrary, but was enough to “bribe” my conscience. I don't need more calories, but definitely more protein.

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Am I excited it is the dreaded “girly teet” soy? No. Am I excited to have ANY extra protein? Yes. And I can't go wrong buying food, even if I have to trade it later because any adverse health effects show themselves. Now, how do I expect to pay for all this, with the Silver Trade? I didn't need more silver. I have enough for Deepest Storage ( to pass on down the tribe ). So this purchase is for one purpose.

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If I become unemployed, I can sell it. I won't feel bad about cashing it in, because I bought it JUST to cover depleting my cash savings. Silver was already $50 an ounce, just a few years ago. It was $50 an ounce in 1980. If you adjust that for inflation ( at the real 7%, not the fake government 2%, and even seven is probably understating it ), silver can get to $750, and that is JUST on fear buying in a bad recession.

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That isn't factoring in the global supply of silver declining in production, nor silver scrap declining to near zero as most of the metal is destroyed in the process of industrial production ( it is too energy intensive to recycle minute amounts, nor is it going to be financially feasible as most likely oil prices rise with precious metal increases and the subsequent fiat currency inflation ). To my mind, silver at $50 is a guarantee and $200 is no way near a gamble. All silver has to do is reach $100 in today's purchasing power and I'm breaking even.

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That will get me my $4k back, that I spent on both the arsenal and the extra silver. While at the same time, the $2k I kept in cash ( not the bank cash, the buried cash ) is probably going to shrink drastically in value. Don't get me wrong, I've ALWAYS been worried about savings getting sodomized by inflation. Even years prior to the '08 crash ( due to the ex-wife tax, I couldn't save any money between 1992 and 2003. I was lucky I could stockpile slightly for Y2K ). But I never would have had the courage to become self employed without cash savings as unemployment insurance.

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The problem I've always had is when I bought anything, it immediately became off limits. It was now “for the apocalypse”. I'm not talking about inventory rotation. I'm talking about anything I buy it becomes “disappeared”. If I buy ammo, it isn't to shoot the old and restock. It is, simply, upping my ammo count in total. If I had a thousand rounds and I bought a hundred, I didn't have 100 rounds to practice with. I had a apocalypse arsenal of 1100 rounds. This was now my new minimum I MUST stockpile.

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It was hard for me to buy more silver, and NOT adding it to the Forever Stash. You don't even know HOW hard, unless you do the exact same thing. But once I made that mental adjustment, I no longer had the stress or anxiety over turning inflating dollars into hard assets. I no longer was worried I didn't have enough unemployment insurance ( but, seriously, I need to stop right NOW!!!! No more dipping into savings. I left the two grand in the most inaccessible buried spot. Hell, I had a hard time finding the stuff I buried in the basement. Even just a square yard of dirt is a lot to dig through ).

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Why am I so convinced silver will shoot up in price? I guess I shouldn't assume everyone reading this has been following my thoughts on this previously ( apologies for those this is familiar to ). If you look over at the right side of this blog page, every day there are certain books I keep advertised from Amazon. Lucifer's Hammer ( best PA book in forever ), for instance. There is also “Scarcity”. It called for global peak silver in 2008 ( the US was in 1998 ). SRS Rocco Report calls it as 2014.

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That is the Rear View Mirror. Done Deal. No Longer Theory. But, this one got away from me in length. I'll have to continue tomorrow.

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