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Survival Rifle

When I first started writing the original version here, Obammy the First Kenyan was in office for the second time. This was when you knew for sure that our nation was comprised of the worlds dumbest douchebags, or, the vote was rigged. Pick your poison. Then, all the fools that might have been smart enough to not vote for Barry, were silly enough to think that the ammo shortage/inflation was caused by said Muslim immigrant. Right, because the ammo was pricey and scarce his first term. Oh? It wasn't?

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Yeah, but, you know, Alphabet Agencies stockpiling ammo! Yeah, for sure, that's why! Despite the fact that five plus years of blowing off bagazillions of rounds in the Sandbox didn't cause a shortage. Then, during The White House Negro's second term, there was no rimfire to be had. Because, you know, the first thing that is hoarded during a gun control scare is 22's. NOT! What people simply will not accept is resource scarcity. If they admit copper is in short supply, bought up by China, they have to admit two paradigm changes that are simply too scary to contemplate.

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That first, the “world's greatest economy” cannot secure its commodities, losing out to Rice Eaters. And second, you cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. And perhaps a bonus third, if they admit to Peak Iron Ore, Peak Silver or Peak Copper, they have to admit to Peak Oil. And that simply will NOT do. The US experienced Peak Iron Ore in 1959, and in 1979 were still in denial that our industrial economy was gone. Talk about leading a horse to water and MF'er won't drink.

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Hubbert was telling everyone in the Fifties that US oil peak was 1970 and the global peak was 2000 ( he was off by five years on the global, but there was a pretty severe demand destruction before that. I still call it close enough, given all the various moving parts he had to keep track of ). After being proven correct, people STILL want to dredge up all the arguments used prior to his predictions that have kept proving wrong. Nuclear will save us, coal will save us, tight oil will save us ( tight oil just kicked the can down the road a decade. Thank you fracking, but your miracle is near over ).

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Theory based on proof, then proof itself, NEVER changes peoples minds. I only keep on about ores and oil because I'll get through to a few people and their asses will be saved. Several folks followed my advice on junk land, my bleating and irritatingly persistent nagging lighting a fire under their ass, and I can rest happy some readers will have markedly improved lives and increased safety. I'm trying to do the same with Peak Everything, and endure the derision and delusion of 99% of you so I can help the 1%. My reward will be is heaven. Yours will be a Darwin Award.

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Now, getting back to copper, we should all be much more afraid, now, as it is again cheap and plentiful. That just means China's economy is taking a big squishy, global manufacturing is crap ( and by crap, I don't mean reduced profits. I mean, in free fall, 1930's style ) and domestic demand is low enough that a lot of these companies are going to be going out of business ( meaning, the prices will shoot way up, again, lacking competition and desperation pricing ). Why am I telling you all of this?

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Because it is NOT about the guns. It is about the ammunition. Not to say the gun isn't important. I cover what semi auto is the best survival rifle in my last book BBBno16. In case you didn't follow my advice to NOT use semi-auto because, you know, logistics ( BBBno2, Apocalypse Gun Porn ). BBBno9 has the Forever Gun book, how to shoot a smokeless rifle long after everyone else is out of ammunition. All free at my web site, or for sale at Amazon if you want to donate. Of course a gun is important. When I first started blogging, a Lee-Enfield was $125 ( refurbished, even ). I wrote version one of this and it was already $400.

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Now it is $600. A Lee-Enfield, THE mostest perfect survival gun, ever, is no longer a viable choice, because One Is None. And don't get me started on those spare parts. The ammunition for the Lee-Enfield, conversely, is now at its cheapest and most available in about fifteen years. Probably because no one is buying the rifles anymore ( as I write, Midway finally ran out- after about a year- of Pakistani 303B at about 42 cents, if you got a free shipping special ). Yet, I'm telling you ammunition is your primary concern. And I don't mean, “only buy military calibers”. That CAN be important, if you are using steel cased ammo ( NEVER for my beloved Enfield, but fine for more modern arms ).

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Quantity. How much ammunition you can buy SHOULD be your primary concern as to what firearm you choose. Obviously you have to pick a gun that is suitable for your area. That is the cyclical action you desire. That reaches the distances you can comfortably hit at. So I'm NOT telling you what to buy as far as rimfire or shotgun or deer rifle or combat carbine. You KNOW all of that nonsense. If you are totally unfamiliar with firearms, say, after living in New York or California, make life easy for yourself and just buy a cheap revolver. I'd recommend a 38. Recoil DOES matter.

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And a 20guage break open shotgun. Idiot proof guns, with cheap ammo. Otherwise, if you know your guns and know what you need, there WILL be something in your price range ( due to desperate companies trying to stay in business. Just expect lower quality. Except perhaps Savage, all around ). Obviously, as always, One Is None. Then, ammunition. Focus on ammo, not JUST the gun. You need a butt ton. If you are unsure of that measurement, it is MORE. I really think this is your last opportunity to buy affordable ammo ( not even factoring in increased government sanctions ).

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Because of this coming shortage, from fuel and ore shortages, from governments trying to repeal the Second Amendment through the back door, and because the consumption sector of the economy is going to be dealt a body blow very soon after the stock market crashes ( many corporations are borrowing more for operations than the company is worth ), I'm revising my bare minimums up slightly. Revolver ammunition, 1k. Semi pistol, 5k. Bolt rifles, 7k. Semi rifles, 25k. Rimfire bolt, 15k. Semi rimfire, 30k ( this is for a rimfire used as a Forever Gun ). Shotgun the same as pistols.

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Does this mean you might need to go lower quality on the ammo? Probably. Although I'd most likely rely on reloading before I get too cheap of crap. I've heard bad things on the cheaper rimfire, the latest stuff. I would trust Tula ammo, but do your own research on Wolf ( I won't use it ). What I did on my Enfield was to concentrate on the cases, getting that as cheap as possible, THEN worried about reloading components. To me, I wasn't too concerned with what the case was, or who from. I just knew that the weak link.

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These figures might shock and dismay you. I hope you realize that just as industrial Oil Age wheat will soon no longer be a thing, neither will affordable ammunition. There are tons of guns out there. But ammunition is THAT weak link. If you cannot swing feeding a semi, go with a manual action. If you think it is a good idea, or are with a group that thinks they can survive blowing through ammo after the apocalypse, you don't have any idea what an apocalypse is. Go back to your lame ammo stockpile, slap a FLIR on your gun and count your MRE's. You'll die soon enough where you'll avoid almost all the unpleasantness.

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