Posted: 1/24/2009 1:49:37 PM EDT
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What is more important to you?
Getting the handguns you want or getting "like" handguns that can share mags in case of a SHTF situation. I'm struggling with this. I'm having a hard time choosing between keeping purchases grouped to share mags in a SHTF situation or to just say F it and get the handguns I've always wanted. I have a real hard time with a goal of 4-8 of the same gun when I could have other guns that I actually want. What say you? Poll incoming |
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I do not purposely go for a hangun simply because it uses some mags or some parts that are common to some other handgun I already own. However, since I like to stick to certain platforms, it just works out that way.
However, I do "enforce" caliber commonality on my new purchases. If it's not 9x19mm or .45ACP, I'm not really interested. (The primary exception being the upcoming Fortis in 10mm, which I will definitely be buying.) |
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I try to share calibers, but not mags. Although it does suck to have to add $150 every time I buy a new gun. Sometimes I just buy something on a whim, sometimes I research it for weeks. I saw the poly .45 witness online today, looked cool, so ordered it just because-fuck it.
Was going to buy $400 worth of ammo, nothing looked like a great deal, went to Buds-sort by .45-sort by price, scrolled, that looks cool, click buy it now. Others I'll get stuck on 12 different models(like a 1911) and cant decide for weeks, sometimes months before buying it. |
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I do not purposely go for a hangun simply because it uses some mags or some parts that are common to some other handgun I already own. However, since I like to stick to certain platforms, it just works out that way. However, I do "enforce" caliber commonality on my new purchases. If it's not 9x19mm or .45ACP, I'm not really interested. (The primary exception being the upcoming Fortis in 10mm, which I will definitely be buying.) Perfect post. +1 |
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I strongly feel there's value when the shit hits the fan to have pistols and rifles with common calibers, mags, and parts together. It will only make things easier in the long run and has made things easier now. I've bought my purchases around this aspect, but it's not like I didn't buy firearms I like best either. 
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My post-Obama purchases have been:
Glock 19 S&W 442 Airweight Springfield XD9 I carry a S&W titanium PD .38 and a SIG 228. I kinda just get whatever seems appropriate at the moment. The XD9 came today courtesy of a friend who bought an XDM9, shot some 2" groups with it at 25 yards, decided to sell his XD9 and get another XDM9. He wanted $325 for the XD9, 3 hi-cap mags, the factory case, a Blackhawk Serpa holster. I jumped at the offer. |
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Quoted: I couldn't agree more.I strongly feel there's value when the shit hits the fan to have pistols and rifles with common calibers, mags, and parts together. It will only make things easier in the long run and has made things easier now. I've bought my purchases around this aspect, but it's not like I didn't buy firearms I like best either. http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk4/lookyrighthere/100_0195.jpg All 16 firearms in the picture below use Glock mags; 13 of them take the exact same mags/ammo...  ... and I've added another G19 (and a few more mags  ) since it was taken. (ETA: Please don't make fun of the picture –– it was taken, half-jokingly, as a direct response to a challenge here.  )
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I couldn't agree more.
I strongly feel there's value when the shit hits the fan to have pistols and rifles with common calibers, mags, and parts together. It will only make things easier in the long run and has made things easier now. I've bought my purchases around this aspect, but it's not like I didn't buy firearms I like best either. http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk4/lookyrighthere/100_0195.jpg All 16 firearms in the picture below use Glock mags; 13 of them take the exact same mags/ammo... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/HardShell/RWB%20-%20General%20Firearm-Related/glockmags30percent.jpg ... and I've added another G19 (and a few more mags ) since it was taken.
(ETA: Please don't make fun of the picture –– it was taken as a direct response to a challenge here. )YES! |
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I agree with the caliber standard. I have settled on 9m, 45 and 357/38. It's not easy to stick with that though. You have to add in the long gun stuff and then I am stocking something like 7 or 8 different calibers. When I started, the goal was to keep it to 2 or 3 but found it impossible over time.
Maybe I should sell some off to simplify...on the other hand a 10mm sounds like fun.... |
I buy what I like and also buy at least 10 mags for each handgun I own. Since I like variety I know not everyone will have what I have and that's why its important to have a good quantity on hand already in case SHTF. I already have 7 mags for my HK USP 9 and 5 mags for my FNP40, both the HK and FN mags cost around $40 each , but I still love them  . I don't have a semi-auto rifle yet, kind of addicted to Marlin Lever Actions at the moment, but I am looking at the JLD PTR-91  .
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The only other handguns I want are revolvers, so no need to worry about magazine compatibility.
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I couldn't agree more.
I strongly feel there's value when the shit hits the fan to have pistols and rifles with common calibers, mags, and parts together. It will only make things easier in the long run and has made things easier now. I've bought my purchases around this aspect, but it's not like I didn't buy firearms I like best either. http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk4/lookyrighthere/100_0195.jpg All 16 firearms in the picture below use Glock mags; 13 of them take the exact same mags/ammo... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/HardShell/RWB%20-%20General%20Firearm-Related/glockmags30percent.jpg ... and I've added another G19 (and a few more mags ) since it was taken.
(ETA: Please don't make fun of the picture –– it was taken, half-jokingly, as a direct response to a challenge here. )I thought I was the only one who was so sick...... ETA: Very nice HS. Good for you. Just don't slip on em on the way to the john.... Now that is the 2nd Amendment being exercised,
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I couldn't agree more.
I strongly feel there's value when the shit hits the fan to have pistols and rifles with common calibers, mags, and parts together. It will only make things easier in the long run and has made things easier now. I've bought my purchases around this aspect, but it's not like I didn't buy firearms I like best either. http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk4/lookyrighthere/100_0195.jpg All 16 firearms in the picture below use Glock mags; 13 of them take the exact same mags/ammo... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/HardShell/RWB%20-%20General%20Firearm-Related/glockmags30percent.jpg ... and I've added another G19 (and a few more mags ) since it was taken.
(ETA: Please don't make fun of the picture –– it was taken, half-jokingly, as a direct response to a challenge here. )That's a cool pic. Fun is good. 
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