Hi,
My first post on the forum here, thanks in advance for your .02. Tried to go poking around on here a few times and at work they have any gun related sites blocked.
I'm not new to gun ownership but may as well be. Was introduced by a friends dad who was a vet and taught the basics, had a bunch as a kid, shot a lot, got rid of them before college, and always meant to at least own a few since but never did.
Now every time I see some new anti-gun rhetoric or legislation by politicians I feel like I should've gone and bought a few years ago. Anyway so this is purchase #1.
Step 1 is I want a .22 semi auto rifle that takes a clip of some capacity (seems everything is 25 rounds now instead of 50, probably some government BS, fine that works).. It should be of reasonable quality, reasonable cost, and it's gotta have a folding stock (and pistol grip sort of thing, something that is meant to be shot folded, not just stored). I'm in NH, so not a state with too much trouble as far as the basics of whats OK to own.
The purpose of this purchase if I'm going to shoot I like not having to wear ear protection, and it's cheap. Then basically my sentiments are if it really went to hell and I had to pick what to take and leave my home due to natural or unnatural disaster, I'd rather stuff a .22 rifle folded up in a backpack w/ 1000 rounds, that is compact enough for indoors or outdoors, and enough to hunt & ward off average riff raff, versus lugging around a heavier weapon & less rounds of heavier ammo.
So back when I was 15 I had Ruger 10/22 w/ a folding stock I added on. That was pretty good for what I want, I did not take good care of it and it performed fine... I'd like to keep this < $400. What I wonder is if I should go that route again, buy the 10/22 carbine & change the stock (stock recommendations if so?).. Or should I consider going w/ some other Ruger 10/22 that just comes this way? Or something else that's cheap like a Mossberg 715T ? Or another model?
What about buying used, should I consider that? Then if so what would I expeect to pay? I don't quite want to put up the cash for an SR22 but that would seem kinda nice for my purposes. It need not be an AR replica, just needs to be of decent quality w/ the folding stock and something that takes clips. OK that's long and enough - thanks in advance for your advice & ideas!
Jon
My first post on the forum here, thanks in advance for your .02. Tried to go poking around on here a few times and at work they have any gun related sites blocked.
I'm not new to gun ownership but may as well be. Was introduced by a friends dad who was a vet and taught the basics, had a bunch as a kid, shot a lot, got rid of them before college, and always meant to at least own a few since but never did.
Now every time I see some new anti-gun rhetoric or legislation by politicians I feel like I should've gone and bought a few years ago. Anyway so this is purchase #1.
Step 1 is I want a .22 semi auto rifle that takes a clip of some capacity (seems everything is 25 rounds now instead of 50, probably some government BS, fine that works).. It should be of reasonable quality, reasonable cost, and it's gotta have a folding stock (and pistol grip sort of thing, something that is meant to be shot folded, not just stored). I'm in NH, so not a state with too much trouble as far as the basics of whats OK to own.
The purpose of this purchase if I'm going to shoot I like not having to wear ear protection, and it's cheap. Then basically my sentiments are if it really went to hell and I had to pick what to take and leave my home due to natural or unnatural disaster, I'd rather stuff a .22 rifle folded up in a backpack w/ 1000 rounds, that is compact enough for indoors or outdoors, and enough to hunt & ward off average riff raff, versus lugging around a heavier weapon & less rounds of heavier ammo.
So back when I was 15 I had Ruger 10/22 w/ a folding stock I added on. That was pretty good for what I want, I did not take good care of it and it performed fine... I'd like to keep this < $400. What I wonder is if I should go that route again, buy the 10/22 carbine & change the stock (stock recommendations if so?).. Or should I consider going w/ some other Ruger 10/22 that just comes this way? Or something else that's cheap like a Mossberg 715T ? Or another model?
What about buying used, should I consider that? Then if so what would I expeect to pay? I don't quite want to put up the cash for an SR22 but that would seem kinda nice for my purposes. It need not be an AR replica, just needs to be of decent quality w/ the folding stock and something that takes clips. OK that's long and enough - thanks in advance for your advice & ideas!
Jon