Save cash for a road trip, or order more favorite ammo?

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Ignition Override

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Having sold a friend one of my six Enfields (too nice to shoot), the question is how to spend the money. Thousands of rds. of centerfire ammo is stored, with plenty just for the SKS, but I use the SKS more often than the rest (once a week in good wx).

My first handgun (age 58): a WW2 Sauer 38H will be acquired in a few days, and even with several small boxes of .32 acp ammo bought for plinking, more might be needed if the WW2 Sauer is really fun to shoot (?).

In other words, when you guys go on a short road trip, do you hang on to cash "just in case" you see the unexpected in your favorite milsurp gun store, which is hours from home?
 
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I always keep extra money on hand just in case. I seldom buy on impulse though. If I do its a really good deal or something I have looked for a long time (not likely though).
 
My rule-of-thumb: ALWAYS, use gun money for guns and nothing else. Sell a gun(s); replace with a gun.
 
wogpotter: This is one of my definitions of initiative: you save some cash and use a cashier's check to buy an extra case of ammo.
You have it shipped to a friend's house, knowing that it is easily affordable.

I believe in cutting out the middle"man" once or twice. Life is literally too short to be afraid of using initiative.

The wife will never see a $200 cashier's check on a credit card statement, nor any other.
And she is quite aware that her "hobby shoes" and a few purses lose most of their value when they are bought. Luckily she is much more level-headed than most women.
 
Get out and see the world... Life isn't just guns.
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There ya go - drove the entire Blue Ridge, went through many small towns along the way and passed a lot of gun ships - never stopped once - the purpose was to go admire the beautiful scenery, not go shopping. Life's too short and there are too many places I haven't been
 
Invest your windfall in reloading equipment and stop buying "ammo".

For moderate rate production of range ammo, you can't really beat a Lee Classic Turret Press. The press, measurer, primer feeder, dies, case prep stuff, etc, should be Amazon'able for $300.

Primers are back in stock everywhere here in Virginia, and bullets are fine if you're not picky. Poweder is still scarce in stores, but are in stock lots of places online.
 
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