cstone
Active Member
Would your wife and daughter go shooting regularly? If YES, get a 10-22 takedown and a few extra magazines. Another .22lr choice would be a Browning Buckmark or Ruger Mark IV pistol. If NO, right now, I would find a 12 or 20 gauge and begin stocking up on buck shot.
Keep an eye out for deals on stripped AR lowers. Begin your research on what types of accessories you would like for your AR. Once you have built your lower, you can start shopping for a complete upper. Figure twice what you spend on your rifle for any optics, unless you intend to keep it with iron sights. Figure three times the cost of the rifle in ammunition, and begin picking up a couple of 30 round magazines everytime you are outside of the state. No point in having a rifle unless you can feed it regularly while becoming proficient.
In the meantime, you will have your handgun, .22lr rifle and/or pistols to have fun with, and the shotgun for home defense.
You do have ten functional magazines for your handgun right? Magazines are the weak link in semi-auto firearms, and they are intended to be repairable or disposed of as needed. Having ten functional magazines for each firearm you are depending on is where I start. Having more than ten is just good planning, IMO.
Keep an eye out for deals on stripped AR lowers. Begin your research on what types of accessories you would like for your AR. Once you have built your lower, you can start shopping for a complete upper. Figure twice what you spend on your rifle for any optics, unless you intend to keep it with iron sights. Figure three times the cost of the rifle in ammunition, and begin picking up a couple of 30 round magazines everytime you are outside of the state. No point in having a rifle unless you can feed it regularly while becoming proficient.
In the meantime, you will have your handgun, .22lr rifle and/or pistols to have fun with, and the shotgun for home defense.
You do have ten functional magazines for your handgun right? Magazines are the weak link in semi-auto firearms, and they are intended to be repairable or disposed of as needed. Having ten functional magazines for each firearm you are depending on is where I start. Having more than ten is just good planning, IMO.