Buying a firearm and building a firearms collection is one of the fun parts of being a prepper. It also requires a large investment of money and time, and due to the demands of prepping situations, it’s also something everybody needs to get right.
Every prepper needs a firearm.
In this podcast we talk about many of the mistakes that preppers make when putting together their prepping firearms collection and buying a firearm. We also talk about the difference between buying a firearm for prepping and having a firearm for “just having fun with”.
In my March 17, 2017 article Streamlining Ammo: why I only shoot a few sizes of shells I wrote about one of the biggest mistakes I see being made in the prepper community: I keep reading posts and articles about preppers who have umpteen zillion guns, each one using a different caliber of ammo. “Hey, I’ve got 11 guns, a 12-gauge, a .410, a .22LR, a .22 Magnum .17 HMR that is SWEET, a AR that shoots .223/5.56, an AK that shoots 7.62×39 and an AK that shoots 5.45×39, a 7.62×39 Mosin, a .308 M-1, a 7mm Rem Mag deer rifle, and I have handguns in 9mm, a .357, a ,44 magnum, .357 Sig, .45 LC, .380, .32acp, 9×18, .38+P, .38 not +P, .40 S&W, and a .45 ACP.”
Unfortunately, this situation is all too familiar to a lot of people, both because of choice and also because of guns that they have inherited that have sentimental value.
In this podcast we talk about keeping “fun” guns separate in your prepping mind from your “prepping” guns, plus a whole lot more. Give it a listen!
