By the power of alcohol, I bought a henry 45-70
And by the grace of alcohol, the world will soon be lighter one weeb.That was mean. I hope you have fun, those seem really cool but a little cringe so I'm glad you're looking to enjoy yourself.
>>65173240What flavor? If you got all black ima slap a bitch
Single shot? Better do a suppressed SBR anon.
>>65173240If youre still drunk you should buy another gun
Drunk purchased a pc charger 9mm from a coworker for $475 and now I have a fucking love affair with subguns and might just Sezzle a zf5kPlease tell me not to do this
>>65173240By the power of sobriety you will buy reloading equipment because .45-70 is a ridiculously fun and variable cartridge.
>>65173480Spend the money on ammo instead. Every time I feel tempted to buy a new gun because it catches my eye or it's a novel caliber I ask myself if it's going to make me a better shot or give me more range time. The answer is always no so I set some of the money aside for ammo instead. This not only lets me shoot more, it means that I don't impulse buy guns that I won't shoot more than a couple times.
>>65173240What booze did you drink? Drinking some more might get you a PhD
>>65173491To be fair I’ve wanted an mp5 ever since I was like 8 and got one as my first airsoft gun. This Ruger was a genuine impulse buy but the mp5 is something I’ve wanted for ages. Would be hard to justify to the wife I suppose
>>65173240Fucking stupid. If you're going to drunk purchase something it should at least be something exceptional.>>65173491This is either stupid advice or excellent advice, It depends on what your goal is. If improving skills is your goal the ammo is by far the better choice. The problem is that ammo costs money but once you shoot it it's gone. If your goal was to invest in something that will appreciate in the future buying ammo or accessories is retarded since those don't retain value, while guns do. And the right kind of gun appreciates with a significant annual return.
>>65173555If your goal is an investment vehicle you're much better served with real estate or actual market investments. If you're "investing" in firearms you already have sufficient disposable income and other assets to justify dropping 5-6 figures on a transferrable or high end piece like Janz or H&H. It's like those infomercials going about the price of precious metals. Yes, they saw rapid gains recently, but the same amount invested in a market based ETF over the same 20-30 years they talked about outperforms them. If you want rapid short term appreciation paying attention to commodities, tech moves, and presidential statements generates far more ROI than a full auto lower. Also keep in mind how easy it would be for the government to crash the market on transferrables. The Hughes ammendment being struck down or removed for instance, would absolutely destroy 95% of the valuation on almost all full autos outside of museum quality pieces. Considering the rapid proliferation of FRTs and the ATFs inability to do anything about them due to the wording of the NFA (which the courts have repeatedly ruled they are strictly bound by), this just might happen in an attempt to gain some control over "not technically a machine gun". Alternatively the government pushing through an ammendment to the NFA and declaring all transferrables are restricted to inheretance only would destroy the market completely. You also have to be able to find someone willing to pay what you're asking, which again thanks to FRTs is an shrinking market. For anyone not rolling around with a few million in their accounts (and someone talking about using Sezzle to buy a sub 2k gun isn't one of them) the argument that "investing" in firearms is an intelligent move is ridiculous.
>>65173721>f your goal is an investment vehicle you're much better served with real estate or actual market investments.I've no doubt those can be better investments, but it all comes down to your knowledge. If you're not knowledgeable about real estate, forex, commodities, etc, then it's stupid to invest in those things. Mind you that applies to guns too, there's plenty of those that don't hold their value or would be easily outperformed by something like a CD.> Also keep in mind how easy it would be for the government to crash the market on transferrables.That's the same kind of thing you have to worry about if you're investing in financial markets. Legal decisions and global events can make or break your investment. Investing in guns is like investing in art, you have to be aware of 'fashion trends'. A great example is old-west revolvers. Mulwin & Herberts are rarer than Colts. They are also better guns mechanically. But they're not all that interesting to collectors. Collectors love Colts, and a huge part of that is boomers growing up watching picrel on TV.>the argument that "investing" in firearms is an intelligent move is ridiculous.I didn't say it was an intelligent move. I said that some people do it.
>>65173780>legal decisions and global events can make or break your investmentTrue, but the government isn't going to make a decision that makes selling GOOG or AMZN illegal, nor is there the risk of an event occuring that allows fifty other companies that can do the exact same thing at the same scale causing a complete price collapse. There will always be outside factors that influence investments, but trading in heavily regulated items with an artificially depressed supply has a much higher risk of that.>boomer driven marketThis one is of great interest to me. What happens to "collectible" car prices or memoribilia when the majority of the people who've kept the value up die? Watching things like Mecum the crowd is overwhelmingly boomers, with a few wealthy middle aged guys who are there to bid on the truly rare or unique pieces. I haven't met anyone under 30 at the track or dragstrip that is interested in much of that kind of thing, and guys my age are still a rarity.>the art marketTangent here but I'm convinced art is used entirely for money laundering and tax evasion by the ultra wealthy. It's one thing for the IRS to ask where an extra fifty million came from, but an extra Van Gogh or Picasso being sold by an eccentric South American collector? And the next time someone needs a tax break that piece gets donated to a museum to be locked up in the archives, never to seen by the public again.
>>65173389I’ve been so close to ordering a Henry single shot. It looks like such a fun little gun. I’d probably get it in .308 though.
>>65173820I had one in 308 pretty kitted out a few years ago with 16" chop and thread. Now that stamps are free I wish to revisit this project in actual SBR form. I'm glad Henry went with a 1:10 twist instead of the 1:12 that you also find on 308 rifles
>>65173816>What happens to "collectible" car prices or memoribilia when the majority of the people who've kept the value up dieIt stratifies. The upper end of the market only becomes more valuable. The lower end of the market collapses with nobody interested in it.You're seeing the same thing in the Mecum car auction. Those wealthy middle-aged guys bidding on the truly rare stuff will always be there. But the interest in the not-so-rare stuff will wane with time, unless there's some fashion trend to shake things up.
