The Wal-Mart Rule

Townhall.com ^ | June 30, 2016 | Mike Adams

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I like the very small and light weight Sig .380.
Very concealable.

[Rebelbase]

Mike Adams ulterior motive for this article is to send a DFwM message to all the whacked out academics, students, homos/lesbos and muslims who re offended at his writings.

[IamConservative]

Shoot what’s popular and readily available - 9mm, .40, 5.56, 7.62, 12ga.

If the other shoe drops, there won’t be a Wal-Mart open.

Sound advice IMO. More likely you will be bartering for ammo from a fellow survivor than buying it at Wal-Mart. I would also recommend your AR is a true 5.56 so it can chamber .223 and 5.56.

[IronJack]

Go to gun shows. Most sellers there are pretty savvy so don’t expect a steal, but you can get quality used firearms cheaper than new.

Also look in pawn shops. Be cautious; some of them are junk. But you occasionally come across a great deal. And the cops keep a pretty close eye on guns offered at pawnbrokers so you shouldn’t have to worry about getting a hot Saturday Night Special.

There are also publications like Shotgun News that have classified ads for used firearms.

[Rapscallion]

People often ask me how to go about building a good firearm collection just in case things start to go south quickly.

You will need more than a good and simple set of firearms to protect yourself and family so your focus on guns seems suspiciously narrow. Think self-defense, food and water, warmth, energy independence, health and hygiene.

[BipolarBob]

What’s a M&M AK-47?

[baltimorepoet]

AK47 that was imported from Romania by M+M Inc.

They have about 8 or 9 US-made parts per regulations (ATR 922R).

They have quad-rails for mounting optics, too.

[showme_the_Glory]

Or “The Gun Range Rule”. Go to the gun range. With full ear muffs go to the loudest guns on the range. Buy those. /s

[pa_dweller]

As Bill Frady reminds us, it’s more important to be proficient with the one(s) you have than to be in the gun-a-month club.

[baltimorepoet]

/////You will need more than a good and simple set of firearms to protect yourself and family so your focus on guns seems suspiciously narrow. Think self-defense, food and water, warmth, energy independence, health and hygiene/////

Woodburning stove downstairs & fireplace upstairs. Probably about 100 fruit and nut trees by now, plus much more. In a few years, I’m going to get solar panels, a small water tower, and bio-composting toilets.

I grow comfrey, so that when I get the bio-composting toilet, the one thing the company sells to accelerate the composting can be replaced by comfrey. I have tons of various medicinal plants as well as culinary herbs. I am annoyed at the growing resistance of malaria to Artemisia annua though. (I have wormwood, mugwort, sweet woodruff, yarrow for example, among others)

I also have a fair number of “quiet” weapons: (crossbows, compound bows, long bows, shuriken, swords, kukris, rope darts)

[Big Red Badger]

One Ammo caliber ?

I think 9mm,

Auto pistols,
Revolvers and
Carbines.
9mm is cheap and plentiful.

[ebshumidors]

Have arms chambered in what the local LEO and military uses.

[baltimorepoet]

One thing to consider this: http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/2013-ammo-stats/ If things go south, you want the popular ammos.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I would also recommend your AR is a true 5.56 so it can chamber .223 and 5.56.

I don't know for a fact, but it seems like there aren't many AR platform rifles now that are chambered only for .223.

[baltimorepoet]

One thing is every single weapon that I currently have or will be getting is a popular caliber on that list...

[NonValueAdded]

I just think it’s good to celebrate firearm diversity!

Finally! Diversity we can believe in!!!

[M Kehoe]

Yep.

5.56mm

[wrench]

The guy has way too many calibers. If just starting out, limit to 4 calibers only, and get several guns for each caliber. Once you have the basics covered in both ammo quantity and guns for each caliber, then start expanding your caliber selection.

For instance, 22lr guns are available in both rifle and pistol. Same for 38/357, 223/5.56, 300AAC, and 7.62X39.

Stay with one shotgun ammo (12 or 20, etc).

If I ever buy a gun or start a “collection”, this is what I would do. Buying 20 different calibers of ammo is silly, and the article doesn’t even mention 7.62X39, the most widely used caliber worldwide.

[moovova]

"380 isn't my favorite but I own 2 as they are perfect for concealed carry and plenty effective enough at "normal" self-defense distances..."

I've recently discovered the Browning 1911-380. Been difficult to find at gunstores, but finally found one to "heft". Smaller version of the full sized 1911 (15% smaller). The 7.5" length makes it not as concealable, but the sucker is light as a feather...and pretty. There's also a slightly shorter compact version.

One of these days maybe...

[jch10]

Thanks for sharing this information.