How much is too much?

[GypsmJim]

Some people try and ask how much i got. Am fond of saying "the older i get, the closer to a lifetime supply i have"

When someone finds out I'm retired and asks what hobbies I have, I say that I like to go fishing and I collect antique guns and outboard motors.

When they ask how many guns I have I say more than one but less than a thousand.

(can't give out too much info)

 

[SMSgt]

I require no more than this:

You ain't no daisy...

 

[max503]

Right now the compromise is a Glock 42 in a Galco pocket holster, or sometimes a Galco crossdraw.
It's the best mix of concealability and shootability.
Not many CC guns are actually fun to shoot. The G42 is.

 

[BabaBlueJay]

The diplomatic answer is that this is ultimately a personal choice all of us must decide for ourselves.

The optimistic answer is that you can find a way to conceal and carry pretty much anything with the right clothing and effort.

The realistic answer is that most who claim to carry a gun over 25 ounces probably leave it at home more than they would care to admit on here.

 

[GypsmJim]

The diplomatic answer is that this is ultimately a personal choice all of us must decide for ourselves.

The optimistic answer is that you can find a way to conceal and carry pretty much anything with the right clothing and effort.

The realistic answer is that most who claim to carry a gun over 25 ounces probably leave it at home more than they would care to admit on here.

I am a minimalist so I carry a lightweight J frame and no extra ammo, the reality is that most of us will never draw our guns outside of the range, even less will have to use them. Train for the worst, and whatever you carry, make sure you have it on you whenever possible.

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. However, my choice was a Ruger LCPII. I feel the .380 has an edge, plus this model is even smaller and lighter than the Smith. It fits in my pocket so well that even mu=y key ring in my other pocket seems larger.

(I don't know what happened, but it looks like I just replied to another thread - it was in regards to a 43C carry))

 

[BabaBlueJay]

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. However, my choice was a Ruger LCPII. I feel the .380 has an edge, plus this model is even smaller and lighter than the Smith. It fits in my pocket so well that even mu=y key ring in my other pocket seems larger.

Nothing wrong with that the Ruger LCPII in 380 ACP is an outstanding choice. Ruger reliability is legendary!

 

[Rustyt1953]

I have a 1st run sightless LCP. I trust it.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

How many reloads are too many?

 

[Model 15-4ever]

Is your wife asking this question?

 

[Shibadog]

As many reloading components as you can afford to maintain your match schedule with extra for when the draught hits. You can never have too much .22 ammo. At least 3 similar firearms that use the same ammo. Spare parts are a must too but if you have duplicates you can always cannibalize. And at 72 I’m not bugging out.

. I always get a kick out of the city folk who are gonna “bug out”. Really? Where to? How if fuel is disrupted? Not many places within a few hundred miles of any city in the eastern half of the country where you can just “go”. Somebody is already there, and more than likely isn’t going to look kindly on outsiders who are not long term self sustainable trying t displace ‘em. I equate “bugging out” to the whole “Rambo” fantasy some folks live in. A huge percentage of folks today would starve to death in a wilderness full of game even if armed to the teeth

 

[rockquarry]

. I always get a kick out of the city folk who are gonna “bug out”. Really? Where to? How if fuel is disrupted? Not many places within a few hundred miles of any city in the eastern half of the country where you can just “go”. Somebody is already there, and more than likely isn’t going to look kindly on outsiders who are not long term self sustainable trying t displace ‘em. I equate “bugging out” to the whole “Rambo” fantasy some folks live in. A huge percentage of folks today would starve to death in a wilderness full of game even if armed to the teeth

I asked the same question several months ago as I was curious where these people go with their carefully prepared bail-out kits that are always ready by the front door (probably other kits by the back and side doors as well).

No one knew the answer.

 

[moonsterman]

I have prepared at home....and wont "bug out" food....I am good....water good there too...ammo...yes....God will provide the rest! The whole bug out thing I get......but? where are you going to? will the HYWs be stuck full of cars with empty gas tanks???....are you leaving your home for a tent in a corn field in southern Indiana?....If your leaving your home yup.....a gun of some choice....and your bible!!!

 

[gym cat]

Sig365 or S@W640 no reloads. I am completely comfortable with those choices.
Jim

 

[.455_Hunter]

Our "side" has plenty of folks who walk out of the door everyday equipped to handle the 0.00001% chance that a ex-Spetsnaz Narco Operator Team hits the local Quikie-Mart while they are pumping gas. They are on the way to the LGS to pick-up another 1000 round case of "contingency" ammo in a truck with essentially bald tires and worn brakes. This truck also has a crumpled colonoscopy pamphlet behind the seat that the wife provided five years ago and immediately got ignored because NOTHING is going up their butt.

Its called false perception of risk.

 

[John Patrick]

Our "side" has plenty of folks who walk out of the door everyday equipped to handle the 0.00001% chance that a ex-Spetsnaz Narco Operator Team hits the local Quikie-Mart while they are pumping gas. They are on the way to the LGS to pick-up another 1000 round case of "contingency" ammo in a truck with essentially bald tires and worn brakes. This truck also has a crumpled colonoscopy pamphlet behind the seat that the wife provided five years ago and immediately got ignored because NOTHING is going up their butt.

Its called false perception of risk.

This post is a hoot.

All good humor has a kernel of truth…

 

[cadmike]

I had a spare 7 or 8 shot magazine for each!

It cracks me up that you had three NY reloads, yet still bothered to pack the mags for each!

No, I don’t think it’s too much.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

. I always get a kick out of the city folk who are gonna “bug out”. Really? Where to? How if fuel is disrupted? Not many places within a few hundred miles of any city in the eastern half of the country where you can just “go”. Somebody is already there, and more than likely isn’t going to look kindly on outsiders who are not long term self sustainable trying t displace ‘em. I equate “bugging out” to the whole “Rambo” fantasy some folks live in. A huge percentage of folks today would starve to death in a wilderness full of game even if armed to the teeth

In the first year or so of Katrina's effect on New Orleans there were articles about how people bugged out and showed up at homes of friends without asking! Or worse showed up with a well-supplied bug out kit for two for 3 days but had 6 or 8 adults with them.

All of America should have learned a lesson! But "They" NEVER do! Maybe the only lesson learned was, don't tell anyone how well prepared you are, then when trouble starts, don't answer the phone.

America did learn one thing from the COVID-19 "Lock-Down", buy toilet paper before you run out. and judging by the baby boom at our church You need birth control or a "Midwife-in-a-Box"!

Ivan

 

[Buford57]

The only time I felt like I had too many guns or reloads was when I went into the creek after a kid. Shed the Sam Brown, which left me with 2 guns and 12 spare rounds of .38. That doesn't float, boys and girls.

 

[Ingramite]

In the first year or so of Katrina's effect on New Orleans there were articles about how people bugged out and showed up at homes of friends without asking! Or worse showed up with a well-supplied bug out kit for two for 3 days but had 6 or 8 adults with them.

All of America should have learned a lesson! But "They" NEVER do! Maybe the only lesson learned was, don't tell anyone how well prepared you are, then when trouble starts, don't answer the phone.

America did learn one thing from the COVID-19 "Lock-Down", buy toilet paper before you run out. and judging by the baby boom at our church You need birth control or a "Midwife-in-a-Box"!

Ivan

As I read down through the thread my mind drifted back to post-Katrina New Orleans. We were sent in early January after a storm that occurred in August.

The complete and total unraveling of the fabric of society and civilization. Call 911 and the phone just rang and went unanswered. Chilling realization that you are on your own. No police, no hospital beds, no residential trash pick up. We saw residential fires being fought with Forest Service helicopters because all the water mains under the street were broken.

We had to drive half way to Baton Rouge to buy gas. Something as simple as a flat tire meant all day waiting in line at the Discount Tire in Metarie for repair. The streets were full of roofing nails from all the demo going on.

I wore my Model 67 and had a box of 50 rounds of 125gr JHP ammo.

 

[M29since14]

Having a “lifetime supply” of just about anything you use regularly, along with the so-called bugout bag, is probably pure fantasy - unless, as Tops alludes to, you don’t expect to live very long.

I try to think ahead, and that’s about the best I can do. I can’t afford to store lifetime supplies of most necessities, and even if I could, I haven’t the space or the inclination to be methodical about it.

As far as weapons go, where I live I think nearly any quality pistol or revolver and a few boxes of ammo will suffice. (Everyone I know has more than that. Some have way more! ) A .22 rifle is always useful, as would be a shotgun and a hunting rifle. But, as a dedicated hobbyist, “enough” is a concept that seldom comes into play. “Enough” is a topic among non-hobbyists.