in dilemma about selling AR...

[gaizka]

I've got several factors that's prompting me to sell my AR and am looking for sound advice regarding replacing it with a pistol but I'm a noob to handguns and actually never even fired one but am interested in what members would recommend- also what is a good pistol for both wife and I - so you, know dessert eagle suggestions please.
really this all stems from what looks to be a difficult future for owning an AR & accompanying accessories , namely magazines and ammo.
should I suck it up and deal with it or make a smart(?) move to a pistol.
alas I know if it goes, I probably never get to one in future, at least not I it's current configuration in the PRK.

[jfifer]

Dont sell it. Buy a pistol. Rent some. Make friends.

[Dirty Monkey]

Don't sell it, go to the range shoot a few different pistols, XD, XDM, MP, Glocks, and 1911. Get a 9mm or a 40, both are great for home defense or range time. Remember a pistol is only to buy you time to get to your big gun.

[autoduel]

Pistols will always be available for sale, AR's may not.

[golfish]

The Lever acton rifle is the Original Assault rifle..If I can't take care of what I need to with 10 shots out of a lever gun then I need to move up to a scatter gun.

[Echidin]

Hang on to your AR. I still wish I hadn't sold mine.

[CWDraco]

I sold my Draco and bought, a bolt action, a plinker and a shotgun. Who cares if its going to be banned. The fact I turned one firearm into three means more then owning a firearm that I can't give to my children.

Sell the AR when demand is at its highest. Buy other firearms with that profit.

IBTZAC

[cabinetguy]

The Lever acton rifle is the Original Assault rifle..If I can't take care of what I need to with 10 shots out of a lever gun then I need to move up to a scatter gun.

I didnt realize Biden was here on the forum.

I would say keep the AR, unless you really need the funds for a pistol. There is the chance that upcoming laws will make it really difficult to get another AR.

[E92335i]

Sell it if you want to fund another purchase and don't look back. Let it go if you are not happy.

[gaizka]

I would say keep the AR, unless you really need the funds for a pistol. There is the chance that upcoming laws will make it really difficult to get another AR.

this is one of the factors bugging me. is trying project how restrictive it will become for just owning an AR and if worth hanging on to it. Some good ideas posted thx, but for clarification, I can't add a gun ( as much as that would be awesome!) but need to decide between keeping AR, or sell off, pay down sone debt and getting a pistol.
Do current AR owners feel confident that you will be able to keep your rifles and magazines as they are right now? guess I'm just trying to see into the future with what seems like a tidal wave of insane legislation on the way.

[CWDraco]

this is one of the factors bugging me. is trying project how restrictive it will become for just owning an AR and if worth hanging on to it. Some good ideas posted thx, but for clarification, I can't add a gun ( as much as that would be awesome!) but need to decide between keeping AR, or sell off, pay down sone debt and getting a pistol.
Do current AR owners feel confident that you will be able to keep your rifles and magazines as they are right now? guess I'm just trying to see into the future with what seems like a tidal wave of insane legislation on the way.

If that's the case, sell it. Its of little use to you now and will be even less if you can't sell it inside CA.

Here's the deal. Wait it out just a bit longer. See what Brown and the gungrabbers are going to do. You will probably have your time table in a few weeks.

If the panic starts up, sell it when supply quickly drys up. That will take a few weeks. Buy a replacement non-banned rifle or Shotgun and a pistol you both can use and still have money left to pay down debt.

If there is no panic, then sell it for the same and live with the debt.

Do not sell it to pay down debt. That is where people have regret, when they sell a item and get nothing substantial to replace it.

Selling something and getting nothing in return leaves you wanting something. Never control your debt by selling items. That leads to bankruptcy for most people.

[oldtwoar]

I must say I'm thinking similar thoughts. Even without the upcoming legislation I feel like a bullet buttoned AR-15 is a neutered platform. Without easy magazine change my GI M-1 Carbine is in many ways a more effective weapons platform. And I have a hankering for a reproduction 1873 Winchester which probably has something to do with liking Jimmy Stewart westerns.

Anyway handguns. For me I find handguns are much more "personal" than rifles. What works for one person won't work for another. You really need to go down to a range that rents and try out various alternatives. In my case I thought I was likely to end up with either a S&W 686 revolver or one of the 1911 versions. It turned out that for me a 9mm Glock was the best. This was a surprise for me as I was not favorable disposed to Glocks when I started the evaluation process. I still think the Glock is not a pretty gun but for me it was the best shooter. And I would not have discovered that if I hadn't tried one out as a rental.

[CWDraco]

I must say I'm thinking similar thoughts. Even without the upcoming legislation I feel like a bullet buttoned AR-15 is a neutered platform. Without easy magazine change my GI M-1 Carbine is in many ways a more effective weapons platform. And I have a hankering for a reproduction 1873 Winchester which probably has something to do with liking Jimmy Stewart westerns.

Anyway handguns. For me I find handguns are much more "personal" than rifles. What works for one person won't work for another. You really need to go down to a range that rents and try out various alternatives. In my case I thought I was likely to end up with either a S&W 686 revolver or one of the 1911 versions. It turned out that for me a 9mm Glock was the best. This was a surprise for me as I was not favorable disposed to Glocks when I started the evaluation process. I still think the Glock is not a pretty gun but for me it was the best shooter. And I would not have discovered that if I hadn't tried one out as a rental.

We must be brothers. Same here. I was a wheel guy for years. I hated semiautos especially 1911s. Colt Pythons, Dan Wessons and Rugers were my guns. I then tried a friends Glock 17. I tried to make fun of it, but it was obvious the gun fit me. I could point shoot the Glock better then I could aim my 357. Its that dam horrible trigger on a Glock, for some reason it corrects my bad aim

[voiceofreason]

Check out Glock 17 & 19 in 9mm (would recommend the 19)

Smith & Wesson M&P in 9mm full size and compact (would recommend the full size)

If you must go .40, then go with the M&P over a Glock

[gaizka]

If that's the case, sell it. Its of little use to you now and will be even less if you can't sell it inside CA.

Here's the deal. Wait it out just a bit longer. See what Brown and the gungrabbers are going to do. You will probably have your time table in a few weeks.

If the panic starts up, sell it when supply quickly drys up. That will take a few weeks. Buy a replacement non-banned rifle or Shotgun and a pistol you both can use and still have money left to pay down debt.

If there is no panic, then sell it for the same and live with the debt.

Do not sell it to pay down debt. That is where people have regret, when they sell a item and get nothing substantial to replace it.

Selling something and getting nothing in return leaves you wanting something. Never control your debt by selling items. That leads to bankruptcy for most people.

wow that's a succinct explanation that has put me straight!

thank you and especially the advise on paying down debt by selling stuff.
I will hold onto to it and lets see where this crazy state ends up with gun control.