tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post2592199728390690881..comments2023-09-11T07:29:24.237-07:00Comments on Philosophizing with a Hammer: Where to put money now?Oblio13http://www.blogger.com/profile/08437467759652591125noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-51478233315208867332011-04-02T09:58:11.891-07:002011-04-02T09:58:11.891-07:00I'll do you a swapI'll do you a swapThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-78912903746028086192011-04-02T07:45:51.200-07:002011-04-02T07:45:51.200-07:00SBW, you convinced me that I need more rifles. Now...SBW, you convinced me that I need more rifles. Now I need you to convince my wife.Oblio13https://www.blogger.com/profile/08437467759652591125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-31419954645761600332011-04-01T22:36:56.430-07:002011-04-01T22:36:56.430-07:00Since food prices will increase buy the dry foods ...Since food prices will increase buy the dry foods that will last you for years that you like. Beans, instant milk, oats, rice, or potato flakes. If you grind wheat to cook then buy a ton of wheat.<br /><br />Some other options are hand tools, ammo (doesn't matter if you have the gun for it), and seeds for gardens. Seeds are the only thing in history that at times have surpassed the price of gold.<br /><br />Speaking of gold, I'd rather have 500 ounces of silver before I had one ounce of gold ... just think about it a while.<br /><br />Instead of buying one ounce of gold you could have all the garden seeds, hand tools, and supplies that you need to live over three years in the 1700's.<br /><br />Since Oblio13 can forge for food it's all the better. Now if he can only stay away from knife attacks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-35272885988370719292011-04-01T13:38:29.201-07:002011-04-01T13:38:29.201-07:00Here in Old Blighty we have some of the most restr...Here in Old Blighty we have some of the most restrictive firearms legislation anywhere, yet the top end of the market is still thriving. <br />A lad (20) who worked with us has left to take up an apprenticeship making second tier English doubles i.e the kind that 'only' cost £100k a pair. The company has him filing scrap for the first three months, that's a investment that only a company doing very well can afford to make. I worked the poor lad like a dog.<br /><br />My inclination is that at some stage america will throw up a trade wall and rely on the internal market. In a situation like that your SAKO's will be like unobtainium.<br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-49994372048328699352011-04-01T07:30:53.258-07:002011-04-01T07:30:53.258-07:00I've thought about buying vintage Sako rifles,...I've thought about buying vintage Sako rifles, as I know them better than I do fine old shotguns. The problem with any firearms is that future sales are problematical. There's a big political push to "close the gunshow loophole", which is a disingenuous code-phrase for "outlaw private sales". It would be like not being allowed to sell your old car except through a dealer, and hence impossible to make a profit. Also, there's no doubt in my mind that when the anti's get their way with "assault weapons" they'll go after things like "sniper rifles", i.e., any bolt-action with an optical sight. Not even shotguns are safe. Whoever is in charge of the ATF gets to decide which "are not particularly suitable or readily adaptable for sporting purposes" (as if the Second Amendment was about duck hunting), and Obama's appointee is emphatically not on our side.Oblio13https://www.blogger.com/profile/08437467759652591125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-57648321224156355012011-04-01T06:33:00.319-07:002011-04-01T06:33:00.319-07:00Thoughtful post.Thoughtful post.Jeff Olson ~ Artist/Blacksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249431615241900898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529462943708275214.post-38068962062742134882011-04-01T01:46:27.746-07:002011-04-01T01:46:27.746-07:00If i had any cash I'd be looking long and hard...If i had any cash I'd be looking long and hard for those 'find' english shotguns - but only vintage Purdy and H&H. Rich guys wiil always want them (poor guys too) and they aint making them anymore.<br /><br />SBW<br /><br />Or there's that Facebook IPOThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.com