Interesting trivia note, the bans keep missing strange and rare rifles like the Czech VZ-52/57 rifle, which is a wood-stocked 7.62x39 semiauto with a folding-flush blade bayonet. The original 52 is 7.62x45 and finding ammo is nearly impossible, plus it's highly corrosive.
If you can find one that wasn't eaten by corrosive ammo, might not be a bad investment to have an "off ban" rifle like that. It might be the only sort one can sell as a loophole.
Uhhhhh, an oddball firearm that doesn't have plentiful ammo available is useless. If you think you're gonna stock everything you might need, you might want to re-think your entire 'strategy'
Read more carefully. As I said, the ORIGINAL 52 is an oddball. However, the transitional 52/57 uses 7.62x39 like any AK derivative. They can still be found, and are never on bans because they're relatively unknown.
Uhhhhh, an oddball firearm that doesn't have plentiful ammo available is useless. If you think you're gonna stock everything you might need, you might want to re-think your entire 'strategy'
Thought about it pretty hard actually. 4 K-31s, 1200 rounds of ammo, more new reloadable brass, takes .308 projectiles, have press. If I loan a rifle out I can limit the ammo supply handed out and be pretty sure that if allegiances change the loanee will have a club once the two stripper clips are gone. If staying put 1200 rounds and a reloader will take you far. If traveling, 60 rounds better solve your problems or they may be unsolvable. With a hand press and any supply of any other .30 caliber ammunition I can make it go forever. Pull down and recycle. Cheap, accurate and plentiful. The ammo cost is about as cheap as quality .223 is nowadays. Not a primary battery gun but will survive a lot of bans since it is not a self loader.
I am just glad I bought several black lunchboxes of GP-11 when it was cheap, before people realized HEY IT'S MATCH GRADE!!! The stuff is out of control, now. Prvi is about the same as .308 in cost, though.
My K-31 has a Nikon scope on it now, using the St. Marie clamp mount that doesn't hurt the rifle at all. Perfect bolt-action, I think. Though I suppose the Obamaniacs would consider that a "military sniper rifle" or something. And, of course, high powered.
Also, I somehow doubt that hundreds of thousands of veterans, having fought with an M-4 or M-16 for several years, will be okay with being told "Sorry, we know you know the rifle like your own hand and fought for the US with it...you can't have an AR to defend your family with. It's too dangerous."