Your thoughts... how far can $500 bucks go?

[Anima_Raptor]

Originally stated in the airsoft/paintball sub-boards, i wanted input on what i can get paintball wise with $500 bucks, since i have a stimulous check and some spare change laying around. Yet, as some one mentioned, i can easily spend that money on a firearm i could use well into my life, rather then on an expensive hobby.

So guys, what do you think? If you had $500 bucks to spend on a weapon, weither it be a rifle, handgun, shotgun, or anything else +/- 100 bucks, what would you suggest?  

[ArmasTermin]

Me? I'd get a Ruger KGP-141 .357 revolver. But there's plenty you can get with $500 and good quality, too. Especially shotguns, because they're generally pretty cheap. You ought to give us more direction if you want suggestions. Do you want a pistol, a rifle, or a shotgun?  

[Anima_Raptor]

ArmasTermin

Me? I'd get a Ruger KGP-141 .357 revolver. But there's plenty you can get with $500 and good quality, too. Especially shotguns, because they're generally pretty cheap. You ought to give us more direction if you want suggestions. Do you want a pistol, a rifle, or a shotgun?

See, thats where i'm stuck. Personally, i think i'd lean to a pistol for portability and defense, or a rifle for its versalility, but since i live in the south, shotguns are very popular.

But if i really think about it... maybe a rifle. Idealistically, I'd want a .45 pistol for superior defense, but i'm pretty inexperienced with firearms, and i dont think i could handle a .45 so quickly, so something more stable like a rifle, above a .22 of course, could be a good bet

Also, I shoot lefty, so maybe if there's any particular weapons you know of that are ambi, that's a feature I'd like as well  

[Fresnel]

Personally, I'd try to beg borrow and steal a couple hundred extra bucks and either get a PSL or a Serbu Super Shorty. I can't think of anything under $700 that I want. sweatdrop  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

Probably a shotgun.

I'd recommend an Ithaca 37. The shells eject out the bottom, from the same port you load them in.  

[Anima_Raptor]

Fresnel

Personally, I'd try to beg borrow and steal a couple hundred extra bucks and either get a PSL or a Serbu Super Shorty. I can't think of anything under $700 that I want. sweatdrop

Not even pistol-wise? I dont have much experience in pricing, so i was hoping $500 was enough for something okay >___<

Wait, is the super shorty that shotgun in a tube thing?  

[Freak_090]

Anima_Raptor

Fresnel

Personally, I'd try to beg borrow and steal a couple hundred extra bucks and either get a PSL or a Serbu Super Shorty. I can't think of anything under $700 that I want. sweatdrop

Not even pistol-wise? I dont have much experience in pricing, so i was hoping $500 was enough for something okay >___<

Wait, is the super shorty that shotgun in a tube thing?

There are plenty of pistols out there for $500.

The shotgun in the tube was a Mossberg 500
Super Shorty
 

[OberFeldwebel]

Well, I'd keep the $500 and wait until I could get another 300-400 and buy a PSL.
But that's just me, and I've already secured a home defense gun... well four actually.  

[Fresnel]

Anima_Raptor

Fresnel

Personally, I'd try to beg borrow and steal a couple hundred extra bucks and either get a PSL or a Serbu Super Shorty. I can't think of anything under $700 that I want. sweatdrop

Not even pistol-wise? I dont have much experience in pricing, so i was hoping $500 was enough for something okay >___<

Wait, is the super shorty that shotgun in a tube thing?

Oh there's plenty good out there for under $500, I just have expensive tastes. sweatdrop

Buy five Mosin-Nagants and some ammo? xd  

[Floyd]

Knowing about the Bersa Thunder .45ACP compact model, I would get that for $340 or so, depending on dealer markup. Then load up with ammo with the rest.  

[Freak_090]

M91/30 $70 + FFL fee

440 rounds $80

Range fee: $8

Having an old eastern-bloc rifle, with the cheapest .30 ammo on the market = Pricless  

[Fresnel]

Come to think of it, there are a couple guns I'd like that cost under $500.

A Judge and a Saiga.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

Come to think of it, there are a couple guns I'd like that cost under $500.

A Judge and a Saiga.

That's a tough choice.
...
Spend $30 more and get a Saiga 12. 3nodding  

[Fresnel]

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

Come to think of it, there are a couple guns I'd like that cost under $500.

A Judge and a Saiga.

That's a tough choice.
...
Spend $30 more and get a Saiga 12. 3nodding

See, therein squats the frog. I mean, I like the compatibility between a .410 pistol and a .410 long gun, and I like the low recoil that would come with it, and the probably higher magazine capacity, and that I'd only need to buy one kind of ammo, but then again, 12 gauge is 12 gauge and nothing can beat that kind of stopping power for home defense (or any other common application).  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

Come to think of it, there are a couple guns I'd like that cost under $500.

A Judge and a Saiga.

That's a tough choice.
...
Spend $30 more and get a Saiga 12. 3nodding

See, therein squats the frog. I mean, I like the compatibility between a .410 pistol and a .410 long gun, and I like the low recoil that would come with it, and the probably higher magazine capacity, and that I'd only need to buy one kind of ammo, but then again, 12 gauge is 12 gauge and nothing can beat that kind of stopping power for home defense (or any other common application).

... so what would you do with the Judge?
Alternate rounds? One .410 one .45 Colt & repeat?