I’m a little later than I would like on this one, but you still have time to get to your local gun shop, or to place an order online. Online orders count.
As I have written in the past:
Contrary to what some may believe, this holiday has nothing to do with any political events that take place on January 20th: rather, it is inspired by the classic Ice Cube song “It Was a Good Day” (“Today I didn’t even have to use my A.K./I got to say it was a good day“) and the hard work done by Donovan Strain who determined that the “good day” in the song was January 20, 1992.
I had a nice chat with one of the folks at my local gun shop. Sadly, they didn’t have a lot of AKs that I liked, and my budget has a car-sized hole in it right now. His comment to me was that there really aren’t a lot of good AKs out there these days. But he did also observe (and I have heard this from other people as well) that the Palmetto State Armory AK-47 pattern guns are surprisingly good.
My own personal feeling is that I want something in 7.62×39 (though that’s not as important right now, since Russian ammo can’t be imported any longer, so it is harder to get cheap 7.62), and something that’s (as I put it to the gun guy) “reasonably accurate”. I’m not looking for a minute-of-angle AK-47, but I also don’t want something that just sprays bullets randomly all over the place.
I think we’ve probably got another year before we have to start seriously worrying, so I may wait until January 20, 2025. Then, depending on the election results, I might just pull the trigger on a PSA AK-47.
(In a technical sense, I sort of do have an AK already. But it’s complicated.)
I am afraid that I don’t own an AK 47 or an AR 15. There are not any gun ranges around that you can shoot longer than 50 yards or so. I do have a Mauser in .308 for a long gun.
I plan on getting to the indoor gun range this month to start putting some rounds through my Ruger SR9c, which is my main carry gun. I also have a S&W 3913, that I have carried from time to time. I like the traditional double action for a carry gun, but the SR9c has a magazine capacity of 17+1, which is pretty good, and it conceals easily.
I did order a new holster this week. I have 2 IWB’s for carry that both guns fit, but I like OWB better and the leather on the one that I like has worn out and I cannot reholster with one hand.