What Should Be My First Purchase With PAL?

This is just an awful place to post something like that. Now you're going to be out of money and I have too many guns coming in... I should know. Get something for whatever you like, hunting, range shooting, skeet shooting, whatever. Some good advice on this thread, nonetheless.
 
It is difficult to have one or two guns hit all the check boxes. Plinker/fun guns, hunting and target rifles are all different beasties. First decide what you want to do and how much you want to spend on ammunition. SKS's are fun to shoot but are not target or hunting rifles. Light barrel hunting rifles aren't target rifles and don't tend to be a fun as SKS and 10/22. Heavy barrel target rifles make poor hunting rifles and can be expensive fun guns.
 
If I were going to set up a gun "starter pack", I'd go Savage MkII for a .22, a Savage Axis or Ruger American in 7mm-08, 308, 270 or 30-06 (personally, I like short actions, but...) and a Remmy 870. I'd get a half-decent scope (Nikon, Redfield or mid-grade Bushnell) for the bolt gun. You should be able to do all three for around $1,000, and it would do you for hunting anything, anywhere in Canada. Down the road, you could add a turkey and/or slug barrel to the Remmy. All 3 would also make great hand-me-downs if you decide to upgrade later. You can get Junior-sized stocks for all 3. If you want some mil-surp, SKS is neat, or Mosin-Nagant, but if you want top quality, then there is a bunch of Swiss K31's kicking around, and you can still get a reasonably-priced Swede 96 every now and again. then, of course, there is the everlasting, indestructible Lee-Enfield. Oh, and you may want to get yourself a smokepole or so - a nice in-line for serious hunting, then a caplock and a flinchlock for fun and small game. Then, of course, you will probably want a half-decent air rifle, and when you go RPAL, a .22, a 9 mil, a few wheelguns. Then, of course, you'll probably want a lever rifle. What collection is complete without one? Oh, and when you do the Cowboy action, you'll want a side-by-each 12 gauge. Then, of course, you'll have to start reloading, so you might just as well add on to the house for the reloading room when you're building the gun room. Oh, and make a small, well-ventilated area in the garage for casting boolits. You probably won't need a powder magazine right away. Oh, and you might just as well buy that piece of property for the rifle range. Oh, and don't forget to budget for the humidity control in the gun room. A nice safe will fit very nicely in the new room. Then, of course, you will need some storage for all the decoys, empty brass, and other paraphernalia. Oh, yeah, and maybe a new walk-in closet, because the ghillie suit, shooting jackets, camo (spring, fall, winter and desert), all the boots. Oh, and one tiny final thing - a nice case for all the knives you'll need to go with the guns. Oops, almost forgot - a good-sized cabinet for the tacticool stuff. And finally, one small detail - a nice, big bookcase. And when you do finish the add-ons, you should have room for the picture frames. And there you have it, the bare essentials. Oh, the over/under can wait until next spring. You probably won't get out trap shooting much during the winter. Use the money you'll save for some gunsmithing tools. I did mention the workshop, didn't I?

Hope this helps.
 
you have a lot of good info to make your decision here already, but just to add my 2 bits...I decided on a 10/22 because I could easily upgrade it in soooooo many ways and have large capacity mags for the fun suff. I was split between the Savage MkII and the 10/22 and went for the 10/22 at the last minute due to the aforementioned points..I certainly don't regret it. The rifle with the upgrades is incomparable to the initial stock rifle. If you don't want to upgrade..the savage mk2 for sure.
 
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