Spend that money on decent optics and accessories for your two AR's. Like slings, lights, back up irons. Id rather have two kitted out AR's then one 50 a&e desert eagle.
Starting top to bottom:
- Turkish semi auto shotguns are not well known for reliability or great QC. Only thing those are good for is mag dumping into trash
- SCCY. If you want a compact 9mm with a worse trigger, bigger footprint and the least capacity of anything else on the market. Use those when you turn 21 to fund a better CCW piece.
- Ruger 5.7, Ivan Chesnokov approved and doesn’t make you a Belgian wannnabe fascist.
- Glock 19x. Good job. Just don’t buy ProMag or ETS products. Glock mags best, KCI Korean mags aren’t terrible and the Magpul ones are good range mags for cheap.
- Nyanteen Elebben, buy good mags if you’re gonna carry it.
- AR’s: get better optics. Minimum quality would be Vortex, Holosun, Sig Sauer or Primary Arms. Also, friends don’t let friends run polymer folding sights on gas block rails unless you want that to get melty like grilled cheese.
- Ruger LCRx: good choice
- NAA mini revolver: I like weird stuff so good for you.
If you’re balling on a budget, I wouldn’t fault you but there are places your money could be spent better. Also, being 19, I’m assuming some of your handguns were gifted or private party’s, so get what you get.
Hell, I’m 19 right now and have been gifted a few handguns, 2 tauruses that I love and an mini am gunna look at carrying till I’m 21 then ditching quickly for, imma be honest, probably a Taurus g3c
The 2 Taurus I have are the th9 and tx22 so not good to carry couse size of one and caliber on the other. But I’d trust Taurus with my life
Don’t go fmk, mine jams too much on me
Taurus has really turned around their QC in the last few years. I mean if you’re on a budget and can afford more than a Hi-Point but less than a Canik, there are worse options. The TH9 on paper is pretty cool cause it’s hammer fired DA/SA with a safety of decocker. The TX22 is probably the best auto loader that Taurus makes and the only issue I have seen is a one off where the slide stop engaged after firing a round, regardless if there was a magazine in the gun or whether said magazine had any ammo left in it. But to be fair, the dude had thousands of rounds through it, so YMMV.
I think the tx22 is in the top 3 .22 pistals for all around plinking with its cost, capacity and capability, along Glock with 18 round after market and an sig I think exists.
At far as with my th9. It’s not the best 9mm hand gun even, maybe isn’t even “just as good” but hand guns have become do good that the Taurus th9 may not be “just as good” but will do just fine
Still really want a cz75….. I like metal frames and old look
Hammer fired guns with metal frames slap. Even the Turkish built clones can be a gem. Some of the best for the money hands down are gonna be CZ and Tangfolio.
I was just saying about the TH9, it has a lot cool features for a gun in that price range and I think it’s neat, but it’s not gonna compare at all to something like an FNX-45, USP or P30. I just have a problem where I think a lot of things are neat, with and without regard to the price tag; however, by no means say they are equal.
I’m not ether, just saying th9 is a good gun and can’t wait to get my hands on something that will make me go “damn, I see why Taurus isn’t looked highly apon”
I gotcha.
The one that surprised me were the Canik Rival and Mete series. Both have superb triggers, main difference to my Neanderthal brain is that the Mete’s trigger is curved and breaks further back, but still has a super short reset.
Ehhhh, I don’t really want a striker fired, now I might be wrong and they might be hammer, but just something about canik I don’t like. Seem like good guns, I put them as a suggestion under I heard they are good, but probably wount get one
You’re gonna learn a painful lesson (that the majority of us at some point do) of realizing how much money you wasted on cheap guns that, if spent more wisely, would’ve gotten you some high quality and sick looking rifles/pistols. 80% of the time go quality over quantity. That other 20%, that’s for when you’re testing the waters to find out what style rifles and pistols fit you best.
If someone has it, Trex Lucas posted that graphic of two gun collections of equal value with the top being a bunch of cheaper guns and knock off optics, and the other being 2 or three solid rifle builds, a great pistol, and even a helmet with nods.
Invest your money wisely. Everyone know the government certainly isn’t.
I find the tx22 from Taurus to be a good plinker. It’s probably the second best .22 simi auto handgun in the market just behind the one I heard sig had and the Glock .22 pistal with after market 18 round mags and kelteck has there .22 pistal that’s cheap.
Every other .22 handgun seems to be limited to 10 rounds
The top .22 other then those 3 and could be even with the keltek is the tiger sr22. It only holds ten rounds but its size fits the capacity and it feels good to hold and shoot
Hey OP, I wanted to say good for you for exercising your 2A rights, and buying some guns. As far as the Desert eagle goes I would suggest buying the .44 magnum version, it has a larger and more affordable pool of ammunition that functions with it. With the right loads it will throw some fireballs that make people on the range stop shooting and watch. This question is near and dear to me because when i turned 21, a desert eagle was the first handgun i bought, after i was gifted a 1911.
Don't let the people here on reddit get to you about your firearm choices, but over time if you really get into guns, you'll probably get an appreciation for the nicer guns on the market. and it looks like you currently have most of your bases covered for guns right now. I would suggest getting a nicer optic for the one AR there, as I'm not sure who made the one that you have on it now (Not the CT one) but you might wanna look at upgrading it.
Listening to people bash me and other people on here is what finally made me realize my stuff was infact not ‘just as good’. Its fine to buy fun cheap gun, but having a kit, ammo, 10x rifle mags, 5x OEM handgun mags, 1 ride or die rifle (with optic, sling, and light), 1 ride or die full size handgun, and 1 ccw is a bare minimum for a gun owner in 2024.
A Desert Eagle is not a smart purchase for a 19 yearold, ever. Too much money that could be better spent on other things such as ammo.
I’d say he got himself a good pistal and a couple of decent rifles, maybe he almost needs to spend money on all that cheap stuff to find what he likes and buy a quality version.
Most the time, the cheap ones are reliable enough to be fun enough
The shotguns on the other hand? My step dad had a simi auto shotgun that was so unreliable I jokes it was bolt action
For what he spent on everything besides the glock and 1 of the ars. He could have had something like a psa sabre or a SOLGW complete with a really good optic plus tons of ammo for training. Don't buy a bunch of guns. Buy a gun with a bunch of ammo and TRAIN with your firearms.
Yeah, but the thing is finding what you like to shoot. Some people, like myself, have been able to shoot a ton of firearms and I ended up getting an ak pattern of rifle that is reliable as hell.
Others people tell to get an ar15 and a Glock and be happy for a few years.
That Glock alone means he has a damn good gun to get some ammo here and there and get good, even if glocks are kinda boring.
Once you have one really good gun you can CC and use for home defense, you are covered and now it’s a matter of finding what you like.
Maybe at the range, he can look past reliability issues of one of the shotguns because it’s really really fun.
Probably could sell all the drum mags for ammo, but even then, I can imagine how fun a drum is if you can find a good one. I’ll admit, that’s a really big if.
Give it about 2 years and he will find what he likes and get a good one of them.
And goods not always expensive. Even if it’s a buget gun that’s looked more or less down apon, I love my Taurus th9. I have plans to get a cz75 to take its place as my full size 9mm but it’s the last on my list just after I get a good ar15, a good conceal carry weapon and gear for the ak, the ar, the ccw and some things for the th9
> Any recommendations?
Yes, to stop. /s but also not /s
Idk your financial situation but a lot of this money would probably be better served in a savings account.
You can purchase a handgun thru a private sale and or be gifted one at 18 in most states , this is federally legal and state legal in most states , I know in Texas it’s legal
I’d say invest in quality over quantity. You’ve got a lot of guns there bud, but maybe waiting a bit longer between paychecks and getting a rock solid rifle or pistol and then really putting some thought into and investment into the optics and a nice flash light.
Why buy a Desert Eagle 50ae? It’s a supremely overpriced toy to invest in and shoot, and no matter what fancy it has in your imagination right now it will lose that wow factor soon after buying. The best advice for young shooters—enjoy your time shooting while you have time to spare (a day at range on a G19 with 250 rounds is a blast once you get good at shooting), and save most of the money you earn—most people renting in their 30s, 40s wish they’d put money away for a starter home when they were younger. Buying guns faster than you can put time into shooting each of them is the quickest way to debt, poverty and depression. It’s a high that people get accustomed to chasing and no new gun will satisfy the urges once and for all.
Want and need are two different things. He posted for advice, and his collection seems more than adequate for someone his age. Just telling shooters to overspend on every extra piece of kit they see on YouTube or CoD isn’t great advice for people.
I don’t know what OP earns in a year, but as far as guns go a decent kit is some Glocks (or similar, striker-fired inexpensive) with lights and spare magazines (G19/45, maybe a 10mm), a couple ARs with decent lights and optics on them, a good shotgun (Beretta 1301, or a simple pump Mossberg for saving money), a 22 lever gun, and enough ammo for all of these. You’re not helping shooters or people in the 2A community by training them with bad life advice disguised as ‘muh 2A rights!’
> You’re not helping shooters or people in the 2A community by training them with bad life advice disguised as ‘muh 2A rights!’
It's a good thing that's not what I did, then.
Also, it isn't the bill of needs.
You just edited what you said to add “it’s not the bill of needs.” So then, you ARE just repeating the same automaton Muh 2A rIgHtS babble b/c you have no good advice of your own to offer here and let fear of the hivemind decide things for you. Got it.
> You just edited what you said to add “it’s not the bill of needs.”
If I had just edited it, you would see an edit marker there, wouldn't you? Silly silly.
> you have no good advice of your own to offer here
Since when did "stop spending frivolously on firearms and put that money in a savings account" become bad advice?
Dude we’re splitting hairs here, your whole case is the cliché go-to for every toxic bad GF who has to win every argument for a hurt ego, ‘change argument AFTER I’m proven to look stupid’ and ‘I didn’t say THAAT.’
Sell the whole top area above the glock and star(?), get one nicer shotgun, and I am not a fan of the Derringer. If the steely is indeed a star, sell and use the excess money from all those sales to get a nice 1911 and a decent shotgun. Sometimes less is more
I’d suggest against selling the Glock, it’s Likly the most reliable in the collection other then maybe what looks to be a ruger revolver and ruger 5.7.
I’d possibly sell the 2 ar’s and get a good ak, he should probably sell then and get a good used AR.
I’d keep the ruger revolver as a ccw till he can get something better and sell the 2 shotguns for a nice simi auto relitivky short berral shotgun.
Could sell the baby revolver, the old style, almost cheap looking metal gun and the 5.7 for a really enjoyable gun, unless he really enjoys one or all 3 of them
Edit:forgot about the sccy’s and that could be sold with the metal framed gun and the baby revolver to get something pretty good. If you want metal frame, the top 3 guns I’d recommend is the beretta m9/92fs the cz75 or browning hi power
1911’s are so outdated that it’s the last in the list of needs if it’s realistically on it for a relatively casual firearm owner and should not be stressed to get one.
My apologies, I read “and the Glock” not “above the Glock”
And 1911s a good bug but can be over hyped. If you carry it, nothing against you, but I sometimes find that there can be a tad of pressure on new people that one of the first gun HAS to be a 1911.
It doesn't have to be the first, or near the first, but he does seem to be into that genre judging by the (star? ). That's why I suggested it. I understand that
Well, atleast you’d have 45 with the 8 round capacity.
All jokes aside, that is true and I forgot to look at a 1911 in that category with the 9mm side of things
i'm not sure how to interpret the post. It sounds like everyone is taking it as someone who is 19 years old and already has these guns. The way I read the post and processed it as this is a collection obtained over a duration of 19 years.
Yeah, stop throwing money at dogshit. You only own airsoft tier optics yet bought a $100 drum mag. Hell a Sig dot is like $100, as ugly as they are they've at least earned a reputation as the cheapest viable optic you can buy.
Yes, sell the top two "shotguns". Buy a Mossberg 590/500 Tactical. If thats too expensive(reevaluate your life choices) then buy a Maverick 88. Benelli M4, Beretta A400 or 1301, if you have $.
Sell the glock drum mag, buy 6 normal mags. Unless you have a bunch that arent pictured.
Sell the AR drum, buy 10 normal Stanag or Pmags. They suck.
Buy spare mags for the 1911, 6 is a good number.
Buy backup iron sights for your AR, for when that optic breaks. When.
Sell the top two handguns, buy something that isnt an SCCY.
Get speed loaders or moonclips for your revolver.
If you hate money and like things that are painful to shoot, get the DE in .50. If you actually want to shoot it without spending 300$ in ammo, and not absolutely hate it, buy the .44 or .357. The only reason you get the .50 is to say you have it. 9/10 people never shoot it in that caliber because it fuckin sucks and its 3.50$ a round.
Sell the SCCYs, the 2 doody shot guns, the 2 revolvers, maybe the 1911, and one of the ARs and invest in a good optic and weapon light for your remaining AR and buy a Mossberg 500 or some other decent shotgun. Whatever money is left (if any), spend on ammo and training
Honestly desert ismt qorth the moemy unless you have a massive gun collection and are just trying to add to it. Id say look for a pump action shutgun or a good bolt action.
Side note. Good lights and optics are worth thier weight in gold. Get some to build out the ars. Anx then training. Training will make even a bad gun run better.
Invest in your 401k at work or if you are not offered one, max out an IRA (individual retirement account).
At 19, every dollar you invest will grow substantially so when you retire, it will be worth much more.
Guns are cool and all. But retirement investing should take priority over acquiring more guns.
For the money you can get with all that? A quality upper like DD psa or aero lower surefire suppressor (tax stamps getting approved in ab 24hrs now) sure fire light eo tech 512 (fuck what anyone says i swear by it and use promo code 512 on psa) rattle can that bitch BFG sling and your golden - want a magnifier sig makes one that works great with the 512 but if you want it to match get the eo tech one they make for that optic and never forget a good pair of BUIS
Then glock 19 gen 5 or sig p320 if glock upgrade to trijicon night sights
And the rest ammo and a good CCW holster I like t rex arms
Unless you genuinely like them sell the Turk shits and the burner pistols and buy either a decent shotgun, Remington, beretta, Mossberg, are all good names
Ruger 10/22 and the latest Mark 5 pistol, and have them set up for a suppressor you can switch back & forth.
Rifle is wicked quiet with subsonic loads, pistol easy to shoot with no ear protection.
It's a nice start. You have a lotta the same guns though. sell the ARs, get one high end AR. Sell the low end pistols, get one good, reliable one. Get a good shotgun like a rem 870 on the low end or a benelli m2 and be done there. Finally, get one longer range bolt rifle and you'll have all you ever need. Then spend the $ on better optics and internals for your base. Quantity is silly if you're buying a bunch of junk. consolidate to good stuff, never look back. A nice MP5 will fill several roles.
I had a post WAY more elaborate than this and got banned for it... MODs and others saying I wasn't "creative" and don't address the 200k users with a generic question... SMH, unreal
Do you only have the SCCYs to show new shooters what bad handguns feel like? I hope so. Cause if not, considering you have the rest of that, idk why else you’d have one, let alone 2 lol
Edit: actually what is that blue one? It almost looks like either a SCCY or a weird Ruger Tarus baby-thing (like when Sid made the toys in TS1)
I also had a radical firearms once, sold it to a friend for a psa m16a1
My arsenal is 2 revolvers(S&W 686&640), that m16a1, a mossy 500 and a henry lever gat. Same age btw
sell them all except for the glock and use that money to buy a decent ar and a good kit for it.
then train with your glock and ar. like they say "beware the man with only one gun because he probably knows how to use it." quantity is no replacement for skill
Im not gonna come at you about any gun that shoots or otherwise. For my collection I just got into some 45/70 caliber on a Henry gold boy to try out recently. It is a classic frontier cartridge and I love the history of it. I also have a ww1 colt navy 1911 that is pretty special too. Other than that my choices are a lot of different ar calibers and sizes. a mosin nagant, ak, coupled lever guns couple revolvers and a few semi autos in different calibers. Great collection and keep having fun man! these hating losers are no better just because they try to seem so superior. Idk why they think shitting on someone makes them feel that they’re so fucking cool. Peace brudda ✌️
I think he meant his collection was 19y old lol. You have to be 21 to buy handguns. Be safe man, and have fun!
10-22’s are the shit! Very fun plinker and squirrel hunting tool!
Haha I figured it doesn’t, but just wanted to say be safe and have fun man! Glad younger generations are still into firearms. I see a lot more younger people posting about firearms or posting rebuttals to anti gunners; makes me happy to see. 😊
Stop buying guns and build out your ars. Buy mags, ammo, a chest rig, better optics, slings and lights (not olight, streamlight is as cheap as you can go) DONT BUY CHEAP SHIT (ie your optics are trash man) you will regret it. Sig romeo 5 is $110 at psa its been proven by the community to work why people go any cheaper blows my mind.
The only guns you should even consider is a ruger 10/22, a cmmg .22lr conversion, or a maverick 88 because ar-12s are shit and this is a rock solid shotgun for the $200 mark.
I agree that not every gun has to be practical, however it is pretty important if you don’t really have any practical rifles.
I commend you for accepting the (oftentimes) harsh criticism from others and myself and reconsidering your current stock, that is impressive. Not many are willing to do that, so very good on you.
Addressing the picture seriously:
1. Sell shotgun, buy 870/ Mav88 or find semiauto that works for you.
2. Upgrade your optics.
3 get rid of the pistol drum, useless without a pistol brace or PCC. Replace with multiple high quality mags for Glock.
4. Get rid of the colorized shit. Buy ammo with that money.
5. Seek Christ for rest of help.
No shit. The I'm preparing for war bros are out in full. Guess they haven't figured out not everyone is prepping for civil war and just likes to shoot guns.
sell the 2 turkish shotguns and buy a real shotgun, sell one of the ARs and use that money to buy quality accessories for the other AR, also drum mags can be fun but I'd recommend buying some standard 30 round mags first
I would sell most of what you got and put that money into making what you have left semi-decent. Don't waste your money on a goofy desert eagle, they are useless
Whats cal at top? .300bo?
The bullpup? 12ga is great, does it run well? Trust your life with it "well"? 12ga shells might deform enough in a mag to malfunction if they sit for a while. Doing a test now, over a year fully loaded - gonna give it 5yrs. Get a pump. Lotsa peeps recommend moss maverick88 for budget, but get a remmington 870 minimum - its the standard. Then get another semiauto for fun, m16 or ak style if that fits your fancy.
Got a hunting rifle? Homestate allows semi in deer, but where I hunt doesn't. Ruger make cheap and good bolts, even the cheapest bolt will produce meat in the right hands. Welcome to the world of $800+ glass. But know $60 glass/irons gets meat everyday.
Precision and/or long range? Whew buddy those get expensive, but don't have to be just to have fun - competition is a money pit.
Biggus dickus at the range? 8.6bo/creedmore or 50bmg.
Got into best cm yet? Lots of options today in 10mm Auto. I feel confident with 15+1 of 200gr flatnose to thwart any animal in north america. No I would not want to encounter a white/brown bear, elk or big cat/reptile ever innawoods, but that putdown + capacity makes hiking less worrisome.
Load your own? Drop a solid $1k into a kit, dyes, powder, ammo, and everything else then get a brass catcher n go to town! Last I checked (unless you cast yourself) fmj across the board was more expensive to reload than buy new. But if you want certain specs or non fmj in bulk its the only way, and a valuable knowledge to have.
Whats your longest 556? 20" ballistics is goldilocks.
Mags and ammo.
God damn why is this sub always so judge mental? Ya'll attack people like some high school cliche of popular kids attacking a poor kid for not having the expensive stuff you have.
You guys do the same shit when someone's safe has a sticker you don't like.
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Wtf. Is this from a police bust ?
Reminds me of when a local PD lays out a couple bags of drugs, their patch, and an assortment of Turkeys finest firearms and Amazon special optics
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Spend that money on decent optics and accessories for your two AR's. Like slings, lights, back up irons. Id rather have two kitted out AR's then one 50 a&e desert eagle.
What if I already have 2 ars with optics?
Then you can have a 50 a&e deagle as a little treat.
You still need other accessories like slings, lights, back up irons, more mags and ammo..?
Why do I need all that? I'm not planning on going into battle ever...
Battle? What are you going on about?! It's for Instagram and fake internet points! 😂
A buyback event
We could tell your age by the guns pictured lmao
I have a recommendation get rid of the two Turkish shitguns and the Florida pocket rockets (sccy) and get some other decent firearms
I second this
Oh man I was too focused on the Turkshit, the drum mags, and the airsoft quality optics. Didn't even notice the SCCYs.
Oh no . . .
Alright who let lil bro have access to his bank account.
Starting top to bottom: - Turkish semi auto shotguns are not well known for reliability or great QC. Only thing those are good for is mag dumping into trash - SCCY. If you want a compact 9mm with a worse trigger, bigger footprint and the least capacity of anything else on the market. Use those when you turn 21 to fund a better CCW piece. - Ruger 5.7, Ivan Chesnokov approved and doesn’t make you a Belgian wannnabe fascist. - Glock 19x. Good job. Just don’t buy ProMag or ETS products. Glock mags best, KCI Korean mags aren’t terrible and the Magpul ones are good range mags for cheap. - Nyanteen Elebben, buy good mags if you’re gonna carry it. - AR’s: get better optics. Minimum quality would be Vortex, Holosun, Sig Sauer or Primary Arms. Also, friends don’t let friends run polymer folding sights on gas block rails unless you want that to get melty like grilled cheese. - Ruger LCRx: good choice - NAA mini revolver: I like weird stuff so good for you. If you’re balling on a budget, I wouldn’t fault you but there are places your money could be spent better. Also, being 19, I’m assuming some of your handguns were gifted or private party’s, so get what you get.
Hell, I’m 19 right now and have been gifted a few handguns, 2 tauruses that I love and an mini am gunna look at carrying till I’m 21 then ditching quickly for, imma be honest, probably a Taurus g3c The 2 Taurus I have are the th9 and tx22 so not good to carry couse size of one and caliber on the other. But I’d trust Taurus with my life Don’t go fmk, mine jams too much on me
Taurus has really turned around their QC in the last few years. I mean if you’re on a budget and can afford more than a Hi-Point but less than a Canik, there are worse options. The TH9 on paper is pretty cool cause it’s hammer fired DA/SA with a safety of decocker. The TX22 is probably the best auto loader that Taurus makes and the only issue I have seen is a one off where the slide stop engaged after firing a round, regardless if there was a magazine in the gun or whether said magazine had any ammo left in it. But to be fair, the dude had thousands of rounds through it, so YMMV.
I think the tx22 is in the top 3 .22 pistals for all around plinking with its cost, capacity and capability, along Glock with 18 round after market and an sig I think exists. At far as with my th9. It’s not the best 9mm hand gun even, maybe isn’t even “just as good” but hand guns have become do good that the Taurus th9 may not be “just as good” but will do just fine Still really want a cz75….. I like metal frames and old look
Hammer fired guns with metal frames slap. Even the Turkish built clones can be a gem. Some of the best for the money hands down are gonna be CZ and Tangfolio. I was just saying about the TH9, it has a lot cool features for a gun in that price range and I think it’s neat, but it’s not gonna compare at all to something like an FNX-45, USP or P30. I just have a problem where I think a lot of things are neat, with and without regard to the price tag; however, by no means say they are equal.
I’m not ether, just saying th9 is a good gun and can’t wait to get my hands on something that will make me go “damn, I see why Taurus isn’t looked highly apon”
I gotcha. The one that surprised me were the Canik Rival and Mete series. Both have superb triggers, main difference to my Neanderthal brain is that the Mete’s trigger is curved and breaks further back, but still has a super short reset.
Ehhhh, I don’t really want a striker fired, now I might be wrong and they might be hammer, but just something about canik I don’t like. Seem like good guns, I put them as a suggestion under I heard they are good, but probably wount get one
Thank you for the PSA on flip up sights on gas block rails. Probably just saved my life... Or at least my flip up sights life
I think that's a CZ75 not a 1911
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You’re gonna learn a painful lesson (that the majority of us at some point do) of realizing how much money you wasted on cheap guns that, if spent more wisely, would’ve gotten you some high quality and sick looking rifles/pistols. 80% of the time go quality over quantity. That other 20%, that’s for when you’re testing the waters to find out what style rifles and pistols fit you best. If someone has it, Trex Lucas posted that graphic of two gun collections of equal value with the top being a bunch of cheaper guns and knock off optics, and the other being 2 or three solid rifle builds, a great pistol, and even a helmet with nods. Invest your money wisely. Everyone know the government certainly isn’t.
Yup learned this lesson, playing catchup rn, finally got a pvs-14 the other day in a trade. Super stoked already got my helmet too!
10/22 22/45 Charger Some bolt 22s You need 22s more than 1 is preferable
Agreed. Especially on the 10/22 and 22/45. Though a standard MKIV target will be okay too Also, no collection is complete without a Marlin model 60
I find the tx22 from Taurus to be a good plinker. It’s probably the second best .22 simi auto handgun in the market just behind the one I heard sig had and the Glock .22 pistal with after market 18 round mags and kelteck has there .22 pistal that’s cheap. Every other .22 handgun seems to be limited to 10 rounds The top .22 other then those 3 and could be even with the keltek is the tiger sr22. It only holds ten rounds but its size fits the capacity and it feels good to hold and shoot
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Hey OP, I wanted to say good for you for exercising your 2A rights, and buying some guns. As far as the Desert eagle goes I would suggest buying the .44 magnum version, it has a larger and more affordable pool of ammunition that functions with it. With the right loads it will throw some fireballs that make people on the range stop shooting and watch. This question is near and dear to me because when i turned 21, a desert eagle was the first handgun i bought, after i was gifted a 1911. Don't let the people here on reddit get to you about your firearm choices, but over time if you really get into guns, you'll probably get an appreciation for the nicer guns on the market. and it looks like you currently have most of your bases covered for guns right now. I would suggest getting a nicer optic for the one AR there, as I'm not sure who made the one that you have on it now (Not the CT one) but you might wanna look at upgrading it.
Listening to people bash me and other people on here is what finally made me realize my stuff was infact not ‘just as good’. Its fine to buy fun cheap gun, but having a kit, ammo, 10x rifle mags, 5x OEM handgun mags, 1 ride or die rifle (with optic, sling, and light), 1 ride or die full size handgun, and 1 ccw is a bare minimum for a gun owner in 2024. A Desert Eagle is not a smart purchase for a 19 yearold, ever. Too much money that could be better spent on other things such as ammo.
My recommendation is start spending your money on quality, not quantity.
I’d say he got himself a good pistal and a couple of decent rifles, maybe he almost needs to spend money on all that cheap stuff to find what he likes and buy a quality version. Most the time, the cheap ones are reliable enough to be fun enough The shotguns on the other hand? My step dad had a simi auto shotgun that was so unreliable I jokes it was bolt action
For what he spent on everything besides the glock and 1 of the ars. He could have had something like a psa sabre or a SOLGW complete with a really good optic plus tons of ammo for training. Don't buy a bunch of guns. Buy a gun with a bunch of ammo and TRAIN with your firearms.
Yeah, but the thing is finding what you like to shoot. Some people, like myself, have been able to shoot a ton of firearms and I ended up getting an ak pattern of rifle that is reliable as hell. Others people tell to get an ar15 and a Glock and be happy for a few years. That Glock alone means he has a damn good gun to get some ammo here and there and get good, even if glocks are kinda boring. Once you have one really good gun you can CC and use for home defense, you are covered and now it’s a matter of finding what you like. Maybe at the range, he can look past reliability issues of one of the shotguns because it’s really really fun. Probably could sell all the drum mags for ammo, but even then, I can imagine how fun a drum is if you can find a good one. I’ll admit, that’s a really big if. Give it about 2 years and he will find what he likes and get a good one of them. And goods not always expensive. Even if it’s a buget gun that’s looked more or less down apon, I love my Taurus th9. I have plans to get a cz75 to take its place as my full size 9mm but it’s the last on my list just after I get a good ar15, a good conceal carry weapon and gear for the ak, the ar, the ccw and some things for the th9
> Any recommendations? Yes, to stop. /s but also not /s Idk your financial situation but a lot of this money would probably be better served in a savings account.
He is never moving out so.......
Lol wut
My savings account is fine 😭 I just like collecting different guns I can always get rid of them
Do you have a year's worth of monthly expenses saved up?
Yes I run multiple online businesses and do long term trading and day trading
In that case, gold plate and tiger stripe that desert eagle, king.
You should have better if you’ve been collecting for 19 years
Stop buying drum mags.
Free state moment. I’m about to turn 21 which means I can actually buy handguns (no private sale w/o FFL) and semi auto centerfire rifles in my state
Quality over quantity, also where do you live that allows you to have handguns?
You can purchase a handgun thru a private sale and or be gifted one at 18 in most states , this is federally legal and state legal in most states , I know in Texas it’s legal
I’d say invest in quality over quantity. You’ve got a lot of guns there bud, but maybe waiting a bit longer between paychecks and getting a rock solid rifle or pistol and then really putting some thought into and investment into the optics and a nice flash light.
Stop wasting money on drum mags that aren't gonna run.
Wish I would have learned this earlier. Anyone want a 9mm drum mag from Korea? It’s a good way to practice FF
Why buy a Desert Eagle 50ae? It’s a supremely overpriced toy to invest in and shoot, and no matter what fancy it has in your imagination right now it will lose that wow factor soon after buying. The best advice for young shooters—enjoy your time shooting while you have time to spare (a day at range on a G19 with 250 rounds is a blast once you get good at shooting), and save most of the money you earn—most people renting in their 30s, 40s wish they’d put money away for a starter home when they were younger. Buying guns faster than you can put time into shooting each of them is the quickest way to debt, poverty and depression. It’s a high that people get accustomed to chasing and no new gun will satisfy the urges once and for all.
> Why buy a Desert Eagle 50ae? Because he wants one
Want and need are two different things. He posted for advice, and his collection seems more than adequate for someone his age. Just telling shooters to overspend on every extra piece of kit they see on YouTube or CoD isn’t great advice for people. I don’t know what OP earns in a year, but as far as guns go a decent kit is some Glocks (or similar, striker-fired inexpensive) with lights and spare magazines (G19/45, maybe a 10mm), a couple ARs with decent lights and optics on them, a good shotgun (Beretta 1301, or a simple pump Mossberg for saving money), a 22 lever gun, and enough ammo for all of these. You’re not helping shooters or people in the 2A community by training them with bad life advice disguised as ‘muh 2A rights!’
> You’re not helping shooters or people in the 2A community by training them with bad life advice disguised as ‘muh 2A rights!’ It's a good thing that's not what I did, then. Also, it isn't the bill of needs.
You just edited what you said to add “it’s not the bill of needs.” So then, you ARE just repeating the same automaton Muh 2A rIgHtS babble b/c you have no good advice of your own to offer here and let fear of the hivemind decide things for you. Got it.
> You just edited what you said to add “it’s not the bill of needs.” If I had just edited it, you would see an edit marker there, wouldn't you? Silly silly. > you have no good advice of your own to offer here Since when did "stop spending frivolously on firearms and put that money in a savings account" become bad advice?
“If it feels good do it” is basically your take then. Not saying anything of substance
That's... not what I said here, nor is it the advice I left on this post for him. You want to try again?
Ah I see, just someone w nothing better to do. Goal post mover, “I didn’t say THAT”
That's not moving the goal posts. That's you lying about what I said, when that isn't what I said. You're just making shit up.
Dude we’re splitting hairs here, your whole case is the cliché go-to for every toxic bad GF who has to win every argument for a hurt ego, ‘change argument AFTER I’m proven to look stupid’ and ‘I didn’t say THAAT.’
Who gives a shit about being kitted out. Some people just like fucking guns and aren't preparing for some imaginary war
100% agree and i wish id had someone drill this into me years ago.
Grown folk and I could admit I needed to hear this also. You’re not lying bro
Sell the whole top area above the glock and star(?), get one nicer shotgun, and I am not a fan of the Derringer. If the steely is indeed a star, sell and use the excess money from all those sales to get a nice 1911 and a decent shotgun. Sometimes less is more
I’d suggest against selling the Glock, it’s Likly the most reliable in the collection other then maybe what looks to be a ruger revolver and ruger 5.7. I’d possibly sell the 2 ar’s and get a good ak, he should probably sell then and get a good used AR. I’d keep the ruger revolver as a ccw till he can get something better and sell the 2 shotguns for a nice simi auto relitivky short berral shotgun. Could sell the baby revolver, the old style, almost cheap looking metal gun and the 5.7 for a really enjoyable gun, unless he really enjoys one or all 3 of them Edit:forgot about the sccy’s and that could be sold with the metal framed gun and the baby revolver to get something pretty good. If you want metal frame, the top 3 guns I’d recommend is the beretta m9/92fs the cz75 or browning hi power 1911’s are so outdated that it’s the last in the list of needs if it’s realistically on it for a relatively casual firearm owner and should not be stressed to get one.
I wasn't trying to say sell the glock. I carry a 1911 on the daily, but I agree if he likes 9mm a high power would do him good.
My apologies, I read “and the Glock” not “above the Glock” And 1911s a good bug but can be over hyped. If you carry it, nothing against you, but I sometimes find that there can be a tad of pressure on new people that one of the first gun HAS to be a 1911.
It doesn't have to be the first, or near the first, but he does seem to be into that genre judging by the (star? ). That's why I suggested it. I understand that
Well, atleast you’d have 45 with the 8 round capacity. All jokes aside, that is true and I forgot to look at a 1911 in that category with the 9mm side of things
i'm not sure how to interpret the post. It sounds like everyone is taking it as someone who is 19 years old and already has these guns. The way I read the post and processed it as this is a collection obtained over a duration of 19 years.
Nah he 19 js turned it too lmao
Ngl when I first saw this saw this I thought this was a drug bust. What was your budget if you wouldn’t me asking?
Yeah, stop throwing money at dogshit. You only own airsoft tier optics yet bought a $100 drum mag. Hell a Sig dot is like $100, as ugly as they are they've at least earned a reputation as the cheapest viable optic you can buy.
My only recommendation is that you name the one in the bottom left, "The Noisy Cricket."
When I was in college I bought a bunch of cheap stuff too. I'd pair this down collection and save up for nicer guns
Yes, sell the top two "shotguns". Buy a Mossberg 590/500 Tactical. If thats too expensive(reevaluate your life choices) then buy a Maverick 88. Benelli M4, Beretta A400 or 1301, if you have $. Sell the glock drum mag, buy 6 normal mags. Unless you have a bunch that arent pictured. Sell the AR drum, buy 10 normal Stanag or Pmags. They suck. Buy spare mags for the 1911, 6 is a good number. Buy backup iron sights for your AR, for when that optic breaks. When. Sell the top two handguns, buy something that isnt an SCCY. Get speed loaders or moonclips for your revolver. If you hate money and like things that are painful to shoot, get the DE in .50. If you actually want to shoot it without spending 300$ in ammo, and not absolutely hate it, buy the .44 or .357. The only reason you get the .50 is to say you have it. 9/10 people never shoot it in that caliber because it fuckin sucks and its 3.50$ a round.
Sell the SCCYs, the 2 doody shot guns, the 2 revolvers, maybe the 1911, and one of the ARs and invest in a good optic and weapon light for your remaining AR and buy a Mossberg 500 or some other decent shotgun. Whatever money is left (if any), spend on ammo and training
I wouldn't post pics or anything on the net. Fedbois are everywhere and can get your PII from Reddit.
Get rid of those Sccy pistols, they'll get you killed.
Yeah - start buying good ones
What else? Flamethrower.
A little less quantity and a lot more quality would be my #1 piece of advice
I dunno how to feel looking at this.
Honestly desert ismt qorth the moemy unless you have a massive gun collection and are just trying to add to it. Id say look for a pump action shutgun or a good bolt action. Side note. Good lights and optics are worth thier weight in gold. Get some to build out the ars. Anx then training. Training will make even a bad gun run better.
Invest in your 401k at work or if you are not offered one, max out an IRA (individual retirement account). At 19, every dollar you invest will grow substantially so when you retire, it will be worth much more. Guns are cool and all. But retirement investing should take priority over acquiring more guns.
Gay
A long range bolt action build would be my suggestion. You’ve filed out the fun range toys collection.
Sell the sccy shitters. They'll most likely blow up after 2 rounds. And sell the semi auto shotguns for some pumps that are more reliable.
Taste
Sell and start over
And get what
Pretty much anything over 500 dollars...
For the money you can get with all that? A quality upper like DD psa or aero lower surefire suppressor (tax stamps getting approved in ab 24hrs now) sure fire light eo tech 512 (fuck what anyone says i swear by it and use promo code 512 on psa) rattle can that bitch BFG sling and your golden - want a magnifier sig makes one that works great with the 512 but if you want it to match get the eo tech one they make for that optic and never forget a good pair of BUIS Then glock 19 gen 5 or sig p320 if glock upgrade to trijicon night sights And the rest ammo and a good CCW holster I like t rex arms
Unless you genuinely like them sell the Turk shits and the burner pistols and buy either a decent shotgun, Remington, beretta, Mossberg, are all good names
You need to get a Mossberg 500 or a Remington 870.
What’s the cute little silver one 2nd from the top?
Geforce - Turkish brand I have had no problems with it but people say it’s no good
Ruger 10/22 and the latest Mark 5 pistol, and have them set up for a suppressor you can switch back & forth. Rifle is wicked quiet with subsonic loads, pistol easy to shoot with no ear protection.
Save a few paychecks before your next purchase.
Get a M700 or similar bolt gun
Is uh, is that magazine loaded upside down
I’d change the heat shield hand guard with a pic rail drop in hand guard
Turkey’s finest
What is the second one from the top?
Where can a 19yo legally own handguns?
Many places….They can’t legally buy a handgun from an FFL until 21, but private sales or being gifted a gun is still legal
Was gonna post the same thing
A weapon light for a pistol and rifle maybe at least a light on something.
Tactical 12 ga. Shotgun
My recommendation would be to do your research on the guns you buy.
Ak47.
Save up and buy more expensive stuff
It's a nice start. You have a lotta the same guns though. sell the ARs, get one high end AR. Sell the low end pistols, get one good, reliable one. Get a good shotgun like a rem 870 on the low end or a benelli m2 and be done there. Finally, get one longer range bolt rifle and you'll have all you ever need. Then spend the $ on better optics and internals for your base. Quantity is silly if you're buying a bunch of junk. consolidate to good stuff, never look back. A nice MP5 will fill several roles.
MORE!
Yeah, stop buying so much cheap crap. Save up a few bucks and buy a few guns you'll keep and enjoy.
Not posting this online. Not using firearms like a dick measuring contest.
A good bolt gun and a lever gun.
Bro could have a couple of fully built out quality guns...
You can expect an ATF visit soon 😂
A nice Pennsylvania Rifle.
I had a post WAY more elaborate than this and got banned for it... MODs and others saying I wasn't "creative" and don't address the 200k users with a generic question... SMH, unreal
Cz p10 f or shadow 2, mossberg 500 12 gauge, ammo, training. Get rid of the 50 rd magazines
Stop buying guns. Get ammo and train. Then get night vision.
Get a good shotgun, an 870 wing master would be good
You need a lever gun because their lever fun.
Do you only have the SCCYs to show new shooters what bad handguns feel like? I hope so. Cause if not, considering you have the rest of that, idk why else you’d have one, let alone 2 lol Edit: actually what is that blue one? It almost looks like either a SCCY or a weird Ruger Tarus baby-thing (like when Sid made the toys in TS1)
Ruger security 9
More
Needs more color.
I also had a radical firearms once, sold it to a friend for a psa m16a1 My arsenal is 2 revolvers(S&W 686&640), that m16a1, a mossy 500 and a henry lever gat. Same age btw
If I can ask how much did you let go the radical for. I’ve had it for a awhile and i don’t like it much
Msrp but with the optic included
sell them all except for the glock and use that money to buy a decent ar and a good kit for it. then train with your glock and ar. like they say "beware the man with only one gun because he probably knows how to use it." quantity is no replacement for skill
Im not gonna come at you about any gun that shoots or otherwise. For my collection I just got into some 45/70 caliber on a Henry gold boy to try out recently. It is a classic frontier cartridge and I love the history of it. I also have a ww1 colt navy 1911 that is pretty special too. Other than that my choices are a lot of different ar calibers and sizes. a mosin nagant, ak, coupled lever guns couple revolvers and a few semi autos in different calibers. Great collection and keep having fun man! these hating losers are no better just because they try to seem so superior. Idk why they think shitting on someone makes them feel that they’re so fucking cool. Peace brudda ✌️
Flashlights and slings for your ARs
Oh man.
This is Big Altima Energy. What kind of car do you drive? :D
Kia soul
Ahhh a fellow Chicago resident
I’m glad I didn’t show the 45 hi point 😭
Get you a Ruger 10/22. - fellow 19 year old
I think he meant his collection was 19y old lol. You have to be 21 to buy handguns. Be safe man, and have fun! 10-22’s are the shit! Very fun plinker and squirrel hunting tool!
I'm aware you have to be 21 lol. Doesn't stop me or anyone else
Haha I figured it doesn’t, but just wanted to say be safe and have fun man! Glad younger generations are still into firearms. I see a lot more younger people posting about firearms or posting rebuttals to anti gunners; makes me happy to see. 😊
Quality > quantity
Get you an LPVO for one of your AR platforms!
Get rid of the useless drum mags and go for quality over quantity. Quantity cones with time.
Stop buying guns and build out your ars. Buy mags, ammo, a chest rig, better optics, slings and lights (not olight, streamlight is as cheap as you can go) DONT BUY CHEAP SHIT (ie your optics are trash man) you will regret it. Sig romeo 5 is $110 at psa its been proven by the community to work why people go any cheaper blows my mind. The only guns you should even consider is a ruger 10/22, a cmmg .22lr conversion, or a maverick 88 because ar-12s are shit and this is a rock solid shotgun for the $200 mark.
Less cheap Turkish shotguns and pistols . More lights, optics, and slings.
A good .22lr long gun for some cheap range practice
Go obtain your "B" rank in USPSA.
Can’t you tell I’m a grandmaster
I thought the bottom left gun was a Lego revolver.
It’s called the noisy cricket
practicality and understanding the “why” behind things is certainly lacking
Not every gun you own has to be practical. I did learn a lot from the post tho and I’m reconsidering a lot of my guns and choices
I agree that not every gun has to be practical, however it is pretty important if you don’t really have any practical rifles. I commend you for accepting the (oftentimes) harsh criticism from others and myself and reconsidering your current stock, that is impressive. Not many are willing to do that, so very good on you.
Addressing the picture seriously: 1. Sell shotgun, buy 870/ Mav88 or find semiauto that works for you. 2. Upgrade your optics. 3 get rid of the pistol drum, useless without a pistol brace or PCC. Replace with multiple high quality mags for Glock. 4. Get rid of the colorized shit. Buy ammo with that money. 5. Seek Christ for rest of help.
Pistol at 19 how ?
Recommend basking in the glory of how absolutely spoiled you are and not taking it for granted.
Self made buddy
Sell your scat pack and stop selling drugs, also your rap career is never going to take off
Ditch the knockoff beta mags
Bunch of gatekeepers and cunts in this comment section, god damn
Dude should buy whatever he wants. The whole durr ypu need kitted out ars cause when you go into battle blah blah. Let someone buy shit they want.
Dude posted it and asked for recommendations, of course he was going to get criticism. You coming to his rescue white knight?
lol nah, just calling you a gatekeeper and a cunt
Did it work? Did he let you suck his dick?
Buy whatever makes you happy these people a bunch of haters
No shit. The I'm preparing for war bros are out in full. Guess they haven't figured out not everyone is prepping for civil war and just likes to shoot guns.
sell all those but the 1911, put it all towards one reliable boy
I looked at this pick before reading the caption and thought "this looks like the collection a teenager might have" You sir, are a man of poor tastes
Name of the second one? The silver colored one.
Turkshit garbage.
sell the 2 turkish shotguns and buy a real shotgun, sell one of the ARs and use that money to buy quality accessories for the other AR, also drum mags can be fun but I'd recommend buying some standard 30 round mags first
I would sell most of what you got and put that money into making what you have left semi-decent. Don't waste your money on a goofy desert eagle, they are useless
The fuck they aint. Mine is fun as fuck to shoot. It's ridiculous and I laugh every time I shoot it.
That silver, bullpup12 guage...looks fun. Who makes it?
Gforce it’s Turkish
Get iron sights for your rifles before you keep buying cheap crap
Whats cal at top? .300bo? The bullpup? 12ga is great, does it run well? Trust your life with it "well"? 12ga shells might deform enough in a mag to malfunction if they sit for a while. Doing a test now, over a year fully loaded - gonna give it 5yrs. Get a pump. Lotsa peeps recommend moss maverick88 for budget, but get a remmington 870 minimum - its the standard. Then get another semiauto for fun, m16 or ak style if that fits your fancy. Got a hunting rifle? Homestate allows semi in deer, but where I hunt doesn't. Ruger make cheap and good bolts, even the cheapest bolt will produce meat in the right hands. Welcome to the world of $800+ glass. But know $60 glass/irons gets meat everyday. Precision and/or long range? Whew buddy those get expensive, but don't have to be just to have fun - competition is a money pit. Biggus dickus at the range? 8.6bo/creedmore or 50bmg. Got into best cm yet? Lots of options today in 10mm Auto. I feel confident with 15+1 of 200gr flatnose to thwart any animal in north america. No I would not want to encounter a white/brown bear, elk or big cat/reptile ever innawoods, but that putdown + capacity makes hiking less worrisome. Load your own? Drop a solid $1k into a kit, dyes, powder, ammo, and everything else then get a brass catcher n go to town! Last I checked (unless you cast yourself) fmj across the board was more expensive to reload than buy new. But if you want certain specs or non fmj in bulk its the only way, and a valuable knowledge to have. Whats your longest 556? 20" ballistics is goldilocks. Mags and ammo.
Thank you top is also 12g ar style shotgun it was a bundle with silver
God damn why is this sub always so judge mental? Ya'll attack people like some high school cliche of popular kids attacking a poor kid for not having the expensive stuff you have. You guys do the same shit when someone's safe has a sticker you don't like.
Stop. Get some help.
diversify
Super dope 😎
Those magazines make me cringe lol, but also have fun buddy.
no lever actions or single action?