You can get a good, cheap rifle.
Precision optics, expensive.
You can get a good, cheap truck.
Ammo, expensive.
Yeah, I had a little "windfall" recently and I really didn't "need" anything, so I splurged on a Springfield M1A SOCOM CQB and a Sig ECHO 3 thermal sight for it. M1As are over priced but it's something I'm familiar and comfortable with. The rechargeable light I got didn't cost much, I have another one like it and it works great. I was able to get Some Hornady SST ammo before the crunch, but the ammo I was referring to in the post was Hornady Critical Defense. It's hard to find right now and expensive but it's designed for shorter barrels and it uses low flash powder. Another man toy for my collection.
And here I am with my 1916 Enfirld with a M.U.E.S. sight...
That's some class right there. I bet it gets the job done. When I was a boy, my best friend filled his families freezer every year with an old British .303 rifle. Iron sights, he never missed.
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