"Do you think I should buy an American made bolt action rifle?"
Well, there are worse things you could do with your money. However, my favorite bolt action rifle was a Japanese Arisaka 6.5mm that shot 1/4 minute of angle groups. Also, in an economic crash I would rather have a semiauto, or even select fire weapon to defend lives and property with. And you don't have to buy them anymore, because if you have a 3D printer you can print most of the firearm, and then using a bucket of salt water and a 12v car battery you can rifle a steel tube to make a barrel. Modern technology is amazing!
While it's true you can buy better weapons, and ammunition, depending on how long, and how hard, the economy is depressed that may be something you can only do once, and investing in the capacity to make your own will more make you a wealthy man the longer and harder such depression proceeds. That would be a good investment.
Nice things about the Urutau would fill pages, but it was designed with home production in mind and requires no welding or machining to make the bolt, which is the heart of a semiauto. Anyway, even a store bought semiauto you can shoot well is better for home defense than a bolt action, even if you lived in a castle with arrow slits from which you could fire at a distance across a moat at your home invaders. A shotgun, either pump or auto, would be a far better weapons in the hallway of an apartment building, IMO.
Bolt action rifles are best at accuracy, which makes them good for hunting, and isn't very important in a hallway or at the door. Nice thing about a 12 gauge shotty is that you can miss with 8 pellets and still get the job done.
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