Question if i may ? Do you know what you have and where you have them stashed.

[Ingramite]

I have holsters and grips scattered like a mad woman's spit.
I still search for things I sold off 20 years ago.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Yes and yes. Most of them.

 

[NYlakesider]

My regular guns have adequate supply of ammo available.

My 32.40 (made late 1890s) I have about 60 rounds in the ammo can. Some of it the early 1900s made and 40 rounds of the more modern John Wayne ammo!

As long as I have a gun I like to have some ammo available.

 

[djohns6]

I know what I have and where it is . Guns and ammo .

 

[kozmic]

My wife and I recently did an ammo survey. She quit when I kept producing boxes of stuff long after she declared us "done".

 

[pharmer]

I have one safe, everything fits. I have a primary carry gun, I know where it is at all times. I have 2 ammo dumps, know where they are and have an "approximate inventory." Big fan of keeping "it" simple. Joe

 

[TXBryan]

Inventory tracking

I keep an xcel spreadsheet that contains entries for all the firearms in the inventory and it includes a brief description of the firearm and the serial number. Accessories such as optics are also recorded including their serial numbers, if they have them. Also included for each entry is my best, annually updated, estimate of the retail value of each item. I think this references the old joke about my wife selling my guns for what I told her I paid for them after I'm gone.

I also keep a much more detailed inventory word doc that lists each and every firearm. This list is by firearm type and includes a description of the firearm, sometimes a little history, personal comments, and all the pertinent specs on each firearm.

What neither of these includes is a location indicator. I have, on rare occasion, temporarily misplaced a firearm among the various secure storage locations.

It's the kind of thing I could never have imagined 25 or 30 years ago. And this phenomenon is hardly unique to firearms in my domain.

Bryan

 

[old bear]

As I don't have as many firearms as I once did, I know were all my firearms are; most are stored in a very secure locker. I keep a ready(loaded) firearm on each level of the house. I damn well know where those are.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Lost a Buckmark once.........We were going off so I open the linen closet and shoved it into the pile of folded towels and forgot about it. The next time I wanted it it wasn't in the safe or anywhere to be found. Couldn't remember where I put it. Couple of weeks later wife ask why was there a pistol in the linen closet?......WHEW!......Got it back.

Once when loading the little bambino's and their stuff in the car......I laid my pistol up on the roof........Forgot about it......Drove off......Heard a THUMP on the trunk.......MY PISTOL!!!!.......Thankfully it happened in the yard and not at 60mph.

Sorta sure I know what I have..........Sometimes when sitting in a waiting room waiting om a doctor or such.........I make mental list...Gets interesting when I run out of fingers and toes.

 

[BKLooney]

All firearms are always accounted for, ammunition is accounted for within about +/- 2%.

 

[Retired W4]

I'll get organized one of these days. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

 

[djohns6]

I bought one of those old school " bound books " from Brownell's a number of years ago . It's the same book you used to see at a gun dealer back in the day . I much prefer a hard copy of my firearms records over an electronic one . Everybody has their own preference . I don't keep a inventory of my ammo . I can see what I need to know .

 

[jbull380]

I shoot ammo, I don't document it. Not around long enough except for the stuff I shoot on rare occasions and I don't keep enough of that to worry about. 9mm. .223 .308 and 12 ga I keep 100s or thousands of rounds but it is cycled in and out.
I do keep a record of firearms for insurance purposes.

 

[robrossk]

I have a very accurate list. And recently moved my ammo so did a complete inventory. So yes and yes.

 

[Smoke]

I own less than 10 guns. Nine of them are locked up, the 10th is on my dresser. I have an approximate idea of how much ammunition I have

 

[Rustyt1953]

I own less than 10 guns. Nine of them are locked up, the 10th is on my dresser. I have an approximate idea of how much ammunition I have

Same story here. I recently gave my S-I-L a 4506, a 6906 and a 1911as I rarely shot them.

I now have six that reside in the safe with one left out for carry/nightstand duty.

I keep my ammo in ammo cases labeled by caliber (.22lr, .380 and 9mm).

If I have to grunt to lift any of those cases then I know I have enough ammo.

 

[JohnHL]

Guns? Yes.

Ammo? Pretty much.

Parts and accessories? Mostly...

John

 

[MaricopaKid]

I have several weapons and ammo stashed around the homestead. My youngest brother (RIP) had many issues in his short life. I once asked him if he had any regrets. He replied, "Never hide your stash when you're toasted!"

 

[raljr1]

I keep an accurate spreadsheet of the firearms and a sheet with ammo and components. The firearm sheet is always accurate, the ammo sheet probably much less so. Recounting everything after an outing does not always happen.

 

[delcrossv]

Ammo policy conforms to what I call the Swiss Reserve.
Part inspired by how the Swiss ran shop with the civilian militia ... and part a friends wiseassed remark about how 200 rounds of ammo was the same as being out of ammo.

so, for any arm, there is 200 rounds that will never be fired in peacetime.
Added to this, is that quantity that represents the largest blastathon session you have had with that arm, multiplied by two.
This will be the minimum stock on hand for any given arm.
The idea is to have ammo sufficient to enjoy ones arms without undue urgency to restock. Should life go sideways, the absolute worst case will be 200 rounds per weapon going in.

I've had two of my kids blow through more than that in 1 hour at the range.

Never should have shown them that mag loader.