I was born independently poor. We never had enough ammo on the farm. Some times it was so bad my brother and I had to share 1 22 LR round.
Due to never having enough ammo, for many years I would buy some extra, not enough to be considered a hoarder, but extra. Not every time but occasionally I would pick up a brick of 22 LR or some extra 223.
We put our house on the market and I am putting ammo in Army ammo cans. I would have sworn I probably only had a couple of bricks. For a while it seemed like I was finding them everywhere. Winchester, Remington, even a Russian brick. I went to look for something in my truck console, geez there was a brick in there for plinking when we go to the farm. I moved some stuff in the middle of the truck seat and found a 325 round box of Remington's. I was taking some old knives out of one ammo box to use it for ammo, under that was a brick of old Remington I had bought from a Ben Franklin in the early 70's. I also found some old primers from the 70's in there, it looks like I was buying primers for 8.99 per K then.
With all the house cleaning I quit worrying about checking Walmart or the LGS to pay 7 or 9 bucks per box of 50 every time I go in.
I wander how many here would find some if you "organized"?
OH! and after Dad did not have to support me and my bro's ammo habit he started buying ammo. He and Mom did many yard sales and he bought all kindsof factory ammo plus many partial boxes of 22 LR. He made leather pouches and used kitchen baggies to keep ammo in. Dad dumped ammo in the bags loose. When Dad passed and we were cleaning out his stuff we found about 1.5 to 2K rounds loose in bags. Neither my Bro nor my son wanted it, turned up their noses they did at loose mixed ammo. I have been using it for plinking over the last few years (this is why I forgot the bricks in the truck) and it works great. My Son, Grandson and Brother are totally out of 22 LR. The next time I see them I'm going to pull out a bag or two of Dad's ammo, let them remind me that it was Dad's, watch them get the kink out of their nose and give it to them.
I know America is still a relatively free country, but somehow I'm missing the point.
