Ammo supply

[ArcticFox]

I've got about 1500 rnds of 9mm or 500 rounds per pistol. I'm going to add more. Do you store ammo based on how many firearms of a specific caliber you have or how many rounds you fire a year or do you just keep hoarding?

 

[ArcticFox]

I've got about 1500 rnds of 9mm or 500 rounds per pistol. I'm going to add more. Do you store ammo based on how many firearms of a specific caliber you have or how many rounds you fire a year or do you just keep hoarding?

 

[2Loud4You]

I buy based on how much I shoot a certain caliber. I at least have a few hundred rounds for every caliber though. I even have quite a bit for the 460, that includes 45 Colt and 454 Casull though.

 

[guntownuncle]

I primarily shoot a 9mm Beretta and a S&W 686. I usually by a box or two of 9mm and 357 each paycheck. I've kind of slowed down on my shooting while I build up to 1000 rounds of each. Once I hit 1000 I'll start shooting again every time I buy new stuff, rotating the old stuff out first. I try not to be too paranoid, but don't want to be left without just in case.

 

[crofoot629]

Well really more by how much I can afford.
It seems to me it would be a good idea to stock up on .22 ammo now before it becomes more expensive. 100,000 seems like a decent amount without going overboard.

For shtf I have less then 5000 each of
223/556
30-06
40 S&W

I think in a shtf scenario a few hundred ceterfire rounds would be plenty. I mean what's the point, how many fire fights are you going to win?

Emory

 

[USAF385]

I used to not have more than one full box (of say 50) and maybe half of a second box for each caliber I shoot. I just bought as needed basically. Now of course, when I find it I buy it and I'm starting to hoard.

 

[Bullseye Smith]

I like to reload and by doing that you can have a bunch of ammo on hand. Keeping all the brass and power along with the bullets you can keep 5 to 10M rounds on hand. I shoot 22, 32, 38, and 9mm the most.

 

[Grayfox]

There's no such thing as....
Too much love,
too much money
or too much ammo.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Start with some. Then get a lot. Then work on more. When you get into metric tonnes... maybe ease back a bit.

 

[Andy Griffith]

Originally posted by crofoot629:
It seems to me it <STRIKE>would be</STRIKE> was a <STRIKE>good</STRIKE> great idea to stock up on .22 ammo <STRIKE>now</STRIKE> before it <STRIKE>becomes</STRIKE> became more expensive. 100,000 seems like a decent amount without going overboard.

I fixed for you Emory.

If you don't agree, I'll change it back.

Grayfox,
That reminds me of a Tom T. Hall song...

There was an old-time cowboy
Don't you understand...
His eyes were sharp as razorblades,
His face was leather-tan.
His toes were pointed inward from a hanging on a horse,
He was an old philosopher of course...

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

At the advice of the fine people on this forum, I started collecting ammo and got in the habit of buying a box of each kind that I used everytime I went to a place that sold it. I still buy what I use when I find it at a decent price. Last month I started a post when I realized that the current market value of my ammo had outstripped the cost of my guns.

 

[perpster]

Originally posted by Bullseye Smith:
I like to reload and by doing that you can have a bunch of ammo on hand. Keeping all the brass and power along with the bullets you can keep 5 to 10M rounds on hand. I shoot 22, 32, 38, and 9mm the most.

Please pardon this question from a future reloader, but are .22LR's reloadable, or did you just include them as a caliber you like to shoot?

 

[acpick1]

An old sargent told the green privates...There's only two times that you have too much ammunition.....If you are on fire or drowning.....

 

[Amici]

Originally posted by perpster:
Please pardon this question from a future reloader, but are .22LR's reloadable, or did you just include them as a caliber you like to shoot?

Rimfire cartridges are not reloadable.

 

[BarbC]

Last month I started a post when I realized that the current market value of my ammo had outstripped the cost of my guns.

My ammo is stored in the safe. I might have to get a second safe because of that.

 

[44forever]

I'm not sure. I have some usable ammo for every gun I own, including the antiques but the problem I have answering your question is that I have the most guns in the claibers I shoot the most so that is also where I have the most ammo. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

 

[Guest]

I kind of figure it ain't anybodies business how or why or what kind of ammo I keep "In Stock". Same goes for my guns. Kind of makes this a pretty stupid Thread in my opinion. But go ahead it'll make it just that easier to find when the time comes!!!

 

[NFrameFred]

To second a previous post, having "too much" ammo is akin to what pilots say about having "too much fuel" in their plane . . . the only time it's a problem is when you're on fire . . . .

 

[Andy Griffith]

Originally posted by BarbC:

Last month I started a post when I realized that the current market value of my ammo had outstripped the cost of my guns.

My ammo is stored in the safe. I might have to get a second safe because of that.

Get one of those JOBOX boxes, add 600lbs. of lead in bottom, store ammo on top of that- it will not be moved!

 

[Alpo]

Originally posted by Grayfox:
There's no such thing as....
Too much love,
too much money
or too much ammo.

Or too many red wines.