How much ammo to keep on hand?

[rburg]

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i did not know one could have that much ammo or different calibers in the same place at the same time...
i tire just thinking about it...

You're just lazy. You sound just like my sons!

 

[tork'd]

You're just lazy. You sound just like my sons!

thanx dad...................

 

[Fishslayer]

Try to have enough ammo on-hand that you open a can and say, "I don't remember buyin' that !?!"

Pulled out a can from under the bed once & found among other things a tub with 250-ish rounds of .357 handloads I'd completely forgotten about.

 

[1HAWKEYE]

Aw you made me lose count In short at least 500 to 1000 per gun & if your kids also shoot 10,000 .22lr.

 

[Dave_n]

The general consensus seems to be "not enough". Since I do own a number of "oddball" calibre revolvers (think 0.455 Webley and 32-20 revolver), plus a few that require 30 Mauser (semi-autos) I do have a reasonable number of heads and cases. Plus a reasonable number of other calibres that are a little more modern. Numbers? I ran out of fingers to count them on quite a few years ago. Dave_n

 

[ladyT]

The only way to tell if you have enough ammo is if the floor buckles or the foundation starts to crack. Till then you dimply dont have enough ammo.

 

[thndrchiken]

I'll put it this way, I have enough to last for about a year of heavy shooting and the ability to reproduce the same for the next four years should the need arise. I'm still not done prepping.

 

[duppie]

With talk of another ammo shortage come election time, I was wondering how much ammo you guys keep around. Do you stock up on fmj or sd or both? Was the shortage last election sd, fmj, or both? I have a couple hundred fmj sitting around, but I'm not sure if that's enough. How much of sd and fmj ammo do you guys keep around? Thanks!
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I only stock 3 calibers and try not to get below 5000 rounds in 9mm,1000 in .38 and another 500 in .357......... Now mind you I did say try.