How much do you keep?

[Hovnnes]

In California we've never quite recovered from the dire ammo shortage of awhile back.Reloading components are now easy to come by, but loaded ammo is often still slim pickins.
I had Polish prof in college who survived WW2and who insisted on having 300 rds of ammo "in reserve" for each of is Radom automatics.
He was a cool guy and I've taken his advice to heart (and I'm glad I did!)
How much ammo do you like to have "in reserve" for your S&W?

 

[G-Mac]

How much ammo do you like to have "in reserve" for your S&W?

At least a box or two.

 

[ajpelz]

I try to stock at least 500 rounds per gun. More for 22LR, .223 and 9mm. When you have 25 or so guns, it adds up. About 15 Ammo cans worth, and reloading components to fill them all again.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I would think no less than 500 rounds for your primary self defense handgun. I also think shotshells and .22 LR ammo is important to have a good supply of.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

I buy practice ball when it is cheap. I buy Personal Defense 9mm WWB whenever it's available. I feel a little short because I cannot fill all my 9mm magazines with defense ammo.

Geoff
Who haunts the Wallyworld sporting goods section.

 

[RussellD]

Minimum of 1,000 rounds per caliber. Bulk reloading components on hand as component prices spike up and down.

When my sons come home from college the supply on hand seems to dwindle...

 

[Maximumbob54]

Cast your own bullets, reclaim your brass, buy powder and primers in bulk, and reload, reload, reload. Problem solved. I try to have an ammo can of every caliber I shoot. How many does that equate to? I have no idea but they are all .50 BMG cans and they are quite heavy.

 

[JohnnieB]

Like food, at least a year's supply.

 

[bigshot500]

Several of my friends cast their own...they did get in a little bit of trouble when they pulled the weights off of cars parked in a shopping center lot.

Cast your own bullets, reclaim your brass, buy powder and primers in bulk, and reload, reload, reload. Problem solved. I try to have an ammo can of every caliber I shoot. How many does that equate to? I have no idea but they are all .50 BMG cans and they are quite heavy.

 

[beemerphile]

It may be the new money some day. Some is good, more is better, and too much is just right.

 

[Pigirondan]

Too much is always enough.

 

[410bore]

i like to have a few hundred rounds for a gun i will be using for hunting only and guns like .22's and .223, hundreds if not thousands of rounds....its hard to keep a supply for every gun if you have lots of varying calibers.

i have more shotguns (.410's) than anything, and have several hundred rounds for them but there are only a few of them that get shot often.

my smiths are all rimfire except for one so they have plenty of "vittles" at their disposal

 

[Maximumbob54]

Several of my friends cast their own...they did get in a little bit of trouble when they pulled the weights off of cars parked in a shopping center lot.

You sir, have scary friends.

I'm even saving scrap Zinc in buckets. I don't have much but it may become the new lead someday. There are already guys doing load development with solid zinc bullets. For anyone that thinks that is just crazy talk, did you ever think there would be solid copper bullets? Zinc is cheaper than copper...

 

[410bore]

winchester is even making rimfire .22 WMR's with TIN hollowpoints

 

[nightshade2x]

Just over the 20,000 round count as of today ...

Still going.

Buy it cheap stack it deep!

SOME of it:

Have fun and be safe.
Nightshade2x

 

[5906fan]

I don't count my 'plinking' ammo (all reloads w/cast slugs) and reload supplys for my pistols - but I have around 2-300 'premium' rounds (mostly handloads) for each and a couple-3 boxes of 'good quality' fmj for each from .32acp to .45acp.
.22LR I have a couple-3 bricks of SuperX and/or MiniMag and I don't load shotty ammo so have around 50 buckshot loads each for my 12 and 20 and maybe 4-5 boxes of 'game' loads, #5 on up to 8's

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I have a very good friend who has a bumper sticker over the door in his office that says: "There's No Such Thing As Too Much Ammo!" I agree 100%. case in point... When my wife and I used to shoot sporting clays we bought shotgun shells by the pallet. (By the way, she was the one that first got interested in sporting clays with some of her girlfriends and got me involved - oh joy!) My next step obviously is to get into reloading.

 

[mtime7]

at least 1000rds for per family member primary rifle, couple hundred for pistol, and reloading components.. I don't think pistol ammo is very important, if things are bad you will rely on on your rifle

 

[nightshade2x]

More of the stash...

Have fun and be safe.
Nightshade2x

 

[Noah Zark]

A photo of my ammo stash:

Noah