Target Ammo- How much is enough?

[J274895]

So between what my brother gave me recently, and what I've managed to cobble together by piecemeal purchases here & there, I realized that I've managed to squirrel away about 1000 rounds so far.

Something tells me I should just keep buying when I rarely find the stuff. What say ye?

 

[J274895]

So between what my brother gave me recently, and what I've managed to cobble together by piecemeal purchases here & there, I realized that I've managed to squirrel away about 1000 rounds so far.

Something tells me I should just keep buying when I rarely find the stuff. What say ye?

 

[GatorFarmer]

I don't know. A thousand rounds of what? That's one decent size ammo can full of 5.56mm or two bricks of .22LR.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I am down to 1,000 rounds of 357, fortunately I have plenty of 38 special...

 

[cshoff]

Originally posted by Ironbar:
So between what my brother gave me recently, and what I've managed to cobble together by piecemeal purchases here & there, I realized that I've managed to squirrel away about 1000 rounds so far.

Something tells me I should just keep buying when I rarely find the stuff. What say ye?

Let's see.........1000 rounds lasts Todd Jarrett just over 10 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...gQMY&feature=related

On a more serious note, you can get a lot of good, useful training out of 50 - 100 rounds if you use it wisely. I'd just buy more as you find it, but don't be afraid to train with a box or two every now and then.

 

[J274895]

Well, one thing's for sure, I need to find a range situation where I can bring my own ammo.

The range where I shoot now makes you buy their ammo which is that awful Blazer CCI aluminum stuff. That is some seriously dirty ammo. Leaves tons of residue on my pistols after using it. Yuck.

 

[44forever]

You mean everybody can't shoot in their back yard? I knew there was a good reason I live in a rural area.

 

[photoman]

Originally posted by Ironbar:
Well, one thing's for sure, I need to find a range situation where I can bring my own ammo.

The range where I shoot now makes you buy their ammo...

Brother...you need to find a new place to shoot.

To answer the question, 1000 rounds would last me three to four trips to the range. That's not much.

Be sure to consider reloading or, at least, have someone like Mastercast reload your old brass. You'll save a lot of money!

 

[38-44HD45]

There is no such thing as "enough."

 

[animalmother]

+ 10 on what 38-44HD45 said. I have the following and would like at least double what I have:

22 LR
Federal Match (11 x 325) 3575
Federal Bulk (2 x 550) 1100
Eley Target (12 x 50) 600
CCI Green Tag (5 x 100) 500
CCI Standard (1 x 100) 100
Total: 5875

380 ACP
PMC (35 x 50) 1750
American Eagle (15 x 50) 750
Buffalo Bore (3 x 20) 60
Corbon Powerball (2 x 20) 40
Magtech Guard Gold (1 x 20) 20
Total: 2620

9mm
Remington UMC (22 x 50) 1100
PMC (20 x 50) 1000
Win USA (7 x 100) 700
Win Winclean (10 x 50) 500
CCI Blazer (10 x 50) 500
Corbon (4 x 50) 200
Federal Nyclad (1 x 50) 50
Total: 4050

38 Special
Remington UMC (90 x 50) 4500
CCI Blazer (36 x 50) 1800
CCI Lawman (16 x 50) 800
Rem UMC Leadless (12 x 50) 600
Magtech Guard Gold (1 x 20) 20
Total: 7720


357 Magnum
American Eagle (4 x 50) 200
Remington (4 x 50) 200
J&J (3 x 50) 150
GA Arms (2 x 50) 100
Federal 125gr (1 x 50) 50
Remington 110gr (1 x 50) 50
Win MP (1 x 50) 50
Total: 0800


40 S&W
CCI Blazer Brass (27 x 50) 1350
Win USA (5 x 100) 500
Hornady XTP (2 x 20) 40
Magtech Guard Gold (1 x 20) 20
Total: 1910

10mm Auto
CCI Blazer (8 x 50) 400
Custom Loaded (1 x 50) 50
Total: 0450

45 ACP
CCI Blazer (74 x 50) 3700
American Eagle (20 x 50) 1000
CCI Blazer Brass (19 x 50) 950
Taurus HEX (20 x 20) 400
Federal Hydra-Shok (5 x 20) 100

Total: 6150

44 Mag 100

223 (Remington UMC) 360

308 (Remington UMC) 500

 

[lafayne]

This is one of the places I shoot here in Arkansas. 500 rounds is a good aftenoon and lots of busted wood blocks.

 

[biggs357]

I have 500 rounds of 12gauge 3 inch magnum slugs
500 rounds of 2 3/4 low recoil slugs
1,000 rounds of .357 range + 300 jhp's
1,000 rounds of .38 range + 200 jhp's
1,500 rounds of .40 cal range + 600 jhp's
I'm still not done buying,i do shoot but i have had to scale back to once a month so i don't run low when i can't get my range ammo when i need to.
I get paid every 2 weeks so i have a nice ammo allowance that i'm abble to buy 1 box of range ammo and one box of jhp's.

 

[jrm53]

38-44HD45 hit it just right there is no such thing as enough in these days and times.

 

[J274895]

OK! Duly noted. And the answer is: keep buying.

 

[sjmjax]

I concur with Photoman. That's about 3 maybe four trips to the range for me. About 2 weeks worth of ammo.

Have you considered reloading?

 

[robertrwalsh]

When your floor joists will no longer support the weight, you have about 50% of what you should have.

 

[Spotteddog]

If you have to ask, you can't afford as much as you need!

 

[JayDubya]

I ORDER my range ammo in thousand round lots, sometimes twice that. I get it from www.mastercast.net, a topnotch reloading service (and there are many out there who are not). Check their prices, especially their prices if you send them your spent brass in exchange. I do that, also in thousand round lots, by USPS Priority Mail in their nine buck (and a quarter or three) box. Any other way that I know of costs more than twenty.

Cordially, Jack

 

[Careby]

Enough? Enough? Sorry, I'm not familiar with that concept.

 

[FlyFish]

My wife and I shoot in a couple of Bullseye (gallery course) leagues, so we go through a lot of .22 target ammo. I get the Aguila from CMP in case lots and like to keep about 4 cases (20,000 rounds) on hand at all times. All the rest of the centerfire I have loaded up probably comes to a bit less than half of that, but I've got components squirreled away for perhaps another 30 to 40K in various calibers. After that, I guess it'll be time to take the compound bow out of storage, or maybe just go fishing.