Who Is Still Hoarding?

[redlevel]

I am, I guess. In the last month I bought about 200 rounds of .45 acp and 4 15-packs of 12 gauge slugs and buckshot. I called Georgia Arms yesterday and ordered up about 2500 cast bullets to be picked up at the gun show in Macon, GA this weekend. Tomorrow I have a Dr appointment in Thomaston, GA where there is a Super Walmart. I will buy something. If they have .45 acp I'll get some of that. If they have some .357 I'll get a box of those. Probably won't get shotgun ammo. I got pretty well stocked on that earlier this year when that was all that was available. Maybe some .22 mag, but I'm almost up to 3000 rounds on that. Hopefully some bulk pack .22. I am getting close to the magical 20,000 mark, but I keep burning it up two or three hundred rounds at the time.

A true hoarder doesn't let lack of storage space or not finding exactly what he wants stop him. Throw away two or three pair of the wife's shoes to make more space. Even being broke doesn't stop a determined hoarder. Heck, I don't need lunch anyhow. I'll just spend that on some .22s.

Seriously, I know when I retire in, oh, 198 or so days, I won't have as much disposable income to spend on ammo, components, etc. I hope the rounds downrange will increase tremendously, so I'm just trying to get ready for that.

Oh, and if the S does HTF, I'll be ready for that, too.

 

[J. Galt]

I've been hoarding since Clinton got elected and see no reason to stop!

 

[nitesite]

I've cut back drastically on the number of pistol and rifle rounds I shoot. Now there is a lot more time spent looking and staring at the ammo and components on hand. I've calculated how many 1-1/8 ounce 12-ga and 7/8 ounce 20-ga loads I can make with the primers and shot I have.

I have lots of cast WW ingots ready for the mould, and need to try figuring the number of primers I need to buy in order to keep up with the lead supply.

I really miss the days when I shot without care about the availability of ammo a few years down the road.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I don't hoard. I do, however, keep an adequate supply of ammo around just in case future availability is severely curtailed.

Adequate is different to different people.

 

[500 Magnum Nut]

I'm a reloader and have bought 2 1/2 cases of 223 Remington and 4 cases of 45acp in the past year.
I'm broke and the safe is full.

I reloaded over 5000 rounds of different stuff last year and exhausted some calibers completely. My impluse maxed out last year as I had a gut feeling the gun world was going to get exciting.

I figure as money is worth less and less the ammo is only an investment. If I don't shoot it myself, I could sell it and at least break even in 12 months

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Hoarding is when you have more ammo than you can use in the remaining years of your life, plus a reasonable amount to leave for your children (enough for the remaining years of their lives?). I don't hoard.

 

[Smokester653]

And we wonder why there is still a shortage.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

It's only hoarding if you get it before I do! I've had my stash for years so no ammo quest for me. However I do go through a lot of reloads and I will stock up on reloading supply's when I can.

 

[H Richard]

Just be sure to not keep it too long. I know everyone says properly stored ammo lasts "years". A good friend some years ago came to a pistol match and pulled out a couple boxes of 45 ACP from the "bottom" of the pile. Not sure how old it was, but about 15% didn't go off. It had been stored in a nice cool dry basement. I'm guessing the ammo was at lease 20+ years old. I routinely pull out 20+ year old ammo and take it to the range and put the new stuff on the bottom. Rotate your inventory, it will pay off when needed.

 

[Noah Zark]

I guess I've hoarded since the mid-80s when I started to have some disposable income. Then in 1992 I sold 31 USGI M1 Carbines collected from the late 60s to that time, and had a little over $20K in "play money" to fund my hobby. I've accumulated a significant amount of surplus and new-manufacture imported ammo and components since 1985, and I really stepped up the acquisition during the late 80s and before the 2004 election. I stopped buying any ammo or components in late 2007. Don't need any.

Noah

 

[SmithNut]

Hoarding....

No hoarding here, just trying to keep my shooting supply up to date. I don't know any hoarders these days, the economy is keeping everyone I know from spending as much disposable income as say 8-10 years ago.

Hang on.... Hey boys, put that pallet over there in the corner, no - ok yes right there - right next to that big blue 500 gallon water tank..... thanks

OK, where was I, oh yeah, hoarding, can't see the reason for hoarding, you only can shoot so much anyway. Yeah, that's the ticket, right.

 

[Culina]

For me its more like scrounging. I'll buy something if its a good deal but otherwise I am mostly ok for now.

 

[mstuhr]

Howdy

Howdy,
I have had to add more of a "buffer" to my supplies.
I have not had to slow down but I have laid in a little more stock than normal so I have more time to look for what I need before I run out.
Things do seem to be better around here recently.
Mike

 

[Gunhacker]

I used to just stock up whenever stuff I regularly shoot simply went on sale and there was no other reason for buying other than that.

But since the politicians in my state decided to enact a draconian ammo law that will eliminate internet/mail order/out of state purchases, and severely limit how much one can buy per month... I've gone on a buying spree for everything that I shoot before that law takes effect and ends up creating a premimum on the price of ammo along the way our handgun prices.

It's a good thing that the UPS driver is a shooter as well, and needs little explination for all of the stuff he's brought me.

I'm hoping that the planned court challenge will prevail, but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.

 

[redlevel]

I don't hoard. I do, however, keep an adequate supply of ammo
.

I will stock up on reloading supply's when I can.

No hoarding here, just trying to keep my shooting supply up to date.

For me its more like scrounging.

Howdy,
I have had to add more of a "buffer" to my supplies.

I've gone on a buying spree

Bunch of hoarders!!

By the way, Wally had one 100-pack of .45acp hardball and one 50 round box of .45acp hollow points this morning. I bought both of them.

 

[38-44HD45]

Just be sure to not keep it too long. I know everyone says properly stored ammo lasts "years". A good friend some years ago came to a pistol match and pulled out a couple boxes of 45 ACP from the "bottom" of the pile. Not sure how old it was, but about 15% didn't go off. It had been stored in a nice cool dry basement. I'm guessing the ammo was at lease 20+ years old. I routinely pull out 20+ year old ammo and take it to the range and put the new stuff on the bottom. Rotate your inventory, it will pay off when needed.

I suspect that your friend's ammo had problems other than age. I have ammo much older than that that I periodically pull out and shoot a bit of, and it is 100% reliable, despite being stored in less than desirable conditions. There is still WWII-era and older ammo out there that goes bang every time.

Hoard? What's that?

 

[Jack Flash]

Hoard? What's that?

That's what everyone else is doing.

Not me. I am prudently acquiring.

 

[missiondude]

I used to just stock up whenever stuff I regularly shoot simply went on sale and there was no other reason for buying other than that.

But since the politicians in my state decided to enact a draconian ammo law that will eliminate internet/mail order/out of state purchases, and severely limit how much one can buy per month... I've gone on a buying spree for everything that I shoot before that law takes effect and ends up creating a premimum on the price of ammo along the way our handgun prices.

It's a good thing that the UPS driver is a shooter as well, and needs little explination for all of the stuff he's brought me.

I'm hoping that the planned court challenge will prevail, but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.

I feel your pain. Not sure as a gun lover I could live in SF. The 50 round per month limit on transfers from non-registered handgun ammo vendors was removed from the final version af AB962. No version of the bill placed a limit on how much you could buy, just how much you could give or sell your buddies if not licenced. Of course, the bill made it hard to buy 50 rounds a month as the shelves were bare...

 

[Andy Griffith]

Bunch of hoarders!!

Ha!
I wouldn't call that hoarding.
I wouldn't want to run with such lightweights.

 

[mike from st pete]

Hoarding?

I was hoarding back when it was called "stockpiling". And I'm not going to stop until I have it all! BWAHAHAHAHAH!