Lets talk ammo

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Obviously the correct answer is "never enough", but how much ammo do you think is enough to feel comfortable?

Where or how do you get your ammo? Do you reload? What are your storage methods? Do you have caches in multiple places?

 

[Greywolf224]

You may be luckier in getting an answer when asking a fat lady how much she weights.

 

[NirvanaFan]

Like you said... Never enough. I've got a few thousand 22lr. I like to keep about 5k on hand. This lets me not worry about shortages. I like to keep at least 1k 9mm, 250 .308, 250 12 gauge birdshot and a bunch of slugs. A few hundred 44 mag, and a bunch of 223. I'm more worried about ammo shortages than being prepared for the end of the world. Once I get into reloading, I'll be able to make way more than what I have on hand.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

I don't have anywhere near where I want. But I'm building.

My new idea is even while grocery shopping at wal mart I'll just buy a box of ammo every week.

Not sure if they are any good or not but they sell "systems" 12g 00buckshot a box of 25 for like 12$ which is pretty great.
At those prices its reasonable to have a couple hundrea shells of buckshot.

 

[Hardrada]

I always think of it like this: The ammo you acquire doesn't necessarily have to be "just for you".

 

[Deplorable Me]

Remember the good ole days when clean .30 and .50 surplus cans could be picked up for $3 & $5 a piece?

Now they have crap plastic storage cans.

How can ammo be hoarded when you can't find decent storage cans?

 

[dsdmmat]

I don't have any ammo, don't need that stuff to make wall hangers work.

 

[Catskillkid]

All my ammunition is stored and registered with the State Police. You should ask them.

I sometimes joke with friends that if anything were to ever happen to me (like getting arrested) I'd be that guy on TV that the media paints as that crazy doomsday prepper with "dozens" of firearms and "thousands" of rounds of ammunition. Mind you all my ammo neatly stores in a few ammo cans under my desk. The public at large will call me crazy but you and I sure as hell know that I don't have enough. Though I am working on it.

 

[togmaster]

At this time of the year I don't have much ammo due to shooting a lot. But I do have a metric shit ton of components to load more.

 

[Magnus]

My pile is pitiful right now. I have 3 boxes of .45 , 6 boxes of .38, oh wait what's this close to 2k rounds of .223 for an imaginary firearm that has been nicknamed Houdini. I might start buying 5.56 just because it's cheap and I can use it in SHTF or hunting, maybe even trading. I do want to learn to reload.

 

[Podmonkey]

I am trying to keep 1k per my two main calibers, 9mm and 5.56 at all times and I would like keep accumulating until the floors structural integrity is at risk! I have 250 rounds of 12 gauge and about 1500 .22s and 7.62x39.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Do you guys ever stock calibers for guns you currently do not own? Either as barter currency or, if you happen to later come into possesion of a gun capable of needing that caliber?

 

[GOPerfect]

I have a lot. In the past few years, I have gotten this addiction to buying ammo. I buy it all of the time. I really do not worry all that much about a shortage; what I worry about is the government getting involved and changing more laws or creating new ones. I do not think one can have too much ammo on hand.

The only ammo that I do not have a lot of is shotgun shells. I have a decent little supply but no where close to what I would like.

 

[Harry Hood]

I have about 5k in 22lr, 1k in .40S%W, 5K in 223/5.56, 300 in .308 and about 200 assorted for the judge, 45lc and 410 rounds. I do have a box of 45acp for which I do not own a gun, but my step dad has a 45acp carbine that will be mine some day. and I have about 1K in assorted shotgun rounds. You can never have to much.

 

[carpediem]

I have some ammo, but I don't buy for any other calibers outside those I need. I store in ammo cans with the dessicant packs thrown in. Depending on situations you may be readying for, you may have a different "How much is too much?" limit. I am not near the limit yet!

 

[GOPerfect]

The biggest caliber that I am missing is 357/38. So freaken expensive.

 

[carpediem]

I need some .357 too. I haven't bought any of it yet. Need some 7mm Remington Magnum too. That is definitely not cheap....

 

[Greywolf224]

The biggest caliber that I am missing is 357/38. So freaken expensive.

Know what you mean. These are the two Calibers that I've been stocking up on.

 

[Catskillkid]

Know what you mean. These are the two Calibers that I've been stocking up on.

Wow, and here I was thinking I was the only one. Second all the posts on the outrageous prices of .38 Special/.357 Mag. But my S&W and Ruger revolvers crave it and since they're my babies I have to feed them.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Wal mart near me has 25 shell boxes of suprema 12g. 00buckshot for 11.97

That's less than .50 per shell. At that price its easy to stock up. I just grabbed some while grocery shopping today

 

[Podmonkey]

At that price I don't blame you!

 

[MoMan]

la...la...la...la...la, I don't have no stinkin' ammo!

 

[Greywolf224]

la...la...la...la...la, I don't have no stinkin' ammo!

Mo you you BS'ing. Last time time we sipped moonshine together you showed me your stash out back!

 

[Podmonkey]

Mo you you BS'ing. Last time time we sipped moonshine together you showed me your stash out back!

 

[tirwin1]

Save up and buy it in bulk online. You can get free shipping with some vendors. Occasionally you can find it on sale in a local store where the discount almost makes it the same cost/round as online. But then taxes make the online deals better.

 

[thegatman]

Learn to reload and relax.

 

[minderasr]

I like to keep at least 1k rounds on hand for each caliber I shoot. I also reload, which makes it a lot easier to do this.

 

[GOPerfect]

While I continue to find some stores, both regular stores and online, with some pretty good prices, I still think all ammo is priced to damn high.

Besides greed and huge profit, very little reason for the high prices.