Did you ever run out of ammo ?
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jglsprings
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Oh, I thought you meant something else... No, never have in that situation.
Chuckusaret
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No, I have stock piled enough ammo to maintain a weekly training program for at least 3 years shooting 250 rounds per week, without ever breaking into my SD ammo. No, I no longer train weekly, now just 3 or 4 hours of classroom and/or range training one day per month.
Bob Wright
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No, never done that! I've always kept a little reserve, sort of a "what if the Indians attack" syndrome, I reckon.
When developing handloads, I usually shot up all my trial stuff, but kept my other ammunition in reserve.
Probably some head shrinker could name my syndrome, but just never could bring myself to fire of the last rounds in the box.
Bob Wright
When developing handloads, I usually shot up all my trial stuff, but kept my other ammunition in reserve.
Probably some head shrinker could name my syndrome, but just never could bring myself to fire of the last rounds in the box.
Bob Wright
sigcurious
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Newp. I don't have a huge stockpile, but enough that all my ammo would never make it with me to the range. All that lead is heavy! 
No.
I keep a rough running inventory with an average number in mind and the number of rounds I buy or am prepared to reload at a time. When I hit around 50% of the average number, I start casting around for good deals.
For example, my average number for .40 S&W is 1,000. When I hit 500 I will buy another 1,000 primers, 1,000 bullets etc. for the reloading and maybe 250 factory rounds if I am going to be short brass. So I'll usually have between 500 and 1,500 rounds on hand give or take 100 or 200.
I keep a rough running inventory with an average number in mind and the number of rounds I buy or am prepared to reload at a time. When I hit around 50% of the average number, I start casting around for good deals.
For example, my average number for .40 S&W is 1,000. When I hit 500 I will buy another 1,000 primers, 1,000 bullets etc. for the reloading and maybe 250 factory rounds if I am going to be short brass. So I'll usually have between 500 and 1,500 rounds on hand give or take 100 or 200.
Kreyzhorse
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No. I always make sure I have reserve ammo at home.
A gun without ammo is at best a bluff and at worse a rock.
A gun without ammo is at best a bluff and at worse a rock.
Sparks1957
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No. There's always a couple or three thousand rounds in the stockpile, and that doesn't count the .22LR
Crankgrinder
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I'll never have as much ammo as id like, not enough money, not enough room. Several hundred thousand dollars would have to be spent just on ammo for that. I always keep a few boxes for each gun. I take the reloaded stuff to practice with as a rule i do not shoot up the last box of anything on hand.
Edward429451
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Nope. I usually bring ammo home from the range.
Well, I've gone to the range (public land) and forgot to bring my ammo. You know, it was sitting next to the car and I got distracted and left without it.
If I shoot the gun I'm carrying, I remove the carry ammo and shoot my practice stuff. Through the years, I have, while enjoying myself, on a couple occasions, loaded my carry ammo mags and burned them up.
If I shoot the gun I'm carrying, I remove the carry ammo and shoot my practice stuff. Through the years, I have, while enjoying myself, on a couple occasions, loaded my carry ammo mags and burned them up.
My "range" is in my back yard or just through the yard gate. If I run out, it's not far to resupply. My older Son commented once that his friends were talking about ammo in terms of boxes until he made the remark that he'd never shot ammo from a box. They asked how that was. He said "Dad loads by the coffee can, peanut butter jar, or whatever container is handy".
If it rains tomorrow, I plan to try starting up my new(to me anyway) Dillon. That will make my process more streamlined and fill the buckets faster.
If it rains tomorrow, I plan to try starting up my new(to me anyway) Dillon. That will make my process more streamlined and fill the buckets faster.
There is range ammo and there is shooting ammo. The latter is reserved for when I need to shoot something and only gets minutely consumed if I need to make sure it feeds in a new gun otherwise it is always there when i need it. In fact if I used up all of my range ammo there would still be a full mag in my concealed carry. Always...