Do you count your ammo

Fixed that for you. (Says the guy who has loaded all of about 400 rounds in his illustrious reloading career.)
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Where did you get the second piece of brass to SHOOT ONE RELOAD TWO? Better not be picking up my brass. :D
 
Day job is a management analyst, which for many makes it no surprise that I keep a detailed spreadsheet on my ammo. I reload, so tracking the components as well as the actual round count (on the shelf and already fired) is incorporated into the spreadsheet. One of the side effects of being a managmeent ANALyst. :):):)
 
Sort Of

I guess my answer would be yes, or maybe no, so I guess my best answer is; sort of.

I don't count my ammo down to the round, but I do count full boxes or bags that I reload. I do count and keep a running inventory on my reloading components

Sometimes I like to pick up 2 loose handfuls of ammunition and let it drain down through my fingers while laughing maniacally.:p
 
I made up a little Excel spreadsheet by caliber, tells me number of rounds, total cost, and cost per round. The sum total at the bottom indicates I'm some kind of a deranged hoarder stockpiling ammunition, but that's the Excel talking, not me.
 
P5 Guy said:
Where did you get the second piece of brass to SHOOT ONE RELOAD TWO?
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You raise a valid point.

Better not be picking up my brass.
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Nah, absolutely not. It was some other guy's. Off another forum. From two towns over.

To keep remotely on topic, sadly I don't usually keep enough on hand to lose count. Haven't been shooting enough in the last year or so for it to matter as far as that goes.
 
Your numbers are a little off Spats....

  • one
  • a couple
  • a few
  • a handful
  • some
  • some more
  • more
  • more more
  • almost enough

I was raised by people who thought when it comes to things you don't even need to have- one is good, two is better, and three is almost enough.
 
I do an Excel spread sheet,,,

My Ammo shelf is in the same room as my computer desk,,,
Creating the spread sheet took about 30 minutes,,,
I buy ammo or I shoot ammo I log it,,,
It takes about a minute of time.

It also makes it very easy to know what to replenish,,,
Maybe it's just me being OCD about nothing,,,
But I always know my stock levels,,,
I never want to run out again.

Aarond

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+1 for the accurate club. Using an Excel worksheet, I know what I bought, Where I bought it, how much it cost, how much I have, how much I've used in which guns, malfunction count and type, and cleanliness.

And yes, I even fill out a shooters log at the range so I know where to sight in different rounds.

I do not consider myself anal, just a mathematician.
 
I count mine, write it down on a legal pad and make the appropriate changes when I buy or shoot. I keep the pad in the safe with one of the copies of my firearm serial numbers.
 
I use to keep an Excel Spreadsheet but I do a lot of shooting and as my habit, I clean my guns right after I get home from the range. There are weeks I am at the range everyday and then there are weeks that I can only go two or three days. I got tired of going to the computer to enter what I shot. There had to be a better way....

I store my ammo in my master bedroom walk-in closet. Used to be when I bought a case, I would stack the boxes on the floor and toss away the cartoon they came in (I always buy by the case of 1000 rounds.) Problem was that the ammo could only be stacked so high. Now I keep the cases, as they come, stacked case upon case. I try to maintain an inventory of between 8 - 10,000 rounds of what I shoot the most (.45 ACP, .357 Magnum, 5.56). I can eyeball my inventory and know when it is mandatory that I order more ammo. My time spent at the commuter is trolling the web sites that sell ammo and the auction sites so as to get my best deal. If, for example, I cannot find a "deal" this week on .45, I will switch to .357 magnum for the next couple of range outings until I can find the price I am willing to pay.
 
I do track ammo and components in a spreadsheet. Why not use the computers laying all over the place?

It's neat, and I know when I need something. It also prevents panic when you realize you have more than enough for the shooting season and don't have to run around like Chicken Little searching for a box of ammo.
 
I keep a rough tally in my head and this topic made me go take a look at what I had. Thanks guys, now I realize the next time I get my car serviced I need to visit the hardware store and pick up a couple of boxes of 9mm. I generally don't keep very much of that on hand being more of a .45 acp kind of guy.
 
Count ammo?????????
As others have stated buy two, shoot one and re-load every thing you have components for.
Before long counting is futile, storing becomes the problem.;)
 
Yeah

I have a real problem keeping more than my mags full of defense ammo. I shoot 2-3 times a month (all my guns). I do count when I get enough range ammo to go out.

500
499
498
497.....
 
Logging firearms is considered smart in case there is a break-in or catastrophe.

Why wouldn't the same mentality bridge to an ammo stash? Over the last couple years, ammo value has definitely out-paced firearm costs.
 
I don't have a huge stockpile (unless you count the news media definition of "stockpile"), but I counted it and wrote it down on a piece of paper by caliber. If I add or subtract from the storage box, I do the same on that piece of paper.
 
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