How many rounds of ammo do you have?

How many rounds of ammo do you have?

  • 0 - 500

    Votes: 35 13.6%

  • 500 - 1,000

    Votes: 35 13.6%

  • 1,000 - 5,000

    Votes: 98 38.0%

  • 5,000 - 10,000

    Votes: 44 17.1%

  • 10,000+

    Votes: 46 17.8%
  • Total voters
    258
  • Poll closed .
A lot.
I am not going to get into it.




Let me just say that I was involved in a conversation a couple weeks ago where a guy I causally know from work and I were discussing what we were buying after the election in anticipation of at some point possibly not being able to get any more. I told him that a good shooting buddy of mine had purchased 60,000 primers since the election. The guy I work with admitted that he bought 150,000 since the election, but he has two young boys he wants to supply as they grow up.



Think about this: I am in my late 40s. Hopefully, I will be able to continue to enjoy shooting for another 25 years. If I had 30,000 rounds of ammo right now that would only allow me to shoot 100 rounds a month for the rest of my shooting life. I don't know about you but I shoot a lot more than that now. I shoot three matches a month where I shoot probably 250 rounds not counting practice, plinking etc. I have taken over 20 formal classes where I shot anywhere from 500 to 2000 rounds in a week. It isn't unusal at all for me to take out a few .22s and go through 500 rounds in one day's shooting. This isn't even getting into machinegun shooting.
These numbers sound impressive to the casual shooter or to the news media but an active shooter goes though a hell of a lot of ammo. If ammo was taxed to the point that we couldn't afford to buy more, it was banned, whaever, a few thousand rounds isn't going to cut it.
 
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I really don't know.

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Couple of thousand rounds, but I suppose it hardly counts when the vast majority is .22 ammo.

Part of me wants to stockpile, part of me thinks that prices will go down with the commodity drop. Yes, I'm vaguely worried about lead bans and political nonsense, but at the same time I have a hard time tying up thousands of dollars into something that will likely just suck up storage for a few years. Sometimes it's hard to justify spending what I do even at the range (and I do SHOOT mostly .22). I guess keeping a couple of hundred rounds on hand is the compromise I'm ready to live with at this point in my life. Enough for Katrina and impromptu range visits, but I suppose I'll be hurting in a prolonged nazi-zombie apocolypse when the Russians invade :rolleyes:
 
This is a serious question to you guys with a huge supply of ammo.

I don't care how many rounds of ammo you've got, I just have a couple of 50 round boxes of my own, but I say 25,000 rounds is great if that's what floats your boat. I'm a strong 2nd Amendment guy; and will defend to the death your right to... blah, blah, blah. But I do care about public safety, especially my own, and I just saw a picture of somebodys personal ammo stockpile that looked mighty worrisome to me. It was boxes upon boxes upon boxes upon boxes of ammo that looked looked like it was just stashed inside somebody's clothes closet. They do make fireproof safes for this stuff, don't they? So, my question is this: Is your own ammo stockpile adequately protected from fire, or in the event of a fire at your premises is it going to take out half a city block, along with the unsuspecting firefighters who are trying to save your life, your families life, and your home?
 
I'd hate to count 'em all but I know in just 12 ga there over 20k & in .44 & the 2 .45's better than 10k each b/c I'd hate to run short if needed.
 
It's funny that subject comes up. I told my daughter about that picture of all the ammo in the closet and she asked me "do you need all that, how much is enough?" My initial response was " I guess what you can carry if you had to leave in a hurry." If I had to evacuate for an emergency, I'm not leaving that much ordnance for the looters.
Everyone has different needs and situations, and if we will never be able to buy ammo again because it becomes illegal (something I doubt), then I guess I made a bad decision not to buy more.
Now let me run this one by you. A law gets passed, every box of ammo has to have a serial # and every case has to be stamped in that box. This is checked when you go to the range. If it doesn't have the mark, it has to be confiscated by law. Unless you go shooting in the woods (something not everyone can do) you're going to be stuck with a lot of contraband that can't be easily used. If they don't pass such a law, why did you stockpile? To save money? Reloading will save you even more. Just some food for thought.
 
"They do make fireproof safes for this stuff, don't they?"

Why would they, it's not dangerous. Seriously. Well, it's dangerous if confined in a barrel, but otherwise it's like a round thrown in a campfire, it just sort of goes pfffffttt and maybe tosses the brass a couple of feet.

Here's a page from Australia that outlines the government's ammo storage requirements for individuals. Notice that no mention is made of fire proofing or fire resistance.

www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/131154/FACT_SHEET_Ammunition_Storage.pdf

I voted >10k, because I still have 2.5 or so cases of Wolf Match Target that I paid about $15/brick for and a case or so of WME that wasn't much more.

Throw in about 2000 rounds of 28 ga. and I'm up close to 20k total for the most common and the least common.

John
 
"why did you stockpile?"

Let's see,

1)I was going to retire, but then the market tanked and I didn't.

2)Ammo looked cheap AND DARNED IF IT WASN'T. See my preceeding post about stocking up when Wolf MT and ME .22lr was dirt cheap and better than all but the $10/box stuff (more or less.) And I wish I could find some more 28 ga. AA-HS premium target loads for $4 a box like it was a few years ago.

My ammo pile is worth about as much now as one of my retirement investments and growing more valuable.



"A law gets passed, every box of ammo has to have a serial # and every case has to be stamped in that box. This is checked when you go to the range. If it doesn't have the mark, it has to be confiscated by law."

Then I sue. I imagine we'll have the courts tied up for a long time...unless we win early and adjourn to the range.
 
How much ammunition do I have on hand? Not enough to make me comfortable YET. I buy what I can afford when I can afford it. Same with extra magazines and stripper clips. IF one of the premises of having the ammunition is to be able to use it if the SHTF then being able to rapidly put it to use, magazines, and rapidly reload it, stripper clips or a magazine reloading tool, are a necessity.

Do I believe there will be an instance where I may need to do any of that? I sincerely hope not. But if it comes to pass and I have prepared by stockpiling ammunition, food, and other necessities, I am not willingly surrendering them to anyone.

Having said all that, if you are comfortable with a box or 2 of ammunition then that is enough for you. If you have 10's of thousands of rounds and you aren't comfortable then yo should buy more. Personal choice...one of the amazing things that makes this country great.
 
I live in a state with tens of thousands of unpoulated miles. I could detonate a 2000 pound bomb and nobody would even know it happened. I live in a state that is so desolate that "they" conducted above ground nuclear testing.

If someone checked your ammo every time you went to the range, I simply wouldn't go to the range anymore. I could shoot all I wanted and nobody would ever know the difference.
Most of the ammo I bought was far cheaper than handloading. I also have mucho components for handloading. I have been handloading since the early 80s and have a whole room of my house dedicated to handloading. Stockpiling ammo is better.
 
I only have about 500 ea. of 45 and 9mm. I wish I had more but I can't seem to find quality ammo that is in stock. Seems like all the major retailers both in store and online are empty.

I see ads for Israeli mil surplus and the like, if I thought it was quality enough to put through my >1K dollar pistol I would.

I'm not as worried about stockpiling for doomsday as much as I am having enough to shoot what I want, when I want. Practice makes perfect and I need more practice!

Plus it's just so darn fun to go blast away some targets!
 
How much is enough?

The guns that I shoot the most I like to have a minimum of 1,000 rds. With my 22's I like to keep more than that on hand and at the raising prices It has turned out to be a good investment.

I reload and have for over 30 years, Also with being a Wildcater it is the only way I can get some of my ammunition. I also cast bullets for several calibers and will be in the near future be adding at least 3 different caliber moulds to my collection. I am currently more limited by primers than anything else. I also have several thousand caps for my muzzleloaders. Got them years ago for 60 cents per hundred! :) Store was going out of business. They still work quite well. I also like to go pick up brass when I go out plinking.

Keep your powder dry and
 
I am going to the range tomorrow, and I would have a lot more ammo if the unknown persons here in SC would stop going by every Wal-Mart within 50 miles and buying up all the ammo. The ammo shelves in the stores close to be are completely totally empty.:mad:
 
I'm new to the gun world so I am still figuring out my needs. I know I practice at least once a week and like to fire at least 100 rounds per session. It has been hard to get 357 Ammo lately without paying out the nose. I've been searching online and grabbing whatever I can at good prices. Right now, I have 2500 rounds on hand and counting.

What's the best way to store ammo at home? Anything I need to know? I have a gun safe for my revolver but it's not big enough to hold my ammo. Any advice is appreciated.
 
Jasper616 said:
What's the best way to store ammo at home? Anything I need to know? I have a gun safe for my revolver but it's not big enough to hold my ammo. Any advice is appreciated.
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There are a bunch of threads on this you may want to search for. But since I am already responding...

Military surplus ammo cans w/ gaskets are generally the best containers in which to store ammo. They seal well to keep moisture out, stack well, and have dandy handles to carry them by. Sportinggoods stores usually sell dry-boxes of plastic or metal with gasket seals for $8-20 which work very well too.

The biggest thing to worry about is keeping them in an area with consistant temperature. Ammo will be effected most by rising and falling temperatures, so if you can keep it consistant, you shouldn't have any problems. If you are going to store them in a garage or shed or some such, be sure you have a container with a good moisture seal (such as drybox, etc.)

I keep all of my ammo in a cabinet next to my gun safes in my basement and never have had any issues. Its climate controlled, dry, and easily accessible.
 
Everything included I am sitting on about 3,500 rounds, and enough stuff to reload about 3,000 more. That is going to change as I am getting ready to order a few hundred bucks worth of primers and primers. It would be more but that is all I can afford. I want ot get to the point of having about 25,000 rounds worth of primers, powders etc..
I live in the middle of nowhere so this is the place Where my friends and family will come to if the SHTF. I need to have enough ammo to keep safe for a while, 25,000 would be the minimum I would be comfortable with.
 
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