How Much Ammo do you anticipate shooting in the REST of your lifetime ?

Trapshooter here..

I would like to shoot another 100,000 or so 12 ga. Add to that few thousand 9mm, .380, 30-06, .243, and 7.62x39. Plus whatever other yet unknown calibers I have affairs with.
 
Just turned 65. My shooting range for pistols is across the driveway! I shoot at least 3 to 4 times a week. Multiple calibers and I reload for all; 9mm, 38 Special, 38 Super, 41M, 44M, 45ACP, 50AE and 50S&W. I do not shoot all of them each week but at least every other week. Best estimate would be 1250 rounds per week and that would be 5K per month in handguns. I shoot several calibers in long rifle and estimate 300 rounds per month for rifles. That means 60K in handgun loads and 1200 rifle per month. I hope to have another 25 to 30 years left and to be conservative IO will use the 25. That comes to 1.5 M handgun rounds and 30K rifle! No, I do not have that much stashed, yet! However, I am still working on it!!! :D :D
 
Counting shot shells, rim fire and centerfire I probably shoot 2,000 rounds a month from April to the end of October then it drops down to maybe 600 rounds.

It's not that I want to stop shooting but after 50+ years of steady shooting since my teens my old bones can't take the cold like it used to. I still shoot just not as much. Based on family history unless I become to ill to shoot I figure 20 more years so at my current rate I would need around 74,000 rounds till I hang up my guns for good.

Back when I was actively competing I would average 5600 rounds a month not counting matches for just 22 and 45. I didn't do shotguns then but I shot a lot of rifle both center and rim fire and that isn't in the practice totals so I have cut down a lot. Just can't afford to do it like I used to and I am not capable of that kind of sustained effort anymore. I miss the days when I was a gorilla.

Checked my inventory just now, I'm going to run out way before I retire the guns so its time to get serious about filling all the empty brass I have. If I don't I'm going to be dry firing in about 2 years.
 
The numbers can be staggering.

I get a laugh everytime the news media says, he had an arsenal of guns and THOUSANDS of rounds of ammunition. I think to myself, yeah, he probably had two bricks of .22s. You can fit thousands of rounds of ammunition in a shoe box.

Ironically, I think the reason this subject originally came up is that I made the statement that "they" don't have to ban guns. They could just shut off the supply of ammunition and reloading components. So we both started trying to guess if we had enough if that ever happened. It's obvious in recent times, that many MANY gunowners buy ammunition in very small quantities and if they can't go to Walmart and get more, they are out of luck. On the other hand, some people think ahead. Especially those of us who have been through this before.
I was at a local range and fired 200 rounds of ammo. Most of the people were amazed at how reckless I was with precious ammo. One guy said, now you gotta replace it.
I just smiled and nodded.
 
About 364,000.

Thats approx 200rds/week for 35years (if my math is correct). Realistically I cannot afford that much ammo with the calibers I shoot, unless I rearrange my finances somehow. My alternative now is to start reloading very soon.
 
444 said:
....On the other hand, some people think ahead. Especially those of us who have been through this before.
I was at a local range and fired 200 rounds of ammo. Most of the people were amazed at how reckless I was with precious ammo. One guy said, now you gotta replace it.
I just smiled and nodded.
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yep. Me and the wife burned through about 500 last weekend :):)




Ike
 
Of course keep in mind that if you actually sit down and attempt to come up wiht a number, and then attempt to secure that much ammo when it is available (over time); on this board you will be called a hoarder by those who buy a box of 50 rounds, shoot it, and go home empty handed. And then post about an ammo shortage.
 
I think it would be "lifetime supply" with 500,000 rounds in various calibers for the next 50 years. It would allow me a bit more than 800 rounds per month.

I could survive off much less and would probably realistically use less than the allotted amount, but I feel good with this number. I certainly don't shoot that much now, but I would like to in the future.

If I marry or have children the numbers will probably increase because I don't think I could marry an very anti-gun person in the first place, and I want to teach my kids firearm safety and how to shoot. A wife and kids might bump it up to a million rounds for lifetime supply.
 
I have no idea really. My shooting comes and goes in spurts. I may go a year and only shoot a couple times and the next year I may shoot weekly. Hence, no idea. I suspect I have a lifetime supply of 22LR on hand except for the match/target grade stuff. The shortage at retail does not help me want to go out and blow away a lot of ammunition either. For other calibers.... yeah, probably need 40,000 rounds to do me which will not likely happen in terms of stocking up. Shoot some, buy some... repeat. That wouldn't last long if I decided I wanted to practice tactical shooting. But I count my pennies pretty closely and I don't see a cost-benefit to that kind of practice as it is mostly for fun.
 
I shoot often but very few rounds when I do. I suspect I'll shoot less as I get older so maybe 10,000 rounds for the next 30 years.
 
While around 300 rounds (say six times with 50+ rounds each) a year doesn't sound like much, with a well focused idea of what to practice, that amount can actually go a long way.
 
After the CMP processes my order for 1,000 rds. of M2 Ball, my supply of centerfire ammo will be 11,000 rds. Much of this is long-term storage, especially the M2 Ball and 8mm Mauser.

To answer the OP's question, an annual estimate is approx. 3,000 rds. of centerfire (mostly 7.62x39, and a bit of 8mm M., .303) and 4,000 rds. of .22LR multiplied by active, healthy years from age 57.

The problem in west TN is the climate-too hot/humid to enjoy standing outside much from June-early Sept, and this winter/spring it was too wet much of the time.
 
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