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Ok, ammo, how much.......

I personally would think that one would only purchase what they would actually use. As in if your a competition shooter and run through lots of ammunition then you would purchase more than the guy that shoots once every six months. Then you have the extreme, where some so called preppers stock pile their ammunition in some remote Batman cave bunker. Which is pointless when you have more ammunition than the life of your firearm. Yes, things do break on firearms, springs, tolerances get off and even barrels have a life span. Just as well one could only realistically fire so many rounds before your fingers, hands, and over all muscle group becomes fatigued.
So.... I agree that one should have what they would consider to be what they would normally use both in range and self defense ammunition. Then maybe a little extra in the case that the Zombie apocalypse takes place.
 
I like to have a few thousand rounds of ammo on hand for each caliber gun I have just in case prices of ammo go through the roof again or it becomes scarce like .22lr a few years ago. I buy in bulk when there is a good sale going on. For some crazy reason I've always replaced what I shot at the range with double the amount I used.
 
As someone who really started in the hobby/sport in November of 2010 (prior to that, I just had the usual "fun days" at the range with friends, and never owned any firearms, myself: before purchasing my first firearm in October of 2010, I literally last touched a firearm in maybe 2004 or 2005), and who actively engages in training - and will start competing likely this summer - you can likely guess my answer to the above. ;)

Here's why:

Having gone through - and trained during - "The Craze" of 2012 (typically known as the back half of the 2018-13 shortage, which, when you count .22LR, actually extended to some time in 2016), I currently maintain a baseline of about 10K rounds of 9x19 and .223/5.56, my two most commonly used calibers, with around 1,000 rounds of defensive ammo for each.

That sounds like a decent cache?

Not really, considering that the typical one-day (8-hour) training class usually goes through 500 to 1,000 rounds. To put this in-perspective, the last class I attended was a 3-hour seminar, and I went through close to 600 rounds. One season's worth of diligent training can literally wipe out my entire stock of range-fodder, and similarly, the yearly vetting of my defensive weapons' function/zero and magazines takes out an average of 100 rounds per gun.

So, each year, I add more, while trying to maintain that base because I don't want to go through what I had to go through during "The Craze" again.

However, it's more complicated that that: I'm also a first-generation immigrant.

With both of my parents being non-shooters, this means that it really has come to me to begin a 2A-legacy for my daughter...and maybe even her children. This thought is honestly never far from my mind, in thinking of what kind of firearms I would have had access to had my parents been shooters, and what they may have had to pass-down to me. To an extent, this is what also drives what I buy where it comes to firearms and gear: "buy once, cry once" is not only applicable to the durability/reliability of the items that I want, but also has implications on being able to hand these items down to the generations yet to come.

And really, with that, both ammo - and even magazines - becomes a part of the equation. Legalities of ownership aside, I figure I can at least cover my daughter on the question of what would happen if ammo can no longer be bulk purchased (California, anyone?) or if standard-capacity magazines can only be grandfathered-in? Or, for that matter, what happens when something is simply no longer being sold by the manufacturer any more - look on XDTalk, and you'll see WTB ads for the 13-round "flush" XDm 3.8 Compact magazines. As most of you know, I use this gun for my EDC: I'm pretty glad I got a bunch of those magazines, when I could......

.22LR and the other odd calibers? It really depends. While my daughter and I both plink with .22LR, our range-time together is infrequent, so my cache (somewhere in the 25K rounds range) has remained pretty steady. On the other hand, I'm only at about 500/300 rounds of range/defensive .357-SIG and 12-gauge, while my stock of .22WMR is a complete mix. There's also probably only somewhere around a 100/50 round split of .38-Special, with maybe less than a box (each, range and defensive) of .357-Magnum.

So, like @10mmLife , I actually try to not only replenish what I've shot, but also add just a little bit more to it over time. :)

Buy it while the buying is good!
 
If I go to a class and it says 500 rounds I try to make sure I have 700 with me. If I shoot the 500 I normally buy 700+ to replenish, unless my funds are short then I do it over a short time. The sad thing is buying online isn't worth it as much as it use to. I can get things with cheap shipping but end up paying as much as local or slightly under due to taxes.
 
One other thing.I can't remember what was going on.The government was buying up ammo or something.I was living in Illinois (if that's possible).I had just purchased a Ruger mini-14.Ammo was hard to get & I had to pay $13.00 for 20 rounds of Tulla (?) ammo 5.56. Maybe someone can remember what that was all about.Must have been around 2010 ?
 
I go through enough of it so I usually find myself rotating frequently. I wont go below 1000 rounds in each caliber. I usually buy in bulk when I can or when there is a really good sale I may just grab up to 500.
 
Buy all you can afford to. I keep around 4k for each caliber and still buy more. I still have 6 crates of 7n6 ammo for my 5.45 rifles. Thats over 12k alone. Lol. But I not only hoard ammo, I have enough spare parts and tools to rebuild all of my guns 3 times over, including barrels. If you don’t already know how to work on your guns Id strongly suggest learning how to do so. Nothing sucks more butthole than having a weapon go down to a parts failure and not knowing what is wrong. I dont like to own a gun if the manufacturer doesn’t sell parts for replacement, or if the aftermarket doesn’t support it.
 
Bloodknight said:
One other thing.I can't remember what was going on.The government was buying up ammo or something.I was living in Illinois (if that's possible).I had just purchased a Ruger mini-14.Ammo was hard to get & I had to pay $13.00 for 20 rounds of Tulla (?) ammo 5.56. Maybe someone can remember what that was all about.Must have been around 2010 ?
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DHS purchased a ridiculous amount of ammo. Like almost a billion rounds.
 
I try to keep 4-5 boxes of ‘practice’ ammo on hand for all calibers, and a couple 350-500 round boxes of 22. Got a big stockpile of 12 gauge bird shot, mostly because I didn’t go bird hunting last fall. Carry ammo I probably have 2 boxes for each gun.
 
You really don't have an Ammo problem until you have 1000 rounds . At least that's what my wife says ....LOL
As posted I try to always keep around 1000 rounds of ammo for the 9mm, 5.56 , 300 blackout . 308 around 500 rounds . 22lr 1,500. And always buy when i find a sale ...Better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it ...Word...
 
It's like horsepower - "too much is almost enough".

I try and keep a couple thou per caliber laying around, for range work. I do need to stock up on my CCW 9mm though...although, the hope is I'll never have to use it...I have a box of Guard Dog (current carry), a box of Critical Duty, and a box of Critical Defense. Also a box of Critical Duty in .38, but I'll never run it because after it was gifted to me, I realized it's +P and I don't want to send that through dad's 1952 Colt revolver...

My budget is crap right now, trying to get a house cleaned up and sold. But, once that sells and I clear the equity...HOO-boy, it'll be playtime!
 
Peglegjoe said:
It's like horsepower - "too much is almost enough".

I try and keep a couple thou per caliber laying around, for range work. I do need to stock up on my CCW 9mm though...although, the hope is I'll never have to use it...I have a box of Guard Dog (current carry), a box of Critical Duty, and a box of Critical Defense. Also a box of Critical Duty in .38, but I'll never run it because after it was gifted to me, I realized it's +P and I don't want to send that through dad's 1952 Colt revolver...

My budget is crap right now, trying to get a house cleaned up and sold. But, once that sells and I clear the equity...HOO-boy, it'll be playtime!
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50cal look out or not that big!
 
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