Fantasizing realistically ... I live with my wife and dog in rural SW Pa.
If someone comes gunning for me, they are not alone, nor are they in possession of weak weapons
I don't have a machine gun so three or four adversaries would sound like a machine gun from the shots fired.
We can be surrounded (as a LOT of folks can be), so I REALISTICALLY might be able to take out two or three before all hell breaks loose upon our asses.
I might realistically get off a hundred rounds ... maybe two if I'm (we're) successful in holding them off while they get reinforcements ....
What the hell am I thinking ?
Ain't no one coming gunning for a 72 yo guy and his wife that just go to church and shopping.
Stockpiling ammo is no different than toilet paper .... I can USE a box of 30.06 but not if the shelf is empty !
Anyway, I question the massive ammo buying unless you're in an Alamo type compound with your own army .... er .... family.
if one is smart, its not just about storage. Its about having enough to practice regularly. Defensive shooting skills are a perishable. Minimum practice is once a month.
You have to train, too. That 100 rounds you shoot at zombies has had a lot more than that behind it in practice. Otherwise you might miss.
“Anyway, I question the massive ammo buying unless you’re in an Alamo type compound with your own army”
Yep, A thousand starving armed folks from the city bumrushing your house and your will be overrun in minutes.
I predict it will be the the movie The Postman. Warlords with armies controlling the folks.
“Ain’t no one coming gunning for a 72 yo guy and his wife that just go to church and shopping.”
Unfortunately that has turned out to be a lethal assumption for no few people in the last couple decades, sad to say.
As for mass purchasing - cheaper in bulk, can get free shipping over a certain amount... and modern riot/home invader group defense can consume a surprising amount of ammo in a shockingly short amount of time even with semi-autos. Based on my experiences in the 92 riots, my weapon of choice is a semi-auto drum fed shotgun and I’m looking at possibly going through 80-100 rounds per engagement depending on crowd size. (Mobs get dumber as they get larger.) With possible multiple engagements in a night, with revisits as the mob ebbs and flows or multiple mobs arrive. Fun times.
“Ain’t no one coming gunning for a 72 yo guy and his wife that just go to church and shopping.”
Are there any other 72 yo guys in your church? This is a time for making friends. Mean ones.
In a real SHTF scenario ammo will be used as money. You can get what you need of you have something that everyone else wants.
The point is to be able to stay practiced and proficient in the period between a manufacturing shut down (or sale prohibition) and the attempts to confiscate your weapons. (or fend off an attack).