Q1: Lots
Q2: Why not?
With my luck no matter how many rounds I have you can bet I will end up one short. :-)
With the current administration, it is probably unwise to say how much ammo you have lest you be branded an “arsenal” ,or worse.
Ammo?? What ammo??
That being said I consider 5K per rifle caliber, 2K per pistol caliber, 1K assorted shotgun loads, and about 10K .22.LR rifle rounds to be the minimum one should have laying about.
Those numbers are per person in the household.
Why? It helps me sleep at night. That's why.
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How much "money" is enough?
Depends on who or what you shoot. If we are talking about an insurrection against Government zombie takeover then you only need enough rounds to procure your next cache of rounds (from your prey). Government zombies carry 5.56mm, 7.62mm and 9mm. So I would focus on those calibers and expect to be able to resupply after the ambush. So an initial cache of 1,000 would be respectable. If we are talking about real zombies, then you want 10,000 rounds of 12ga double aught buckshot. Even that much might not be enough. Make sure you have a slow runner in your group at all times. Just sayin.
200 rounds in the safe with the cash. If I can’t carry it I can’t use it. Then again I’m in a city so my primary plan is to get out of dodge.
Man arrested for having too much ammo:
It’s one of the better alternatives to 401k’s. It will appreciate and, in time, will be an excellent barter.
Makes no diff what caliber you purchase. In time, someone will need it and you can exchange for what you need.
Only problem I foresee is storage.
Anyone know of any depositories out there where you can buy a set amount(say 100,000 rounds) and have it secured?
If I had 6,000 rounds for each firearm that I have...
I can only dream.
By the way...What is a “battle rifle”?
Honestly, it's a load off of my mind to not have to worry about someone coming in and stealing all those guns and all that ammunition I used to have here.
Enough for you, and however many of your neighbors are about to have an epiphany.
Don’t get hung up on numbers. Hoard what you can afford, not just what you think you’ll shoot. It is entirely possible that one day, our currency will be .22 LR.
And don’t stop with ammo. Hoard everything that you use daily that will keep.
Read FerFal’s blog about the economic collapse of Argentina. He said, more than anything, he wished he’d hoarded food beforehand, as well as ammo, precious metals (for use as currency and barter), and luxury items (for personal use and barter).
Heck, I’ve even started hoarding old copper pennies and nickels, because right now, they are the only currency that is actually worth face value (or a little more). Might sound silly to pay for everything in pennies and nickels, but paper money sure isn’t going to be worth anything if the economy crashes hard.
On the products you use everyday, look at the label. If it doesn’t say, “Made in USA”, you probably won’t be able to get it when TSHTF. Start hoarding now.
It is very scenario dependent. Do you expect to have to hunt for food? How long are you expecting there to be SHTF situation? It is much better to have ammo left over when things settle down vs running out in the middle. You can also use ammo for barter and trade. Another school of thought is, if I have a problem that can’t be solved with 200 rounds...then maybe I need to thinking about something bigger, or moving.
I have a pretty decent amount, but no more than I feel I can safely move on my own, if necessary.
I came up with this as a start. I have 3 main weapons I'm stocking for and other weapons I have just for defense.
For my 3 primaries I'm going for 2K ammo each and then 500-1000 rounds for my secondaries. I'm close to 10K rounds all together so far with a goal of about 13K all told.
My largest inventory is the cheapest..... .22LR about 5K rounds. You want twice as much of .22 as everything else for training, small game, and if TSHTF....trade.
Just my humble 2 cents...once my initial goals are met, then I expand on the primaries and .22's even more.
In a nut shell, my strategy has been 2K each of .223, .40SW, .308
500 rnds each for 9mm and .44mag
1000 rnds .38
5K .22LR
All based on what I own and shoot and those are standing inventories, training rounds are not counted as part of inventory and are bought in addition. I'm also not counting shotguns rounds either as that is used strictly for home defense and hunting. I wing shoot several times a year. Safe storage is a must, that and cost are the primary reasons my inventories are not what i'd like them to be. if I could I'd have 10k rounds of EVRYTHING...LOL
Keep in mind lead is an excellent food preservative.
Always go higher. Ammo will never be without value. If you have excess you can trade it. DOn’t forget also you need to practice now and then.