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"Anyone with less than 10,000 rnds of each ammo-type they have need of has their head up their rectal passage..."

LOL! Calm down. If you seriously anticipate the need for 10K rounds of ammo for each ammo type owned, your tactics have failed, and the environment you've placed yourself in will ensure you not live to see more than a few dozen rounds expended. Spend your money on something more useful. Gun fights = casualties. You will be one of them. First Rule: don't be there.

Well lets see...1000 rounds of 9mm weigh around 30lbs depending on loose or boxed. so 10K would be 300 lbs. Good luck being mobile with 300 lbs of 9mm for your hand gun and 1000 rounds of 308 weighs around 52 lbs...so 10K rounds of that is another 520 lbs...if you go 223 you can roughly halve that down to around 250 or so. Just through all that in your bug out bag sling over your shoulder and hustle to safety :)

I always chuckle when I hear of 1000s of rounds per person or per weapon being stored in someones basement or safe for the stuff hitting the fan day. Sure buy in bulk for target and fun, but don’t think you want to figure out how to move around a storage of a 1000 lbs or more of ammo. Real inconvenient and makes you a big target for the guys that don’t have any!
My generic recommendation is a few hundred (200-500) .22 shells, 100 or so hand gun and 100 or so rifle. Plenty to survive with, still be mostly mobile and deter the average bad guy scenario. Any plans to send a few thousand rounds down range defending your home, is probably misguided unless you happen to have a mini-gun or something :)

"...your tactics have failed, and the environment you've placed yourself in will ensure you not live to see more than a few dozen rounds expended. Spend your money on something more useful. Gun fights = casualties. You will be one of them. First Rule: don't be there."

LOL...So many assumptions based on a statement I made that revealed none of my tactics, environment, and how or when money has been spent...

Needless to say, my original statement clearly talks about the need for plenty of ammo IF one survives the initial chaos. If you wish to discuss my short-, and long-term strategies (which have been in place and tested since 1998), post a private reply.

Deep behind the enemy lines I await hearing, respectfully, more of your expertise. There's no such thing as too much knowledge, so I am open to anything that may have been overlooked