1000 is a nice round number...
Posted on 02/25/2021 9:48:03 AM PST by Mean Daddy
I don't want to know how much ammo you have, rather general ideas as to how much ammo think they should have on hand to feel comfortable for each type of gun? Especially with a trend towards potential anti-gun legislation.
Ex:.38 revolver and recommend 500 rounds or AR15 5.56 and 1,000 rounds.
1000 is a nice round number...
You’ll get about a hundred different answers along with the boring old “lost in a tragic boating accident” moniker.
The amount you had, minus the amount left over, after you have made all Communists Good Communists.
I thought I had very little .22 rounds till I opened a box and found I had 1500 rounds I bought back around 1985.
This should be a good thread.
From an investment perspective would depend upon how much you have to invest. Take care of the essentials first and it’s always a good idea to diversify your assets.
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Do you still have room in the storage locker? Then you don’t have enough.
So is 10,000. Or 50,000...What the heck...
Hi.
My D.I. always said you will never have enough ammo.
He, of course was correct.
Sorry.
At least I bumped the thread.
5.56mm
Understocked.
1 - Practicing to stay proficient.
2 - Minimum store for harder times.
3 - Do these numbers apply to all calibers you own?
For me: Handguns = 100 rds/Mo. practice with various calibers and 1000 rds min. storage in primary caliber.
AR = 30 rds/Mo. practice and 1000 rds min. storage
Hunting = 10 Rds/Mo. practice and 500 min storage
Shotgun = Depends on your situation and interests (hunting, survival, self-defense)
How much information do you want to give to the deep state?
Let's have some fun with this, and disseminate misinformation, to freak out libs that may be lurking here.
For example, we have a 9mm and a .22 rifle currently. I think anything under 1000 rounds for each weapon is insufficient.
It depends on who's shooting at you...
I found a box of 500 purchased from Kmart for $9.95 in 1982. Haven’t had a failure yet.
You don’t need ammo at all. Just rack the action on your pump shotgun and the bad guys and wild animals go running in terror. I learned that on the Internet.
From an investment perspective, tread very lightly. There are signs that we've reached peak ammo prices, and if you buy today with the hope of reselling, you may take a huge bath.
As a prepper, there ain't no such thing as 'too much' ammunition. But just like food storage, your budget and your storage space will ultimately decide how much you end up with.
1,000 rounds of 9mm, 2,000 rounds of .22LR, and 1,000 rounds of 5.56 is plenty for me, unless I'm taking a class. Then I have a few hundred of my hunting calibers .30-30, .308, and .30-06, as well as a few hundred rounds of .38 spl and .357 Magnum for my wheel guns. And a few hundred rounds of 12 ga and 20 ga for my shotguns.
Ironically, even though I have this much on hand, I refuse to shoot it if I can't replace it, so I may as well not have any ammo right now.
When you read that someone was arrested and had a cache of 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 9 times out of 10 the “cache” ends up being four 500 round bricks of .22LR.
Yes, lost in a boating accident, and do you know bear scat has little bells in it and it smells like pepper.
AHHH HAHAHAHA!!!
Just crackin’ myself up today, I betcha never heard either one of those before. :)
(Still pattin’ myself on the back for makin’ some new funnies...)
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