w00t...even better than found money!!!
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.
It’s nice to think not everything is stored in one place. Cache, cashe, cashe.
Does that even work anymore. I thought they arrested you if you don’t have a BLM poster on your front door.
I’ve modified my SOP to the three S’s.
And double the rounds if you have extra barrels on hand?
One more box...
As a rule, no more than 1,000 rounds of each caliber for each weapon.
Depends. How much can you carry if you have to leave? How much can you store if you don’t?
I like to think in terms of how many years the ammo must carry me until reliable resupply.
For me, I plan on 10 years of no ammo available. Therefore I plan the following:
For my AR I expect to fire 180 rounds a year for proficiency, so 1800 rounds per gun for practice. I also plan on 4 combat loads for self-defense (210x4= 840 rounds) total is 2640 rounds per AR—say 2700 for spoilage etc.
For my handguns, I plan on 100 rounds per year for proficiency training, so 1,000 for practice. I also plan on 4 combat loads for self-defense (4x60=240 rounds) total is 1240 rounds per handgun.
For my tactical shotgun, I plan on 50 rounds a year for proficiency, so 600 rounds for practice, my combat loadout is 25 slugs and 25 double ought buckshot. So 4 combat loads would be 100 slugs and 100 buckshot. total is 800 rounds.
For my over under 12 gauge hunting shotgun, I don’t need to practice, so 25 rounds per year should suffice for hunting waterfowl and any ground critters that may remain in my local forest once people start hunting in earnest. total is 250 rounds mixed load of 4 shot and 6 shot.
For my.22, I plan on using 1200 rounds per year for proficiency, so 12,000 rounds for training, and another 30 rounds per year for small game hunting for a totoal of 12,300.
Don’t forget the cleaning and maintenance supplies for a 10 year period. Fortunately, I already have most of this, and in some cases greatly exceeds my expected need (.22 for example).
I definitely have a legacy supply for my kids.
I am in agreement with most here - 1000 rounds for every caliber you own. That’s the stash. Then whatever you need for practicing.
No comment.
Carbine and assault pistol share ammo and SG shells are a blast:-)
Let’s face it. 1000 rounds total of all calibers is all anyone needs.
If you can hold ‘them’ off long enough to expend that much, they are going to take you out with a drone strike or an anti-tank round anyway.
The idea of being able to hold out via firepower for months is a joke. You can lay low that long, but once they find you, it will end pretty quickly.
What are primers selling for now? I can’t find any for sale to see prices. I have seen low quality 9mm going for almost a buck a round.
That's barely bare proficiency.
Before the latest ammo run, I averaged 200 rounds a month rifle and 300 rounds a month pistol. (granted I shoot with two separate defensive groups and also teach a weekly Monday night session).
As a result of the ammo famine and increased cost, I am at half that now, 100 rounds each pistol and rifle per month, supplementing with every dry fire tool out there I can find.
My 'get me through the drought' stash is about 5000 in each caliber.
Gunbroker has some up for sale, and occasionally now ammoseek.com has had some.
$300 for a brick (1000 primers). Used to be $30-40.
See 53. Its all about how much training you plan to do. Defensive shooting, small team shooting, those are perishable skills. You cant be proficient with 100 rounds a year.
w00t...even better than found money!!!
That’s the investment I’m thinking. I told my 24 year old son I was buying it as much for him as me. My AR15.
LOLOL!!! 100%
Agree. But you gotta have the storage for more ammo, I think I’ll manage with my limited training—after all, I do have 35 years of real military and police training to fall back on.
Sorry, my mistake. My info was a week old.
Now 500 primers are going for $175 to 200. 1000 brick are going for $329 to $400.
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