Considering your nomex may be about flamed off with all the incoming posts, all I have to say is the 2nd Amendment has less to do with hunting than about protecting America from tyranny such as we may be seeing coming over the next hill. Buying ammo is not the same as the Y2K crap as you refer. Even if zero does zero, ammo will hold its resell value.
Yes, true enough dusttoyou.
Still, nice to have a fresh supply and not so much that you have to turn it over out of concern.
Yes, ammo is currency just about everywhere. Always has been.
Yes, ammo will keep up with the CPI or even do a little better.
It is just that I can think of better places to store extra dollars for now.