How many rounds is enough?

[fencer]

You only have ONE almost filled? Not enough....

That is what I was thinking !!!

 

[xtry51]

So am I ok with 10k in each caliber or not?

IMO that's a nice target. If you move beyond that I'd recommend not storing it all in one place anyway.

 

[JayMcB]

So am I ok with 10k in each caliber or not?

10k in .22 is easy.

same with my pistol calibers until you get up into .45 land.

when you start trying to get 30.06 for a Garand, 10k rounds i$ a tall order for $ome of u$.

I'll say the same thing. Unless you think you have enough to shoot for your kids' lifetimes, it isn't enough. When it is not full retard prices, I try and spend at least $200/mth to increase my stock. That does not include what I or my kids shoot. 50 bucks a week is easy to do. Just do it every week

 

[fencer]

So am I ok with 10k in each caliber or not?

A couple of weeks ago, I took a new shooter and his son on their first range trip. I brought an M&P 15-22 and a couple of AR's. We went through 500 rounds so fast that I had to stop shooting and sweep up brass because I was afraid that someone would slip and fall.

Ammo goes fast. I can easily go through 250-300 rounds on a range trip. And then some days at the range with a scoped rifle, it takes a while to go through 50 rounds. It all depends on what you are shooting.

 

[Varmint]

I'll say the same thing. Unless you think you have enough to shoot for your kids' lifetimes, it isn't enough. When it is not full retard prices, I try and spend at least $200/mth to increase my stock. That does not include what I or my kids shoot. 50 bucks a week is easy to do. Just do it every week

I think that's overkill, because you can have short term ammo shortages, maybe even lasting a few years, but unless all the factories close, or .gov manages to ban something, eventually prices normalize. And if .gov bans a certain ammo they'll likely ban possession, not just purchase.

 

[SteelShooter]

How many can you carry ?

You'll wish you had more when they come for you.

10k in .22 is easy.

same with my pistol calibers until you get up into .45 land.

when you start trying to get 30.06 for a Garand, 10k rounds i$ a tall order for $ome of u$.

I'll say the same thing. Unless you think you have enough to shoot for your kids' lifetimes, it isn't enough. When it is not full retard prices, I try and spend at least $200/mth to increase my stock. That does not include what I or my kids shoot. 50 bucks a week is easy to do. Just do it every week

Just calculated I shot over 75K rounds last year and could have easily blown through 100K if I didn't show some restraint!

 

[Terminator03]

Just calculated I shot over 75K rounds last year and could have easily blown through 100K if I didn't show some restraint!

Hopefully that was all .22, or you reload!

 

[SteelShooter]

Hopefully that was all .22, or you reload!

50% 22 , 5.56 and 45 for the rest (some 380 12GA and some 5.45), it's unfortunate that I have a gun range at the end of my street and go for lunch several times a week... or fortunate....

no reloads except from Freedom Munitions

 

[Varmint]

Just calculated I shot over 75K rounds last year and could have easily blown through 100K if I didn't show some restraint!

I picture you as the guy with the baseball cap.

 

[atilla]

I picture you as the guy with the baseball cap.

we three kings be stealin' the gold.

 

[Rider]

when you start trying to get 30.06 for a Garand, 10k rounds i$ a tall order for $ome of u$.

I'm sorry that you can't afford to survive the zombie apocalypse. ;p

Speaking of, how high does the pile have to be before zombies stop climbing over it to see what's on the other side? Hypothetically, of course?

I need a zombie wall calculator app.

 

[xtry51]

I think that's overkill, because you can have short term ammo shortages, maybe even lasting a few years, but unless all the factories close, or .gov manages to ban something, eventually prices normalize. And if .gov bans a certain ammo they'll likely ban possession, not just purchase.

Prices do not normalize. They go up. Do they sometimes spike? Yes, but they don't come back to where they were. Just look at 5.56 prices over the past 10 years.

 

[xtry51]

Prices do not normalize. They go up. Do they sometimes spike? Yes, but they don't come back to where they were. Just look at 5.56 prices over the past 10 years.

Right now bulk FXM855 is $430/k from an online vendor I've been using for a while. 6 Years ago the same ammo, same vendor was $299/k.

IMI 55gr 1200rds is $408, 6 years ago was $289.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Prices do not normalize. They go up. Do they sometimes spike? Yes, but they don't come back to where they were. Just look at 5.56 prices over the past 10 years.

^^^ This.

Back in the early 2000s, I was buying 9mm Rem/WWB for $8.99/100 at Wal-Mart and Dickless. I paid ~$100/case for 1000 rds of PMC .223, 9mm/.40S&W/.45ACP all at Four Seasons (all brass case US mfr). Back in the mid-2000s I bought 7.62x39 Wolf for $79/1000.

Check today's prices and let me know where they have "normalized" to prices close to this, I'm all ears!

 

[AllaSnackbah]

^^^ This.

Back in the early 2000s, I was buying 9mm Rem/WWB for $8.99/100 at Wal-Mart and Dickless. I paid ~$100/case for 1000 rds of PMC .223, 9mm/.40S&W/.45ACP all at Four Seasons (all brass case US mfr). Back in the mid-2000s I bought 7.62x39 Wolf for $79/1000.

Check today's prices and let me know where they have "normalized" to prices close to this, I'm all ears!

I'm not old enough to remember these days... thats must have been amazing haha

 

[ChevyGuy91]

I'm not old enough to remember these days... thats must have been amazing haha

Eh, I bet they had their own old timers telling them how great it used to be.

 

[pastera]

I think that's overkill, because you can have short term ammo shortages, maybe even lasting a few years, but unless all the factories close, or .gov manages to ban something, eventually prices normalize. And if .gov bans a certain ammo they'll likely ban possession, not just purchase.

When they ban possession is when you need the biggest stockpile.

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[drgrant]

I'm not old enough to remember these days... thats must have been amazing haha

I hate myself every day for not buying more ammo back then. It was fun while it lasted.

-Mike

 

[white feather]

 

[fencer]

 

[headednorth]

Any idea what year that was published in? It'd be fun to convert those prices into todays dollars adjusted for inflation.

 

[fshalor]

The correct answer is if you're not using one of these to move it around, you can't even start talking about having "enough" ammo.



-Mike

Osha fail.
1. Forks 6-12" and level or as needed for terrain
2. Beep when changing direction.
3. Need moar ammo.


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[Broc]

I'm sorry that you can't afford to survive the zombie apocalypse. ;p

Speaking of, how high does the pile have to be before zombies stop climbing over it to see what's on the other side? Hypothetically, of course?

I need a zombie wall calculator app.

According to the walking dead, zombies are retarded. So, the answer is: As high as it needs to be for them to keep falling back and trying again.

 

[Broc]

OMG....so cheap. The Argentine Mauser now sell for around $500-600, and once in a while I see some for $700-850.

 

[Terminator03]

50% 22 , 5.56 and 45 for the rest (some 380 12GA and some 5.45), it's unfortunate that I have a gun range at the end of my street and go for lunch several times a week... or fortunate....

no reloads except from Freedom Munitions

Wow, that's super cool!

 

[fencer]

Any idea what year that was published in? It'd be fun to convert those prices into todays dollars adjusted for inflation.

Pretty sure it was 1969

 

[Varmint]

^^^ This.

Back in the early 2000s, I was buying 9mm Rem/WWB for $8.99/100 at Wal-Mart and Dickless. I paid ~$100/case for 1000 rds of PMC .223, 9mm/.40S&W/.45ACP all at Four Seasons (all brass case US mfr). Back in the mid-2000s I bought 7.62x39 Wolf for $79/1000.

Check today's prices and let me know where they have "normalized" to prices close to this, I'm all ears!

I wonder if ammo is like DRAM, which used to go through huge variations in price as manufacturers went through boom and bust cycles of supply and demand. Then they learned to keep their production volume more level, and not ramp up too much when demand was high.

i doubt ammo demand will drop to those levels again. Maybe if commodity prices keep dropping that'll help with lower prices.

 

[kalash]

$50 in 1969 is about $320 today.

 

[Varmint]

$50 in 1969 is about $320 today.

Copper price in 2000s was 1/4 what it is today, even after all the big drops in commodity prices. That's why ammo is still expensive.

 

[shadowr434]

So, my preferred caliber for handguns is 9mm.

Currently, I have 3000 rounds as my "SHTF stash." This is put away and not touched.

Is it enough? I am speaking just for handguns...not long guns.

What say you?

I'm gonna say, as ammo goes, if we are talking SHTF, then we are most likely talking about very little to no access to ammo after whatever happens, happens so the answer is there is never enough.