how much ammo

[knkali]

I usually have a number in mind for my ammo cache, but with all the BS out there I am not sure what I should keep on shelf now.

I realize that guys dont want to publicly state what they have but a pm or two would make me feel better. The calibers are 9mm .45, .40, 5.56/223, and Shoty

TY

[KKing]

I keep around 5k of 22lr, around 1,400 of 9mm fmj, and 150 or so of jhp. Those are my main two calibers as far as target shooting go. I'm not a prepper, I just shoot a lot. I bought a carbine in 9mm just so I could share that ammo with my pistols. Now I keep at least 50-75 or so of the hunting rounds like .308, 7 mag, so on and so forth. I have quite a few 12 gauge rounds as well, but I hardly ever shoot it so my numbers on it are fairly low. I don't think I have a lot of ammo at all, but I have enough to get me through until all this madness panic buying eases up

[Barth]

I'm not a hoarder.
Do have a variety of caliber weapons though.
I like to have around 300 rounds of high end self defense ammo per caliber.
I do like to target shoot.
But have literally sent tens of thousand of rounds of rounds down range.
I'm proficient with a variety of weapons and don't need a lot of range time
to keep my skills up.

Lots of short sessions will work.
And I'll use range ammo to punch paper if I have too.

It's the premium defensive stuff I want to load up in ammo cans and store for the future.

Particularly if online ammo sales are banned.
I'm spoiled with very high end stuff right now.

[Bawanna]

Looking at the current ammo situation its crystal clear that just about everyone that owns a gun thinks they don't have enough.

I've heard of folks buying ammo for guns they don't even own just to have it. I think the theory that ammo will be like S&H Green Stamps is prevalent.

Me, I don't have nearly enough for even under normal (I know, define normal) so I'm way behind the curve for the current state of affairs.

[downtownv]

1000 rds of 9mm 40 cal and 45acp Factory loaded
and the same amounts for each as Square deal B reloads -range use (But I would trust my life on them should/if/when TSHTF.

[OldLincoln]

I've heard of folks buying ammo for guns they don't even own just to have it. I think the theory that ammo will be like S&H Green Stamps is prevalent.

Cleaned out the folks kitchen drawers and tossed a pot full of green stamps. They weren't worth anything if you didn't cash them in. Hmmm... with the market as it is maybe this is the time to sell ammo and restock after the supply has returned.

[wyntrout]

I would think that you would want to hang onto what you have. With possible regulations prohibiting online ammo sales, possible new taxes on ammo, and registration or licensing of ammo purchasing... supplies won't necessarily be a return to the quantities and prices that were available before this latest panic and shortage.

I didn't wait until supplies were short to build up a stockpile... enough to last a year or so, at least, with normal shooting and with more emphasis on defense ammo than before. Now if you need anything, it will be hard to obtain... especially for any kind of SHTF scenario.

I remember 2009 when I couldn't get any .380 ammo for the P380 I had on order and didn't want to be in that position again. If the "shortage" continues and people get more desperate, bullets will become more valuable and very good barter items... as long as you're careful to whom you give ammo.:D

Wynn:)

[chrish]

Somebody asked me the other day how much was too much and I told them if they had to park their car outside instead of in the garage, they had too much ammo.

Seriously...I'm kinda in the camp w/ Barth and KKing. It's also easier for me because I've consolidated to a single handgun caliber, 9mm. I keep a few hundred SD rounds (somewhere < 500 I guess) in the safe and then 1000-1500 of range fodder. I just keep filling in as I shoot up the range fodder and hopefully that constant stock of 1000+ will hold me thru these whacko periods so I can keep shooting at the range. I think if I got below 500 rounds of range ammo, I might seriously slow down my range trips.

I keep a couple thousand .22lr also, just to go plink with. Thinking of stopping shooting those now b/c they have become harder to locate than 9mm. That is NUTS on top of NUTS.

I too am starting to think of buying calibers I don't have, but still managing to keep that knee-jerk reaction at bay.

[chrish]

Cleaned out the folks kitchen drawers and tossed a pot full of green stamps.

Now THERE is an old (great) memory. The S&H Green Stamp store next door to the grocery store and shoe store. Went the way of the wind in the 70s here, but I still remember going there as a kid with my parents and grandparents.

http://www.greatamericanthings.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Green-by-postagestampsideadotcom.jpg

[7shot]

currently i have a fair amount in reserve but i'm real tight when shooting at the range. so you can say that i'm hording what i currently have and just trying to stockpile more. just being cautious...

[Bongo Boy]

I've concentrated my resources on reloading components, since I don't generally buy ammo at all. But, because even brass was going into backorder, I ordered the 10mm Auto brass that I could, backordered a bunch, then bought 1,000 rds of ammo to have something to shoot. I believe I bought just one box of defensive commercial ammo (I have no problem carrying handloads) just 'to have'. I simply didn't want to spend thousands on ammo and it's just absurdly expensive, to me. I had 1,500 rds of .22 LR in the shopping basket (I don't own a .22), and then, sadly, changed my mind. Now it's gone. Oh well.

But, for reloading components I did hoard a little bit--about 65,000 primers and 48 lbs of powder. Bullets are coming in still, and I probably have 5,000 commercial bullets and another 3,000 cast bullets, with another 240 lbs now of lead on the floor.

Last I checked I had 5,500 rds of 40 and 45 handloads on the shelf, which would normally be 2 months worth or so--now I expect that to last 6 months and will go to the range with a different practice schedule than usual, with more slow-fire precision shooting and less action, probably.

[muggsy]

I figure at my age I won't be able to squeeze off more than a few thousand rounds before they get me, so I don't have too much of a stash. I have about two hundred rounds for each of my high power rifles and five hundred for each of my pistols. Who counts .22LR ammo?

[chrish]

Who counts .22LR ammo?

What, you don't sit in front of the TV at night and line up all your boolits...this little boolit went to market, this little boolit stayed home...

...or use them like sheep when your head hits the pillow?

[Bongo Boy]

Yeah, that's half the fun...lining up all the boxes into neat little rows and counting them like a miser might his shillings. Maybe more than half the fun.

[Bawanna]

And you can shine em up really pretty before you put them back in the box.

[chrish]

I keep rearranging my boxes in the safe to have optimal access to each type. I'm worse than an old nagy wife having her husband move the sofa here, no, there, no over there.

3 high, 3 deep...no 4 high, 2 deep...no evenly spaced all the way across...no...arghhhhhhh...

[Barth]

Well as usual.
I started thinking about it.
Started twitching.
And ordered 1000 rounds of Federal Lake City NATO .556- XM855 green tip, steel penetrator.
http://www.firequest.com/media/products/XM855.jpg

[wyntrout]

I'm still waiting on a shipment from Ammo to Go, but they took my money and said they have it in the warehouse... just about 22 days to get to shipping it!

I should have 2,500 or more per caliber with a lot of defense ammo. I'm not quite a full-blown prepper, but I don't plan to run out of bullets... good for barter... trade or out of the barrel if the SHTF. When I bought the 10/22 a year ago, I bought 9,200 rounds of specific ammo... including a lot of Stingers and several kinds of sub-sonic. That could be easily be worth its weight in silver... and at some point, maybe even some gold... certainly not paper money... the way it's being de-valued!

Wynn:)

[MikeyKahr]

I'm still waiting on a shipment from Ammo to Go, but they took my money and said they have it in the warehouse... just about 22 days to get to shipping it!

I should have 2,500 or more per caliber with a lot of defense ammo. I'm not quite a full-blown prepper, but I don't plan to run out of bullets... good for barter... trade or out of the barrel if the SHTF. When I bought the 10/22 a year ago, I bought 9,200 rounds of specific ammo... including a lot of Stingers and several kinds of sub-sonic. That could be easily be worth its weight in silver... and at some point, maybe even some gold... certainly not paper money... the way it's being de-valued!

Wynn:)

Hey Wynn, ammunitiontogo shouldn't have taken your money until you were next in queue and then they charge your card and ship it. You should have about 20 days to play with your money. At least so I thought.

[wyntrout]

I ordered ammo from them on 19 December and it didn't ship for about 3 weeks. This is a second order with a warning that it could take 22 work days or so to ship the ammo from their warehouse! They take the money immediately, though.:rolleyes:

That's not the normal way I like to do business, for sure!

Wynn:)

[knkali]

Well as usual.
I started thinking about it.
Started twitching.
And ordered 1000 rounds of Federal Lake City NATO .556- XM855 green tip, steel penetrator.
http://www.firequest.com/media/products/XM855.jpg

diggin it.

[knkali]

Thanks Everyone! I knew the boys here would give me ideas of what is "normal". Looks like I need a little more to roll with you guys. Not too much though, but I do have some ordering ahead of me. Will look at a couple ammo only stores tomorrow before I venture into the net to order.

Thanks again

[rholmes69]

minimum 1k rds of each caliber except my hunying rounds (7mm rem mag and 30.06) and thousands of .22lr...

[O'Dell]

I haven't bought any ammo in about six months. Your question got me curious so I did an inventory of my ammo safe tonight. I have a 380 that I practically never shoot or carry and have 300 rounds of 380 ammo. I have about 1200 rounds of 9mm for the PM9. There are two 40's and about 1700 rounds of 40 cal S&W. For my eleven 45's I have 3400 rounds of 45 ACP. The ammo is about equally divided between FMJ and HP's and is all factory.

Looks like I need to buy some 45.

[Flincher]

I've always kept enough ammo ( .22, .380, .38, .357, 9mm ) on hand so I can shoot for a few full days at the range, and have enough left over for social reasons. But lately, I'm buying everything I can get form any source. To the point where I'm going to have to add more support to the shelves in my ammo cabinet.

[Michael W.]

Hey all, been a long time since my last post.

I tend to squirrel away defense ammo that works for each gun as I go.
I've got plenty of 9mm in HST, Ranger-T for the various 9's we have.
In 40 it's primarily 180gr HST's but I have a fair amount of the 180 Gr
bonded Winchester stuff that was so cheap couple years ago.
Say ~1000rds per caliber for defense stuff.

I don't have nearly enough .223/5.56 for a "comfort" level but certainly
enough to hold off the zombie hoards in more than a few tactical battles.

My main pain point is in range fodder. I recently ordered 1k rds of 9mm Blazer
from PSA. They were slow BEFORE this current tomfoolery. Who knows when I will
see it.

Another thing I've been thinking about a lot lately is redundancy in weapon systems.

I'm in pretty good shape in the hi cap belt carry handgun class (Glocks) and in
the Carbine class (AR's) but I really have no backup to my main pocket carry
PM9 (nor my wife for her CM9).

Obsessing about "what if's" is large part of this hobby I suppose:)
What if something broke on my Kahr and I couldn't just go to the LGS
or gunshow and buy a part or replacement. What if, God forbid I was involved
in a shooting and had my gun confiscated as evidence for 9 mos.

I ventured into the market looking for some CM9's last week and did not see much
available. Things down here in FLorida are picked pretty clean and whats available is pretty outrageously priced.


I did, however, find a few Beretta Nano's available at reasonable prices.
I never paid much attention to them before but they seem to be a sleeper.
Not real popular I suppose.

I picked up two of them earlier this week and put them through the paces.
They don't shoot as nice as my PM9 but they weren't bad either.
I was impressed at the build quality as well. For ~$400 it seemed like a
heck of a deal.

They're a skootch bigger than the PM9 but still pocket-able for me.

M-

[Longitude Zero]

I ordered ammo from them on 19 December and it didn't ship for about 3 weeks. This is a second order with a warning that it could take 22 work days or so to ship the ammo from their warehouse! They take the money immediately, though.:rolleyes:

That's not the normal way I like to do business, for sure!

I don't like it either but you gotta suck it up and go along. Else you have nothing.

[wyntrout]

I ordered again from Ammo to Go because they say they have the ammo and I hadn't seen what I ordered anywhere else...
2 x 200rds - 9mm Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel 124gr. +P HP Ammo $409.90 1 x 500rds - 40 S&W Remington Golden Saber Bonded 180gr. JHP Ammo $294.95Sub-Total: $704.85 United Parcel Service Delivery (1 pkg) (UPS Ground): $33.57 Shipping Insurance: $4.55 Total: $742.97

This is a good chunk of change in advance!

"Though we have a high order volume here at Ammo To Go, we have a real time inventory system. If you were able to purchase your product we do have it here at our warehouse. The delay is not a stock issue we have your product that you purchased here at the warehouse. At this time we are getting more orders than we can physically ship out. If the product was online at the time you place your order we do have it in stock here at our warehouse. If you do not see it on our website it is out of stock. As with everything nothing is perfect if we do see that there is going to be an issue fulfilling your order you will be notified by phone or email at that time. If you do not hear from us, you can rest assured your order is in line to be shipped out to you. Thank you for your order. Your Order is now being processed, your order should ship between Feb 1st and 7th. We are working hard to meet the demand with additional shifts, additional days, and additional manpower. It is our intention to serve everyone well, if you have any questions you can reply to this email. Your patience is greatly appreciated! Thanks again for your business and have a great day!!!-Cristela"

Wynn:)

[Barth]

I've already received my tracking number for the 1k 5.56
I ordered from SGAmmo last night.

They are really fast!
Scheduled Delivery: 30-January-2013

[Tinman507]

SGAmmo rocks. Awesome folks to do business with.

[chrish]

+ a few on SGAmmo. They have become my preferred place. I order from them and even wait on them. Waiting to see more range fodder 9mm go up. I didn't get in on the last round of 'in stock' stuff that I posted about in another thread, but will be on the next one.

Happy shopping folks. Keep buying it. It does my heart good to see stuff fly off the shelves like this and into the hands of folks like us, even if it hurts my wallet on occasion.

[gm412]

I saw this coming. I am set for several years.