Should I buy even more premium JHP?

IMO, you can never stockpile too much ammo. But if there is something else you want to spend your money on that will be more useful to you right now than 2,000 more JHP, then I'd say go for that other item/s.

If ya decide to not take that deal, can you pass it along?

IMHO, ammo WILL increase in value but I'll offer two caveats as follows...

Caveat #1: I'd not "put all my eggs in one basket" but, rather, buy some of all the most popular calibers.

Caveat #2: I'd not "put all my eggs in one basket" but, rather, buy water storage, freeze-dried foods, and other necessities.

I hope I'm not walking on thin ice here but... ammo doesn't cover all necessities which may become very valuable sometime in the future, even if only to one's self and family.

If you already have more than you could use in a lifetime, why buy more? It's just going to sit around, and make less stock available for folks who will actually use it.

I dunno...to me, you might as well ask "I have all the frozen pizzas I could possibly eat. Should I buy five more cases?" Just doesn't make a whole lot of sense, IMHO.

Two thousand rounds is about 4 range trips for me, or about two months worth of ammo. Sounds to me like you need to shoot more.

Why... would one just shoot up that much commercial ammo at, I guess $0.50 a round when you can build your own at say $0.15 - $0.20 @. Of course you didn't specify what cal. or brand. Seems to me you need a reloading bench, which you'll enjoy, check with your financial advisor perhaps he has the answer. Just tongue and cheek, no offense meant...
Be safe and enjoy whatever you like to do!

Beat me to it. Why not make your own instead of spending hundreds that will just hit the dirt anyway?

Look at it like this, guys. If Good&Fruity buys it now and stores it properly, we can go to his estate sale and buy the ammo for ten cents on the dollar.

Good&Fruity said:

You shoot 2K rounds of Premium JHP worth $1,000 every couple months, huh?

Are you sure you aren't talking about FMJ?

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No, I'm talkin' handloaded JHPs in various calibers, i.e. .357mag, .44mag, .45ACP and .460S&W. Custom made for each firearm.....for about a third of your factory ammo. That doesn't include the FMJs and cast. Bought about 5000 bullets last month. should last me till the end of the year. I didn't buy them just cause I could, I bought them cause they will soon be gone. All I was suggesting was, instead of thinking you had enough ammo to last a lifetime, to go out and shoot some of it, so you could justify buying the other 2000 rounds.


Sheeses.......

Every time you get a new semi auto you are going to want to run multiple boxes through it to verify function.

I also think it is a good idea to run some carry ammo at the range now and again...more often than once a year.

Two thousand rounds is about 4 range trips for me, or about two months worth of ammo. Sounds to me like you need to shoot more.

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That is because you are not referring to "premium JHP/defensive ammo". No, I am sorry, but reloads do not qualify under that definition. Your reloads are range ammo.

What kind and what is a really good price?

FWIW....I am comfortable carrying handloads for SD...Let the flames, games, and debate begin.

I have "several" hundred rounds of Winchester Ranger 230gr +p for my .45s. It functons beautifully in all of them.

However, I only burn a mag or two every six months of my carry ammo (I go through over 1000 rounds of my handloads in the same timeframe).

Now, here's the thing: the HST has now pretty much proven to be a better choice, but I still have many years worth of Ranger available.

I can use the Ranger as range ammo, which would be silly as I handload range ammo for ~$5/box of 50...

I can try to sell the Ranger, but will not get anywhere near what it will take to replace it with HST...

I can continue to carry the Ranger for the next 10 years, knowing that I am passing up a "better" perforrming ammo...

Any of these options sound like a good one?

So, my advice is, buy ammo as you use it, and as newer/better technologies become available, buy that too. Make sure you put enough of it downrange to verify reliable function.

orion: You just keep carrying the Ranger T. It is very good ammo. I do not believe HST is markedly better.

You can't be to skinny, you cant have to much ram , and you can't have to much ammo

You can't be to skinny

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oh yes you sure can

Winchester Ranger Talon in 9mm for $22 a box of 50. I would buy by the case obviously, but even online these go for $27+ per box not counting shipping...

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The GREAT price on that round (RA9T) is $17.99/50 from policeHQ. But it really is for LE only.

THAT would be a deal too good to pass up

I mostly stock components these days, though I have a few thousand rounds of loaded ammo on hand, in a variety of calibers.

Components work better for me: Load it when and how I want it, buy the components as I need them (a thousand bullets here, a couple thousand primers there, a couple pounds of powder, etc).

Incidentally, while I don't carry my handloads for defensive use (I carry my department's issued duty ammo), I wouldn't be uncomfortable with that ammo either. I'm a careful reloader, and have sent thousands of home-built rounds downrange without a single failure.

Jeff56 said:

(partial quote) "...if you put more than 3 gb of ram in a Windows XP machine it will actually slow the machine down."

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True for 32 bit Windows... but not 64 bit.

Good&Fruity said:

I don't know a lot of people that are comfortable carrying handloads for defense.

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I'm pretty comfortable with it.

^^ I have no problem with it, but only do in my .357 that I carry in the woods and around the house. My autos get factory just because that is what I have.

I guess that some people have had bad luck with handloaded ammunition, but about the only factory ammo I ever shoot for anything is rimfire. The only problems I've ever had are a few bad primers, but I've experienced more bad primers in factory ammo than in my handloads.

People in some locations are advised to not use handloads for self defense in case there's some question about the legality of the shooting. I suppose that could happen in some states or localities, but it's not one of my worries.

Never had an animal that I've hit with my handloads that didn't fall down, and expect the same thing if I ever have to shoot at a feral H sapiens.

A short answer. YES !