Do you guys stockpile ammo?

I don't stockpile worrying about needing it for survival. I simply buy more than I plan to shoot because I know won't get any cheaper. A couple of decades of that has left me well supplied.

i dont stockpile , 500 rounds for each gun is enough , ( i can collect ammo from the dead enemy)

i shoot 22lr--have about 6k in federal bulk--avg. 13.00 per k. also stocked components for 45acp -brass, powder, primers and lead (cast my own)-enough for another 6k. also load for 45-70--just enough stuff for practice and hunting (several hundred rounds).

Not really, I keep 6,000 rounds of .223 and a couple thousand each of 9mm and .40 in storage, but I don't consider that a stockpile.

No. Before hurricane season I'll usually buy an extra box or two for each gun, but that gets burnt up quickly. Only thing I really have to worry about is looters in the case of a hurricane.

I stockpile brass, lead, primers, and powder....does that count?

browningguy said:

Not really, I keep 6,000 rounds of .223 and a couple thousand each of 9mm and .40 in storage, but I don't consider that a stockpile.

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I agree, a stockpile is over 10,000 rounds per caliber.

Give me a few months, then I can say I have a stockpile.

"Stockpile" could mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't think I have a stockpile...but the media would likely describe my collection as an arsenal complete with its own ammo factory. It would sound scary as hell on MSNBC.

In reality though...it's not much. I have enough components on hand at any point in time to make a few thousand rounds...on top of the few thousand i have already on the shelf.

My goal was just to have enough on hand so that if the hoarders came back out of the woodwork I wouldn't get screwed out of components. When Obama got elected it was easier to find a unicorn than a primer. I just want to shoot and enjoy some reloading...not build a mountain of lead.

I try but I like to shoot to much so it doesn;t woor for me,

Not even close. I have a couple hundred rounds for my SKS and Mosin, a hundred or so 9mm, and a few hundred .22lr, and a handful of boxes for the 12 and 20 gauges.

I stockpile ammo.....but OTOH I disagree with the 10,000 quantity per caliber. I have more than that myself but just not all in one caliber.

I figure it cant hurt to have a pile of ammo that isn't going to be used unless completely necessary.

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No, I don't have a bunch put aside with the idea of only using it in an emergency.
I do have a lot, because I reload a lot, and I buy factory ammo and reloading components when the price is right.


Whenever I teach someone to shoot I give them the ammo. For instance I'm teaching three ladies to shoot now and it doesn't take long to go through such as this.

You have to better define "stockpile".

I have .. approximately..

11,000 rounds for 50 BMG (AP, API, APIT, FMJ, tracer - I bought a trailer full right before Talon went Kaput)
3,000 rounds 7.62x39
2,000 rounds 5.45x39
3,000 rounds 5.56 NATO
2,000 rounds 40 S&W
around 1,500 rounds of 9x18mm
5,000 rounds (usually) of 45 ACP
5,280 rounds (just purchased so I know exact count) 7.62x54R
1,800 rounds (just counted) of 5.7x28mm
2,850 rounds (just counted) of 308 (yugo surplus)
250 rounds of 7x57
250 rounds of 7.5 Swiss
50 rounds of 45 Colt (I reload as I go on those)
*0* rounds of 8x57mm (need to load more!!!!)
2480 rounds of 7.62x25 Tokarev, which is odd, as I don't own a gun in that caliber.. (Leftovers from gun shop)
50ish rounds of 300 Win Mag (I reload as I go on those)
150ish rounds of 22-250 (I reload as I go on those, too)

So around 36K rounds of ammo, give or take. I also have some oddballs and on the pistol calibers I'd need to do a count, since those fluctuate. (I shoot 400-500 rounds a weekend, so I load 5K, shoot them until I'm low, load another 5k)

Do I have "enough"?

Hell no.

(Except for 50 cal. I think I have enough 50 cal.)

Not a "stockpile" by MY eyes, a lot thinner than it was back when 7.62x39 was $80 a case and you could buy surplus 308 and 8mm for 10 cents a round.

gspn said:

My goal was just to have enough on hand so that if the hoarders came back out of the woodwork I wouldn't get screwed out of components. When Obama got elected it was easier to find a unicorn than a primer. I just want to shoot and enjoy some reloading...not build a mountain of lead.

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^^^ THIS.

After '08, I resolved myself to never, ever be "caught short again". EVER.

As such, I have 110,000 primers in my basement set aside.

25k each of small pistol, small rifle, large pistol, large rifle, plus 10K 50 BMG.

What Trent said.^^^^^ I got Obamated once. It won't happen again. SP primers have disappeared in my area. Last I saw were Rem and they were priced $40.00per 1,000. That was back in late May-early June. IIRC, the same thing happenened during Obamanation I.

I just replace what I shoot as I shoot it. Not scared enough to go hog wild and buy cases of ammo. I have enough ammo to last me about 3 yrs on hand.
20 boxes of each pistol caliber
40 boxes of each rifle caliber

2 cases of rimfire in .22lr and .22 Mag

I have a lot of ammo.

200 .22lr
50 9mm
20 .223
partial box of 12ga and 20ga

For lack of a better word, yes! I'm not hoarding, I'm ensuring I have a decent supply of bullets to support my shooting habit! That's all!

Buzzsaw46 said:

I have a lot of ammo.

200 .22lr
50 9mm
20 .223
partial box of 12ga and 20ga

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^^^

"Touche"