what is the least amount of rounds that you feel comfortable with for favorite round

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So guys I was recently asked a question what is the minimum number of rounds I want to have loaded for my favorite caliber and I figure for me I want at least 2,000 rounds on hand at all times for whatever the need maybe and no I'm not talking factory or rimfires I mean reloads. So I ask you what is your number plus favorite caliber???
 
A few hundred. To me, one of the prime benefits of reloading is that in the space of an hour or so I can whip up enough rounds to shoot a match or make a trip to the range worthwhile.
 
I like to keep a years worth of loaded ammo on hand and 4+ years worth of components. Lesser shot calibers, I have 1,000-1500 rounds loaded up. Range staples are ~5k/caliber
 
Except a lot has changed since 2007 I could buy all the win 231 my heart desired then now?????
 
I'm mostly a handgun guy and I shoot local matches, so I like to have 500 rounds of my match stuff on hand.

If I fall below that (2-300 rounds for a match), I'll set aside a hour one evening during the week to crank out another 4-500 rounds.

That is the big advantage of reloading, you don't have to stock pile loaded rounds, because you can just make some more.

Factory handgun stuff, I like to always have 500-1000 rounds on hand.

With .22lr, I start getting concerned if I fall below 5000 rounds
 
That is the big advantage of reloading, you don't have to stock pile loaded rounds, because you can just make some more.

Yep, that's how I look at it too.

I don't much care if I have a thousand rounds or whatever loaded.
If I've got a couple pounds of powder, a couple thousand primers and a few pounds of lead, I'm good.
 
I usually run off 200 or 300 to 800 or 1000 of my favorite loads. Depends on the caliber. I must have three or four thousand loaded rounds, but it's all calibers combined.

I am not comfortable or uncomfortable with any set numbers.
 
I am really only concerned with two calibers for "normal" use. Forget the Zombies and the 1,500 different calibers I actually own because I focus on 2 calibers, 22LR and 9mm. I use factory ammo for my hunting rifles and try to keep 100 of each in those two calibers because that would last me several years of normal shooting. I keep factory ammo for every caliber I shoot a lot but don't have any real requirements to keep me happy. I reload for most of the calibers I shoot (pistol).

I keep 2500 rounds of factory 9mm on hand. I am fairly new to reloading but I do a few and have the components to load probably 2k more if needed.
I try to keep a minimum of 20k rounds of 22 LR since we use it as a trainer and a "fun" round and I have a LOT of guns in that caliber. 10 years ago I probably kept 1k rounds because I could go to the store and buy all I wanted just about any time I wanted.
 
I load as needed at the present time. Eventually I would like to keep some rounds on hand but I'm still experimenting with powder, charges and different bullets.
 
Most of my "ammunition" is stored as components. Since the panic, i keep a couple years of inventory on hand.

Two or three hundred rounds of actual ammunition is enough for the most part except when I am gearing up for prairie dogs.
 
I reload until I run out of cases. Then I have to go shoot to make more empties.
 
My two calibers are 6mm Ackley Improved and 221 Fireball.

I usually don't load up a lot of rounds, maybe 20-50, at a time for each caliber.

Even with that amount I seat them about 15-20 thousands long and then I will seat them to the actual OAL seating depth just prior to going out groundhog or squirrel hunting.

I do this to try to prevent them from sitting too long and the bullet possibly taking a hard set in the case mouth. I have shot rounds in the past that were loaded for over a year and did see a drop in accuracy.

Alan
 
I only load 50-100 per caliber. Keeping all the loading components on hand is what I like. With quite a few guns to cycle through when going shooting don't need a lot reloads on hand.

With just components on the shelf load changes are easy, a primer swap, different seating depth and so on. Sitting on thousands of rounds of reloads for each caliber then finding you don't like it does not sound fun to me but a bit of a waste.
 
Almost zero. I load just before I shoot.

But I do stock up on components so that I'm not affected by shortages.
 
I will shoot 300+ 38 special per week fairly regularly so I keep a few thousand loaded at all times. I keep maybe 1k 45s counting JHP, competition, and practice ammo. About the same for 9mm as I carry it most. 45 colt I will have anywhere from 50-250 loaded. There are a few others like that too that I just don't shoot much of.
 
I reload mainly for accuracy of my hunting rounds usually with Nosler Partition bullets so 50 to 150 is all I have on hand at any one time.

If Partitions were cheaper, I'd have about double that number.
 
Don't have a set number.
It depends on what the wallet & weather allow.

In the winter I stock pile, in the 3 or 4 non-winter months I deplete said stockpile.
Just kidding, it's not quite that bad, but in the no-snow months I shoot as often as possible.
 
I, like some of the others, tend to focus more on how many rounds I *can* have given the component inventory. I tend to keep track of what I would run out of first. For me, right now, that would be primers. That's not to say I'm running low. But if I sat down and loaded as much as possible that's what I would run out of first. Knowing this helps me when I walk into the store what I should focus on.

The above, in conjunction with "years of inventory", is how I tend to manage things. I want to have enough (whatever that is) to enable me to remain calm for whenever the next shortage hits.
 
A few hundred. To me, one of the prime benefits of reloading is that in the space of an hour or so I can whip up enough rounds to shoot a match or make a trip to the range worthwhile.

+1.
 
I usually have less but the kids/grandkids have been shooting a lot less. They have families to worry about.
On hand I have about: these are reloads.
3500 9 mm luger
800 223 Rem
800 762 x 39
700 M1 carbine
400 243
800 45 ACP
300 30-30
500 357 mag
500 38 spl
2500 12 gage AA target shotshells
50 7.35 carcano
When I have this many I stop reloading & repair old guns that need some TLC,
Have fun, stay safe
H
 
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