7.62 x 39: How many rounds do you have on hand?

[Guitargod1985]

Just curious for those of you who own Kalashnikovs / SKSs. Approximately how many rounds do you keep on hand at any given time? I usually keep around 400 to 500 rounds or so stockpiled, "just in case." In addition, I usually allow myself 2 or 3 hundred rounds a month for shooting and I keep about twenty on hand for hunting.

I have separate groups: Group A - Stockpiled ammo (Winchester 124 gr FMJ), Group B - range ammo (Wolf 124 gr FMJ), and Group C - hunting ammo (Federal PowerShok 123 gr SP)

 

[hmp32]

More rounds than there serve the UN.

 

[Babarsac]

Enough to repel a decent zombie uprising.

 

[salty]

What freak'in business sof yours is it ? R U sending me a few thousand rounds as a present ?

 

[DMK]

About 12k at last count. Mostly Barnual HP purchased at around $39 per 500. I've got about a half dozen 700 round spam cans of Silver Bear that I got for $60 a can too. I remember buying cases of S&B from Natchez for under $2 a box/20.

 

[alucard0822]

Ammo, what ammo? These aren't the droids you are looking for, move along.

 

[JWarren]

Enough to start a war, but not enough to finish it.


-- John

 

[MikeH]

Exhausted my inventory a couple of weeks ago, and haven't restocked yet.

 

[Father Knows Best]

Just got another 1,500 rounds. My practice is usually to buy 1-2,000 at a time, and when the supply drops below 500, restock.

 

[erict]

I'm down to 800 or so. I keep 10X that for the AR's though.

I'm not much of a 7.62 guy.

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Who wants to know??

 

[Float Pilot]

I sold all my 7.62x39 shootin irons,, (putting the money into more 5.56 and real 7.62mm) So only a can or two is left,,,in case one of the zombie hoardes drops one...

 

[BobMcG]

You really need to know?

Make a guess... choose a number somewhere between 1 & 100,000.


And no, I won't tell you if you're close.

 

[lionking]

never enough!....of any caliber

 

[Hoppy590]

i havnt gotten off my butt and gotten more. .45 has held my attention and wallet at the moment. got plenty of 54R though!

 

[GTSteve03]

Little over 1k in an air-tight ammo can, along with 10 loaded 30-round mags with my Saiga.

Oh yeah, my preferred stock is Wolf Military Classic HP. Frag-tastic!

 

[lee n. field]

"There was a terrible boating accident. All my ammo is at the bottom of yonder lake."

 

[Dos]

Your local ATF, FBI, PD, Fire Dept, Homeland Security, Insurance Companies, Democrats, etc etc all want to know.

 

[kungfuhippie]

I have no guns or ammo besides that pistol that is registered in my name.
But if I did have a stock pile of 7.62x39 I'd have a minimum 1000 rds. on hand at all times.

 

[MudPuppy]

Yup, no one has guns. Nobody has more than 20 rounds of ammo. There's no good reason for that, look at the discussion board on a pro-gun site--even they don't keep much ammo on hand...

Yeah, I keep lots of ammo on hand. I buy it when its cheap, shoot it when I have time. And there's nothing wrong with that. (Hide your sport or your rights and they'll go away...)

 

[dstorm1911]

Private residences ATF can't say squat, in AZ the Fir dept nor police can say squat either as long as your not a commercial dealer then zoning and everything else comes into play regarding the listed business address

Now as to the original question....... your pol quantities fall way far short add a bunch of zeros behind your highest option and adding

 

[DMK]

Gun discussion board members are such a paranoid lot.

More than half the posts in this thread say they have nothing to say.

 

[nwilliams]

If I would stop spending so much on guns maybe I could actually start stocking up on more ammo:banghead:

I have one 20rd box of 7.62x39 for my AK and SKS, how pathetic is that!

I have a few hundred rounds of .223 left for my AR, about 700 rounds of 7.62x54r for my one Mosin and a few hundred rounds of 7.62x51 that I'm hesitant to use up.

 

[thegriz]

You're not even close

I usually keep around 400 to 500 rounds or so stockpiled, "just in case."

500 rounds does not an ammo stockpile make unless you're a liberal "journalist".

When ammo sales get banned or taxed out of existence your 500 rounds will disappear like vapor.

Saddam Hussein was a scumbag. But I gotta say, the guy sure knew how to stockpile ammo. But for those of us who are not multibillionaire dictator/presidents 1000 rounds should be the bare minimum.

That is, until you reach your goal of 1000 rounds. Then you should consider 2000 to be a bare minimum. And so on...

Do you see how it works?

However, 500 rounds is vastly more than none. Congrats on making a good start.

 

[alucard0822]

Gun discussion board members are such a paranoid lot.

You can't be considered paranoid when they ARE out to get you

even a meager 2000rds works well as a price buffer between big runs of surplus or sales every year or two,