Ok so as the dollar falls, more and more people are suggesting increasing ammo stocks under the premise that ammo will eventually become a kind of currency immune to inflation.
But is this really going to work? I made a trade with a fellow recently for a rifle and a quantity of ammo. He was honest enough to let me know that he found a few duds in one of the quantities of ammo.
But what if we fast forward to a future where ammo is used as currency. How do you determine if the ammo is still good? Or does the ammo become a mere token with no expectation of actual consumption?
If the value of the ammo is still dependant on actual quality, does that mean that only large lots of the same ammo is worth stockpiling? I mean, if I have to shoot 20-50 rounds to be sure of quality, and I am looking to buy 200 rounds, I’ll lose 10-25% just to check the quality. If I look to trade it off, that guy will have to lose another 16-33% to check the quality. At the end of two trades, 20-50% of the original ammo is gone.
I guess my fundamental question is, how is the ammo-economy suppose to work?
But is this really going to work? I made a trade with a fellow recently for a rifle and a quantity of ammo. He was honest enough to let me know that he found a few duds in one of the quantities of ammo.
But what if we fast forward to a future where ammo is used as currency. How do you determine if the ammo is still good? Or does the ammo become a mere token with no expectation of actual consumption?
If the value of the ammo is still dependant on actual quality, does that mean that only large lots of the same ammo is worth stockpiling? I mean, if I have to shoot 20-50 rounds to be sure of quality, and I am looking to buy 200 rounds, I’ll lose 10-25% just to check the quality. If I look to trade it off, that guy will have to lose another 16-33% to check the quality. At the end of two trades, 20-50% of the original ammo is gone.
I guess my fundamental question is, how is the ammo-economy suppose to work?