Ammo for guns you don't own

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Howdy folks. I'm just curious as to who owns ammunition for guns they don't own and why do you have it on hand? I own 20 rounds of .303 British, 20 rounds of 7.62x39 199 rounds of .38 Special and 12 rounds of .357 magnum. I have the 7.62x39, .38, and .357 because it was the best deal in the world: free! I have the .303 because I bought the ammo and then called to buy the rifle and it was sold a few hours before I called:cuss: :cuss: :cuss:
 
I've got some ammo left over (less than 2K rounds total of .40 S+W, 44 Mag, 20 GA, and 380) for guns I've sold and currently have nothing that'll shoot it. That said, I'll never buy ammo in a caliber I don't currently own.
 
I have a bunch of 40 S&W I plan to use when I get a Glock to shoot it, but I am thinking of ordering some 308 and 30carbine :) Just because I do not own the guns yet that does not mean my friends or family do not own a weapon chambered in it....:)
 
<<Free ammo can be awfully expensive. At least for me it would because I would probably buy a gun that can shoot it.>>

+1!

free ammo ain't nuthin but trouble! :D:D
 
haha

I have various boxes of ammo for guns I no longer own. Sometimes I'll give it away to a friend who has something to shoot it out of. Often I keep it, figuring I may end up with another gun in that caliber someday.
 
I have around 60 rounds of 6mm. I converted that gun to a .308 so I no longer need that ammo.
 
I tend to think of it more as an excuse to buy another gun. Wouldn't want it to go to waste now, would we?
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Funny as that may sound I've actually done that before LOL.
 
As a reloader, I also run into the terribly expensive random brass pickup. a year or so ago I found about a dozen of my 44mag cases that were a little to big for the die, that turned into a new 45colt vaquero. Some funny looking shiny cases mixed in with my dull looking 5.56 lake city brass, new 204 ruger. I wouldn't buy a new rifle or pistol just to get rid of some cases that I could just give to someone, but finding an interesting one gets the wheels turning, which causes thread posts, research, checking on price, and once I hold one I like in my hands, a new disposer of lead. I presently have a few 7mm X 57 mauser, 460 S&W mag, 338 rem mag and a single, but fascinating 10mm on my shelf of poverty.
 
Alucard- There's also the "I'll give you 50 bucks for that trash can full of brass" at the range. I started reloading 9mm recently, even though I've never owned a 9mm.

My retardation has been known to be quite expensive at times.
 
I've got a few hundred rounds of handloaded 38 Special. I've got a box of 45 Colt, a few rounds of 30/30, and a couple boxes of 20 ga. Don't have a gun for any of them. Might have to change that one of these days.
 
I've got a half box of 44mag and 45 colt
sitting around,someday i'll own some
type of firearm in those calibers again.
 
A friend gave me several hundred rounds of .40. It sat in the closet for about a year, and I brought some to a local THR shoot and gave it away, but I still had more of it. I really had no use for a .40, but I recently (as in last week) broke down and bought a used Steyr just to shoot up the rounds with.

When the rounds are gone, I'll sell the Steyr and put the money towards a Marlin .45-70, or perhaps a 16 gauge. I've got about 400 rounds of .45-70 and probably 500 shells of 16 ga. that I don't have a guns for as well.

I've decided that it is more economical to buy guns to shoot the ammo I have sitting around and than to buy new ammo for guns I already own.

If anyone has a Marlin they are looking to trade for a Steyr .40, look me up in about a month. :D
 
I've got a couple of boxes of .30-06 for a rifle I sold some 30 years ago, and probably 200+ rounds of 9mm, which I have no current weapon for after I got rid of my old Kel-Tec.
 
I have a bunch of Blazer 10mm I'll never use. I've shot 10mm before and, well, I'm confident in my masculinity to not have to do that too often :) But when a shop blowing it out of inventory, who am I to leave something that has barder value! :)



Czar
 
I've decided that it is more economical to buy guns to shoot the ammo I have sitting around and than to buy new ammo for guns I already own.
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:confused: Oh, I get it. That's why some of my friends call me a gun ho. (To paraphrase a currently unemployed radio host.) :D
 
I have guns that I don't have ammo for....
The local cabela's has 7.92x33 kurtz for sale. I'm very tempted to buy a box since I've never seen the stuff anywhere before and with the hopes that Karma will find me a very inexpensive MP-44 in the future.:p
 
I bought 2 boxes of 16 ga. steel before I found out I shouldn't shoot it in my 1938 Model 12. If anyone has any .300 Weatherby Magnum that needs a good home, give me a PM :)
 
I have about 100 rounds of .308 and another 200 rounds of .40 and I no longer own any guns in these calibers. I guess I should fix that...:scrutiny:
 
I got 40 rounds of .308 laying around. At the time I was planning on getting an M1A, but that got put off. I still havent gotten it yet.....:(. Eh, one of these days :cool:
 
i have ammo for guns i dont own
magazines for guns i dont own
stripper clips for guns i dont own
bayonets for guns i dont own
STOCKS! for guns i dont own.

just more excuse to go out and buy more guns ;)
 
I've got a Lee Loader in .30-06. I guess I need to get a Garand.

I've also got a couple rounds of various calibers (9mm, .308, .30-06, 16 ga, etc.) that I've found at my club lying loose on the ground here and there.
 
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