Finally decided to buy an AR.

[mshootnit]

10 good working magazines per rifle is a solid amount but consider picking them up when on sale. Palmetto State Armory is a good place to shop for combo deals like a red dot and 10 PMAGS or $8 aluminum mags. Some like aluminum, I do, but others prefer polymer, I have plenty of those too.

How much ammo? A comfortable amount for your budget.


One of my several loose range ammo boxes, no idea how many rounds this is.
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450 rounds to process from last week.
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Prepping last week’s brass for storage and eventual reloading (next month). ~1,200 rounds, give or take.
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Do you spray the brass with anything when prepping for storage (to prevent corrosion or tarnish)

 

[lionking]

That is filthy cheap for an AR-10.

It is like trying eat one potato chip, I keep looking at their site and the sale, $350.00 for a complete upper and lower, that price how can anyone not, it is pushing the limit of how inexpensive it can go, maybe could go a little cheaper by building piece by piece but come on, $350.00 for a M4 type carbine, even S&W sporter doesn't touch that price and the S&W is not expensive and is real good in it's own right.

 

[Skylerbone]

Do you spray the brass with anything when prepping for storage (to prevent corrosion or tarnish)

Not a thing. Some of my Winchester 30-06 brass is decades old never loaded with just a hint of patina. Fired brass gets tumbled, sprayed with Hornady One Shot, de-primed/re-sized, and bagged. Those too have kept years without much tarnish as well.

Once loaded I have two types; bulk and precision. Precision goes into small MTM plastic cases (20-100 round with dividers) then into MTM gasketed ammo boxes with a Zerust tab. That’s the yellow rectangle visible in the bulk ammo box, which is all bulk gets as those rounds get depleted rather quickly.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Welcome to the world of EBR (Evil Black Rifles). I purchased mine many years ago and have built plenty since. Had to feed them so I moved into reloading and never looked back.