Have you ever run completly out of ammo?

[Shooter973]

Have you ever run completly out of ammo for one of your guns?

I never have but then I'm a bit anal about having plenty! But one of my sons called the other day and said that he wanted to go shooting but was completly out of 9mm ammo! Could he come over and get a couple of boxes from me? Of course I said yes and he did get 2 boxes of reloads from me.
I've never come close to running out of my ammo, but was wondering if I;m the only one thats this way.

 

[rodregier]

A firearm w/o ammo is a poor club

 

[Packman]

No, but I have a special "emergency stash" for every one of my guns that doesn't get shot up unless I need it. I usually rotate it out about once a year.

 

[Regolith]

Nope. I have a rule to always keep a box on hand. Though there are times when I'll have just bought a gun and go a few weeks before buying ammo because I haven't had a chance to take it to the range, yet.

 

[TAB]

yep...

all out of 257 wtby.

 

[shevrock]

I'm almost out now. i've got 20 22lr rounds, and 9 12g. o.o

 

[Rugerlvr]

There are times I've run out of a caliber, but never out completely since I've owned guns.

 

[Thernlund]

In 20+ years I've never run out. Not that I made it a point to have ammo on hand. It just worked out that way. Heh.


-T.

 

[.cheese.]

Just ask Burt Gummer. It's happened to him.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

There has probably been a time or two I've run out of one caliber or another but never completely out of everything. Whenever I go shooting I keep at least one mag full for the trip home (if I shoot the carry gun). Would be pretty bad to run through a few hundred rounds then be left with an expensive club or two when you needed them most.

 

[rhubarb]

I thought I ran out once. Then I looked under the seats of my truck and found enough loose ammo in three calibers for an afternoon plinking.

 

[SoCalShooter]

Nope.

 

[JohnBT]

I used to shoot up all of my BB's regularly - the last time was in 1957 or 1958 I think.

John

 

[herohog]

Sometimes it just gets too darned fun to stop! Besides, that's why we reload!

 

[PTK]

I keep (as an absolute minimum) four loaded mags for my AR-15, 2 loaded mags for my PS90, and three loaded mags for each other gun (if I have them, some guns I have only have two mags, three or four only have one)

That would be ammo I've tested, know it works, and I do not bring it to the range or shoot it - it's completely off limits for shooting.

 

[qwert65]

I'll always keep 3 or 4 rds of 30-30 and a full magazine for my 1911 plus theres always some .22lr around

 

[EHCRain10]

Ive run out of calibers but never all of them so in a way yes but not really

 

[Psywarrior13]

I always keep a certain amount of ammo for every weapon I own, once I hit that minimum level, I don't go to the range until I have more, or I buy some at the range. But I refuse to let myself run out completely.

 

[ZombieHunter]

+1 to #9
That scene in Tremors 2 was priceless!

I'm low...I don't like it >.>

 

[browningguy]

Yes indeed, more than once I've found myself with no .300 Sherwood or 360 No 5 loaded up. Then I have to dig out the few cases I have, resize some bulelts and load them up to go shoot.

 

[yakkingallover]

Before I got back into shooting, I still had ammo for guns I didn't own anymore. Since I have gotten back into it I started out with low numbers but it has grown exponentially since then...

 

[Walkalong]

Not since I got into reloading some 20 plus years ago. Before that I would run out occasionally.

 

[RickH]

I only run out if I shoot up all my .22lr. A good day at the range and I can run out of every caliber I shoot. I of course buy more before going home, but am technically out from the time I leave the range until I get to the cash register.

Even if I didn't buy more before I went home odds are there are at least a few spare rounds rolling around in my glove box or shooting bag.

I guess now that I think about it I don't really ever run out. I have a 50 round box of .45 AP, but no gun in that caliber, so I until I get a .45 I will never be totally out of ammo. I will just be out of ammo I can use.

 

[PotatoJudge]

Some days most of my ammo is in component form, but I always keep enough of what I need around. The only exception would be one week not long ago when I was going to fly to meet my wife for a trip home (she drove up a few days prior to my flight), so I sent her everything I planned on shooting. Problem was, that included my ammo cans. All I had kept was a CZ-52, unloaded. I had to load a couple magazines full before bedtime that night.

 

[lechiffre]

i voted no however:

i have a S&W 3566 .356tsw. it was a few months after buying it that i found ammo.

i own a walther model 7 .25acp i have never had any ammo for it. same story for my cz82.