How much ammo do you keep on hand?

[CBS220]

I figure that I've probably got 5000 or better rounds of ammo stored away somewhere in my house. Maybe 1000 7.62X39, 800 .303, several 300 round cases of 7.62X54R, a few boxes of GP11, and well over a case of .22 (I'm not counting it as part of my stash, even if it is part of it). I've got a ton of loose shotshells, from buck to slugs to birdshot, five of those 100-round packages (federal brand) of 12 gauge and three of 20, and only a few boxes of commercial stuff in various calibers, mainly with hunting bullets for hunting purposes.

I reload, and have no idea how much reloaded ammo I have around. A pretty good amount of .45, but I just toss all my cheap plinking ammo of one caliber into a small box and take it when I go shooting. So I suppose I won't suffer from a crunch as badly as some people, as I cast as well, but I'm just curious as to how much in the way of munitions you folks keep on hand.

 

[PTK]

I have a 10 foot wide, three foot deep, 10 foot high closet full of ammunition. I have no idea whatsoever how much it is, but I have minimum 5k rounds for everything except oddball calibers (8x56R for example I only have 100 rounds)

 

[Anteater1717]

1000+ .22lr
450+ 7.62x39
120+ .223
200+ 20ga
40+ 12ga

 

[NAK]

Not enough... but enough to worry about the floors.

 

[Bigjake]

If I posted it, You'd see me in the newspaper as having a "Cache" or "stockpile", or whatever the current scary buzzword is for folks with more than 10k rnds.

 

[simpleguy]

I wish I had what would be posted as "cache" or "stockpile", but I'm working on it......
12ga. 300rnds, .22lr 4000rnds, .40 150rnds, 9mm 150rnds, 30'06 200rnds, .38spcl 75rnds

Goal min....1000 12ga, 1000 .40, 1000 9mm, 1000 30'06, 1000 .38, 10k .22lr

 

[Sgt.Dusk]

Seems that I dont hold as much as you guys.
I only keep 500rnds of .357mag and 500rnds of 22LR

 

[Tommygunn]

4000+ of .30 Carbine
2000 +- 0f 5.56mm.
250 of .44-40
100 of .30-30
40-50 of .30-'06
600+ of .22 RF (yeah, I know; skimpy)
150 of 9mm.
100 of .38SP
150+ of .44 Magnum
180+ of 7.62 Nagant (for 1895 Nagant revolver)
And I have no idea how much for black powder cap 'n' ball revolvers.

 

[Funderb]

never, ever, ever enough.
but if anyone can point me to some good deals on 7.92x57 and 7.62x54r that would be much appreciated.

 

[arflattop]

I keep just over 10K rounds, allocated between 8 calibers and 2 shotgun gauges.

 

[Regolith]

I have somewhere between 500 and 1000 .22LR rounds, and around 140 or so shotgun rounds, with the bulk of it being birdshot, with some 00 buck thrown in for HD. I don't have a whole lot of money for buying alot of ammo at this time.

 

[RNB65]

Just turning around here in my chair, I can eyeball the following:

1600 rnds 12ga shotgun shells.
3000 rnds 9mm
1200 rnds 45ACP
5000 rnds 7.62x54r
1000 rnds 7.62x39
800 rnds .22lr
2000 rnds 5.56mm
500 rnds .357 Mag
Small quantities of various other cals (.40S&W, .38 Special, .357Sig, .308)

I've also got at least 3000 additional rnds of 5.56mm tucked away in a bedroom closet.

That should tide me over until the spring thaw.

 

[OregonJohnny]

Wow, it sounds like some people are seriously prepared for anything. I have about 10 guns of different caliber but keep very little ammo stored. I keep a lot of buckshot for my 870, a few boxes of trap loads for my auto-loader, 150 rounds of .223 for the AR, then basically a box for each of the other guns. Just enough that I'm not forced to go to the sporting goods store every time I want to go shooting. Ammo collecting gets too expensive for me.

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

If your round count isn't in the 5 digits you aren't even trying.

 

[hqmhqm]

I have 10K of centerfire and 13K of 22LR

It is not that I'm stocking up for any kind of emergency, it's just that where I live ammo prices at the retail stores are high and availability is low, and it's a pain in the ass to get to any of them, so I want to buy in bulk when I can.

 

[hobgob]

I dont wanna highjack the thread, but on a similar note, what kind of ammo do you stockpile...what brands,grains, jhp,fmj?

 

[takhtakaal]

Ammo?

Like they say about love ...

More today than yesterday, not as much as tomorrow ...

 

[WoofersInc]

I always try to have a minimum of a least 2,000 rounds for any caliber I own. For .45 ACP I try to keep that at 5,000 plus since that is my most used handgun round.

 

[MRIman]

My 7.62x54R stash.

 

[Titan6]

More than enough, less than a lot.

 

[gggman]

Somewhere in excess of 10,000 rounds of various calibers.

 

[cornman]

And you you guys wonder why ammo prices keep going up... Stop buying so much!

 

[TAB]

lets see

about 800 22
1000 10mm( just loaded it)
16 45 acp.
100 12 ga
300 ish 16 ga
100 20 ga
100 410
60 7.5 swiss.
100 30-06

and about 100 or so in almost empty boxs( 38/357 . 40,17 rem, 280 rem.. etc)


you guys make my collection look small. then again, I only shoot 50-100 rounds or so every time I got to the range.

 

[kir_kenix]

12-15k

i honestly have no idea. maybe 12-15k excluding rimfire. most of that is in surplus 30 carbine, 30-06, 7.62x39, and 7.62x54. i try and keep at least 1k round of 9mm, .40, and .45. usually i have quite a bit more 9, because its just cheaper.

now my dad on the other hand...pallets (4 i think) in the basement's walk-in safe. its actually kind of scary. almost all of that was from my great grandfather who thought the gov't was going to ban his guns. most of my surplus (plus my grandpas, uncles, brother...) came from that same "cache". i havnt really "needed" to buy 30 carbine, 7.62x39, 30-06, 7.62x54 in my lifetime so far, but now that i live on my own i may. i thought my old man only had 8k of 30 carbine a while back, turns out we had 2 rows stacked high on a pallet.

im pretty sure there are more rounds between the 5 then most national guard armories...in eastern nebraska.

 

[Wedge]

not nearly enough.

I tend to buy rimfire whenever I think about it at Mega-lo-mart or eq.

Centerfire I try to keep about 100 rounds on hand for each caliber.

Now reloading components...I have a LOT more of that, but I load on a single stage, generally make lots of 100 and would need at least a week off to load them all up.