arctictom
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When the self storage bill for your other belongings ( because your house is full of ammo ) is your largest monthly payment.
How much ammo is alot?
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ryan in maine
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I think "a lot" would be when your ammo storage gets to the point that it interferes with your regular household furnishing.
if you have a big empty attic/basement/etc, fill the whole damn thing if you can afford it.
if your coffee table is literally 12 boxes of .45ACP then, you might be a little overstocked. haaa.
if you have a big empty attic/basement/etc, fill the whole damn thing if you can afford it.
if your coffee table is literally 12 boxes of .45ACP then, you might be a little overstocked. haaa.
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Right now I'm sitting on :
1) 5000 rounds of 40 S&W mostly target loads, once my reloading project is done, 3000 rounds loaded so far.
2) 350 rounds of handload 40 S&W XTP and Gold Dot
3) 100 12 gauge shells
4) 1000 rounds of 7.62x39 for the SKS
5) 2500 rounds of 22 LR
6) 1000 rounds of 22 magnum
7) 2000 rounds of 357 magnum 125 grain Rem SJHP's, handloaded.
I'm comfortable with this stockpile, should keep my shooting for a long time.
1) 5000 rounds of 40 S&W mostly target loads, once my reloading project is done, 3000 rounds loaded so far.
2) 350 rounds of handload 40 S&W XTP and Gold Dot
3) 100 12 gauge shells
4) 1000 rounds of 7.62x39 for the SKS
5) 2500 rounds of 22 LR
6) 1000 rounds of 22 magnum
7) 2000 rounds of 357 magnum 125 grain Rem SJHP's, handloaded.
I'm comfortable with this stockpile, should keep my shooting for a long time.
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Met an old hunter in Wyoming once that was using the same 20 round box of ammo he'd purchased 15 years earlier. Each year he fired only one round to fill his tag....said he had another 5 years of ammo left.
His point was that Only a poor marksman needs "alot" of ammo.
His point was that Only a poor marksman needs "alot" of ammo.
Redneck with a 40
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I'm NOT a poor marksman, on the contrary, I'm a good shot with all of my pistols.
I just like to have a good stockpile on hand so I can shoot every weekend, have fun, and not worry about "how much ammo do I have left". I have a s***load.
I just like to have a good stockpile on hand so I can shoot every weekend, have fun, and not worry about "how much ammo do I have left". I have a s***load.I have been told that during WWII, Frankford Arsenal changed lot numbers when a major component ran out and they had to change something. That seems to have been about the time they filled up a 50 car freight train. So that is a "lot" of ammunition, any way you look at it.
Jim
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The only times you have to much ammo are if you're either drowning or on fire. One man's opinion.
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3 Words: Unit of Fire.
Determine what your unit of fire is, per caliber, then determine how many engagements you need to plan for.
For me, 210 rds of .223 plus 30 rds of .45 = one basic rifleman loadout. Figure 3 .223 shooters in a fireteam, so now you have 630 rds of .223 and 90 of .45ACP. Add in 140 rds for one DM loadout, plus his pistol, and now you have a complete unit of fire for a fireteam.
Add in some home defense projections, using 12ga mostly, or perhaps a pistol carbine caliber, and away you go...
For me, its 3 units of fire all the time, and these rounds are not for training. For training, I maintain 6 months worth of training rounds, averaging 500rds a month in all calibers, but .22 - that runs another 250 by itself. So, you can see, that hoarding tens of thousands of rounds is unecessary, unless you believe that supplies of ammunition will be zero'd legislatively.
Determine what your unit of fire is, per caliber, then determine how many engagements you need to plan for.
For me, 210 rds of .223 plus 30 rds of .45 = one basic rifleman loadout. Figure 3 .223 shooters in a fireteam, so now you have 630 rds of .223 and 90 of .45ACP. Add in 140 rds for one DM loadout, plus his pistol, and now you have a complete unit of fire for a fireteam.
Add in some home defense projections, using 12ga mostly, or perhaps a pistol carbine caliber, and away you go...
For me, its 3 units of fire all the time, and these rounds are not for training. For training, I maintain 6 months worth of training rounds, averaging 500rds a month in all calibers, but .22 - that runs another 250 by itself. So, you can see, that hoarding tens of thousands of rounds is unecessary, unless you believe that supplies of ammunition will be zero'd legislatively.
Point of view
A lot depends entirely on your point of view. If your house is raided and your weapons displayed for the press, then you will have "a lot of ammo", no matter what the round count.
"I think "a lot" would be when your ammo storage gets to the point that it interferes with your regular household furnishing."
You mean ammo crates and cans aren't regular household furnishings?
They are in my house.
On the other handm going by the formula posted earlier, I am way behind. I only reload for 27 different cartridges, so I do have a few rounds laying about, but considering the number of guns I own, my age, and especially my weight.....that much ammo costs more than my house and cars!
really, the only practical answer (and this question comes up fairly often) is
"How much do you think you will need, if you can't get any more?" This isn't a totally far fetched question. Figure out how much ammo you ought to have if you couldn't get any because of a natural disaster, strike, economic "downturn", or because of new laws, and then if you have more than that, you have a lot.
If you have less than that, you don't have "a lot", you only have "some".
A lot depends entirely on your point of view. If your house is raided and your weapons displayed for the press, then you will have "a lot of ammo", no matter what the round count.
"I think "a lot" would be when your ammo storage gets to the point that it interferes with your regular household furnishing."
You mean ammo crates and cans aren't regular household furnishings?
They are in my house.
On the other handm going by the formula posted earlier, I am way behind. I only reload for 27 different cartridges, so I do have a few rounds laying about, but considering the number of guns I own, my age, and especially my weight.....that much ammo costs more than my house and cars!
really, the only practical answer (and this question comes up fairly often) is
"How much do you think you will need, if you can't get any more?" This isn't a totally far fetched question. Figure out how much ammo you ought to have if you couldn't get any because of a natural disaster, strike, economic "downturn", or because of new laws, and then if you have more than that, you have a lot.
If you have less than that, you don't have "a lot", you only have "some".
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.32-40
I have a friend (now retired) who used to hunt deer in Montana (in his youth) with his daddy's .32-40 which rifle he still has.
But . . . he has no ammo for it.
The stores quit selling the stuff, and he was never a reloader. Every so often I run into a box of this at a gun show (last year, there was a John Wayne logo box for $45). The best price I've seen at the shows for a box of .32-40 is $35, and since he never seems to have the time (he's retired) to make the shows, I'm probably going to gift him a box of it.
The rifle is intended as an heirloom. He doesn't hunt any more, and he plans to pass it on to his son. Oh? Without ammo?
That's just cruel.
I have also thought that my chosen leverguns (.30-30 and .357) may one day be "reloader only" calibres and I will, at some point, have to get into reloading. In the meantime, one of my objectives is to have enough of those calibres that my son or daughter will have a supply of factory ammo.
The likelihood that 9mm or .40 S&W or .223/5.56 will suddenly go "obsolete" is currently quite low; still, availability won't mean much if a 100-count box of 9mm goes to $150.
But that would never happen.
Right?
I mean, gasoline @ over $3/gallon? Ha! Insanity. Never happen. I'll always be able to fill my tank for $3 -- certainly never more than $5 -- 'cuz, hey, who could afford to drive if that happened?
I have a friend (now retired) who used to hunt deer in Montana (in his youth) with his daddy's .32-40 which rifle he still has.
But . . . he has no ammo for it.
The stores quit selling the stuff, and he was never a reloader. Every so often I run into a box of this at a gun show (last year, there was a John Wayne logo box for $45). The best price I've seen at the shows for a box of .32-40 is $35, and since he never seems to have the time (he's retired) to make the shows, I'm probably going to gift him a box of it.
The rifle is intended as an heirloom. He doesn't hunt any more, and he plans to pass it on to his son. Oh? Without ammo?
That's just cruel.
I have also thought that my chosen leverguns (.30-30 and .357) may one day be "reloader only" calibres and I will, at some point, have to get into reloading. In the meantime, one of my objectives is to have enough of those calibres that my son or daughter will have a supply of factory ammo.
The likelihood that 9mm or .40 S&W or .223/5.56 will suddenly go "obsolete" is currently quite low; still, availability won't mean much if a 100-count box of 9mm goes to $150.
But that would never happen.
Right?
I mean, gasoline @ over $3/gallon? Ha! Insanity. Never happen. I'll always be able to fill my tank for $3 -- certainly never more than $5 -- 'cuz, hey, who could afford to drive if that happened?
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MinnMooney
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Anyone who has 10% more ammo than I do has a lot.
P.S. "alot" is not one word.
P.S. "alot" is not one word.
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