How much is enough? Brass, bullets etc

[Sgt.Dusk]

I make the ends meet, but I am not a rich man, so money is what tells me
the amount of "enough".
I reload 357s, 38s and 44s. I got about 1000 brass for each caliber, so
even if I had limitless funds to use in primers and powder I think I still wouldnt need more than 1000 of each. So thats my "enough".

Btw, I cast my own bullets and those I really have enough. I made a "last for a lifetime" casting last summer.

 

[evan price]

It's only too much if you can't lift and move it by yourself.

I own my own forklift.

Need I say more?

 

[stubbicatt]

How much do you shoot in one year's time? I figure that is the amount to have on hand. When you get down 500 rounds, buy another 500, and rotate stock.

Because without dry fire practice and occasional live fire, your skills get rusty fast.

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

It's only too much if you can't lift and move it by yourself.

I own my own forklift.

Need I say more?

Shouldn't be quite as bad now that you got rid of some of the 9, 40, and 223.

 

[Walkalong]

When your house starts to list to one side..

You start piling it on the other side.

A lot of really stupid "cute" replies to this thread.

 

[scott5]

DogBonz "When you have to buy a bigger house to fit it all into... But then you have more room... so you can buy more.... so, I guess that enough is never enough. "

Enough? When you work for a large company that has a HAZMAT dock just for the purpose of all the HAZMAT components that you buy, and they tell you that you better not order any more components in because your inventory is larger than theirs.

Maybe that is enough

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

How much is enough? Brass, bullets etc

When the foundation of your house cracks from the weight. Then you can move it to SHTF burial sites in the yard

 

[XD-40 Shooter]

Right now I'm sitting on 3000 peices of once fired brass in 40 S&W, about 700
in 357 mag, I need more in this caliber. I'd like to keep at least 2000 bullets on hand for each caliber, 4 bricks of primers, and at least 8 lbs of powder. I've already loaded 3000 target rounds for my XD-40 and 2000 target rounds for my 357 mag. In the future, I want to keep a "rolling" stock of 1000 rounds in each caliber.

 

[jeepmor]

As much as your comfortable spending on supplies. If you used to eat steak, and now eat ramen because of your reloading obsession, you might want to reevaluate. But then again, ramen ain't so bad.

 

[def4pos8]

I've been working on that question lately. --almost have enough on had to make it through a general, nuclear exchange.

 

[Lewis Wetzel]

Five thousand rounds per weapon. Perhaps less on hand-loaded bolt-action precision rounds. Ten thousand per weapon .22.

Always have a lifetime supply. With the stroke of an executive pen, it can all be over. They may not stop firearms, but they sure as hell can stop ammunition.

Oh...and that means ESPECIALLY a Republican administration, if recent history is any indication of the government running roughshod over long-standing Constitutional principles.

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

Five thousand rounds per weapon. Perhaps less on hand-loaded bolt-action precision rounds. Ten thousand per weapon .22.

Always have a lifetime supply. With the stroke of an executive pen, it can all be over. They may not stop firearms, but they sure as hell can stop ammunition.

Alright! My kind of guy. Why have 50 when 500 is better?

 

[pax]

Someone once asked Rockefeller how much money was enough. Rockefeller replied, "One dollar more than I have ..."

pax

 

[thegriz]

Just like food and water

You could always end up with exactly enough to last you the rest of your life, but usually that's not the desired outcome. The alternative is to accumulate as much as you reasonably can while satisfying your other obligations and being able to maintain it safely (and hope you have more than enough to last your lifetime).

Kind of sounds like a politician but it's a good answer