How much reloaded ammo do you keep on hand?

[lee n. field]

I'd say probably a few hundred of 9mm and 1000 of 45acp on hand right now.

Likewise, a few hundred each of .38, .40 and .45. I don't feel the need to load until I run out of bullets or primers.

 

[Never No More]

5k 30-06

and a few pounds of black powder, with a few pounds of lead

 

[tasco 74]

the last i checked a had about 3000 rounds loaded. mostly .38 spl because thats the brass i got most often. i haven't taken my .357 mag to the range for quite awhile but i did get there a few times and scrounged .38 spl brass after shooting my 1022 custom. i also bought once fired brass at gunshows and it seems they were mostly .38 spls. a lot of my reloaded ammo is in paper boxes but a good freind just gave me some plastic ammo boxes to put em in. actually we made a deal for me to resize some 30-06 brass for him in exchange for the ammo boxes.

 

[lakerfan5858]

I don't have any reloaded ammo I have to start reloading before it's too late.

 

[sublimaze41]

I am cheap and lazy. When I buy, I try and buy in bulk for the specific caliber I want. I am lazy and despite the ease at which the Dillon 550b can convert calibers, I would rather not. I am so lazy that I even hate to change the powder thrower until the next caliber. whan I am done with one I move to the next caliber.

To answer your question, lots and lots. When it's range time I want the bullets. It kills me have unloaded components at home and empty mags at the range.

 

[RustyFN]

I am still experimenting to much to load in bulk. I have about 500 9mm, 100 223 and just bought 38/357 dies and brass and don't have bullets yet.
Rusty

 

[koja48]

Lots . . . let's just say that if the fertilizer ever hits the fan blades, I WON'T be taken-out because I ran out of ammo . . .

 

[jr81452]

once i do the load development for a new firearm and find the load that meets my needs i load a ton. typically 5k for each pistol, 1k for each bolt gun and 3k for each auto loading rifle. i don't load for my shotguns but i have 1k in slugs for my pump and 2k #7shot for my auto. all told i have way more ammo than i am going to admit to on a public forum.

 

[CSA 357]

I always said a gun with no ammo is worthless, i got a few rounds for all mine, 45 acp, 44 mag, 357,38, 44 spec, 45 lc, dont load shot gun shells i just buy them,need a set of 45/70 dies, and 40 sw dies, and im all set , on those cold wet days i can sit back and load what i have cases for csa

 

[PointOneSeven]

200 rounds.


More than enough for an outing.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I like to keep a couple thousand rounds per caliber loaded. In the common ones, like 38 special, I try to keep more like 4000 loaded.

 

[Misfire99]

I have a couple five gallon buckets full for each of the two hand guns I shoot most often. That's a 38 super and forty five both on 1911 frames. For my rifles I have thousands of rounds for each caliber. Most of them surplus because I tend to shoot up the reloads I make.

 

[Creature]

Enough for a long day at the range!

 

[sansone]

100-200 rds for each "keeper"

 

[happy old sailor]

i keep at least 200 rds of everything i shoot on hand, so far, that seems enough, but, diff ppl have diff needs. you will just have to do a little record keeping, but, keep enough backup for "emergencies". to each his own.

 

[Chief-7700]

1K .45ACP, 5K .22

Chief-7700

 

[davinci]

thanks guys, I feel a little better about stocking it up now.

It ain't going to go bad, is it?

 

[Citroen]

More than 10K

I am currently rotating my ammo and am shooting some I loaded in 1985 and 1986. I try to reload any empty brass so I maintain approx. 10 to 11 K at all times.

I keep it in my gun safe for the weight - never had any go bad but then all of the stuff I loaded in the 80s and 90s has Federal primers.

For reloading supplies I try to keep enough to reload all the brass - for .45 ACP I load the brass until it develops splits or I loose it on the range.

John
Charlotte, NC

 

[mugsie]

I think I've affected the force of gravity with the mass of lead in my basement! When it gets to be too much I go out and shoot some off. Somehow I end up reloading more than I shoot however. Shoot 100, load 200. Shoot 200 load 400.... I think my family is planning an intervention for me next week!

 

[darwin-t]

I usually buy 500 or 1000 bullets at a time, load them up, shoot them up, buy more. Right now I have 600 45 FMJs and 500-600 45 lead bullets and a few hundred 9mm.

If Shrillary gets the nom BUY AND RELOAD until the election and as long after as possible. Heck, do the same if Rudy gets the nom,too.

 

[Ala Dan]

As time permits, I try too keep an adequate base of 500 .45 ACP rounds,
'bout the same for .38 Special, and maybe half that for the .357 magnum.
Of course, my .357 magnum handloads aren't really magnums at all; but
rather slightly hotter .38 Specials~!