I started to post this on a current thread but felt it deserved its own.
First, as I have stated on this site many times, I am not a real shooter. I am a gun nut like many on here though. I collect guns and my wife might describe me as obsessed with them. But I am just not a shooter. I have not shot 10% of the guns I own. I am a scratch golfer with a 2 and 4 year old, a regular corporate job during the week with a working ranch in the family. You can imagine where gun range falls on the priority list. But as much as I like guns shooting 22lr is really the only recreational shooting I actually enjoy.
Understanding that, I bought ammo on demand. Its deer season so buy ammo. Friend wants to go shoot my Glocks so buy ammo. Time to qualify, or just time for my obligatory practice with my pistols, go buy ammo. But it would be quite normal for me to only have a couple of loaded magazines for a Glock, a loaded .38 with one backup speedloader, maybe a few bucksot shells, and some leftover rounds for whatever rifle I have been hunting with. So less than 50 cartridges is more common than anything(not including 22lr).
It never occurred to me that I would not be able to FIND ammo. I dont shoot enough to worry too much about price. So what if 9mm goes from 50c to 90c a round when you shoot less than 100 rounds per year. But all of a sudden, in 2013, I see the error in my ways. I cant, or couldnt, FIND anything, and I have real fears of the future availability of ammo.
So my behavour has changed dramatically. I will never allow myself to be int his position again. I prbably went into January with less than 50. I now have, in rounded numbers,
200 of 38
200 of .357 mag
200 of .357 sig
150 of 40
100 of 9mm
100 of 25acp
40 of 44mag/spl
500 of 7.62x39
120 of 22 hornet
40 of 30-30
60 of 6.5x55
40 of 30-06
a box or two of 7.62x54r
100 various shotgun shells(and I have not shot a shotgun in years)
So I have bought, some at decent prices and some not, about 2000 rounds of various centerfire ammo. Keep in mind I only shoot, or even use, four of those(9mm, 38, 30-30, and 6.5x55). But I own some other guns that I would be willing to shoot that cover the rest. And I have not shot 2000 rounds of ammo in the last 5-7 years combined.
I am not done either. I plan on buying more and more. I have more guns that I would be willing to shoot, especially rifles, that I will buy. I will NOT buy ammo for guns I consider investments. But when I find ammo available at decent prices I am going to buy it. But for my actual shooting habits I am way over my normal supply.
My fear is the future. I dont want to ever find myself in this situation again.
So figure how many people are reacting like me. I have a buddy that has one XD9. He never had ammo other than what was loaded. He now has over 1000 rounds and an SR9 to compliment it.
Sorry for the long thread, but I think people like me are probably as big of a problem as anything else.
Thanks.
First, as I have stated on this site many times, I am not a real shooter. I am a gun nut like many on here though. I collect guns and my wife might describe me as obsessed with them. But I am just not a shooter. I have not shot 10% of the guns I own. I am a scratch golfer with a 2 and 4 year old, a regular corporate job during the week with a working ranch in the family. You can imagine where gun range falls on the priority list. But as much as I like guns shooting 22lr is really the only recreational shooting I actually enjoy.
Understanding that, I bought ammo on demand. Its deer season so buy ammo. Friend wants to go shoot my Glocks so buy ammo. Time to qualify, or just time for my obligatory practice with my pistols, go buy ammo. But it would be quite normal for me to only have a couple of loaded magazines for a Glock, a loaded .38 with one backup speedloader, maybe a few bucksot shells, and some leftover rounds for whatever rifle I have been hunting with. So less than 50 cartridges is more common than anything(not including 22lr).
It never occurred to me that I would not be able to FIND ammo. I dont shoot enough to worry too much about price. So what if 9mm goes from 50c to 90c a round when you shoot less than 100 rounds per year. But all of a sudden, in 2013, I see the error in my ways. I cant, or couldnt, FIND anything, and I have real fears of the future availability of ammo.
So my behavour has changed dramatically. I will never allow myself to be int his position again. I prbably went into January with less than 50. I now have, in rounded numbers,
200 of 38
200 of .357 mag
200 of .357 sig
150 of 40
100 of 9mm
100 of 25acp
40 of 44mag/spl
500 of 7.62x39
120 of 22 hornet
40 of 30-30
60 of 6.5x55
40 of 30-06
a box or two of 7.62x54r
100 various shotgun shells(and I have not shot a shotgun in years)
So I have bought, some at decent prices and some not, about 2000 rounds of various centerfire ammo. Keep in mind I only shoot, or even use, four of those(9mm, 38, 30-30, and 6.5x55). But I own some other guns that I would be willing to shoot that cover the rest. And I have not shot 2000 rounds of ammo in the last 5-7 years combined.
I am not done either. I plan on buying more and more. I have more guns that I would be willing to shoot, especially rifles, that I will buy. I will NOT buy ammo for guns I consider investments. But when I find ammo available at decent prices I am going to buy it. But for my actual shooting habits I am way over my normal supply.
My fear is the future. I dont want to ever find myself in this situation again.
So figure how many people are reacting like me. I have a buddy that has one XD9. He never had ammo other than what was loaded. He now has over 1000 rounds and an SR9 to compliment it.
Sorry for the long thread, but I think people like me are probably as big of a problem as anything else.
Thanks.