insuring a plentiful ammo supply for the future

[gbw]

I've always wondered, now seems a good time to ask.

For those who are budget constrained, why do you shoot centerfire at all, let alone create dead money by storing costly ammunition?

CF guns and ammunition both are very expensive. If you must shoot on short money, .22 guns and ammo are cheap and plentiful by comparison, and sport centerfire shooting seems a luxury to be indulged only when all other needs for money have been met. A possible exception for a single gun for home defense, even that would seem to come down on the priority list.

 

[rondog]

My interest in reloading is driven by my fear that one day, we won't be able to get ammo anymore. Either it'll cost too much because of materials and market factors, or become so heavily regulated that we can't afford it. I hope not, of course, but my paranoid inner self says that hard times for gunowners be a-comin'. They can't take our guns without a huge struggle, but they can make them worthless to own.

 

[Armored farmer]

huntsman....
Good point.about NRA membership!
Member NRA, NMLRA, ATA, and REPUBLICAN!

 

[merlinfire]

If we all do reloads, then ammo manufacturers will go out of business. This is what you call a self fulfilling prophecy.

Just sayin'.

 

[jimbeam]

DMK, nice picture, you are a lot neater than me, good start on ammo, by the way.

When we learned to shoot as young kids, we shot .22 caliber almost always. Hand and eye control co-ordination over LOTS of shooting is invaluble.

For you guys looking for reloading components advertise that you are looking. I have bought a load of stuff over the years from people that had in-laws, friends or other relation pass on, that had reloaded. Be discreet, people will come to you.

 

[Dunkelheit]

If we all do reloads, then ammo manufacturers will go out of business. This is what you call a self fulfilling prophecy.

Just sayin'.

You won´t believe this yourself.

I wish i could get a days production from the lake city plant.

 

[MachIVshooter]

let alone create dead money by storing costly ammunition?

Dead money? Ammo is a better investment than gold (at least the popular cartridges). Can you imagine if you'd bought $200k worth of 5.56 when it was $150/case 10 years ago? You could sell it (easily and quickly) for more than double that.

And if the bottom ever really does fall out, ammo (and food) will be more valuable than precious metals

 

[rogertc1]

stop

 

[merlinfire]

Still take in count inflation.

Exactly. Money that is not invested at least at the rate of inflation (typically quoted at a 3% yearly return on average)

Everything goes up and down and up again. I wouldn't expect ammo to stay high forever through, and its starting to come down. It's like any other investment, with the side effect of actually being something you can use. A house is kind of like that. Stocks and gold, not really.

 

[Walkalong]

Join the NRA. Vote pro gun. Keep your head up.

Vote the socialists out in 2010 & 2012.

 

[merlinfire]

Join the NRA. Vote pro gun. Keep your head up.

Vote the socialists out in 2010 & 2012.

Always with the politics.

I'll say again, the best thing you can do to ensure ammo continues to be produced it to continue to buy it in quantity. Money talks more than anything else.

 

[swiftak]

Any time I go a store, I buy a box of ammo. Any caliber I have a gun for. Its kind of random for what I buy. It just gets stored away. I also reload and have ALOT of primers, brass and bullets. I also have a ton of powder.
I also have bullet molds for all my handgun calibers. Just for a rainy day.

 

[ilikepancakes]

If we ever get completely cut off I'd just stop shooting and keep what I have. Because if we ever have a no ammo situation something must be really, really, wrong...

 

[ScratchnDent]

I buy an extra bulk box of 22lr, a brick of primers, and a pound or eight of powder whenever funds permit, and am always scrounging wheel weights, range scrap and brass.

I ride a bicycle daily for exercise, and have been amazed at all the wheel weights just laying around in the gutters, since I started looking for them.

 

[Armored farmer]

we have around 230 tires here on the farm that are supposed to be full of air and ready to go...of course I have a flat on something about any given day, so I am in the tire shop often. I keep their wheel weight bucket emptied for them. the big ones used on semi tires are best.

 

[GunsAreGood]

I basically try to save as much ammo as I possibly can. I have the itch to shoot at least once a week but I am only shooting .22 lr. IMHO there is no amount off ammo you could have that is too much.

 

[Mt Shooter]

Anytime I am in a place that sells reloading supplies I look and if they have I buy. Powder, primer, Bullets I get Berry's plated, although he/they never ran out the price was something else. price is now normal there, but I must admit I am sitting 4000 each of all primers, that is something I would have normally not have done when i could just swing by and pick up what I needed. Powder, I buy in Kegs now..... us to just buy it by the pound. so yes my spending has changed, and nicely stocked, now if I could just locate all the fire arms I use to have........lost them in a tragic boating accident.

 

[Hatterasguy]

I'm not worried about it, I probably have a few hundred rounds sitting around for the guns I shoot.

The recent spike in ammo prices was caused partly by hording after Obama was elected, and partly because of the wars.

 

[paintballdude902]

i got 2 .50 cal ammo can filled to the brim with .22lr, i estimate it at 12-13k rounds.


a few hundred rnds of each other caliber

 

[22-rimfire]

I'm not worried about it either. I have a good supply of what I shoot. Plus if ammo was illegal, you would be afraid to shoot what you have anyway.

My favorite guns are 22LR, and I do keep a good year's supply on hand all the time. Again, I am not worried about it. I am more concerned about a limited ammo supply where there are strict requirements for purchase and possession.

 

[David E]

I don't really fear NO ammo EVER being available.........but some countries already restrict how much you can buy in any given month. Something along the lines of 50 or 100 rds PER MONTH, total. Not per gun, TOTAL.

That wouldn't even get me thru one weekly match, much less practicing for it.

10,000% taxes on each box of ammo has been tried here before, so it's not like they haven't thought of it.

 

[rezervation guy]

I have killed everything with a .22 from porcipines to prarie dogs. its just big enough to get the job done.

 

[Armored farmer]

the only thing wrong with buying a large amount of "cheap" ammo is sometimes it is junk.

I did that with some foreign .22lr once....thought I would never get that stuff shot.

Again with some cheap 12 ga 1oz loads, that stuff is still in the ammo locker taking up space. It hits harder on the operator end than it does on the target.

 

[rezervation guy]

need help!!!

I am going to buy a remington 700 sps in .223. i can't decide between a varmit or a standered. i going to hunt everything i can with it and i want it to last forever.

 

[leadcounsel]

work a second job and buy ammo. the issue with reloading is that if you are short any component reloading won't work.

Heck you may even be on the move/run and leave your press and supplies home.

buy ammo now while it's cheap.