What do I do with all the ammo I've stacked up

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Be careful storing your ammo. Keep it in a cool, dry place. I stored ammo in a closet with canned peaches and the cans leaked onto the ground and contaminated ammo. Luckily I found it before it did more damage. Do a search on threads on THR that will teach you how others have successfully stored ammo for the long term.
 
A friend of mine with two boys,5 girls and 3 adults went out in the back yard and had
a welcome to the Trump Presidency shoot. My back yard is paved with lead.

Zeke
 
Unless you have no room for storage or need/want to spend the money on other things, always buy a little more than you shoot. When your grandkids want to go shooting a decade or more from now, do you want to be paying 2030 or 2040 prices on a fixed income? A long time ago, I bought a an actual truckload (Ford F-150) of Federal Lightning .22 LR. Fifteen years ago, I was crazy. Now, I'm shooting for 69 cents a box versus 3 dollars. I'll be whittling away at that pile until I'm a very old man. I plan to retire in 2040. I'm sure 69 cents a box will look very good then.
 
Tirod said:
I wonder what CA will do when it runs headfirst into issues like National Reciprocity?
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Probably the same thing about 10 other states will do, sue the federal gov't. It will go to the SC for sure. 164 congressional actions have gone before the SC, this will another one if it every makes it into law, which I doubt. Just too much push back.
 
I keep records of what I shoot. I know I shoot about 5,000 rounds a year. No idea what I would shoot in a SHTF scenario. Don't really know but I suspect its not a lot before I'd be overcome by events. Ammo is as good as money in the bank as far as value goes. I'm not going to lose money on it. Its not going to go bad. I don't regret having it. I just will not have to buy any this year and the money will fill back into my bank account as I don't have to spend it. By the way I store it next to a year's supply of toilet paper and not far from my barrels of water. I don't really keep the water for SHTF. A lot of towns find themselves with a bad water supply for a lot of different reasons.
 
Ammo is like any other non-perishable consumable goods. If you've got the cash to spare, buy extra. Like the T.P. JohnBlitz mentioned, canned goods, etc. It won't go bad and it will not be cheaper in the future.
 
hdwhit said:
Agreed.

So many people have been spending "every extra penny" for years now in anticipation of a gun grab by the government that now that the Republicans control both the White House and Congress they may find they need to spend some money on their car, a new washing machine or new clothes. If they do, that's going to start to put revenue pressure on the manufacturers and distributors of guns, ammunition and components.

Just since the election I have seen retailers that six or eight months ago were not discounting anything now making offers like, "Buy this .22 rifle and we'll throw in a brick of ammunition".
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why would any one spend money on a car clothes food or a washing machine when you could spend it on 22 RF lol. guns owners biggest obstacle is....other gun owners
 
Academy Sports just opened their first store in Illinois today and, like the opening of Gander Mountain 18 months ago, I went looking for certain items.
Academy had a variety of .22 LR ammo (not a lot) and I got some Federal bulk for $22.99 for 525 rounds. This was better than the Winchester bulk at Gander last spring.
I also got another box of bullets for reloading my .357 for $21.99 (Hornady 158 gr. XTP) BUT I couldn't find .357 brass, "small" pistol MAGNUM primers (just standard ones), nor could I find the powder I'm using for the .357 (Winchester 296). The clerk told me that, being a new store, they don't get all the items a regular store has, and they carry mainly Hodgdon (sp.?) powder. At least they had .38 Special brass which is more than Gander has had since they opened.
 
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Academy Sports just opened their first store in Illinois today and, like the opening of Gander Mountain 18 months ago, I went looking for certain items.
Academy had a variety of .22 LR ammo (not a lot) and I got some Federal bulk for $22.99 for 525 rounds. This was better than the Winchester bulk at Gander last spring.
I also got another box of bullets for reloading my .357 for $21.99 (Hornady 158 gr. XTP) BUT I couldn't find .357 brass, "small" pistol MAGNUM primers (just standard ones), nor could I find the powder I'm using for the .357 (Winchester 296). The clerk told me that, being a new store, they don't get all the items a regular store has, and they carry mainly Hodgdon (sp.?) powder. At least they had .38 Special brass which is more than Gander has had since they opened.
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have not heard or seen 525 22 rounds for $23 in 6 years. saw a lot for $40-$50
 
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I don't shoot very often, although I could. I probably go to the range about once a month, and shoot 100 to 200 rounds. Both of my shoulders have suffered rotator cuff tears and I find that about an hour is the most I can tolerate holding a firearm up and shooting it. When I shoot 22LR I tend to shoot more, I guess because I know it is cheaper. When I shoot 40S&W I shoot much less because I find the recoil somewhat unpleasant in the one handgun I own that fires this caliber. But with the worry about a Hilary Presidency gone, I look in my ammo cabinet and realize I have enough to last several years of normal shooting. And at 73, I don't know how many more years I will enjoy going to the range at all. So for me, I will probably let my stock of 22LR dwindle down to a few hundred on hand, and some of my handgun calibers go down to about the same number. My primary home defense handgun and my primary carry gun are both 9mm, so I would not want to see less than about 500 on the shelf at any time. And for my 12gauge, having about 100 rounds of 00 buck is enough for me to feel OK for a SHTF scenario.
 
JohnBiltz said:
... Ammo is as good as money in the bank as far as value goes. I'm not going to lose money on it....
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You may be surprised. I'm getting rid of one caliber and trying to sell off my ammo. No takers even at 80% of current cost.
 
JSH1:
True. About five months ago it was strange to offer my 3,000 rds. of M2 Ball on TN Armslist for 25-30% below present market value. Just to feed my 'AK derivative' cravings.
No more guns chambered in M2 Ball, so there was no logical reason to keep it.

Found only One buyer after a week or so, drove about 2 1/2 hours to meet him at a Tupelo truck stop.

Do most people on THR even know about "Armslist"?
 
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I've been known to buy ammo before I even have a gun to shoot it in.
 
threefeathers said:
Whew, I actually stopped myself from ordering some yesterday. I grew less and less anxious as the evening went on.
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I'd hang onto it.

The welcome mat for ISIS and al Qaeda is no longer out, but that doesn't mean they'll stop showing up... never mind the ones already here.

Likewise, people are getting pulled out of their cars and beaten. Try that with me and you're going to get a practical demonstration of the fine products of the people at Hornady. You can't use if if you don't have it.
 
I don't think I could ever have too much ammo on hand. When I die who ever gets the guns will have ammo for a few years. Maybe they will never have to buy any. Depends how much they shoot. For as much as I have shot in the last couple of years, I may not have to buy anymore.
 
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