What do you like about having extra ammo?

[Delford]

+1JohnKsa
At least for my primary CC caliber. I wish I could have seen the. 22 shortage coming! I started rebuilding that cache only a week ago. :-(

 

[22-rimfire]

Never would have believed 12 months ago that 22 rimfire ammunition would be so hard to find at normal pricing for this long (10 months after the Nov. election). Even 22 Mag ammo is difficult to find. I was prepared, but I have not been shooting up my cache either to any great extent. I am short on the better standard velocity target 22LR ammunition. Ten normal shooting outings and I am pretty much approaching E. But I still have a good supply of CCI standard velocity which is okay for most things I choose to do.

 

[oldcelt]

I like to see all the different color boxes of various calibers neatly stacked on the shelves with no room for more unless I build more shelves......... Maybe I will do that.

Today the loacl Walmart had .22s I could only get 300 rds. Win. superspeed

 

[yzguy87]

What do I like about having extra ammo?
Having extra ammo

Really, what is there not to like about having extra ammo

 

[Ignition Override]

There is a very good chance that Hillary will be "our" next President.

This is all that pro-Second Amendment people need to be aware of, regarding ammo. But as happened in '08-'09, most of them won't act in advance.
They will sit back and then suddenly React in a panic if/when it happens.

 

[Warp]

Everything.


Guns are useless without ammo.

When people panic, ammo is the first go to and the last to return.

For almost every shooter/enthusiast/firearms owner I know of, their limiting factor is ammo. LOOOONG before their guns would wear out, or their mags would break/wear out, or they would be out of lube or cleaning solvent or whatever...they would run out of ammo. It is THE limiting factor.

Even with ammo, guns are inefficiently useful when the nut behind the trigger hasn't been able to do much, if any, life fire practice or training due to ammo limitations.

And, stepping back to look at the long term trend, ammo is doing nothing but getting more and more expensive.

Of course, I don't have any 'extra'. I am so far away from having a lifetime's supply, for myself only, it makes me sad to even think about it. I could use a few pallets before I might consider it "almost enough for now".

 

[Blue Thunder]

Leeme see here. We have now had 3 Ammo/Component shortages in the last 20 years (1 Clinton and 2 Obummer). I bought early and often and every payday during and before all of them. I am well stocked. My current methodology is to rotate calibers when going to the range. I will shoot 75-100 rounds at the range and collect all brass (for reloading) with the exception of .22. With the 2016 elections looming for another Left Wing possible win, when do you start stocking up and making any other plans for after this election? I have already done mine in the past years and do not need to spend $$$ on overpriced items. My key was to allocate a fixed amount out of each paycheck and go buy components or loaded ammo every 2 weeks. Over 20 years that has paid off. Now it just costs a little more.

 

[tubeshooter]

I like not feeling compelled to moan in ammo threads.

 

[P5 Guy]

I do not have go to the store before going to the range.

 

[kvtcomdo]

Or, as Colonel Jeff Cooper said, "There is such a thing as enough ammunition. There is such a thing as not enough ammunition. There is no such thing as too much ammunition."

Perfect; I miss Col. Cooper.

 

[45_auto]

Or, as Colonel Jeff Cooper said, "There is such a thing as enough ammunition. There is such a thing as not enough ammunition. There is no such thing as too much ammunition."

The Colonel was obviously never in a plane or chopper losing fuel several hundred miles out over the ocean.

At that time, you will find that you have too much ammo, too many guns, too many seats, too much armor, etc, etc. You will find that you have "too much" of anything not essential to staying in the air, and it will go out the door into the ocean!

 

[Vern Humphrey]

When buying one of my guns at my LGS, the salesman asked me if I needed any ammo. My reply was "no, I have enough to start a small war". His reply to that was "the idea is to have enough to start a big war". So no, I have no extra ammo, I'm still buying and striving for enough for a "big war".

Actually, you need enough to finish a big war.

 

[justice06rr]

I do not have go to the store before going to the range.

This exactly.

Before I started to keep a decent amount of 'extra' ammo, I always had to go to Walmart or Sporting goods store to buy what caliber I'm shooting. Having the extra ammo already in your stash allows you to keep shooting, even during the shortages.

Like others, I rotate the guns and calibers I shoot. When 223 and 22lr were hard to find, I was shooting 7.62x39, 54R, and 12gauge while mixing a little of 22lr in there just for fun.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

The Colonel was obviously never in a plane or chopper losing fuel several hundred miles out over the ocean.

At that time, you will find that you have too much ammo, too many guns, too many seats, too much armor, etc, etc. You will find that you have "too much" of anything not essential to staying in the air, and it will go out the door into the ocean!

What's a chopper doing several hundred miles out over the ocean, losing fuel?

 

[readyeddy]

I like having extra ammo because I've seen ammo shortages in the past and I figure there will be ammo shortages in the future.

 

[45_auto]

What's a chopper doing several hundred miles out over the ocean, losing fuel?

The one I was in back in 1978 was trying to make it to Izmir Air Station in Turkey after an "adventure" in northern Africa.

 

[beatledog7]

Is the wheel and tire assembly you carry in your trunk "extra"? Is the pitcher in the bullpen "extra"?

As many have said, "extra" is not the right term for one's store of ammo.

 

[coloradokevin]

This thread title could easily be applied to anything that people like:

1) Extra money
2) Extra space
3) Extra fuel
4) Extra food
5) Extra women (okay, that one is dangerous... disregard)

The thing is, having more of anything you desire simply gives you more opportunities to enjoy it! For me, with ammo, it's a hedge against rising prices, an ability to shoot when supplies are scarce, and an insurance policy in the event of more legal restrictions which could make it harder to acquire.

 

[gym]

It's better than cash. Also if anything does happen, where are you going to get more ammo at that time?

 

[Warp]

I don't think it's better than cash.

 

[Officers'Wife]

This thread title could easily be applied to anything that people like:

1) Extra money
2) Extra space
3) Extra fuel
4) Extra food
5) Extra women (okay, that one is dangerous... disregard)

The thing is, having more of anything you desire simply gives you more opportunities to enjoy it! For me, with ammo, it's a hedge against rising prices, an ability to shoot when supplies are scarce, and an insurance policy in the event of more legal restrictions which could make it harder to acquire.

Why am I suddenly reminded of the old guy song about faster horses?

OK, I'll be good. There is an old story about a Swiss army officer talking to a German officer that if invaded the Swiss army would hide in the mountains and shoot down at the Germans and kill them all. The German reminded him that Switzerland had only half the troops as Germany to which came the reply... "In that case our soldiers will just shoot twice."

Taking the advice of the Swiss- since it's me against the world there is no such thing as extra ammunition.

 

[huntsman]

It's better than cash. Also if anything does happen, where are you going to get more ammo at that time?

although ammo isn't fully fungible yet it is an inflation fighter that has the advantage over PM's in that you can protect yourself or have lots of fun using it up even if it's value tanks

 

[gym]

If you don't already have ammo, and something earthshattering does happen, "whatever it may be", how do you plan on getting it. In 1 day the shelves will be cleaned out. Thus cash does you no good if it has no tangible value.
People will only trade what they have extra for what they need, like food, water, power, weapons, secure shelter etc. Cash only works in a functioning economy as a unit of measuring wealth. If there is no functioning monetary system, then ammo and things that people need, will take precedence over paper money.
I am not talking about end of days here, just a change in government or a series of banking failures, or even a horrific earthquake , hurricane, or series of tornadoes, something that might wipe out the power grid.

 

[Warp]

If you don't already have ammo, and something earthshattering does happen, "whatever it may be", how do you plan on getting it. In 1 day the shelves will be cleaned out. Thus cash does you no good if it has no tangible value.
People will only trade what they have extra for what they need, like food, water, power, weapons, secure shelter etc. Cash only works in a functioning economy as a unit of measuring wealth. If there is no functioning monetary system, then ammo and things that people need, will take precedence over paper money.
I am not talking about end of days here, just a change in government or a series of banking failures, or even a horrific earthquake , hurricane, or series of tornadoes, something that might wipe out the power grid.

In 1 day, cash will still be king.

In 1 day, cash is extremely unlikely to lose its value, across the board. Unless you ARE talking about an end of days.

Tornadoes are not going to make cash lose its value.

And earthquake is not going to make cash lose its value.

A hurricane is not going to make cash lose its value.

Now, sure, if you were in southern Louisiana right after Katrina hit, and you didn't have ANY ammunition, you probably wouldn't be able to buy it at retail, because the stores wouldn't even be open. But having enough ammunition to defend yourself and your property after a major natural disaster...and having a stash of "extra" ammo...are two entirely different things. I'll bet nobody...or a few at maximum...needed more than a magazine or two of ammunition post-Katrina...just as an example.

 

[Kayaker 1960]

"Extra Ammo"

Like others have said, it's nice to not go buy ammo before going shooting. Also, I store water, food, gasoline etc. "Just in case" The same with ammo. I really hope I never need to use my "Just in case" stash but I'd hate to need it and not have it.
BTW, If you put all of my stored ammo in a box, it would be very heavy but I could pick it up.