you know when I got worried about ammo supply I went and looked and there was plenty of .38 Special, 9x19mm, .380, .32 ACP, and .45 Auto and plenty of .22LR and rifle ammo was sufficient....
in the lockable steel sea trunk in the back bed room.
Guys assuming this blows over treat ammo like "preppers" treat any other consumable.
Store what you are comfortable with and rotate stock.
Don't take ammo out of storage until you have bought replacement ammo ….except in emergencies, then replace ASAP.
Teach others to do the same. I know there are some on THR that go through ammo like the lady across the street waters her plants. But most of us have lesser needs.
Consider for a moment... I have seen ".50 cal cans" the large rifle ammo can the military uses to deliver 5.56/.223 to the field for sale in places like Rural King. In Military use they hold safe from the environment (except heat and cold) 880 rounds of 5.56 Ball ammo.
They are actually "Smaller than a Bread box".
Guess what? they are resealable and hold whatever will fit in them.
So for "times like these" drop 200 rounds of hunting/defensive ammo for your favorite home defense "carbine" in the can and stack neatly.
whoa! 5.56/.223, 7.62x39, .30 carbine, 5.45x39, .300 BO? you still have round about 3/4 of the can space left and what was a "combat Load' for 1970 Infantryman of ammo in the can. Got a service pistol in a service caliber? Room for 100 rounds of SD ammo with no problem. Know anyone that regularly carried six loaded 15 round mags and a 10 round extra? There is still room for 100 of Mim Sahibs .380, .32 or .38 Special favorite working SD rounds. Like grandpa in hard times you feel better with a 12 gauge behind the front door? Fine, toss in a couple of sleeves of your favorite buck shot. Darn what will we do with the remaining room? Well I may have to break open the 500 round brick of .22LR to make it fit, but it does.
All that in a container "smaller than a bread box" stashed in the back of the hall closet behind the last seven years of Christmas wrapping paper leavings until you "need" it. Then you can walk through the stores and look at the empty ammo shelves and go "Man. Bummer for everyone else!"
BTW There is still plenty of TP stored in an unused corner of the barn as yet untouched.....
Mods,
Notice this is not about Zombies, Invading hordes, or Yellowstone blowing up after a massive meteor strike, but only addressing CURRENT real world conditions and concerns far from any of the above.
-kBob