Stock of ammunition on hand....

paisley70 said:
My minimum on hand is 7000 rounds .22lr, 7000 handgun rounds of various calibers, and 7000 rounds of rifle/shotgun rounds of various caliber. This fills a 4' x 2' x 2' metal tool box full of 22 "Fat 50" ammo cans plus several cases of 7.62 x 39 mm. When the ammo shortage hit the United States two years back, but not here yet, I bought all that I could afford because I knew we would soon be in the same jam in Canada...
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7000 rounds of rifle ammo? I think you will die of old age before you even blast that all out, unless its all .223 and you get so bored you start shooting at clouds 'n stuff. After half a box of magnum rifle rounds most guys don't even like shooting anymore. Then again, maybe you have 10-15 different rifles..

I just keep about 200 rifle rounds per gun, and keep reloading them till the cases split, usually happens after about 8-10 reloads.
 
I stock between 500-1000 rounds of ammo in each caliber I shoot. This is a 3-12 month supply depending on how often I get to the range. I generally will not buy less than 500 rounds at any single purchase. I currently have 2100 rounds (600 7.62 nato, 1000 9mm, 500 .38sp) on the way to supplement my current stocks.

Look for the deals, buy when you can afford it so you don't have to worry when the old bank account is lean or the supply in the stores is thin or spendy.
 
I'm in the can never have enough boat,
But as a student it's still pretty limited. So I stock up when I can afford to, and now that I am into ipsc, 9mm is more and more on my to buy list.
Currently I have about 700 rounds of 9mm, 100 of 12g, 25 slugs, 200 of 357, 450 of 223 (just cause found American eagle on sale two years ago and thought I might want a ar at some point) and about 6k of 22lr, because I can.

Although I only have one gun in each of the calibers, with the exception of the 22lr conversion kit for my glock.
 
I keep about 4k each of 9mm and 45, and about the same in components. 5k in .223 for the AR's (which for me honestly will last my lifetime), and smaller amounts in calibers I don't use much (about 1k each), and a few hundred rounds each in slugs and buckshot, and almost no 22 rimfire (I don't have much interest in .22)
 
Can never have too much of a good thing. But I suppose the media would call 8 assorted firearms and 15,000 rounds of various ammo as an "arsenal". Ya, whatever.........
 
Regulator54 said:
Can never have too much of a good thing. But I suppose the media would call 8 assorted firearms and 15,000 rounds of various ammo as an "arsenal". Ya, whatever.........
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And dont forget, they'd call all your .22 ammo "high power rifle ammo" because the boxes said high velocity/high power.

Problem is ammo does tarnish and corrode over time, unless you store it climatically like cigars. I wish i had a photo of 25yr .22 hornets i had in the basement gun cabinet, the lead points all corroded off, copper and brass had some pitting, tried to fire one, just to see if it would go after i cleaned it up, but it got stuck in the rifle, i guess it got deformed.
I am sure we've all seen corroded .22 at some point.
Just make sure you shoot enough to cycle thru your ammo every 5-10 years.
 
Due to space constraints, I can only keep 1000 round per caliber and I have 9/.40S&W/45 ACP. If I have more space, I would keep more 9mm as it would be sold out from time to time, but the other two are easier to find.

66spitfire said:
How much ammunition do you keep on hand for each of your handgun calibres? I don't want to be considered excessive, nor do I want to be short.....
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currently about,

750 x 9mm
1000 x 22LR (wish I had more)
700 x 7.62x39
1000 + 5.56 x 45 (haven't kept track, still a full can plus 200)
20 slugs 12 gauge (Only a few 12 gauge shells, need to get more)
60 x .410
50 x .20 Gauge
60 x .300 Win Mag
75 x .338LM
box of .243 :(

Havent been hoarding much yet but will start as deal become available, I also need to start re-loading..
 
ok I no longer feel like a freak. wrt ammo quantities anyway lol. and good to know i am not the only one buying for calibers i don't yet shoot.
 
How much you need to stock is going to vary a lot from person to person. If you are going to stock ammo to insulate yourself against any dry spells then I believe the question becomes how much do you shoot in a year and how long you think a dry spell will last.

If you go through a case of ammo a year I think it is perfectly reasonable to have two cases on hand; one case open and one full case on standby. When you get to your standby crate go and buy another crate. I consider this the minimum, maybe some will think it is too much.

I can last at least four years, or the time between presidential elections, in most of the calibers I shoot.
 
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