How much ammo is enough?

mogunner · Post by **mogunner** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:18 pm

If you still have ammo when you die, then you had enough...

Lee-online · Post by **Lee-online** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:23 pm

mogunner wrote:If you still have ammo when you die, then you had enough...

Especially if you die in a pile of hot steaming brass.

andrewd41 · Post by **andrewd41** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:19 pm

rustytruck wrote:OK, show of hands, how many crates do you have stashed?

I'm up to 4, wife knows about 2.

Why do you want to know???

rideandslidejim · Post by **rideandslidejim** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:06 am

I didn't think about that !!! Maybe he's a gov. mole !

Jim

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:19 am

mogunner wrote:If you still have ammo when you die, then you had enough...

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:20 am

Lee-online wrote:
mogunner wrote:If you still have ammo when you die, then you had enough...
Especially if you die in a pile of hot steaming brass.

Surrounded by 1200 dead zombies?

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:20 am

rideandslidejim wrote:I didn't think about that !!! Maybe he's a gov. mole !

Jim

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:21 am

I am down to one dented and badly corroded cartridge for some rifle I sold ten years ago.

MarksmanTim · Post by **MarksmanTim** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:33 am

Junk Yard Dog wrote:I am down to one dented and badly corroded cartridge for some rifle I sold ten years ago.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:36 am

I was wrong, somebody stole that one last cartridge, must be the same bastard that made off with all my guns and pointy things!

Gunowner99 · Post by **Gunowner99** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:45 am

These things do happen.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:52 am

Took all my subversive gun books, and gun tools also!

Gunowner99 · Post by **Gunowner99** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:58 am

Wow! That's too bad.

MarksmanTim · Post by **MarksmanTim** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:00 am

I have 4 1/2 crates of surplus, and I am slowly building up my supply of brass for the 54r. I currently only have a few hundred, but I am reloading so they should last me for a long time before the cases fail. I don't plan to buy more surplus unless I see it locally for cheap. I keep a decent stock of the other calibers I shoot often, or that are for guns I use for self defense/SHTF situations. Mostly 40S&W and .223/5.56. Calibers I only have one rifle for I keep very small supplies for. (8mm and .30-06 maybe a few others). When push comes to shove I would sell/trade off those rifles and ammo to bolster supplies of my SHTF stuff.

.22 I only have <1,000 rounds. I shoot about 500 per year, so I feel this is a good amount to have. The .22 isn't going to defend me and keep me fed like any number of other calibers I have. I use it solely for plinking fun.

rustytruck · Post by **rustytruck** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:00 am

rideandslidejim wrote:I didn't think about that !!! Maybe he's a gov. mole !

Jim

Nah, I was just wondering if 4 crates was excessive or par for the course. In retrospect I guess asking gun guys about ammo stashes is like asking a woman's weight!

I'll go bury mine and shut the heck up!

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:01 am

How many uses are you getting from the cases? 20-25 is average with a mild load and neck resizing.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:02 am

rustytruck wrote:
rideandslidejim wrote:I didn't think about that !!! Maybe he's a gov. mole !

Jim
Nah, I was just wondering if 4 crates was excessive or par for the course. In retrospect I guess asking gun guys about ammo stashes is like asking a woman's weight!

I'll go bury mine and shut the heck up!

Make sure the stash container is air tight and moisture resistant.....not that I now anything about stash containers...

Gsragtop · Post by **Gsragtop** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:39 am

Ok dibs on JYD's property, I bet I can dig for years and still find stuff. Just watch out for they mines I am sure are around some where

evildog · Post by **evildog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:45 am

Well i was going to show a photo of my ammo stash but i was taking it to my secret island hideout and then it sunk and this damn shark showed up to make things worse!!!!!

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:53 am

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