bluethunder1962
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I love buying bulk ammo to save for a "rainy day" but my problem is they keep disapearing.
Maybe you should move somewhere with fewer rainy days!I love buying bulk ammo to save for a "rainy day" but my problem is they keep disapearing.
Ammunition is one small part of stocking up. It isn't always about SHTF, but there is great comfort in believing you have the means to protect yourself and survive a catastrophe.
Bleach will be like gold. Toilet paper, soap, extra boots and shoes, non-perishable food items. Propane. A good tactical rig, since carrying a mission critical load out in a suit jacket just won't work. The commodity that will run short real fast in that situation is common sense, so I would put that on top of the list and keep it there.
I suggest reading "One Second After". It details the life of a small college town in desperate times following an EMP.
So my neighbor, who was fresh out of the Marine Corp (honorable discharge, of course, former Marine not ex), who was licensed to carry, who was from Texas and had brought his guns with him when he moved to GA but had not brought any ammo, and had not bothered to buy any ammo since moving...
Pistol
.380
9x19
.38 Special
.40 S&W
.45 ACP
Rifle
.223
7.62x39
.270
.308
.30-06
Shotgun
20ga
12ga
Rimfire
.22 lr
I love buying bulk ammo to save for a "rainy day" but my problem is they keep disapearing.
So my neighbor, who was fresh out of the Marine Corp (honorable discharge, of course, former Marine not ex), who was licensed to carry, who was from Texas and had brought his guns with him when he moved to GA but had not brought any ammo, and had not bothered to buy any ammo since moving...why would I "NOT" want him anywhere near me in a SHTF type circumstance?
Then you have the people who go to the range, shoot all of their ammo, plan to buy more at Walmart later ('cause it's cheaper), then manage to not want to spend the money OR get super unlucky and crap happens before they get their Walmart run completed.
Please don't try to tell me that a person without ammunition for their guns is automatically and necessarily an idiot that is not trustworthy enough to be armed.
As a former Marine myself, the reason why is, despite his experience, he sounds like an idiot.
Why do you think that's YOUR problem to solve? I'm not going to stock any .256 Belchfire Magnums just in case some dumb cluck has something chambered in that obscure round, but has no ammo for it...AND I find out about it AND think it's safe for me to give him ammo that he could kill me with (in your SHTF scenario)
Too late, sorry!
Look, if you want to stock ammo in oddball calibers you have nothing chambered for, that's your business. But for me, a much better reason is in case _I_ come across something that I take possession of, I can put it to use immediately.
But first, I'll make sure I have "enough"* ammo in the various calibers I currently own.
* "enough" is a whole other topic.
As a former Marine myself, the reason why is, despite his experience, he sounds like an idiot.
I know I'm not the "idiot" in question, but in my case:
I lived in the dorms until my (honorable) discharge. I had just pulled my shotgun out of the base armory and moved halfway across the country. I hadn't been to the ammo store yet (actually, I was so new to town that I didn't even know where the ammo store was; this was before smartphones, and my internet hadn't been hooked up yet).
If that makes me an idiot... whatever. Your opinion is worth exactly what I paid for it.
R
This is one of the strangest threads I have ever read...seriously.
Did you expect your neighbor to give you his ammo, or did you go get some on your own?
That's the difference I think.
I didn't expect it. He was working on his van when I moved in, and offered to help me unload some of the more unwieldy items in my car. He happened to be OC'ing a Kimber 1911 at the time, and recognized my Pelican case, so the conversation naturally turned to guns. When he found out I didn't have any ammo for my shotgun, he offered to give me some. Basically he was just being a good neighbor.
I have purchased plenty of ammo since then, and wouldn't hesitate to give a box of 9mm to someone in a similar situation.
R
But I still cannot fathom "stocking up" on a bunch of ammo for guns I don't even own...just so I can give it away to other people.