How Much Ammo is Too Much

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That article is spot on. To the left, anything over 100 rounds is an "arsenal" and you should be looked at with suspicion.

Just another outrageous tactic to demonize gun owners.
 
I shoot because I enjoy it as a hobby. I reload so I can shoot more and shoot more so I can reload. Even if i didn't shoot much I like to reload.
 
Well written. Unfortunately, not likely to reach much of the audience it needs to.

Having said that, I don't think too many folks are aghast at the "8 guns and over 2,500 rounds found!" headlines as they used to be. For one, shooting is becoming more and more popular, so more folks understand that such an "arsenal" is, in fact, pretty meager for a shooting enthusiast. More of it, however, is desensitization by years on end of the same propaganda drum being beaten relentlessly.
 
Who's to say how much is to much for me to own?

I bought a whole bunch way back when when on sale.

22's $6/$8 bucks a brick
Powder 10 bucks a lb. hazmet incl.
Primers less than $40 bucks a box of 5,000
Brass free
Cast Lead Bullets, free except for the gas to fire the burner

Likely will never run out in my lifetime.
 
Certainly, anyone who has 5,000 rounds of ammo can’t be normal, and what better way to make someone appear to be a member of the lunatic fringe than to make obvious the depths to which they would sink in the name of preparedness?
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Overall good read, but this quote, in the first paragraph, can be too easily taken out of context. I'd add a few words; "Certainly,: the newsanchor will say, "anyone who has 5,000 rounds of ammo can't be normal," .....
 
Excellent article. Don't tell the Antis that two small boxes (40 rds.) of ammo could have caused the San Bernadino carnage. My 10,500 rds. of ammo for the SKS (not M-1s or Enfields) is just enough...but for what use?
Do the antis comprehend the mathematics of price increases/shortages, or can their hysterical "thought processes" include any rational thought?

The answer for those 'outside lurkers' who so far are incapable of rational thought:
1) Upcoming retirement in the near future, combined with
2) the next Obanic gun/ammo panic or the likely Clintonic (plate tectonics) downward shift in the future of our personal liberties.
 
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I'm WAY beyond 5000 rounds total. Just with my AR, I'm going through 300 rounds/month. I have enough components to load 4000 rounds, that's just one gun, lol.
 
I'm the same way sauer grapes, the lefties would be in utter shock my stockpile. Buy it cheap and stack it deep, lol.

Pistol and rifle, I'm going through 500 rounds/month, so it doesn't last long.
 
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During The Great Ammo Shortage of '08 -'09 .22 was plentiful. Every time I's hit a Wal-Mart if they were out of centerfire ammo I'd take home a "booby prize" of .22's

For me at least. there's no current shortage of .22's

(I could always use another case of .308 tho...)
 
I wish I could afford more ammo. I only have:

100 rounds .455 Webley
250 rounds .38 Special
50 rounds .38 Smith & Wesson
275 rounds .303 British
75 rounds 8 mm Mauser
500 rounds .22 Long Rifle
300 rounds .223 Remington
30 rounds 12 guage
 
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I thought the only times you may have too much ammo is when on fire or swimming? Isn't that the standard answer?
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That one broke me up.

I didn't really think too much about the article. Mostly because there are very few people who shoot competitively and .22 LR isn't a centerfire round. It's a plinker/rec round. So dismiss both of those arguments. I don't have 1000 rounds of anything and I shoot once a week. If you have 1000 rounds of centerfire rifle ammo you fall into the comp shooter, survivalist, or jihadist category. I don't know anyone who falls in any of those categories.

Sorry, just MHO.
 
If you have 1000 rounds of centerfire rifle ammo you fall into the comp shooter, survivalist, or jihadist category. I don't know anyone who falls in any of those categories.

Sorry, just MHO.
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A fudd opinion, to be frank. There are a great many of us here who don't fit your three categories and have many thousands of centerfire rifle rounds on hand. Just because someone doesn't compete in matches doesn't mean they don't go through significant quantities of ammo.

Buy it cheap and stack it deep is the only doctrine that makes sense if you shoot more than a few hundred rounds annually. It's a consumable commodity that doesn't spoil and never decreases in price (falling most of the way back down from huge banic spikes doesn't count as decreasing). I'll easily burn through 1,000 rounds of 5.56 in 2 or 3 range outings, which is inside of a month during the summer. If I didn't buy a case or two whenever I find it cheap, I'd have spent considerably more money. My last case of 5.56, American Eagle M855, was $308 shipped. Think you can go buy for that price right now? Good luck. Best you'll do ATM is probably $0.38/rd after tax and/or shipping, which means if me and a guy who lives by your proscription go out and burn a case, I was able to pay my phone bill with the money I saved by buying ahead of time at a better price and stocking plenty. And that doesn't even touch the scenario when a banic sends 5.56 up near or over $1/rd.

It's all about what you'll use. I keep quite a lot of 5.56, 7.62 NATO, 9x19, 10mm, .45 ACP and .22 LR because I shoot a ton of it. My big game rifles? 50-150 rounds per chambering. .44 mag? Maybe 300. Milsurp rifles and handguns? Some of them, like 7.62x54R I have quite a bit of, but most are 100-200 per chambering. Likewise with shotguns, where I have a pretty decent amount of 12 & 20 gauge, but only a few boxes of 10 ga, 16 ga and .410.

If you're one of those who only buys ammo on the way to (or at) the range, you are subject to a market where prices and availability can fluctuate wildly, and it can greatly impact your activity. I chose to not have my shooting hobby dictated by market trends and politics.
 
I reload everything except 7.62x39 and 22 LR. I have shelves full of powder, primers, and components for 9mm, 40 S&W, 5.56 and .308. As far as component bullets go for the listed calibers, I'm probably up to 10,000.

Pistol and rifle, I shoot 500 rounds/month, so I go through it pretty quickly. I could never afford to do this with factory ammo.

5.56 = 19 cents/round
40 S&W = 14 cents/round
9mm = 12 cents/round
.308 = 40 cents/round

So that's $190/case for 5.56, $140/case for 40, $120/case for 9mm and $400/case for match grade .308.

Reloading pays for me.....bigtime.

I agree on the "fudd" opinion part.
 
You may have too much ammo when the rental truck required to haul it to your new home requires a commercial drivers license.:D
 
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