Ammo sales person starting troubleI am of the opinion that we should be adding to our loaded ammo personal reserves, not playing spray-n-pray games and leaving the ground glittering with spent brass. A global conflagration is a real possibility, and there won't be recreational shooting if it happens.
My two 21y/o grandsons and two of their friends came out a week ago to do some shooting. They went through more ammo in two hours than I burn in a year and thought nothing of it. When they got done shooting all of theirs and too much of mine I asked them how much do they have at home. They looked dumbfounded and said they just go to Scheels and buy what they're going to shoot a given day.
I'm not advocating hoarding, just some judicious buying. I think a well thought out plan to accumulate 22LR, 38 Spl, 9mm, 223, and 308 ammo is something most of us should consider. Watch for sales and pick up a few boxes of what you shoot. With China pressing forward against Taiwan, Russian aggression, and the Middle East fuse now lit on that powder keg chances of a black swan flying are all to real.
What ammo should each of you consider buying more of, bearing in mind it might never again be plentiful and affordable?
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The shelves are double stacked too. So there are ammo.cans behind the ammo cans.
I have another half a century to go before that.And when you croak your wife's new friend will have plenty.
This ought to be tempered, at least in my opinion, by restricting ourselves to shopping smartly. And Shopping for ourselves, not for others' notions of what constitutes "enough."of the opinion that we should be adding to our loaded ammo personal reserves
IMO there won't be any shooting of consequence. If you know what really hits the fan, there'll be mushroom clouds in the sky and your best bet is to hope you're at ground zero of one of them vs being an unlucky survivor and dying a much slower death.I am of the opinion that we should be adding to our loaded ammo personal reserves, not playing spray-n-pray games and leaving the ground glittering with spent brass. A global conflagration is a real possibility, and there won't be recreational shooting if it happens.
I shoot my guns and I've also sold off some of 'em along with mags and ammo. Heck, I sold off all my 7.92x57mm. Made a pretty penny off that Turkish stuff I bought cheap.I’m 60 now, retired, and not all that healthy. I bought ammo and reloading components as I could afford pretty steadily since the Clinton AWB and I have a basement full of stuff “just in case.”
I’m starting to think I need to start burning through some of it if for no other reason than to make it easier on my wife to get rid of my stuff when I die.
You're off by 212 yearsThe cold Civil War started in 2012.
The societal collapse my family experienced in Cuba says nukes was the least of their concerns.IMO there won't be any shooting of consequence. If you know what really hits the fan, there'll be mushroom clouds in the sky and your best bet is to hope you're at ground zero of one of them vs being an unlucky survivor and dying a much slower death.
I'm sorry to hear about that, but America is not Cuba/Latin America/etc to say the least. If one is living there, then yeah I get the hoarding.The societal collapse my family experienced in Cuba says nukes was the least of their concerns.
So far.nuclear conflicts are not the major killer of people.
Romans once said the same thing too. They thought their society would never collapse.I'm sorry to hear about that, but America is not Cuba/Latin America/etc to say the least. If one is living there, then yeah I get the hoarding.
So far.
Again my point if that if thinks really fall apart globally, having lots of gun n ammo aren't likely to matter.
THIS is the way.I began stock piling Powder , Primers , Brass cases , bullet moulds , wheel weights and 22 Rimfire ammo in 2007-2008 ... I have since moved to full blown Hoarding .
You a little late !
Gary
You forgot Ferguson, Missouri and the lunacy in Seattle...Romans once said the same thing too. They thought their society would never collapse.
We've already had societal collapse in the US. McDuffy Riot, Rodney King Riot, Hurricame Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, the 2020 Summer of Love, lawlessness in a number of cities, etc...
Heck, it was Sherman who burnt Atlanta to the ground.
Anyways, I'm not worried about a nuke strike. I am worried about another hurricane. I recall the looting that happened after Andrew. I witnessed it first hand.
The US can go to hell and the rest of the world will suffer, but go right on by and survive.
I buy it cheap and stack it deep not for the end of the world. But because ammo is a commodity and costs rise and fall. I buy it when prices are low, so when times are tough. I can go shooting and not spend a ton of money doing it. As an example, I'm still shooting Norinco boxed 7.62x39mm that was imported when Clinton was president. I haven't purchased 7.62x39mm in a VERY LONG TIME.You forgot Ferguson, Missouri and the lunacy in Seattle...
If you're talking about such localized things, that's one thing. But if we're talking about a country-wide American collapse...tbh I don't think there's any point going back and forth on that any further as we clearly have differing viewpoints and you're entitled to yours no more or less than I, but neither of us will convince the other. Suffice it to say I think if this country collapses, the reverberations and net result will be to put your head between your knees and kiss it all good-bye. This "New World Order" and Mad Max stuff is the stuff of movies, not reality.
Those riots are what brought on the popularity of the AR 15 . And HRC.Romans once said the same thing too. They thought their society would never collapse.
We've already had societal collapse in the US. McDuffy Riot, Rodney King Riot, Hurricame Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, the 2020 Summer of Love, lawlessness in a number of cities, etc...
Heck, it was Sherman who burnt Atlanta to the ground.
Anyways, I'm not worried about a nuke strike. I am worried about another hurricane. I recall the looting that happened after Andrew. I witnessed it first hand.
The US can go to hell and the rest of the world will suffer, but go right on by and survive.