Okay, fun post: How many rounds in your lifetime

[50 Freak]

How many rounds have you put downrange in your life time. Not counting rounds fired in the Military, time as LEO's okay.

I'll start

.22 LR 4,000+
.22 Mag 75+ (hey I only have a NAA 5 shot revolver)
.223 4,000+
303 750+
308 3,000+
10mm 750+
12 gauge 400+
16 gauge 10
357 mag 300+
357 sig 500+
44 mag 50
458 Tromix 100
9mm 1,000
40sw 2,000+
45 acp 1,500+
7.62x25 25 (didn't like it)
7.62x39 5,000+ (it's cheap)
454 Casul 25
499 LW 20
50 bmg 200+ (only have bolt actions)

 

[P95Carry]

Oh my!! Well . being only one year off 60 .. there's a lot of water flowed under the bridge!

.22lr is probably the winner, as with most people . I'm guessing but 75,000+ would seem a fair stab!

The rest? Well .. in compo' days and using homeload 38's ... that had to be in region of 25,000 - 30,000.

The rest of cals? ... many, many 100's of most stuff .. and predictably the 7.62x39 is well ''up there'' in four figures, but don't really keep count!!

 

[Rembrandt]

I won't answer that one....might be a governmental bureaucrat seeking reimbursement for the clean up costs....

 

[JohnBT]

No telling how many. I've put over 10k through one Kimber since the end of 1999 and I started shooting regularly around 1955. It would be as fruitless as trying to figure out how much money I've spent in my life on lunch and dinner dates.

John

 

[Preacherman]

I tried to add it all up, but my calculator started smoking and spitting sparks, and my computer spreadsheet program went into "blue screen of death" mode... so I guess I'll never know!

 

[RED-DOG 40]

I am with Rembrandt on this one..

 

[Henry Bowman]

My guess is that John Ross would be at or near the top of the heap in terms of total rounds fired and exotic calibers (since you exclude military experience).

 

[cracked butt]

just estimates:

12 guage: 100,000+
.22LR: 20,000+
9mm: 2000
30-06: 1000
.308: 300
8x57: 2000
7.62x54: 100
6.5x55: 500
.357: 5
.458 win magnum: 1
300 win magnum: 3
10 guage: 50
.243: 100
.22 hornet: 5
.223: 10
.38 special: 50
bb/pellet gun: more than I can estimate
30-30: 100
.45 auto: 100
.50 browning: 1

 

[Greg L]

Well into five figures (probably low 6 thinking about it more). Adding in the army & I'm well into six (I ran a range for a couple of summers, we couldn't turn in any unfired ammo ).

 

[gbelleh]

I don't think I could even guess. I know it's less than I would like to have put downrange, but well into 5 figures. More 9mm than anything, followed by .45. I need to get a good .22.

 

[pangris]

50K +

 

[Cyberdyne systems]

HOW MANY ROUNDS ?

I HAVE DETAILED FILES...9mm approximately 15,000 rds, .45 auto 10,000 rds, .223 12,000 rds, 7.62x39 mm 12 to 15 thousand rds, 12 gauge shotgun 1000 rds, 7.62x25 750 rds, 7.62x54 R 700 rds, 8 mm Mauser 800 rds, .22 rim fire 2,000 rds

 

[BHPshooter]

This ought to be pretty easy.

.22LR - about 5,000
9mm - about 3,500
.243 Win - about 200
.270 Win - about 100
7.62x39 - about 100
12 guage - about 1,000
20 guage about 300
.44 Mag - 1

And that ought to just about do it.

Wes

 

[Diggler]

513,209.

Wait....

513,217.

 

[MarineTech]

Considering that I started shooting about 23 years ago, I'm having a tough time coming up with a decent ballpark figure.

So...... I'll just say "Many"



no......

make that "Many many".

If I were to include rounds fired in the 5 years I spent on active duty in the Marines, I'd have to adjust the total up to "A whole buttload".

 

[TheEgg]

WOW! Never thought about it.

Been shooting for over 40 years. Lets see now --

Used to shoot competitive rifle -- used to shoot competitive skeet -- etc., etc, etc. Hunting, plinking, black powder. Lots of rounds downrange.

Hmmmm. Never really counted, but lotsa times loaded 1,000 rounds or so a couple times a month for years (slowed down some recently!). Has to be somewhere north of 500,000 rounds lifetime.

 

[Smoke]

Absolutely no possible way to estimate that....

.22 or 12ga would hold top honors I know.

Lets just say countless.

Smoke

 

[iamkris]

12 ga: 5,000+
20 ga: 500+
10 guage: 2

.22LR: 7,500+
9mm: 1500
.357: 50 (buddy's Python...wish he still had it...I'd buy it in a second)
.40S&W: 20 (courtesy of a guy at the range)
.45 ACP: 2500
.45 Colt: 4000
.44 Mag: 2 (courtesy of a guy at the range)
.454 Casull: 4 (courtesy of a guy at the range)

.22-250: 200
.223: 60 (just getting started with my AR)
.30-06: 100 (just getting started with my M1)
.308: 800
7.62x54R: 100 (just getting started with my MNs)
8x57: 10 (playing with buddy's Egyptian Mauser)
.30-30: 300
7.62x39: 300 (just getting started with my SKS)
.570 Nitro: 1 (thanks but no thanks)

bb/pellet gun: more than I can estimate

 

[Eskimo Jim]

Y'all have given me some impressive numbers to aim for!! I've only been shooting for 5 years.

22lr probably 3500 maybe
22mag 75 maybe
38 special 450
38 special +P reloads 750+
380acp 700
357 magnum 250
303 British 500
30-06 250+
12 gauge 300
Blackpowder squib loads for reenacting, countless

Throw arms I didn't own
Ak47 clone dunno which caliber 35
.223 30
45 ACP 60
44 mag 6
20gauge 50


I'm probably underestimating the number of rounds that I've fired but even if you double my estimate, it is still very unimpressive. This summer I hope to increase all of those numbers

On the bright side, all those rounds of ammunition and I've always been safe and been around safe people.

-Jim

 

[jsalcedo]

.22LR 140k +

.38 special 10k

.45acp 3k

.357 mag 2k

.44 mag 2k

7.62x39 2k

7.62x54 500

9mm 2k

12 gauge 550

all others combined 5k

 

[Stickjockey]

Not nearly enough...

 

[cool45auto]

I just hit the 5000 round mark on my Vertec but on my others I have no idea.

 

[Abe]

Ton's of .22LR, about 3500 rounds of .223, about 1000 rounds of .45ACP, and not nearly enough of all the rest. But I am diligently applying myself to the correction of this deficiency.

My favorite so far has been 10 rounds thru an AR-15 chambered in .50AE!

- Abe

 

[Ala Dan]

Greeting's All-

50 Freak, honestly there is NO WAY of telling
how many rounds I have sent downrange over the
year's? If I had to guess which one the leader might
be; I would guess the .22LR, followed by .38 Special.
.357 magnum and .45 ACP would probably be a tie
for the next spot; as would 9m/m and .44 magnum
for the last spot.

In rifles, the M-14 wins hands down! Followed by
the .22-250, .243, .25-06, .30-06, 7m/m magnum,
and .338 Winchester magnum?

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[artherd]

Ho boy, no way to be sure, and I'm still pretty new at all this.

When I one day purchase one of the dozen or so transferable miniguns however, it will look something like this:

.22LR: Rounds to zero
.30-06: Rounds to zero
9mm: Rounds to zero
.338 Lapua Mag: Almost rounds negative.
.50BMG: Rounds to zero.

.308/7.62x51mm: 500,000+ THIS WEEK ALONE!


PS: Cyberdine Systems, that has to be one of the funnier posts I've read in a long time, thank you!