Trunk Monkey
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Horses for courses. What are your needs? If you're into serious competition you can easily go through thousands of rounds a year just in practice. I know hunters who maybe burn up two boxes a year, including "sighting in."
For HD/SD I want far more range ammo for training than defensive loads, so hand loading cast bullets works for me, also supplemented with .22lr for additional trigger time. A couple of boxes of defensive ammo lasts me an entire year.
What I'm trying to say is, it's not how much ammo (which can be a both costly and a liability) but how you intend to use it.
You're not defending the Alamo, or Corregidor. LOL!
Do you remember the ammo panic? It lasted for several years. The major manufacturers were running 24/7 for at least five years and couldn't meet demand.
California has already moved to limit the availability of ammunition for civilians.
It's not a question of defending The Alamo it's a matter of keeping enough on hand to continue to shoot through the next inevitable panic.