I should add that I'm not too rich, not too thin and I don't have too much ammo!

I once read that, in places that have deteriorated to a barter economy, the 2 most valuable things to have were ammo and booze. I have no idea whether that is true but it kinda makes sense. They seldom go bad or deteriorate.

Our government, like most others, has borrowed so much $ that inflation is inevitable. The prices on everything will increase but the disposable part of your salary will not keep up. When this craziness ends, it might make sense to stock up. It all depends on your priorities regarding disposable $.

I don't think I'd be trading ammo, it's something that can be used against me to get the rest of my trade items.

I'll stick with the booze.

Woah woah woah... There is such a thing as enough ammo? I dont think ive ever walked into my stash and said "Self, you have to much ammo"

For me the issue is always having enough of ALL components to make ammo. I only ever have as much ammunition as I do my lowest quantity components. Right now I have about 1000 45 brass, 250 loaded, 100 bullets, 300 large pistol primers and a pound of unique. Out of all that, I can only make 350 rds. of 45. I buy what I can, when I can, but stockin up doesn't do me much good unless I have enough of everything. I little different take on the original question, but it's the way I look at it.

you guys are having some real fun with this I see.

For those who wish to continue this conversation, not as a humorous post , but as a future plan for unknown situations...PM me. We can talk. I have Ventrillo...if you dont know what it is, please look it up, its free to use, as I have a server.

a box per gun...will just go get more when i need it

I am currently making plans for a still that will be used not for drinking alchohol, but for fuel..... found most everything I need in a high dollar water heater and a air conditioner with stainless steel coils. I want to learn how to make fuel grade alchohol from either wood or other bio mass.

what if there is NO WHERE to get it?

Havnt had a problem with it yet....plenty of places around here that have what i need....went yesterday and shelfs were full

God Bless you man.....God Bless you.

I havent seen a box of .22lr in months...same for .223, .308, 9mm, 30-30, and only yesterday was I able to get some reload mats for my 357.

Be thankfull bro.....and buy what you can. If you can go get me some ammo...please do, I'll pay you 20% over cost and pay all shipping. Thanks.

Thats the main problem there... very universal rounds for all types of firearms... demand is gettin to high...why iv stayed away from them.. ill go take a look tomarow i know i can get you 30-30 every mom and pop corner store has it around here... prolly can get you .308 also... core loks do ok for you? also call a place called the great texas gun company and see what they have...good people... ammotogo.com and able ammo are also good places

my buddy went and got two 9mm the other day i tried to talk him outa it but he realy liked the guns....nothing wrong with the calibers at all but it took him a few weeks just to find some... the great tx gun company is were he got it. They are in bryan tx

I went there yesterday. Good people and a real small town gun shop.

I love core-lokt's....for my 30's, they do just fine.

30-30 and .357 are up on the shelf now

When I joined this I was told, THERE WOULD BE NO MATH!!!

Like to keep a min of 1k per caliber... and usually buy ammo once or twice a week depending on where i go...

I'll let you know when i figure it out...

I actually don't need that much. I like to develop a hunting round and accuracy round in each caliber. Sometimes they are the same round. Then I just like to cook up 40 rounds for each rifle every few months and see how accurate I can be, and make sure things are still zeroed. Then there's hunting season, that's maybe 2 rounds. If I went hog hunting, I'd need to cook up a hundred or so.

On the handguns, I use glocks and they all shoot about the same. I can practice with 120 rounds a year of cheap stuff, and keep a couple of boxes of off the shelf defense ammo for each but never use it (knock on wood).

22lr is fun to plink, I hope it always stays available because I would feel foolish stocking up enough for life. The amount could go overboard pretty quick. If I had to, I could keep it down to a brick a year in lean times.

Things would be a lot different if I lived out where I could shoot off my back porch. I'd need a lot mo ammo!

Just one more round.

1k for each caliber is what I shoot for. Having trouble getting my .22lr back up now!

Never enough I stockpiled 223 when it was $5.99 Remington umc 55gr fmj, could get a lot for it now but I would have to replace it eventually. Wish I had a lot of 270 7 mag and my other high powers that were too expensive back then

5K of .22
500 30-06
500 30-30
1K 12 and 20 gauge
I have made it a practice to grab a box of something above every time I go to Wal-Mart or Academy, and it adds up, so I haven't had to worry about the current situation.

well 22 lr isn't re loadable so through the years I have always bought 22lr when on sale, so I have several 10's of thousands rounds. the same with shot shells I don't reload them so I buy em. so all those time I had to endure my wife's fussing at me for buying more shell has payed off. I guess?