Well I don't need to go weekly. I keep aprox 6,000 rnds and that's enough for me.

 

At 200-300 rounds on average per gun per session 1-2 times per month spread across several calibers I have enough to shoot for well over a year, maybe a couple, without trying to accumulate a mountain of each caliber. I do not need to fill a room with each cartridge.

I rotate through them so I don't beat up anything too bad. A couple sessions I may take my J frame and do slow fire, only 50-100 rounds of 38 strictly at the 25 to push myself on fundamentals. The constant re loading of 5 rounds and taking time to make each shot count keeps me from burning a bunch of rounds fast. Other times I'll burn 22 through my Mark IV and not touch the bigger stuff.

I may go a couple months without burning 9 and I'm buying it to top those cans off while I'm shooting other stuff. Then I may train on 9 a few times out while I buy 45. Then I may take my 45 cal 1911 out for a session or two while I'm buying 9. Or have a rifle day and give all pistol calibers a rest.

Once in a blue moon I will just take the 629 and throw 50-100 rounds of my tiny stash of 44 at the target and then not touch it again for 6 months. 50 or 60 rounds of 44, then a session of only 50 38, then a session of cheap 22 could mean up to 3 months I've been shooting, and buying but not using 9.

Doing it this way I can avoid burning through anything too fast and make note of what is in short supply or getting pricey when I decide what to take out.

 

I carry different guns and calibers depending on where I am going and what I am doing that day. I may have two or more guns with me. Six calibers are primary carry handguns. Two calibers are primary carry rifles. Two gauges are primary shotguns.

I have been stocking up on ammo since Bill Clinton won in 1992. At seventy-seven, I likely have enough ammo to last me for the rest of my life, but I am still buying.

 

Stopped buying, I reload! 😉

 

I keep 100 magazines loaded for .45 cal
1911.
50-ish for Browning HiPower
50 for Beretta 92
50 for M14 pattern .308
60-ish for AR pattern 5.56.
Dozens for each pistol. At least that for each rifle.
Enough ammo to reload those mags several times.
I NEVER reload mags at the range.

 

I keep about 12,000 of 9mm, 6,000 of 38 super and 1,000 rounds of 300 BO as my par levels. It got me through the pandemic easily and then I added to it in the last 12 months

 

I’ve got about 19,000 - not counting loaded magazines. I replenish when I get below a pre-set level.

 

As much as you can afford.It used to be a lot easier 20 years ago.... Fortunately I'm set for the rest of my life.

 

Loaded ammo, 8000 rounds. Reloading supplies - enough to last several years. When were cheap, I bought lots and piled it deep.

 

I got sticker shock reading this! I reload thank goodness. I do keep a supply of components on hand.

 

I bought a lifetime supply of .45 and 9mm

i recommend buying as much as you can. Prices are as low as they are going.

buy 100 cases

 

A lot of generic vague post like this. What's a lifetime supply to you and how often do you shoot and how much do you shoot each trip?

Also highly doubt most people can afford to buy a hundred cases, but cool story bro

 

I don’t stockpile… but if I did, I’d keep a minimum of 2-50cal cans of my most used calibers. 45ACP,9mm,5.56x45,12GA, and .22LR
Just for reference:

 

3000 rounds of every caliber I shoot except 380,45 Colt and .44 magnum. Those are my fun guns, but I still have about 500 rounds each.

 

I keep about 1000 rounds of each caliber. I don't try and stockpile even more since I have to frequently relocate and it is a major pain in the behind to carry around 10's of thousands of ammo at all times.

 

I try to keep 1500-2000 rounds of each caliber. I don’t really see the point in keeping huge amounts of ammo but, to each His own. I want enough so that I can continue shooting even when prices periodically go up.

 

If we use the recent past of ammo being stupid expensive and scarce, 2,000 rounds would only be 20 range trips if you only shot 100 rounds per trip. That may not have been enough for that fiasco we just went through.

I know I normally shoot more than 100 rounds per range trip.

That's my take anyway.

 

I hope to have three rounds per bad guy.

 

Nobody has ever said they had too much ammo.

 

Not true to those who need cash badly

 

Somewhere in the 5-10k range for 45 and 5.56. Coupla thousand 12 gauge, buck & slug (plus several cases of birdshot), 3-5k of 9mm, an' just a general stash of all the other calibers.....

This is my primary shelve - the bulk in ammo cans is in another rack.

 

Enough is never enough.

 

 

Since I started in the pandemic years, I’m still doing my low round count drills. I also was going once a week with formal training over a month…but now I’m lucky to get out once a quarter.

with that said….bare minimum in my eyes is 1k of ammo for each.

 

My goal is to have a minimum of 1k rounds for each firearm i own as reserve and then stockpile roughly 6 months worth of training ammo which at my current rate is 1200 rounds/month.

 

Life will be harder for people who burn through mags quickly with high speed drills on each range trips and are unwilling to alter routine for market conditions.

Deliberate 50 round 25 yard only range sessions with a snub nose or maybe even 50 yard sessions with a larger pistol will humble and fulfill you and make everything last. This has become my technique to keep myself honest on technique and survive shortages without having to fill a room with each caliber. Squeeze a shot or two off, put the gun down, think about how they felt, what I did right and what I did wrong, squeeze off another couple. Have a drink. Talk to other shooters if there's only a few of us and we're not in a super intense inward focused mode.

More bang for the buck and less expensive changing my training to suit the market than holding enough ammo in each caliber to survive 1-3 year shortages.

And it seems like a good portion of the people who tell you they built a lifetime supply of each caliber end up not shooting all or not shooting much anyway through unstable markets because they're worried about how long they'll last if they start to chip away at their ammo mountain.

Most of them aren't at empty ranges burning it at the same rate as in easier times. They're on the forums talking about dry firing and repeatedly cleaning un fired guns. Staring at their unused stash, giggling over how everyone else ignored them and didn't stack it deep while it was cheap and is now scraping up expensive ammo while they can swim in ammo if they want.

With some exceptions many of them seem to get comfortable going back to shooting a lot about the same time the rest of us do despite having 10 times the stash. They're typically afraid even their 10k rounds will disappear too fast if they start shooting normally and then hard times last 2, 3, 4 years instead of 1. They could be forced to replenish at higher prices and no longer be able to say all their 556 was purchased 15 years ago at 27 cents a round.

 

As much ammo as you can reasonably afford when you find a good deal. You can never have too much ammo unless you're are negatively effecting your finances. I have been through too many "shortages" and price increases/panics to not buy ammo because I "have enough."

If you shoot 500rds a week, then I would have 52k on hand. This gives you two years (classes aside).

If you are looking at some sort of World market tightness/crap economy/cutting back that would last years, 50-100rds a month to stay proficient, I would have 5000rds on hand +472rds of things "just went South" ammo. (5.56mm/9mm)

I tend to replace what I shoot about every 2mo or whenever I see a deal. This is typically 9mm, so it isn't wallet breaking. Look at it like retirement, plan for what you want or need, double it, and follow that.

There is nothing worse than a class you want to take coming up, ammo supply issue pop up, and you're the guy who thought 500rds was plenty to have on hand. It really depends on how much you actively shoot, there is no real right or wrong answer.

 

As much ammo as you can reasonably afford when you find a good deal. You can never have too much ammo unless you're are negatively effecting your finances. I have been through too many "shortages" and price increases/panics to not buy ammo because I "have enough."

If you shoot 500rds a week, then I would have 52k on hand. This gives you two years (classes aside).

If you are looking at some sort of World market tightness/crap economy/cutting back that would last years, 50-100rds a month to stay proficient, I would have 5000rds on hand +472rds of things "just went South" ammo. (5.56mm/9mm)

I tend to replace what I shoot about every 2mo or whenever I see a deal. This is typically 9mm, so it isn't wallet breaking. Look at it like retirement, plan for what you want or need, double it, and follow that.

There is nothing worse than a class you want to take coming up, ammo supply issue pop up, and you're the guy who thought 500rds was plenty to have on hand. It really depends on how much you actively shoot, there is no real right or wrong answer.

And there's also the fact that it's not like ammo is ever going to be worthless so if one has a lot of ammo on hand and needs money for something else, said person can sell some ammunition.

 

I am the Sergeant of a three-man Rapid Tactical Force at one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas.
I try to keep at least 1000rds of each for my duty weapons at all times in case TSHF

• 3) MP5K-PDW with red-dot sights;
• 2) G36 rifles using SS109 rounds;
• 3) Glock practical tacticles in .357 Sig
• 1) PSG-1 using Fed Gold Medal .308
• 1) Starlight scope for the PSG-1 in case we lose power in the building.
• 3) Glock 27 backup guns
• 3) Kahr P-9 holdouts

We meet at the range every night and shoot 400 rounds each through weapons that closely resemble our duty setup

 

How much ammo do YOU think is sufficient to have on hand...

Just a little bit mmooooorrrre....

 

If you have a car in you garage you do not have enough ammo.