Ammo: Stocking Up

[7008gun]

Not only am I stocking up for me , but for my son someday when he gets my guns . What the hell is a gun with no ammo . Taking care of my boy .

[Rottentofu]

I have been considering reloading for a very long time, but every time I do the math, I can barely reload cheaper than online vendors like SGAmmo and Freedom. My target reloading calibers are 9mm, 223, 38 spl, and 357 mag. I check MidWay for raw material prices. I have been saving brass cases for a while. I have around 1k cases for 38 spl and 357 mag, 3k cases for 9mm and 223. I just need to find cheaper raw materials to start reloading.

[timbo399]

I've been buying 1000rds a month, minimum. One month rifle, the next is pistol. After the Sandy Hook panic I promised myself to never again be stuck in a position that I can't shoot for fear I'll never be able to re-stock.

Buy it cheap(er), stack it deep. And f*** Newsom and the ballot initiative he's trying to ride to the governorship.

I been buying 9mm, .45, .223/5.56 and .308- many SGAmmo orders over the past 12 months- Never going to get stuck again buying 9mm for 40 cents/round. I have enough to last for many years.

Think total of 9 orders to SGammo past 8 months.

Reloading not an option for me in my 1 room loft w wife. Spent many thousands of dollars on both plinking and match ammo and consider it money under the bridge- I'm all set.

[wl518]

Besides range ammo I'd recommend stocking up on defense ammo as well. Regardless of who you vote for be ready for chaos and inflation. I'd recommend the same for purchasing firearms. Should be buying to stockpile arms (i.e. stick to one platform), not collecting IMO.

[tpfishnfool]

Like to have 2000-2500 rounds of each caliber on hand . 9mm,45acp, 223/5.56
Other calibers not so much. Just enough for a season.

[Rhyyke]

I been buying 9mm, .45, .223/5.56 and .308- many SGAmmo orders over the past 12 months- Never going to get stuck again buying 9mm for 40 cents/round. I have enough to last for many years.

Think total of 9 orders to SGammo past 8 months.

Reloading not an option for me in my 1 room loft w wife. Spent many thousands of dollars on both plinking and match ammo and consider it money under the bridge- I'm all set.

That's me, except I'm shooting it faster than I'm buying it at 1k a month, so I've upped it to 2 orders a month from SG. Will maybe slow down when I hit 5k of each caliber.

[desertjosh]

I started to stockpile in 2008. I hit Walmart 2 times per week . Lost count on my round count . Just got another 5,000 primers last week at my LGS . My powder count is about 15 lbs . Not done yet .

Looks like you need more powder son

[Tokarevman]

I've stocked up on enough ammo to last me a decade, if not more, of healthy shooting.

I even have several thousand of the oddball calibers like 5.7, 380, 357sig, 45GAP, and 10mm.

I would have expected to read 9mm makarov and Tokarev as part of the oddball examples, not 380.

[madoka]

I would have expected to read 9mm makarov and Tokarev as part of the oddball examples, not 380.

Are there any handguns on the roster that use either? Or is it strictly a C&R thing?

[Bullitt01]

I have heard that powder is going up in price, right now. I do not re-load YET. With proper storage, how long will an unopened can of powder last?

[MyOdessa]

Wrong forum for this discussion.

[SamIAm]

Everyone who's predicting an easy Trump victory is deluding themselves. When a state like Utah is in play in a presidential election, that bodes very poorly for the Republicans. It's about the reddest state there is. In fact, it hasn't gone democrat in over 50 years.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865650513/Poll-Utah-would-vote-for-a-Democrat-for-president-over-Trump.html?pg=all

And this article doesn't come from a liberal leaning newspaper like the NYT. It's the Deseret news, which is owned by the Mormons.

[hambam105]

Trump is going have to defeat the demos and the republicans.

[colossians323]

Ammo is still cheap right now. Time to stock up.

The only thing that needed to be said

[colossians323]

Push comes to shove, you can always drive to Vegas and pick up ammo in bulk.

Not after sandyhook