How much ammo is enough ?

[Cowboy T]

You don't necessarily need to have a bunch. You just need to have ready access to that which you might need. Handloaders typically don't need to have that much "ammo" on hand, because when they need some, they just make some. Never mind that little rumor floating about regarding hoarding primers/powder/lead/bullets/whatever. Nothin' to see here, move along....

How much do you shoot in a given week or month? One possibility is to have maybe a year's worth of ammo if your quantity of shooting is low to medium. I would count "high" as a USPSA/IPSC competitive shooter who goes through maybe 1,000 rounds/week to practice. I'd call my quantity of shooting "medium", since I do about 1,000 rounds/month, but being a reloader, I don't need 12,000 rounds of ammo on hand, so I'm sort of an exception. A "small" amount of shooting might be less than 2,000 rounds/year. For some people, that's enough.

[Maltese Falcon]

Until you dont have any where else to store it.

Yep. My boss has about 50K, I have a third that. He has what he calls the EOW stash (End of the World) that he doesn't touch on top of the practice ammo. YMMV

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[mlevans66]

A 1000 of each caliber per gun if you can and 500 for pratice per gun. If below that see that you get there by the end of 2013.

[1 SIG fan]

22.. 5-10k should be adequate.

[blockster]

NEVER ENOUGH AMMO!!

[xDIEGOx]

I feel uneasy if I fall below 1k for any caliber.

[Jonathan Doe]

3 magazines with 15 rounds each, plus one in the chamber. Plus, 5 rounds in a S&W J-frame revolver.

[BroncoBob]

Never is enough

[ziggymarley]

Start with 1k for each caliber.
After you've gone through 500, order another 1k.

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This. I have built up my stash over the years doing just this.

[JoefromPA]

Out of curiosity, what all you all planning on doing with all that ammo?

I just recently started collecting firearms again, and my stash is fairly small, but i only feel the need for enough ammo that i can keep my mags loaded and reload all of them once. If i had to leave my house it would be a comfortable amount to carry, and is well below 1k per weapon.

I do have enough reloading supplies where i can reload them multiple times if need be.

Just wondering the reasons behind having thousand of rounds in storage, besides "you can never have enough".

[Mr. Gillious]

I asked this same question to a relative and he said, "However much you need to take down a helicopter and/or swat."

[lilro]

No such thing as enough, but if you must impose a limit on yourself, 2k/caliber

[Fishslayer]

If you know off the top of your head exactly how much you have, you probably need more.

If you've never come across a stashed can with a few hunnert rounds you'd forgotten about, you probably need more.

If you come across a smokin' deal on hard to find milsurp, you DEFINITELY need more.

Ammo doesn't need to be fed, it doesn't go bad and it ain't gettin' cheaper.

[myk]

You have to ask yourself what are you buying 'ammo for: collecting it, shooting it, planning for the end of the world? I know guys who collect enough guns & ammo to fill multiples safes in rooms of their homes. Then there's guys like me who like to shoot. Then I hear about guys planning for the SHTF and all that. I think if you're one of the first 2 types of gun owners then buy whatever makes you happy, but if you're the SHTF type, IMO it's unrealistic to buy thousands of rounds of 'ammo and think it's going to do you any good. Chances are if a disaster strikes you will be evacuated and you're not going to be able to take your thousands of rounds with you; you need to be light and mobile and carry not much more than a rifle bag and maybe a backpack. Personally, I think anything more than 500 rounds, or what you can easily carry off in a panicked emergency is excessive, and I'll bet more than anything that the police and/or looters/rioters will take what you've got...

[drkphibr]

Ammo doesn't need to be fed, it doesn't go bad and it ain't gettin' cheaper.

Forget about gold, silver, stocks or interest bearing accounts...buy bullets, primers and powder. I can't believe how much components have gone up over the last 2 years. And unlike precious metals, stocks or other investment vehicles, components only seem to go in one direction...UP.