Ammo Count

[Gary13]

I use the iPhone app AmmoBase to track my ammo count and also the # of rounds thru each firearm. The app also let's you track cost $$.

I use a similar iPhone app that I use to track round thru so I know when to do a complete cleaning, and number/type of ammo. When I get down to a certain level I place a order.

[dyson]

I counted and put together a spreadsheet one time. That was fun once. Now i just open the ammo cans and see if any need filling.

[The War Wagon]

If you can count it all, you DON'T have enough.

When you lose count of how man 40mm cans FULL of ammo you have, THEN you have enough.

[jben]

I order ammo by the case. When I break into the last case of a given caliber I know it's past time to order more of that caliber. No need to count.

[ralph.garmin]

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[Dano3467]

At the price of munitions these days, YES I inventory an catalog for insurance.

It would be a tragedy to lose in a theft and have no record for reimbursement.

[drdarrin@sbcglobal.net]

I tried counting all of mine once but I kept getting stuck at 10.
Thank God I didn't use binary.

[tgunsmoke]

I love that no one knows... I thought owning and showing horses were expensive, but at this point I feel like guns are comparable.

I've got 2,650 rounds of 22LR, and 550 rounds of 9mm... That's what happens when you're a newbie gun owner I'm trying to avoid online ordering anymore, my bank account already hates me.

[OlderThanDirt]

^^ not true. Don't make me post piks. More ammo than FP has posts.

But seriously. Not that hard when you buy ammo by the 1000 and store them. Only dip into certain cans and refresh them as needed. Every time I go down 1k, I re-up. No iPhone app

OK.

[ralph.garmin]

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[Baeleron]

I use a similar iPhone app that I use to track round thru so I know when to do a complete cleaning, and number/type of ammo. When I get down to a certain level I place a order.

Call me paranoid, but putting what I've got into some app that might be communicating with who knows where makes me uneasy. I just use a spreadsheet, so I know what to prioritize.

[triplestack3]

It's probably just a better idea to count how many boxes/spam cans you have instead of individual rounds.

Loose stuff gets stored in tupperware and I don't bother counting it.

[Nick Justice]

See sig about how much you need.

[musick]

Call me paranoid, but putting what I've got into some app that might be communicating with who knows where makes me uneasy. I just use a spreadsheet, so I know what to prioritize.

Guess that makes me very paranoid as I wouldnt use a computer program or an app!

I only counted mine once and since have used a piece of paper and a pen to keep track. I "check out" an amount to my range bag and there it stays until its gone. I dont like the additional work of checking items in the bag back in. Easy to update my "library" as I buy in even numbers.

I am quite forward thinking and like to ensure I have a good supply of any given caliber. I know the yearly mean of everything I shoot and this allows me not to get in a situation where Im paying $50 a brick.

[Baeleron]

The more I think about these dedicated apps, the more like utter folly they seem. Just consider the potential for evil: Knowing your ammo gives them a pretty good idea what sort of guns you have. Maybe you even told it directly what guns you have. The gadget you're using the app on probably has a gps, so it would be trivial for the app to know where you live. It also could easily know where you work, and even where you currently ARE! That'd make for a pretty low stress burglary...

I admit that the apps are probably legit and not tracking you. But you're trusting a basically unknown app with unknown authors, and just imagine the potential for evil. Talk about handing them the keys to your castle!

So yeah. No amount of convenience is worth this risk.