how much ammo do you guys keep at one time
About a thousand rounds then restock at the 500 mark.
i have about sixty million rounds now. i usually have trucks come by and stock it in a building near my yard. my wife keeps bugging me about it. what do i say?
>>29515018
yeah i do the same thing
>>29515034
tell her you'll have the trucks go around back instead. That should get her off your back
>>29514997
At minimum, enough to keep all my mags filled
I usually only buy more than that when I go to the range
>>29515047
how many mags do you have?
I try to keep at least 200 for my range guns. I would hoard ammo but i would go broke
>>29515117
Roughly 6 for each longarm. 2 or 3 for my pistols.
>>29515121
magazines?
>>29514997
i keep enough ammo to fill at least 1 5.56 ammo can. I leave them in the boxes as well and that usually feels like a decent limit on everything except for .22 which is 20 or so bricks
>>29514997
a thousand rounds of for each caliber, I'll reload / buy at the 700 mark
3000 .22lr, trying to not get under 2000
200 12 ga slugs because that shit takes to much space.
>>29514997
At one point I had 820 rounds, now I don't. Kind of antsy to get those mags filled again.
>>29515117
i think 10 is a good number for semi auto guns you use frequently. you have just enough to use, replace, or store away in case they become too hard or too expensive to buy more of.
>>29515141
no he means rounds
>>29514997
Enough to keep all of my magazines full plus a little. I just don't see the point in having more but also I buy extra mags for each gun. The 229, I have a 7 mags for and 3 mags for the 320.
So that's 10 15 round mags plus a box of ammo, in total I guess I keep it right around 200 rounds of 9mm but it's also ready to go.
For the ar, I've got like another dozen mags all loaded.
I keep one full 25 she'll bandolier per shotgun and I've got a couple tube mash feed marlins that I keep about 300 rounds per each.
Does that answer your question?
how long is a average time a mag can stay loaded ? and how long it should stay empty until reloading again ?
>>29514997
atf pls go
>>29514997
If I had that much 5.56 I think I'd have a permanent erection.
Right now I have about
2500 rds 5.56
1000 7.62x54r
2200 rds 9mm
Planning on buying another 2k 5.56 soon.
>>29515663
>how long is a average time a mag can stay loaded ?
Any modern magazine empty itself automatically after 40 days to release spring tension.
>how long it should stay empty until reloading again ?
post 2003 mags can stay empty 10 days, after that they will an hero, lured in autodestruction by emptiness in existence.
>>29515663
Forever.
It's ready to go again right after reloading.
>>29515715
>autodestruction by emptiness in existence.
goddamn nihilist magazines. this is why i stick to clips. at least they have the decency to be God-fearing, like proper devices.
Even those heathen helical mags acknowledge the existence of God.
>>29515706
Jesus christ. How much is all that worth?
I try to keep a minimum of 3k per rifle and 1k per pistol, with 11 mags per rifle and 5 per pistol.
Its pointless to have 500k rounds and 2 rifles, or 2000 rounds and 20 rifles. Its about balance.
>>29515034
That's a good start. :)
MOLAN LOBE
-63rd Airborne OIF
>>29515956
Something like $1600.
To me it's not nearly enough ammo, its about the minimum I feel comfortable having. I wish I had 10k 5.56 and about 5-8k 9mm. Ammo is only getting more expensive and during panic buys 9 and 556 are the first to dry up.
>>29516030
ugh, you must be why I can't get the cases of GECO from SG anymore
if you see a good deal, buy it. due to a multitude of factors, ammo prices pretty much only rise over time.
>but inflation
even taking into account inflation, ammo will only get more expensive.
>>29516072
I actually havent bought geco from them in a while. PPU is cheaper and just as good. With the exception of that bit of geco there, all my ammo, in all calibers is PPU.
>>29516030
Wait, what? All that ammo only cost you $1600? Where in the world do you live that you can buy ammo that cheaply? I envy you.
>>29516093
>tfw no 18 cpr 5.56, 30 cpr .303, 11 cpr 5.45 anymore
>>29516115
3000 rounds high quality of 9mm is around 1200 dollars shipped anywhere in the Continental US
>>29516115
keep your eye out for deals and when they come up, buy a shit load.
>>29514997
I hoard. I'm an asshole. I have 3, gallon buckets full of .22lr.
I have more than enough ammo for every rifle. Pistol ammo is different becuase I shoot pistol a lot more.
>>29516115
the only thing that you might not be able to get for the same price is surplus 54r. i think its going $150 for a 440 spam can now.
check slickguns regularly for deals
>>29516133
No it's not.
>>29516133
>>29516177
more like $600
I dunno, rough numbers
5.45 - 12k
7.62x39 - 5k
7.62x54 3k
.22 - 5k
5.56 - 1.5k
9mm - 500
>>29514997
I like F1
I have 12,000rds I shit you not
Got it all for like $800
>11000 5.45x39
>5000 .22lr
>3500 7.62x39
>2200 9mm
>700 5.56x45
>500 .308
>150 .243
>100 .30-06
>100 12g
>60 30-30
I want more of everything but 5.45. In fact, I'm considering selling all of my 5.45 so I can buy more of other calibers.
>>29516218
>>29516307
I'm jealous of all that 5.45. I bought a 5.56 AK because 5.45 is getting more scarce and more expensive.
>>29514997
I think right now I have around 1200. I have I think 150ish bullets to reload and like 200 pieces of brass. I need moar components.
>>29516321
I got the majority from some guy who fell on hard times last winter for $300/crate. Felt sort of bad doing it, but he told me he sold his SGL to someone for $1300 so he did ok.
>>29516170
>plastic 7.62x54r rounds
I'm intrigued, are these not around anymore because they sucked or because of EPA regulations?
>>29515134
>>29515164
on point
>>29515706
bout to go in on some bulk 5.56 with my brother, where and what would you suggest in the M193 and/or MK 262 flavor?
>>29516321
I've got 11k or so 7n6 when it was cheap, the rest is commercial. I got in that game at the right time, cheap ammo and $10 surplus mags, good times.
I really need to work on my 5.56 stash, I've got 4 complete AR's and 6 or so more lowers.
>>29516370
I would imagine they are like the DAG 7.62x51 plastic training ammo.
>>29516410
as far as M193 goes, whatever is cheapest. If its made by a respectable brand, most M193 is nearly identical.
ie PPU vs. PMC vs. Federal, pretty much only vary in terms of how clean the brass is. Should have nearly identical ballistics.
>>29516425
i wanted to get into 5.45 a few years ago. i think 7n6 was going for $200 a case at the time.
what made me not get into, funnily enough, was right when i was buying mags and looking at guns and ammo, aim surplus had a free shipping promotion on surplus 5.45.
i had been watching their supply over the past few weeks prior and overnight they went from 2000+ available cases to 500+.
it really illustrated how volatile surplus imported ammo could be and scared me off.
now that surplus 5.45 has dried up, looking back i should have just jumped into it. i would have had a decent enough stash by now and i could shoot current production.
its too late for me to get into it now though, even though its still pretty affordable, it doesnt interest me anymore
>>29516093
What happened guys? How come I don't see any of this anymore?
>>29514997
I have about 4K 9mm of various types, 2K 556, 1K Mak, and 2K .22lr. I shoot regularly, so i just rotate my stick. I've been keping a few extra rounds since the recent panics just in case any run into short supply so I can keep shooting.
Ammos cheap and doesn't take up that much space in these numbers.
>probably too much for my p64, but I'll shoot it eventually. It was on sale.
>>29516627
12 years of inflation, import bans, profiteering from panic buys and supply and demand is why we dont see that anymore.
>>29516532
I think I'm gonna buy a couple cases of that IWI stuff next, been seeing some pretty solid deals on it lately.
>>29516647
also the AWB ended in 2004 and in the past 10 years, theres been a tremendous boom in new shooters
Currently at 500 rounds of 223/5.56
Want to keep at least 1000 on hand and buy a couple more mags for my SG 550.
I dont make money fast enough for ammo and savings for trip and a car and a property.
Fuck.
>>29515156
I know that feel, I only have enough to fill 4 mags rn, feels bad.
Poor /k/ommando here. Only have a S&W .357 revolver and a 100 or so rounds of ammo. Places around here are surprisingly sold out of 38/357. Sucks.
>>29514997
In Canada, we are limited by Explosives Act regulations that were completely changed as of February 2014. Most people don't know about these regulations (and they are almost never enforced) but we are limited to 225 kg of ammunition at any given location, as measured by the propellant in the cartridges (disregard the weight of the bullet, primer, and case). This works out to roughly 57,000 .30-06 rounds.
In certain provinces, municipalities can also set a lower limit.
Broke as fuck trying to finish school. Only about 400 rounds for my Glock(s) 9mm and 200ish in .45
>>29516853
Limit of 57,000 rifle rounds.
Well I'm out.
>>29516905
Keep in mind that if you had shotgun or pistol rounds, you would have to decrease your number of rifle rounds accordingly. Also, we are limited to 75kg total loose propellant and black-powder (for reloading) stored at any given location. Unfortunately, my city (Windsor, Ontario) cucks us to 10kg total loose propellant and black-powder.
I try to keep at least 1,000 rounds of 5.56, 300 of 9mm, and 3,000 .22lr..
Why? I have no fucking clue.
Zombies perhaps
>>29516853
I don't know a single person in my shooting ground that wouldn't be violating that law. Most have at least 100k rounds.
>hundreds of pounds of ammo in one box
>loosely thrown into there at the factory
>shipped across the country in a bumpy truck or train
>bullet tip never gets pushed into a primer by accident
Post YFW
I only have 500 rounds of 7.62x54r
>>29516730
>he thinks its 2014
its the future now, anon.
>>29517893
It's still very good from all that, I know so many people that throw away bullets if they drop them thinking they're dangerous to use.
I'd be more worried about keeping a ton of ammo in your house and then have a fire start
>>29517893
>bullet hits primer
>case ruptures
>nothing happens
>not knowing how ammo works
>>29517893
>He thinks ammo acts as a bomb
Just google ammunition exposed to fire. I'm too lazy to link it for the 100th time.
TLDW version: nothing happens.
>>29516137
Ah, fair point. Thanks.
I've got about 700 rounds of 5.56 right now.
Once I get stockpiling I plan to always have 3k-5k
Currently I have 25 AR magazines, all 30 rounders.
>>29518597
I think that if you consider yourself a prepared AR owner you should own 6-10 magazines (30 rnd) per AR that you own, and at least 3k reserve 5.56 per AR.
>>29518597
>>29518629
how do you like that stuff? I'm looking to order another few thousand rounds soon, but I usually stick to M193
>>29516093
>Can't shoot russian ammo at the range, fucking commie fucks in the US
>range commies are the worst
>>29518629
From what I've read a typical combat load is 7-10 magazines.
That is for a US serviceman with all the logistical backing that comes with.
>>29518647
Wolf gold is XM193 marked .223 to avoid military caliber restrictions
>>29518597
Come back to /arg/ fuckstain. I miss you and your crazy MLOK conspiracies.
>>29518647
I'm sorry friend I can't speak too much about it. I've shot around 300 rounds of it through both my pistol and my rifle. It has cycled flawlessly. I've been picking all my brass and the cases appear to be in good shape, no ripped rims or dents.
I've shot it at 75 yards max and it seems accurate enough. Can't speak to anything past that.
I've heard rumors that the brass is no good past 2 reloads.
>>29518702
Hmm. Maybe I'll go for that IWI stuff that's out there. Thanks bruv
>>29518693
>I cry everytiem
Back in 1776 you had to have 200 pieces of shot and 1 lb of powder. Or something like that.
>>29516627
Niggers and joos. Its always the niggers and joos......
all you hoarders whats a decent price on 22lr? found some local guy wants $39 for a 525 pack of federal and $95 for 1400 remington bucket
>>29518851
I got a 525 pack of something at Academy for $19 the other week.
>>29518886
ill have to look around locally i cant find any at walmart only thing around besides that is dicks and cabelas
>>29518886
wot in the fug
literally can't find .22 online for less than 6.5 cpr
>>29518851
$95 for the bucket is a good deal, I'd buy it.
Hell I just bought one of those at a gun show for $105. Still was a good price.
>>29518886
>>29518923
>>29518851
Shit sorry!
325 rounds.
>4300 .22lr
>3450 .223
>1050 .308
>80 .30-30
>230 .30-06
>1500 7.62x54r
>130 .50BMG
>3300 9mm
>140 12ga bird
>1150 12ga buck
I need more...
>>29514997
>tfw only 1k rounds of .223
im going to start reloading soon though.
>>29514997
Current exact count is 32,548 rds.
~38 different calibers
>>29519191
whats the most exotic caliber you own?
>>29514997
I just tactically shit on the intruder in the case of home defense, if i'm shooting children i'll take a laxative to ensure maximum skin-shit penetration
Need more 5.56 but the company I work for is going to have layoffs soon so I'm trying to save my pennys
>>29516410
>M193
Wolf gold 55gr. Doesn't fragment as well as 193, but more accurate and cleaner ime.
>Mk262
A few months ago I would have said 77gr Razor Core, but that apparently got rare as fuck. Shit was cash while it lasted, sub 50c for 262-alike loads
3 rounds of the best tactical, sniper, big game ammo ever invented.
Ps. I dont even own a gun that can shoot .22 short. Just holding one cartridge in my hand will send man or beast insane.
Ps. Get shot in ankle with 22 short will ricochet all the way up your leg to your heart and kill you.
>>29518682
Source? ? Pls
>>29519286
you dont own a .22 lr rifle?
>>29519224
9mm Japanese Rimmed for my Type 26 revolver
>>29519343
seconded
>>29519286
>Get shot in ankle with 22 short will ricochet all the way up your leg to your heart and kill you.
This is true, everyone knows it.
>>29514997
I only have 3,000 rounds for any one of my funz cause of Commiefornia lawness.
Interestingly I actually have a good bit of 5.56/.223... Around 2000 rds, two of the .30 cal cans in the back of this pic are full of them.
>>29519367
mostly milsurp calibers i assume?
20 7.62x54r, shit is too expensive in the state of massachusetts to buy anymore than what you will take to the range day.
>Cant mail order ammo
>Cabella, bass pro hike up the price cause they can
>Gun shows have a line a mile or two long to get into
>Cant go to gun shows because they are always the weekend before a test.
Pic related what if feels like to be a fun user in MA
>>29519268
We ended up ordering 280 rounds of American Eagle XM193 for 35cpr shipped. Didn't see any wolf gold :\ Thanks though, I'll definitely keep an eye out for the Razor Core.
Hey tell me about why the wolf is cleaner/more accurate. It's .223 no? What's the cpr these days?
>>29519355
Its 22short you retard. And i clearly stated i dont own a gun capable of shooting 22 SHORT. Just opening my hand with one single 22 short would kill you
>>29519621
bad trolling aside,pretty much any .22lr rifle will safely fire .22 short.
>>29519657
This is true, it just might not feed the next round properly. It's not like trying to shoot .22lr in a .22wmr
>>29519657
Shoot 100 rounds of 22short out of a 10/22. Tell me how much fun that was?
>>29519679
Shit if we're talking hypotheticals, go find 100 rds of .22 short first
>>29519679
just like using a bolt action, except you have to turn it on its side and wiggle it to put another bullet in :^)
AIM has some 77gr RAZOR CORE for like ridiculous prices. They also have most anything else for meh prices.
>>29519714
If i wasnt so drunk i would go to my safe and take pics of a couple hundred rounds of short. Stop being poor newfag nigs.
>>29519714
>plebs on MY /k/
get gud, fag. $50 and its all yours
http://defenderoutdoors.com/aguila-1b222110-22-sh-hv-sp-29gr-500rds
3000 5.56 mostly m193 and m855
1200 7.62x39
400 5.45x39
400 7.62x51 m80
400 7.62x54r
300 .357 mag
400 .44 mag
1200 .45 ACP
800 9x19
1000 12 gauge mostly slugs and 00 buck
>>29519757
looks like ~67 cpr not including shipping
>>29519498
Mass anon here. Targetsportusa will deliver to mass :) best thing I ever found out. Also ammunitiontog. Enjoy!
>>29519832
I'm jealous.
Nice setup and nice ammo cans.
Do you store your ammo loose in the cans?
>>29520129
I leave them in boxes so I can keep track of how much ammo I have stored up.
>>29519992
Thank you I wish prosperity and rich's to you family.
>>29520430
im not a masshole but target sports is g2g.
>>29519486
I have all of your typical calibers (no .40 S&W), but you are correct, I do have a large assortment of milsurp ammo.
>>29515663
loaded mags only stay good about a week unless you refrigerate them after loading.
A few thousand for each ammo type you care about. Remember kids, ammo doesn't go bad (it takes a long time), and it won't lose value.
I have a semi decent collection, sorta
Also, buy lots of mags. You can never have enough.
>>29519441
god damn that looks like a fun afternoon
4k 7.62x39
1k .45acp
700 5.56
600 .303 brit
500 .308
500 .22lr
350 7.62x54r
320 12ga (bird shot)
20 9x18
6 .357
Its a lot to move around
Pic is old, have another ammo box now
>>29520129
<3 ur A2 bebe
>>29516307
I could take at least half that 5.54x.39 off your hands real easy. How much a round?
>>29521294
>Serbian Genocide Fuel "REMOVE KEBAB"
>.303 Empire Builders
>An actual fuckload of 12 gauge.
Fucking top kek.
>>29514997
Not enough, I keep saying I'll buy more ammo, but the mark up where I live is ridiculous. So I just keep buying guns and gun parts, waiting till I move back to a free state in about a year to feed them.
>>29518751
Bro, we miss you, come back to /arg/.
>not storing hundreds of .22 rifles and pistols with millions of rounds
my .22 militia will be god-tier when society collapses
>>29522304
>the price of .22 ammo has more than doubled in the last 2 years
It was all you, wasn't it?
>>29522304
want to buy me a rifle, but im a newfag when it comes to everything /k/ so i had just being lurking in silence.
Are .22 a good choice? Do they pack any actual punch?
Can hardly get my hands on much more in my cunt but we have a shit ton of wilderness and i want to go just rifle in hand and shoot at everything in a desolate enough zone.
The thin is that in my zone there are Pumas and a couple other as big predators and im wondering if a .22 would be like throwing paper and spit balls at them
>>29522361
.22s are the popular choice for a first rifle BECAUSE they don't pack a punch. You can learn how to handle a gun by shooting one all day without breaking the bank or your shoulder.
Ammo can be found for 5-10 cents a round, compared to .223 which are 20-25 cents a round.
>>29522382
So no Anon-Puma war any time soon?
Welp, if i see one i'll run like hell
Thanks
I do know to shoot because i was teach in case of needing it, but only with a 9mm pistol and i lack knowledge about anything /k/ related since it was only some days as a kid and as a teenager shooting and a ''just in case, it can't hurt'' way of seeing it from my parent
>>29522225
Now that I've gotten into ARs and 5.56, I'm not quite sure what to put on my AR ammo can. Was thinking "infant seeking assault bullets" or something along those lines
>>29522493
I put "4 the children" on mine.
>>29522522
max kek, that's pretty good
>>29515663
There have been 1911 magazines loaded during WWII that have been fired 70 years later and still work properly. Compression doesn't hurt springs, both compression and release does.
Just a heads up boys, PSA has free shipping on 55gr Federal 5.56 XM193 if you order 25 boxes for $6.99.
thats .35cpr shipped, not bad. Though buying freedom munitions ammo in that amount is a little cheaper cause their shipping is really cheap
>>29522860
25 boxes now?
It was 10 a couple days ago.
>>29516678
Links?
>>29520292
I am glad that I am not the only person too put silica bead bags in my ammo containers.
Almost 600 green tip I never touch and around j00 FMj, which I need to restock soon. Also about 800 rounds 9mm and about 500 22lr, as I don't shoot it often
>>29516370
Neither. They are surplus training rounds, there just haven't been any imported because of obama blocks and perceived lack of demand. I don't think a lot of you guys realize how much our government and NATO tries to give incentives to prior combloc countries to destroy surplus ammo and weapons rather than sell them
>>29516425
I remember just a few years ago it was as cheap as .22, about 3 cents a round, but the problem was no one produced factory AR15 uppers that could shoot it. I think S&W was the first one to come out with one
TFW Oregon
TFW Bi-mart sales beat anything I can find online
30cpr for AE 5.56. fuck all of you
>>29516410
>bulk 5.56
>MK 262 flavor?
I used to have 1k rounds of magtech's(READ CBC) 262 Mod 1 Clone. That shit was hitting 2850 out of my 18" SPR Clone at Sea level(45 Degrees). I was pulling 1/2 MOA at 100m with that shit. It can't be found online any more thanks to a Brazilian Military order. It was supposed to become available again early March but all the places I have seen are still out of stock. I discovered the round by random chance @ Coastal Farm and ranch of all places. If I ever see that shit again online I will be ordering it in >>29514997 size quantities.
>>29524084
oh and it was running 585/1k online.
>>29523741
for eurocucks lurking the thread, Conrad has silica bags for cheap as dirt. And as many of us have to keep their ammo in a safe or locked thing it's a must have, generally the temperature inside will be lower than outside and humidity in the air will condense into.
Once they are colored, put silica bags in the oven, less than 100 °C for an hour, they can be reused a couple of times.
>>29519396
There is no ammo limit dumbass
>>29514997
That's none of your business NSA.
I try to buy at least a box or two for each of my guns every week.
Sometimes though I'll get several hundred dollars at once for one gun if i can find a good deal.
I'm not even sure how much I have right now but I only have 3 guns at the moment a .357 S&W 686 which i try to keep equal supplies of .38.spcl and .357 stored up for.
One 9mm and one 5.56
I probably have the most 9mm out of anything else and im dangerously low on .357 right now. I think I only have one box plus a few rounds in a speed loader.
I have 6 empty 30cal cans that I can fill up with ammo. So I have a long way to go.
>>29523905
>tfw used to live in Portland,
>tfw used to go shooting with dad as a little boy
>tfw .22 lr was like $4.00 for a 100 round brick and sometimes cheaper with coupons
>tfw no sales tax
>tfw miss bimart so much,
>bought my first boom box there
>bought my first and second alarm clocks there
>tfw now live in TN
>tfw my youngest son has my first digital alarm clock
inb4 blog post.
I miss oregon sometimes.
>>29524757
I still have .22 left over from when it was $15 a brick at bi-mart.
They've been killing it on ammo sales. $10 boxes of blazer brass 9, $37 bricks of American eagle 5.56, $8 boxes of mini mags
>>29515715
>>29520603
>2 10gal .22 buckets (got them on the cheap)
>5 boxes of 12 gauge buckshots
>1 boxes of slugs
>3 boxes of .357
>a couple of nuggets spam cans
The only things that I buy often are the buckshots
>>29518597
What grip is that
What stock is that
