I already have over one hundred thousand rounds of .22LR set by.
O_o
That's a lot of ammo.
I love the .22 rimfire, I made short work of a lot of rabbits that way.
These days I limit my bloodsport to fishing.
Probably could seem like a lot. I know one guy who has more than two pallets of .22LR on hand. Over a million rounds. Thing is, a few years back there was a serious scare that we would no longer be able to buy our ammo, let alone just order it on line. Most people went fucking NUTZ!!
Of course the most popular selling ammo is the venerable .22LR and so it became almost impossible to find during "The Scare." It was simply a supply/demand thing. At that point in time I had about twenty thousand rounds in safe containers. BUT, the thought of NEVER EVER being able to buy more was a definite scare.
The Lefty/Nazi idea was that, since we can't seem to get people's guns out of their hands, we will take away their FREEDOM to buy ammunition for their weaponry. Now, as a hunter, I have enough "makings" (meaning, bullets, primers, powder, casings, casting equipment, lead, gas checks, etc.) for all my favorite hunting calibers to last into the next two generations. However, daily practice requires a bit more than a few rounds per day.
Last time I counted, looking to keep quantities of products in balance. I had enough makings to create (approximating) twenty thousand rounds of .223, seven thousand rounds of .45, one thousand rounds of .44Mag, six thousand rounds of light .38/357, about a thousand rounds of 9mm, but see that was what balanced. I also have many more primers (infinite shelf life with proper storage) and bullets that would require lots of powder to make the rest come together. All assuming that I keep and reload most of the brass I already own.
I also have stacks of five gallon buckets of military brass taken from military bases, that need some babying to turn into .223 rounds. Know how to do it, done many, MANY thousands from range to usable reincarnates.
That is what I can remember offhand. Many more supplies available that would require more purchases to render completed ammunition.
Between my three presses, with some help, we could turn out some huge numbers of ammo in short time.
The problem as to which I have already alluded, is the actual quantities of bullets and powder to calibers that I have on hand. Brass is a huge storage problem; it is the largest part. Powder is also a huge storage problem due to storage environment requirements. Bullets are easy; they're just heavy. Primers are tiny and almost inert, as long as moisture is eliminated from storage methods.
I guess my point is that if they take away my right to buy ammo, I am set for a while. I just need to buy more bullets and powder.
BTW, I am not the only one. If you go to some of my "friend's" homes you will find that I am far behind in the "race."
I remember a photo meme a while back: Kind of a hot chick holding an AR of some sort and the caption was something like Do they really want to do another Civil War? One side has twelve trillions rounds of ammo, millions of guns and the other side does not know which bathroom to use.
