Ammo Suggestions
 

Looking at rounding out the ammo supply, here what I got so far:

6 boxes 12ga shells (various flavors 00, 1, 4, 6)
1000 rounds 22LR
500 rounds 9MM FMJ
240 rounds 9MM JHP
100 rounds .357 SJHP
100 round 38SP JHP (wife's gun)

suggestions...

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You should get a rifle.

.22 and 9mm is still dirt cheap at walmart. Get it while you can.

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Sounds like you've got the handgun/up-close and personal ammo covered, I'd invest in a .308 rifle.

*Battle rifle - FAL by DSArms or an M1A
(6 or 7 mags for either)

*Bolt Action Rem700 Police Sniper edition with a quality scope

www.aimsurplus.com - military surplus .308 to practice with, Black Hills .308 for accurate, long range shooting

Tinman is right - get a .22 at Walmart (stainless) - $219.00 and some Butler Creek steel lip mags. Might want to go with a decent 4x32 scope as well, I have a Nikon
As for the 9mm - the above link is looking like $105.00 for 1000 rds (+shipping, no tax)

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GET MORE!!!

you can get 550 rounds of .22 ammo for like $9 at Wal-Mart. that said, at least get another 10 boxes.

I'm sure you'll get advice here to have thousands of rounds per caliber. At least get as much as the cheap stuff you can first, then build on the rest.

I would say no less than 500 rounds each.

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.22 makes for great practice ammo. Load up and you can hone your shooting skills for a couple of bucks per day, regardless of price increases in the future

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Where do you see that deal at? Aim only has fiocchi 147 gr. listed at $175/k right now. Maybe they are changing their site and some listings aren't up right now?

Right now my local walmart still has blazer brass 9mm for $6.27 a box and federal 550 rd. .22 bulk packs for $8.98.

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+1 for the FAL. Very accurate I would recommend www.falfiles.com or check out www.dsarms.com. If you live in Cali like I do, PM me and I can help you in getting into a LEGAL FAL TYPE AW or AR-15.

Good luck, and definitely arm youself brother.

Mark

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RM,
If you don't mind, what size boxes are the 12 ga? IF they are 25 round boxes, that gives you 150 rounds. UP that amount at least another 50 round (2 boxes), though adding 150 more rounds would not hurt. And just so you know, you don't need to go out and drop major money in one fell swoop. Be a bargain hunter. Almost every gun shop has a 'discount' table. Sometimes they include ammo. And don't hesitate to ask the man behind the counter 'do you have any cheaper 12 ga ammo?', because you never know what the answer might be.

Bump the 9mm up another 250 rounds (your choice).

I have a tendency to make SOME of my ammo either Black Talon or Federal Hydra Shock. Both are packed 20 rounds per box and are SUPER expensive, so you don't need a lot. One or two boxes. I would suggest in your .357 Mag. Speaking of the two revolver calibers, consider adding another 300 rounds in .38 spl. YOU can use them in your .357 but your wife could also use them in her .38, so they can do double duty.

Everyone is suggesting a 'battle rifle'. Allow me to make a different suggestion. Go to your local news stand and find the current issue of 'Surplus Rifles'. For less than $10, you can get a lot of info AND a lot of ads selling these same rifles. Just because it was used to fight in WWI or WWII, does NOT mean it's still not a great rifle.

Or go to www.classicarms.us that currently has numerous rifles, both bolt action and semi auto for under $200. Realize that this type of a choice is never easy. The MORE research you do, the easier it is to make your choice. A bolt action mauser or SMLE or nagant can all be had for UNDER $200. No I don't work for them. Though I have purchased pistols from them and have been nothing but happy with the pistols AND the prices.

And don't stop asking questions. HERE, at the local gun shop, at the local gun show and via websites you visit. Get as much information as you can PRIOR to spending your hard earned dollars for that rifle.

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They must have sold out - I have 20 boxes on it's way and I paid 5.25 per. Sportsmans guide has some pretty cheap but it's on backorder until October.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=213901

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My current count

10K of 5.56
20K of .22LR
2K of 9mm
1K of .308
200 of .308 match
2K of 7.62x39 (no rifle for this)
200 of 7mm Rem Mag (no rifle for this)
500 of 30.06 (no Rifle for this)
1K of .45 (nothing for this at all)
200 of 5.7 (nothing for this at all)

400 12g Slugs
200 12ga Bird Shot
200 12ga 00

+ some other assorted rounds in smaller quanities <100 rnds (.303,30 carbine,22mag,20ga)
When you start having 1K + for guns you dont own then you can start to worry

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No way in hell you live in Queens.....:haha: :haha: :haha:

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I admire your cache but what is the point if you never use it to shoot? Part of my problem with hoarding ammo is that I shoot frequently, getting rid of excess. I always have a couple of hundred rounds of everything but not in the thousands like you do.

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Yes I live in Queens (for now anyway) & I shoot quite often usually about once a week, gonna need to work on that as there closing the range I use most :confused: . And my stock was mainly built with the 2 for 1 system = going shooting buy 2x the ammo I want shoot halv put the rest on the shelf. I also purchased ammo when it was cheaper just to have, as seen with some of the calibers that I dont even own guns in yet.

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Have you carefully dated (no wisecracks, please) the ammo so that you know how old it is?

I've been using a 1.1-1 ratio to build up my stock so it goes pretty slowly.

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I would say probally about 80% of my stock is packaged as such in whatever style ammo can I have fit it to best with markings on all sides a color code system for the main calibers & P-touch lables as well with Cal.round count & purchae date. Any of the smaller quaninties & stuff I really don't use often are mainly in cans that denote what cal. they are.

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Will the ammo in my locked cabinet
still work after all this time?
Shot some of the 9mm a few years
ago, but then the local firing range
closed. Haven't shot any of the other
stuff in 15+ years.

When I was a young man, an old fart
friend of mine gave me a dozen or so boxes
of WWII era .45 ACP hardball, apparently he had
cases of it. The rounds had to be over thirty
years old at the time. Well, my Colt
smoke-stacked a few times, but none of that
old ammo failed to fire.

dtnwn

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This question came up a few years back and I called around, no one was sure - so eventually I called Winchester and asked them.

They said as long as it was stored in a cool, dry place, it should work regardless of how long it was stored - they even added that some ammo from WW2 has shown up and fires fine.

HOWEVER - when TSHTF - use the old stuff up first! :D

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Someone on another thread mentioned
silencers. Well, that's not for me, BUT

In scenarios some of you folks think up,
stealth (relatively quiet shootin) could
be handy.

I noticed some boxes of .22 CB caps and
.22 shorts in my ammo cabinet. Fergot
I had 'em.

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Hey this is fun.
I been on gold forums as long as
there have been discussion forums.
Ah ain't bored with my portfolio of
gold stocks, but ah am bored with
talkin about gold.

I'm sure water has been discussed
on this forum somewhere, but
six wodkas down the hatch now,
ahm not gonna go looking for da thread.

So this is just for you that are concerned
about having safe drinking water when
dshtf, and who happen to read this thread.

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dtnwn

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I quit reloading long ago,
and I don't see it on Lee's web site,
but I started with a Lee Loader
for 20ga, I think.

Then I got a Lee Load All,
which works fine, but I wasn't
thrilled with the crimp. Maybe
they are better today. I felt
the crimp was too loose and
after getting jostled the hull
might open up enough for small
shot to spill out.

Then I got a MEC, which was
very nice.

Reloading, especially for hunters,
is something to consider.

dtnwn