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rugerdawg · October 18, 2011, 01:45 PM

Personally, I learned a good lesson during the last shortage/over priced era.
PUT SOME AWAY. That said, to start off a thousand rounds for each rifle caliber and 500 of each pistol round put me in a comfort zone. Time and cheaper ammo have slowly ballooned that to closer to 10,000 each of .22 , 5.56 and .308.

Remembering that should the SHTF, ammunition will be a source of cash to sell or trade for other necessities. Probably way too much for the short term scenario you are describing but it's really easy to blow through 300-500 rounds on a good day at the range.

October 18, 2011, 01:45 PM	#3
rugerdawg Member Join Date: February 18, 2009 Posts: 68	Ammo supply Personally, I learned a good lesson during the last shortage/over priced era. PUT SOME AWAY. That said, to start off a thousand rounds for each rifle caliber and 500 of each pistol round put me in a comfort zone. Time and cheaper ammo have slowly ballooned that to closer to 10,000 each of .22 , 5.56 and .308. Remembering that should the SHTF, ammunition will be a source of cash to sell or trade for other necessities. Probably way too much for the short term scenario you are describing but it's really easy to blow through 300-500 rounds on a good day at the range.