I'm stock piling tens of thousands of rounds and I don't feel bad for those who didn't plan ahead. Everyone knew that Obama was going to get re-elected and everyone knew that he would make a play for gun control. Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency for me.
Personally the reason I see for having the large supplies of ammo is to insure that I am able to enjoy shooting in the future both recreationally and for protection no matter what may happen to the ammo supply in the future. I probably shoot several 1000 rounds off 5.56 per year. So a 10000 round stockpile would really only last about 3 years. Its not to fight some long drawn out hypothetical conflict
Oh, so you think that people are stocking up on ammo to defend themselves? I doubt that any of us are stock piling ammo for that reason. We're stock piling ball ammo for range play.
I agree here. I stock not for a future Zombie attack but so that I can continue to shoot. I've been there where I couldn't get ammo to shoot and said that I'd never willingly get there again.
When I get to the range, I shoot. And I shoot A LOT.
One of my last outings, this was MY part of the brass pickup. These are not sandwich size or quart size bags, either.
THIS is why I buy ammo when I can, where I can and as much as I can afford at the time.
Dave
The saps buying those $25 boxes of 20-rd Wolf steelcase are buying it to go to the range?
Hoarding is part of my recreation.
I started stocking up for reasons I've explained on here many times. That, and the fact that I have two young sons that like to shoot. I want to make sure between the three of us, I don't have to buy ammo until they're out of college. Maybe longer.
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