Limiting collection by Caliber?

[O4L]

For me, for now, it is...

.22lr

9mm

.357 Sig

.38 Special/.357 Magnum

30-30 Winchester

12 Gauge

 

[dammechanic]

Just keep a couple boxes in each caliber than pick one rifle and pistol caliber for your main cache of ammo. This is what I do and I chose 223 and 9mm because that what I use in 3gun matches.

 

[cjjtulsa]

I promise you this. Any ammo you purchase now will not get any cheaper later on...

That's my mindset; I'm not buying for any election or SHTF scenario, I'm buying all I can because five years from now, I'll finally get to be one of the guys that get on the ammo price bitching threads, and say "I bought a ton several years ago....I'm good".

As for the consolidated calibers, I tried the paring down the caliber thing a few years ago. And like some of the others here, it didn't last. Forgive me for I am weak.

 

[Zombie]

originally went to 22, 9mm, 223

currently need to buy 12GA, 30-30, 223, 45, 38, 380, 9mm, 22 lr and wmr

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I use:
22LR -----------Lots of fun, plus each round is no less than dinner for two.
32H&R Mag -----Great for a BUG
380ACP --------Sometime a main carry, mostly a BUG.
357Mag --------Home defense in both a revolver and lever action, also useful for hunting.
44-40 ----------Great fun in a Mares Leg, and hunting in a lever action.
45ACP ---------Main carry and second carry, also home defense in a CX4 Storm
308WIN --------Hunting
45-70 ----------Hunting and lotsa noise.
12 Gage--------Trap, skeet. hunting, and more noise.

Woody

 

[tntrex]

Since you mentioned cost I would go with:
22lr
12ga
9mm
7.62x39

 

[OKCShooter]

I stay with:

.22

.223/5.56

9mm

12g


I have a boatload of each Caliber.

 

[mr ed]

if you buy one in every caliber you will always have one that ammo is available for.

 

[Okie4570]

I use:
.22 shorts (for traps)
.22LR
5mm mag
.32
.380
.40 S&W
.45AXP
.222
.243
6mm
.280
.280AI
30-30
30-378WM
.338RCM
.350 Rem Mag
.41 mag
.44 mag
.444 Marlin
.458 SOCOM
.45-70
.458 Lott
.410,16g and 12g
Kinda like some of the older and odd ball rounds.

 

[Danny Tanner]

I do this. May or may not be the best thing to do, but it works for me. Of the multiple firearms I own, there's only 4 calibers shared between them. .22lr, .45 ACP, .308/7.62x51, and 12 gauge.

Not to say that there aren't better calibers for certain situations, but those 4 cover me for most situations I might ever find myself in. I do plan on expanding my horizons into different rifle and handgun calibers, like .223 and 9 MM, as $15 per mag to shoot my .308 takes a bit of the enjoyment out of the experience.