How many is enough.

[42253]

Just wondering how many of each caliper bullets should a person have loaded. Before you start loading what you have shot. What makes you comfortable.

 

[Mgderf]

If you have to ask, you don't have enough...

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Derf speaks the truth.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Several thousand for each center-fire. Several tens of thousands for rimfire. Then the components to replace it all.

 

[Basher]

You can NEVER have enough. Ammo is expendable, thus you must always be acquiring it.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Hell, I loaded a thousand .45 Colt for my derringer.

 

[bgcatty]

Several thousand for each center-fire. Several tens of thousands for rimfire. Then the components to replace it all.

What he said 2x! It’s never enough in my house with two sons who just love to shoot up Dad’s reloads after they ask me to take them to the range! I just can’t win! LOL!

 

[Limpy88]

10krds for each gun is a happy point. Depends on how much you shoot. If im competitive shooting that year its easy to go through 10k.
Olympic shotgun go through 30-40k a year.

 

[DadSmith]

You can NEVER have enough.

Sounds like a great James Bond movie.

 

[42253]

Several thousand for each center-fire. Several tens of thousands for rimfire. Then the components to replace it all.

The problem is when I have components to replace it all I load those to.
10k of each will happen soon

 

[Mgderf]

10krds for each gun is a happy point. Depends on how much you shoot. If im competitive shooting that year its easy to go through 10k.
Olympic shotgun go through 30-40k a year.

I watched a video of Mr. Tom Knapp, an exhibition shooter for Weatherby I believe.
He said he would go through upwards of 70k rounds a year.

 

[bwframe]

Back when I was actively shooting competition and training classes, I tried really hard to get enough loaded to not be up late the night before shooting the next morning.


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[Limpy88]

I watched a video of Mr. Tom Knapp, an exhibition shooter for Weatherby I believe.
He said he would go through upwards of 70k rounds a year.

Tom Knapp shot for most brands. He was a great shot. But he put his hrs in to stay at the top.

 

[pitbulld45]

3

 

[indyblue]

I thought five was enough.

 

[russc2542]

Goes back to the old adage "buy it cheap, stack it deep". Prices seldom go down, the best time to buy is usually 5+ years ago.

A friend who's just getting into the game recently asked "where can I get decent priced 5.56?" LOL

 

[worddoer]

Goes back to the old adage "buy it cheap, stack it deep". Prices seldom go down, the best time to buy is usually 5+ years ago.

A friend who's just getting into the game recently asked "where can I get decent priced 5.56?" LOL

Tell him the 1990's.

You have to set a price in your mind you are willing to pay and have the money already set aside for it. Then when that price comes up, you can move quickly. That price has to be reasonable though considering the current market for your caliber. Those who wait for 1990 prices will wait forever.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

I load when I'm bored or my supply is low. Or its cold out or the wife is grumpy or I just feel like it..
Reloading is the next best thing to shooting. Sometimes I order new stuff just to experiment.

 

[Hawkeye7br]

Back when I was actively shooting competition and training classes, I tried really hard to get enough loaded to not be up late the night before shooting the next morning.


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Not me. I'm often up at midnight, still pulling the handle. I want my ammo to be fresh! Lol

 

[gregkl]

I reload during the winter for the most part. My goal is to get everything loaded by spring, then shoot, collect brass and start again once the days get short and the weather cold.

But I didn't load a round this past winter. Out of primers. I will see if primers drop low enough for me to stock up and start loading again next winter.

If not, I'll continue buying factory stuff and keep increasing my brass stocks.

To answer the OP, for me, 10K rounds is the goal of the two main calibers I shoot: .22LR and 9 mm. That's enough to easily give me two years of shooting if something happens to the supply chain.