How many 223 rounds is enough?

[Mark G26]

How many 223 rounds do you think is a sufficient inventory to have on hand?

1000?

5000?

More?

[SCone]

Just 500 more rounds..........

[Mike from Texas]

I would like to have at least 2k rounds.

On another part of this question, do you buy all ball (FMJ) or do you buy other variants as well?

[WarHawk-AVG]

How many can you afford

Then 500 more!

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[iratollah]

My comfort zone is >1K, prefer to have 2K on hand. Today I ordered 1000 once fired brass cases and 1000 75gr mil-spec BTHP, need to get some different primers from the match primers that are becoming hard to find. I prefer the BTHP bullet over FMJ as I believe it is more accurate.

I haven't shot enough yet through my AR to figure what weight bullet I like best. I have a case each of 55gr and 62gr and can't tell much difference, but I have had only one range trip to sight in the new rifle and I ran out of daylight. I'm not completely satisfied with the sight settings yet. I wonder if a bore sighter would help.

I think from hanging around with the High Power crowd that I prefer the heavier bullets and intend to migrate toward that. Brunetti shoots 77gr through her 1:7 twist barrel. The 80gr is longer than mag length so it's not practical for us regular folk. Once the cheap Russian stuff is gone I'll crank up the Dillon and see how those 75's work. I'd also think the 75s would work better on zombies. Price of my reloads should come out about the same as the Wolf 75gr case lot, but I'll have the reloadable brass rather than the steel cases.

If zombies did attack and I can't get the job done with a mag or two, I'm better off hightailing it out of there than pretending I'm Jim Bowie, so I can't explain my 1K comfort zone.

[KD5NRH]

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One of the nicest things about not owning a .223 is not having to keep a bunch of ammo around. I can feel pretty comfortable with a couple of hundred .243 or .30-06, but for some reason, people with .223s always seem to think they need thousands of rounds.

[iratollah]

people with .223s always seem to think they need thousands of rounds.

Similar to many folks who own .22s, 9mm and .308.

[KD5NRH]

people with .223s always seem to think they need thousands of rounds.

Similar to many folks who own .22s, 9mm and .308.

I think I found 200-300 of 9mm last time I looked, and about 750 .22LR and 250 .22WMR. The only one I'd push up into the thousands without a very good sale would be .22LR just because it's so cheap and not reloadable. A good sale might convince me to buy a lot .22WMR because anything other than CCI and Winchester can be so hard to come by.

Even still, 5-10 cases of one caliber, and a compromise caliber like .223 at that, just seems like a lot of money that could be better spent on another gun.

[tboesche]

I am building towards 1K in each caliber except the 12 ga. So far I have 850 9MM, 350 .223 and 150 in .45. ok so I just bought the .45 gimmee a break.

[John]

I recall reading about congress wanting a 500% increase in the excise tax on Ammo. Maybe that is the OP's thought on how much to stock up. You may be paying a lot more next year at some point.

Do a quick google search on 500% Ammo excise tax increase: http://www.google.com/search?source=ig& ... x+increase

My wife, who usally cringes at the thought of my buying "more" ammo, actually suggested that I stock up yesterday. Thank you Obama

[bdickens]

More than you have is not enough!

[Beiruty]

You need just 0 rounds for anything but the range.
For the range buy what you need to shoot on a given day. If you think you want to go to war with your civil .223 go enlist. There is will be no US civil war for the rest of of your life. For anything else, there is no need for 0.223

[txmatt]

You need just 0 rounds for anything but the range.
For the range buy what you need to shoot on a given day. If you think you want to go to war with your civil .223 go enlist. There is will be no US civil war for the rest of of your life. For anything else, there is no need for 0.223

Zero rounds? I guess you don't remember 7.62x39 shortages about a year ago. Or have read about the bills that keep being introduced that would ban ammo as we know it (lead, primers, "armor piercing", whatever excuse they want to claim). I don't think anyone said anything about a civil war. Personally, I like having enough ammo for all calibers that I shoot so that I could weather any temporary shortage with a minimum of hardship and so that a ban wouldn't leave me with a useless weapon. Oh and in the case of any state of emergency the first thing they do is prohibit ammo sales (were you paying attention during Rita? Ike?)

[Beiruty]

When I save enough to buy my FS2000, I will have at hand at least 500 rds, 1000 rds if I my wife will spare some of MY cash!

[HighVelocity]

When you have no place left to sit down in your home, you probably have enough.