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Curious how much ammo are you guys comfortable keeping stocked? I had over 20,000 rounds 5.56 and I've whittled it down a lot. Not sure how much I want to keep on hand. The wife is looking at new places, and I don't want to move a crapload of weight. (the whole house is overstocked with all kinds of crap that needs to be sold).

Curious how much ammo are you guys comfortable keeping stocked? I had over 20,000 rounds 5.56 and I've whittled it down a lot. Not sure how much I want to keep on hand. The wife is looking at new places, and I don't want to move a crapload of weight. (the whole house is overstocked with all kinds of crap that needs to be sold).

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Depends on the type.

My min is 45 9mm gold dots and 240 .223 gold dots (6x30rd mags plus 60rd drum).

You could have 50k rounds but if it's fmj or m855 or steel it's not great for defense (and really what kinda rambo is gonna go through it when shtf). Everything else is for practice and worse come to worse you can practice with a 22 or dryfire.

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Hmmm, for 5.56? Look at the grazing wound Kyle Rittenhaus put on that guys arm and the 2 guys he killed before you deduce that shit is worthless. It's what the US military has been using for many many years for a reason.

I've got over 1000 rounds of HST in both .45 and 9mm I will be keeping. Cheapest HST is going for today is over $3.00 a round.

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What was he shooting? Those rounds are used in the military because of the Geneva convention, not lethality.

M193 and SMK will tumble and fragment, but M855 and reg FMJ will poke small holes. I went with gold dots because they have a lot of real-world data (aka cops) and the 55gr soft point has good expansion from a short barrel and same poi as 55gr range ammo. 75 and 77gr was 3" high at 100 yards.