How many rounds of 22 did you keep on before Sandy Hook?

[Broom_jm]

A recent thread has me wondering about how many rounds of 22 rimfire ammunition the average shooter keeps on hand. I have never had more than a few thousand at any one time, preferring to purchase them on an as-needed basis, since 22 is always available...right?

Well, it used to be, anyway. How about you guys? Do you want to stock up on it, with the current political climate?

 

[VUPDblue]

I have always kept a metric crap ton of .22lr on hand. Having a machinegun that shoots .22 made me keep a lot on hand. I pretty much always pick up a brick any time I find myself at a place that sells such things regardless of what I have on hand.

 

[Exodus]

I kept a brick but I only had a single shot rifle. Now I have a pistol and shoot a lot more 22. Currently at about 1500.

 

[Mgderf]

I'm down to about 6K rounds now, and getting just a little worried that the prices won't come back down at all, let alone a lot.
I'd like to have 20K but I'm not going to pay $50 for a brick of .22lr, not yet anyway.

 

[STEEL CORE]

About a year ago I bought a 555 rd carton of federal at WM, kept it on a shelf in the garage un opened. Brought it in the house and locked it up last month so it dont disapear.

 

[pudly]

Should have had some higher groupings. A single case of bulk ammo is 5k+ rounds, so it was actually easy to have that much from a single order.

 

[Caldad]

Not enough

 

[Que]

I kept about 500 rounds and today I still keep about 500 rounds.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

I shoot a lot of .22 so I always had about 4-5k on hand. Like VUPD said, anytime I was at a place that sold it I would pick up a brick or 2.

 

[joncon]

I try to keep 2000-3000 rnds of each caliber I have, 5000 or more of 22. I'm hoping the prices will stabilize before I run out.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I can't say exactly how many I have at this point, but it's north, possibly way north of 40k, and that's down a little. I normally buy 5k every 2-3 months and I've bought 5k in the last 8 months. I also shoot 50-100 rounds a week of .22lr.

 

[jdmack79]

I'll put it this way: In a few hours I'm going to the shooting range. I will be bringing at least 750 rounds with me.

 

[jrainw]

Never less than 5000, but having a belt fed 22 eats into the stock a little.

 

[ghitch75]

over 20k.....

 

[jtbriles]

I like to keep about 3 or 4 bricks is reserve. I don't quite have that right now, but I'm not letting it stop me from plinking. I haven't been lucky enough yet to find any on the shelf at (normal) retail this year.
Maybe one day...

 

[tk71]

1 brick before 3 bricks after

 

[cook4army]

I used to have 2 bricks on hand before, and have learned my lesson. From now one, I wont keep anything less than 5K.

 

[Snizz1911]

Had about 6k, down to 5k ish but being very conservative since it disappeared

 

[SERparacord]

2 boxes before, same after. I leave the rest to those whose mental stability seems to need it.

 

[XtremeVel]

I voted 5000+.... Currently, it's all CCI minimags, CCI & Fed bulk, and a little Aguila... No Remington here...

Even in plentiful times, I don't like dealing with Walmart.... I also don't like dealing with many different lots...

I am picky about what I buy, but when I see what I want online ( CCI Blazer, Fed bulk pack, CCI mini mags, and a couple offerings from Aguila), I always buy by the case...

Can't go wrong buying too much as long as you don't over pay... I can only see the value of ammo going up over the long term.