Originally Posted by MacCool

As I've mentioned previously, I go through a lot of ammo over the course of a year. Probably even more now that I have a range just a mile or two from my house. I usually like to keep 8000-10000 rounds of .223 around the place at any given time. I'm not a "prepper", but I do tend to stockpile a little more if it looks like ammo prices are going to rise for awhile, as appears to be the case these days.