49ereric
WKR
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Either some don’t think ahead or are limited by budget plans with the wife.Totally dependent on how much you hunt or shoot in general. I try to keep 1 case (10 boxes) of ammunition per Big game rifle/caliber depending on what the rifle likes. If multiple guns in the same caliber like the same load just the 10 boxes. The 10 box rule is just a baseline. Some I have double. A couple I only have 8 or so but need to buy some more.
I have 8500+rds of .223, double that in .22lr, 1500rds of .17hornet
Handgun:
I always have 200rds or so of my Self Defense load and about 500rds of practice ammo for each my 45 auto and 9mm
Shot shell:
5 cases+ of trap/dove loads. I also shoot these for early season pheasant, grouse, sharptail etc. (20 and 12 ga)
5-6 cases of heavier game loads #4-#6s for later season hunting (20 and 12 ga)
8 or so cases of Waterfowl loads #2-#4 (12ga)
3 cases of 20ga waterfowl/nontoxic
4 cases of .410 mix of #7.5, #7, #6
Muzzleloader:
I have enough bullets, powder, primers for about 150 loads.
I have never understood how even after 2 years of ammo shortages how the average guy that duck hunts 1 or 2 weekends a year, deer hunt 1.5 days and maybe walks for upland 2 or 3 days a year, runs out of ammo.
I always bought on sale items when I could and older ammo off armslist cheap.
we save $ for rainy days and some of us ammo as well.