End Times

[MikeBurgess]

I have about 2 years worth of primers and powder on hand, I had planned to spend the spring investing in a 8 year (2 term presidential administration) supply of primers and powder, on the order of 250K+, unfortunately covid and the riots started the run on components much earlier than I had anticipated, as it is by the time I was ready to start it was too late so I am stuck with only 75k primers 

[Silverscooby27]

Bummer.

[Racinready300ex]

I got a lead on 10k spp locally I'm going to go see what he's willing to sell them for shortly. 

[EEH]

5 hours ago, Racinready300ex said:

I got a lead on 10k spp locally I'm going to go see what he's willing to sell them for shortly. 

WELL ?

[Racinready300ex]

9 hours ago, EEH said:

WELL ?

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lol, it worked out. That combined with what I have on hand should get me through most of next year now.

[happygunner77]

Wow, people here shoot more than 10k a year? I just average 6k or so with local match and majors. 3 practice sessions of 800 rounds. I guess I need to step up my laziness. 

[Sarge]

6 minutes ago, happygunner77 said:

Wow, people here shoot more than 10k a year? I just average 6k or so with local match and majors. 3 practice sessions of 800 rounds. I guess I need to step up my laziness. 

I believe most exaggerate how much they shoot

[shred]

Back of the envelope, 10K over a 7 month shooting season (April-Oct) is 1400/mo or around 350 a week, every week. 

 

So a match and a 200 round practice or 2 175-rd practice sessions a week.  That's not way out of line for many, but I'd guess more than most, especially as most people take a week off here and there for weather and life and such. 

 

25K/season is ~900 rounds per week, every week.  That's getting into a commitment for time at the range and reloading to maintain that long-term...

 

 

 

 

[rowdyb]

I'm retired and the range is 20 minutes from my house. So I shoot live fire 2x a week, year round. I shoot a local match every Saturday and now only 5 major matches a year.

 

So with my two practice sessions that's 500 a week, 200 a week for matches or 2,800 a month. Every month. Plus adding in majors. I order a 3k case of projectiles every month so my rough estimate is pretty correct.

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[-JCN-]

Last year I started using an app to track round count on firearms for maintenance of wear items. 
 

It was over 40,000 rounds last year because ammo was cheap and I didn’t want to dry fire. 
 

This year, I’ve shot less than half that but dry fire religiously. Go figure, I had my most improvement this year....

[dtuns]

Last year I started using an app to track round count on firearms for maintenance of wear items. 
 
It was over 40,000 rounds last year because ammo was cheap and I didn’t want to dry fire. 
 
This year, I’ve shot less than half that but dry fire religiously. Go figure, I had my most improvement this year....

What’s the app?


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[George16]

For me, I made up an excel worksheet (numbers on my iPad) containing info re date, ammo brand/load info, number of rounds shot and miscellaneous stuff like replacing springs, cleaning etc.

 

It looks like this:

 

DATE	Number of Rounds Expended	Brand/Type
Dec 13, 2017	N/A	N/A	Bought gun brand new./Ser# Manufacture date: 13 October 2017 Model 320X5-9-BAS
Dec 14, 2017	100	Tulammo 115 Gr	Cleaned gun
Dec 15, 2017	50	Federal 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 15, 2017	50	Speer Lawman 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 15, 2017	100	Winchester 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 15, 2017	87	Handload 4.2 Gr Winchester 231, 115 Gr FMJ	Cleaned gun
Dec 18, 2017	100	Federal 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 18, 2017	100	Speer Lawman 115 Gr FMJ	Cleaned gun
Dec 21, 2017	N/A	N/A	Installed Romeo 1/Ser#99B003184BFD
Dec 22, 2017	270	Handload 4.5 Gr Winchester 231, 115 Gr FMJ	Cleaned gun

 

[Brooke]

Using Rowdy's technique, I get 4750 Blue Bullets a month on subscription. (2 cases of 200 gr .40's) I use them up every month. I have 17000 primers for a 3-4 supply I have been able to locate 10K primers on two occasions. Hope I can keep doing that until I have 100K. 

 

This sucks!!

[Racinready300ex]

8 hours ago, George16 said:

For me, I made up an excel worksheet (numbers on my iPad) containing info re date, ammo brand/load info, number of rounds shot and miscellaneous stuff like replacing springs, cleaning etc.

 

It looks like this:

 

DATE	Number of Rounds Expended	Brand/Type
Dec 13, 2017	N/A	N/A	Bought gun brand new./Ser# Manufacture date: 13 October 2017 Model 320X5-9-BAS
Dec 14, 2017	100	Tulammo 115 Gr	Cleaned gun
Dec 15, 2017	50	Federal 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 15, 2017	50	Speer Lawman 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 15, 2017	100	Winchester 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 15, 2017	87	Handload 4.2 Gr Winchester 231, 115 Gr FMJ	Cleaned gun
Dec 18, 2017	100	Federal 115 Gr FMJ
Dec 18, 2017	100	Speer Lawman 115 Gr FMJ	Cleaned gun
Dec 21, 2017	N/A	N/A	Installed Romeo 1/Ser#99B003184BFD
Dec 22, 2017	270	Handload 4.5 Gr Winchester 231, 115 Gr FMJ	Cleaned gun

 

 

s#!t, you clean your gun like every 200 rounds. That sounds to much like work

[MemphisMechanic]

I have around 40k onhand. I have somewhere around 30k bullets and I don’t even know how many jugs of powder in the garage attic.

 

I haven’t had time to shoot a match in nearly a year because of a ton of other things keeping me busy.
 

At the moment, I seem to have a lifetime supply.
 

Edited October 12, 2020 by MemphisMechanic

[George16]

36 minutes ago, Racinready300ex said:

 

s#!t, you clean your gun like every 200 rounds. That sounds to much like work

Being retired means I have too much time in my hands .

 

That was only during the first week. After that, I clean it after 1500 rounds.

[Silver_Surfer]

2-3yrs