Do you keep an ammo inventory?

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Originally Posted by Martinjmpr

Well, I have time to kill and it's going to be a crappy cold weekend anyway so I'm going to inventory mine, just for fun (I know probably not most people's idea of fun but I'm kind of a data geek.)

One thing I definitely think an inventory will help with is finding a specific caliber. I keep most of my ammo in .50 USGI ammo cans. The problem is, I have several and Murphy's Law says that whenever I want a specific caliber like .30-06, I have to open several cans to find the rounds I want. So part of my inventory process will be assigning a number to each box and then including in the spreadsheet the location, so if I want a specific round, I'll know which box to go to.

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Ooh! Ooh! Do pivot tables!

I have two marbles left for my slingshot.

No formal inventory, but like rounds often get unboxed and placed in ammo cans with labels. Caliber and qty on the lid. Used to stencil cans but have slacked off for now.

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I do. I have been keeping a close tab on my components a lot more lately though also.
Its nice to have so I can see where I need to accumulate and where I dont.

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Originally Posted by Martinjmpr

Well, I have time to kill and it's going to be a crappy cold weekend anyway so I'm going to inventory mine, just for fun (I know probably not most people's idea of fun but I'm kind of a data geek.)

One thing I definitely think an inventory will help with is finding a specific caliber. I keep most of my ammo in .50 USGI ammo cans. The problem is, I have several and Murphy's Law says that whenever I want a specific caliber like .30-06, I have to open several cans to find the rounds I want. So part of my inventory process will be assigning a number to each box and then including in the spreadsheet the location, so if I want a specific round, I'll know which box to go to.

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You could always just write the caliber on the outside of the can with a grease pencil.

I tried, I really tried.

Ammo goes into an ammo box. Label printer prints caliber and gets stuck to can, each can gets a somewhat arbitrary number. Try to keep calibers separated but there is a few mixed boxes.
I tried to write down caliber, make and quantity in a log book. But quickly lost track of withdrawals, additions and transfers.
For opsec I decided to keep it non electronic. (You. Stop rolling your eyes, yeah you.). But it probably needs to be in a spreadsheet.
I couldn?t figure out a good book keeping system. Add the quick range trips and it?s a mess.

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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy

I have about a 100 pounds. + or - 20 lbs.

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Only? [emoji23]

I just put a piece of Duct tape on the outside each Ammo can and write whats inside

*Notes everyone's responses and launches dark web deep dive for... educational purposes*

I use a program called AmmoBaseX on my Mac. It syncs to an app called AmmoBase on my iPhone. Very easy and convenient to use. You can enter how many rounds went through a particular gun at the range and it will adjust the inventory and also track round counts on each gun. Also lets me know how much I paid in the good old days...doubt I'll ever see $0.25/rd for 855 again.