Do you keep an ammo inventory?

[BushMasterBoy]

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

[Sawin]

Not a chance I’d waste my time on that. I know “close enough” for how many rounds I have on hand as well as how many more I can load up with the components on my shelf. That’s good enough for my needs and consumption rate.

[Grant H.]

Short answer is no, I don't have an accurate inventory.

I pay attention at the 1k level, meaning if I finish off a box of 1k primers, ammo, whatever, I usually try to replace it. During panic buying times like this, I don't bother unless it is a big box store that has had marginal increases in pricing. I refuse to buy at panic prices, and having been through this a few times, I just sit on a lot of inventory.

Trying to keep an accurate count on ammo/components would be a waste of time given my loading habits since upgrading from 650's to 1050's.

[TEAMRICO]

I have a certain number of rounds of each caliber that I keep on hand. Anything after that is gravy.
That number would be..,,..,nobody’s business

[Great-Kazoo]

Use to. The serious inventory i did was before moving. So i knew what i could sell off, yet still have "enough" on hand.

I know what i have factory ammo wise, as well as reloaded. I'm only shooting reloads, as i see no reason to break open a case of SA battle packs, or some "rarer" items from com-bloc countries. However, outside of some people willing to pay a premium for such ammo. It will all do the same damage as the newer stuff will.


On a side note. I realized ammo was too condensed in an area or two. Taking a new inventory, we decided that X per caliber should be dispersed throughout areas where both guns were stored. As well as immediate access to IF an emergency were to come up.

I'm not running to X storage area for X ammo & mags. When i could have X of loaded mags within reach Throw in, IF a fire, tornado, or other disaster were to hit. Having X in 1 area could mean said ammo was wiped out.

[Irving]

If I knew exactly how much ammo I had, I'd have no problem telling people. I don't think I've ever even possessed the minimum round count per caliber people on here talk about all the time. Especially not before I started reloading.

[sroz]

Maintain a minimum number of rounds for each caliber I own. Same minimum for all calibers except one. Keep index cards inside each ammo can. Only capture # of fmj and # JHP. Only buy on sale during non-panic times. Have significantly more than minimum for a couple more common calibers and a lot more for .22lr. Have managed to ride out every panic up to now.

[def90]

I look at what I have and calculate in my head if I need to add to it. Maintaining a minimum for each caliber is a waste of time to me, for instance I have rifles tbat take 30-06, 762 nato, 762x39, 5.56, 5.45, and .22. I keep my 762 nato and 5.45 stack deep, the others I'm more casual with. I think I have 8k rounds of 5.45 and 5k rounds of 762 nato right now but maybe 250 5.56 and 1k of 762x39 and 500ish 30-06, no .22.. I'm not running out the door with 5 different rifles if shtf, I'm grabbing either my FAL or my AK74 and whatever I can carry mag wise.

[Little Dutch]

No, nothing formal like that.
I know what I need, and what I’m running low on and will need though. Exact counts of what I have are a mystery, but I have “enough” of most cartridges to last a good while.

[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.