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When I first started this thread, I never thought it would jump to 4 pages, so I am glad most of you enjoy it. I love reading others thoughts. Most I agree and some I disagree with, but never the less, its fun to have my mind bent on a lot of this.
Yes, I love having surplus, I have a good number of rounds now, but I also need to label and date so I can rotate it out and use some of it.
Now I spent a while in the military, my load out was usually only 7 mags on my body (rifle) and 3 for my side arm, and one for my backup. One thing I did learn was to conserve, "One who runs out of ammo first losses the battle". I was taught at the very start of my career that one round was always better than 3 round burst and or full auto. Make every round count like it was your last, identify and neutralize your threat, save your rounds for the next battle. With that being said, I can't and will not be able to carry 1000 rounds on my person. In a home defense scenerio, the home owner with his/her weapon should always have the upper hand in the battle, the threat does not know your layout of you home, you should draw the threat to your comfort zone to neutrilize the threat, time and enviroment is on your side. The way I look at it, if you train on your weapon, and different scenerios in your home, the 1 to 3 threats entering your home should be neutralized in under 30 rounds, that is with stress and nerves playing a part. Most fire fights between people in a civilian setting are pretty short. Usually the upper hand goes to the skilled marksman that commits all their training to muscle memory. I am sure you can pull 80 youtube videos about 30 min gun fights, but in that time, I would hope the authorities are at the scene by then to help me out. I have been taught the average gun fight is 3-5 seconds long with an average distance of 21 feet or below. So make every round count folks. So now i pushed my thought on you and your wondering what that has to do with your load out, its more of this. I like keeping rounds around for my ablity to shoot when I want, I don't really have a SHTF scenerio of multiple threats in my agenda, call me un prepared, but that likely hood is not really something I think about. Plus, if I burn through 33 mags in a gun fight, or more than 5000 rounds, i am in deep do-do, i most in likely will not survive the task of reloading those mags once I burn through them (Even with stripper clips).
So my thought, I like to keep rounds around for home defense, and for the next time a politician threatens gun rights, that makes people run to the store and buys everything they own. So actually i need a faster car to beat most of you guys to the store lol. Good convo folks, thanks for your thoughts.
Yes, I love having surplus, I have a good number of rounds now, but I also need to label and date so I can rotate it out and use some of it.
Now I spent a while in the military, my load out was usually only 7 mags on my body (rifle) and 3 for my side arm, and one for my backup. One thing I did learn was to conserve, "One who runs out of ammo first losses the battle". I was taught at the very start of my career that one round was always better than 3 round burst and or full auto. Make every round count like it was your last, identify and neutralize your threat, save your rounds for the next battle. With that being said, I can't and will not be able to carry 1000 rounds on my person. In a home defense scenerio, the home owner with his/her weapon should always have the upper hand in the battle, the threat does not know your layout of you home, you should draw the threat to your comfort zone to neutrilize the threat, time and enviroment is on your side. The way I look at it, if you train on your weapon, and different scenerios in your home, the 1 to 3 threats entering your home should be neutralized in under 30 rounds, that is with stress and nerves playing a part. Most fire fights between people in a civilian setting are pretty short. Usually the upper hand goes to the skilled marksman that commits all their training to muscle memory. I am sure you can pull 80 youtube videos about 30 min gun fights, but in that time, I would hope the authorities are at the scene by then to help me out. I have been taught the average gun fight is 3-5 seconds long with an average distance of 21 feet or below. So make every round count folks. So now i pushed my thought on you and your wondering what that has to do with your load out, its more of this. I like keeping rounds around for my ablity to shoot when I want, I don't really have a SHTF scenerio of multiple threats in my agenda, call me un prepared, but that likely hood is not really something I think about. Plus, if I burn through 33 mags in a gun fight, or more than 5000 rounds, i am in deep do-do, i most in likely will not survive the task of reloading those mags once I burn through them (Even with stripper clips).
So my thought, I like to keep rounds around for home defense, and for the next time a politician threatens gun rights, that makes people run to the store and buys everything they own. So actually i need a faster car to beat most of you guys to the store lol. Good convo folks, thanks for your thoughts.
