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.30 Caliber cans are better. Lighter. Easier to carry with women or kids. I do not think even I could carry two .50 cal cans full of ammo. At least not too far very quickly. Too heavy and I am too old.
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.30 Caliber cans are better. Lighter. Easier to carry with women or kids. I do not think even I could carry two .50 cal cans full of ammo. At least not too far very quickly. Too heavy and I am too old.
Stack 'em high, stack 'em deep.First thing we should do is define "tiers" of storage--I'm not gonna give numbers since as noted this is an open forum and I'm still sorting it out myself, but here's some musings on a buildout process...
Tier 1: Immediate Access - 2-3 fully loaded mags per Serious Social Work weapon
Tier 2: Gear Up Time - LBE/carrier/chest-rig filled with one standard combat load; second combat load in a bandolier.
Tier 3: Bug Out Bag - another full combat load per "Take With In SHTF" gun. Best not too heavy at this level since it'll need spare parts and cleaning tools in the Go Bag too.
Tier 4: Mags In Cans - two combat loads (14mags 5.56 AR) per Fat Fifty, at least one can per gun and two is better.
Tier 5: Bulk Ammo In Cans - at least one .30 can loaded to nearest whole multiple of 420 rounds (one full GI tin-can/two combat loads).
Tier 6: Bulk Cases - at least one case per gun; ideally at least one case more each prepositioned at at least two cache sites.
Are we seeing a common denominator here? This doesn't include handguns or .22's, but it's a start... if you take a single military combat load as your building block, things just kinda build up and out from there--worth noting that the standard 420-round GI ammo tin was built around providing combat loads to refill seven mags each for two GI's. Start with "Immediate Action" needs and work back and build out from there.
Remember, you're not gonna get here overnight... one step at a time, as budget allows.
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For most common cartridges - buy now! Best prices and availability since 2008. It won't last forever and depending on next year's election we could be back to scant inventory and stupid high prices.
A purge would do the trick, kinda like hitting the reset button.After all, the repeated mass shootings and the ensuing publicity about them have caused a kind of build-up of anti-gun pressure that has yet to be released.
That's $0.40/round. So much for the bulk discount.