OT - Reloading Component Qty.

cnjarvis · Post by **cnjarvis** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:00 pm

How much do y'all keep on hand?

Bullets, Primers, Powder?

I'm trying to hoard as much as I can now as prices are only going to go up and I'm curious to know what the rest of the leverguns brethren are stocking.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:44 pm

More than the Fire Marshal should know about....

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:47 pm

At least one full jug of each powder I use of the largest jug available and enough primers to load all I have and enough WW ingot to cover the powder. I'll run fast if the house burns.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:52 pm

I have a comfortable reserve quantity of powder and primers. Bullets not so comfortable right now.
As I buy new bullets to load I buy that quantity of primers and rotate my reserves. I do the same with the powder.

Joe

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:54 pm

I'd have to stop shooting so much to build any kind of stockpile.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:57 pm

cnjarvis wrote:How much do y'all keep on hand?

Bullets, Primers, Powder?

I'm trying to hoard as much as I can now as prices are only going to go up and I'm curious to know what the rest of the leverguns brethren are stocking.

Probably not the most prudent line of questioning.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:06 pm

Whoa, This is dangerous. Hope there ain't no Feds here.

Primers--about 25K
Bullets on hand for reloading--About 25K of which 20K are cast
Powder---I ain't sayin'---
Loaded ammo--at least 40K but that includes about 10K in .22's
Brass--(not including loaded ammo) about an extra 12-15K
Lead for casting--3000 lbs
Tin for alloying---200 pounds
gas checks--25K
machine guns-- Two quad fifties, Two Ma Duece's, 4 BAR's, 6 Thompsons (1921 Colts), and 4 M-16A2's

(don't believe that one

----no full auto's, but my buddy Tom has a lot more than that (class three dealer)

I feel naked--for real--I do not like having only 25K primers--I'll pick up an additional 15K this week--because without primers, your nothin'. I worry less about cost as I do future regulation.----Remember what the Boy Scout motto is------------"Be Prepared!!"

Maddog521 · Post by **Maddog521** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:12 pm

I am looking all the time. If I see a deal on any reloading components I buy them. A while back I was in a small out if the way gun shop and found 1500 primers cheap. He just wanted to get rid of them so I took them and stashed them in the safe. Always looking for a deal and then doing the right thing and buying. You never have to much. Good luck and keep looking.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:05 pm

cnjarvis wrote:How much do y'all keep on hand?
Bullets, Primers, Powder?
I'm trying to hoard as much as I can now as prices are only going to go up and I'm curious to know what the rest of the leverguns brethren are stocking.

A State Secret. One can keep a secret, two cannot. All I know is that I don't have as much as my B-I-L, he had to re-inforce the concrete floor of his garage where he has his lead ingot stored!

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:47 pm

Boy! IS THIS A LOADED QUESTION!!!!

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:51 pm

Old Time Hunter wrote:Boy! IS THIS A LOADED QUESTION!!!!

Nah, it's unloaded!!

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:36 pm

Enough.

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:23 pm

This is certainly monitored I would think.

mad mucus · Post by **mad mucus** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:57 pm

I usually buy when my stocks are low...

Generally I llike to keep a container of each powder and up to 1000 of each primer size. Projectiles, buy a box or two of whatever I need and cast when low.

Mucus

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:34 pm

Enough to load up the rounds I'd need to take more if the excement hit the spinning metal blade...

cnjarvis · Post by **cnjarvis** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:30 am

Dang, some of y'all are as paranoid as I am! (except you're not paranoid if they really are...)

I suppose I should have asked hypothetically what minimum qty. would be considered sufficient but even that may be a "loaded" (or unloaded as the case may be) question.

Post by **Hobie** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:36 am

Probably more than I "need" and always less than I want.

wm · Post by wm » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:45 am

2000 or so primers

8-16 pounds of my preferred powders (Win Ball, 3031, 4064, W231, etc)

4-8 pounds of other powders (Trail Boss, Unique, Green Dot, etc)

4-8 pounds of Black Powder

200-400 or so bullets for each diameter I reload (i.e. 170 grain SP for 30 cal for 30 WCF, 30-06, 308, 300 Sav, 30-40 Krag) plus some specialty bullets.

And for the record I keep about 5000 - 10,000 rounds of 22 rimfire, and 200 rounds of each handgun caliber, and 100 rounds of each rifle caliber on hand at all times. And about 200-400 rounds of shotgun ammo.

Most folks would think I am expecting the end of the world but really my motivation is more frugal than that. By always keeping a good supply I am never buying because I have to, I can afford to wait and buy when the price is to my liking.

Wm

gon2shoot · Post by **gon2shoot** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:17 pm

I generally try to keep a box or two of each caliber loaded up, and replace what I load plus 10%, and if I don't buy anything else for 7-10 years I'll get by.

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:35 pm

Hobie wrote:Probably more than I "need" and always less than I want.

The absolute perfect answer!

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:36 pm

I lost all ine in the same boating accident I lost my guns in. After that, they were stolen, then burned in a fire.

RSY · Post by **RSY** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:55 pm

A young lady named "Katrina" took care of mine back in '05.

scott

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:22 am

On another post, a short while ago; someone wrote about primers going " stale "
I asked him to clarify, and someone did as well.
I lost track but I do not think he ever did clarify.
Has anyone else heard of this?
Do primers lose thier ability to perform thier function through time degradation?

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