I constantly evaluate bullets and powders, so I normally have about 50 rounds of load development ready to shoot for each big game rifle.
At the start of a season I make a call on what rifle/bullet/powder I want to use and load between 3 and 20 rounds and go hunt. A few seasons ago I loaded three for whitetail rut week at midnight the night before traveling to camp: shot a doe with #1, coyote #2, came home with #3.
I do keep 500-1k rounds of pistol and AR 223 ready to go of loads that consistently shoot well; for range fun. I load these on a progressive, so I load several hundred at a time when getting low.
I am always chasing the magic rifle load, so I don’t keep large volumes loaded - may find something better! I’d rather have the components read to load than loaded.
