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If I don’t have at least 200 rounds per rifle I feel naked. Several rifles are the same caliber so they still get a minimum allocation of 200 rounds each. I usually have much more on hand.
As far as components go……I have enough for a lifetime. 😉
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Considering bullet, powder and primer shortages since Obama was elected in 2007 having 200 to 300 loaded rounds per " Hunting Rifle" just makes sense at least to me. OF course I didn't mention favorite bullets that have been discontinued by various manufactures.
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Only benefit I see leaving them unloaded is if you ever want to sell any of it. Pretty hard to sell reloads.
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I've pretty much bought all the rifles I'm going to buy. If I buy another it will be something I don't have and will need components anyway.
Another thing, I'm done loading for individual rifles. My ammo will be able to be used in any rifle the cartridge is appropriate for. It might not be as accurate as loads made up for a specific rifle, but it will work just fine. Basically, I'm putting together factory equivalent ammo.
Along with that thought process, I decided that components on the shelf ain't worth a damn when a weapon is needed. I've spent most of the year thus far, loading for all that I have. Still got a long way to go getting it done. When I'm finished, my 4 and 9 year old grandsons will still be using my ammo when I'm gone. I will always have handgun and .223 ammo to load at the rate my bunch wants to shoot it.
Sounds like sacrilege to most on here I'm sure, but that's where I'm at. Understand completely when a guy has a dozen 30-06's it 's pretty anal to work up a load for each one. Having ammo that is a known quality in a rifle ready to go is better than last minute reloading.. mb
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Only benefit I see leaving them unloaded is if you ever want to sell any of it. Pretty hard to sell reloads. Or if you’re prone to changing your mind about that ‘perfect’ bullet you’ll shoot forever. Not that looneys are attracted to the new, shiny, better, deadlier, more accurate……..no, not at all. Not me anyway. Except for those couple of thousand .224 I was about to load en masse that I’m having second thoughts about, or those Ballistic Tips replaced by TSXs, or…..
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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.
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