Originally Posted by
moonshot
You are all correct.
I was not implying that 1000 rounds for a rifle or 250 for a handgun was all you would ever need, and no more would be necessary. I was thinking that the odds of surviving one or multiple encounters where you would expend 1000 rounds of rifle ammo or 250 rounds of pistol ammo was rather unlikely. I never meant to imply that more ammo was not a good thing, or that it might not prove necessary. I simply meant that the odds of actually needing multiple thousands of rounds per weapon seemed less likely than ending up having to abandon these supplies because you a) have to abandon your home, b) have to abandon your vehicle or c) have a catastrophic fire or flood that rendurs your equipment useless.
I keep thinking it's better to settle on a smaller amount kept in the ready and keep extra supplies somewhere else. I wasn't even thinking about training. Keep as many rounds available for training as you can stock. You never know when an opportunity to take a class will present itself, but again your criticisms of my statements are all correct. My assumptions were just that - assumptions. No basis in fact or personnal experience.