I believe in having sufficient "serious" ammo for any sustained situation I might encounter, and plenty of good practice ammo that can be used as backup.
After all, the practice ammo will work, just not quite as efficiently and effectively. In 5.56, I try to always buy brass cased ammo that is as close to military spec as possible for all uses. In 7.62X39, there is really not much difference, so I just buy the Wolf Military steel case crap. In 7.62 NATO, I buy Federal Gold Metal Match 168gr (for my SCARs), and random M80 ball for practice plinking.
When it comes to pistol ammo, I've really narrowed down my HD caliber to 9mm. I don't shoot the HD ammo often. I keep a fair amount of various +P hollow point (Mostly Gold Dot) HD rounds, and some some +P FMJ. For practicing, I keep a lot of Gold Dot 124gr and other similar rounds. I also have some Winchester military 9mm FMJ with a little more oomph, for my PCCs too.
Just what I have now.
5.56/.223
About 1500 rounds of Mk262 clone. This is my HD and precision round.
About 10,000 rounds M193, of Federal 50%, PMC 25%, and Wolf Gold 25%.
About 10,000 rounds M855, of Federal 75%, and PMC 25%.
1000 MEN Practice/Plinking, similar to M193 German made.
1000 Other practice ammo
1000 Wolf steel case garbage. I've never shot any steel case in my .223/5.56 rifles. Maybe when the Boogaloo happens I'll barter the Wolf for a bottle of good scotch.
7.62 NATO
~1000 168gr FGMM
4000+ rounds M80 and clones
9MM
Various +P HD rounds, maybe 1000 rounds total.
Around 5000 practice rounds, some military spec. A lot of Gold Dot practice rounds.
.45 ACP
1000 rounds+, nothing special. .45 is not a primary pistol round for me.
7.62X39
5000+ rounds Wolf. I'm thinking of selling my AKs and maybe just getting a couple 300Blk uppers.
Shot Shells HD
I don't know, I bought an ammo can of Federal Military 00 Buck, I have a case of various 12 and 20 gauge 00 and #4 buck shot and some boxes of slugs. I'm just not going to use my M37 Police, my High Standard Riot gun, or my Browning High Capacity except in some extreme circumstance that I cannot forsee right now.
.22LR
Thousands of rounds, mostly CCI Mini-Mag
Other stuff
.380 ACP, 30-06, .270, 300 Win Mag, .357 Mag, .38, .44 Mag. I just keep a few boxes of each of these.
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