How much is enough?

[treborsnave]

Brass, that is. I've been cleaning the reloading room. Turns out I've got more 38 Special than I care to count, several hundred each of 44 mag, 45 colt, and 357, ammo cans full of 45 acp, 40 S&W, and 9mm. But I've got less than a hundred 44 Special! Might have to pick some up, even though I don't have a Special - yet. It's on my Christmas wish list though.

[45MAN]

A LOCAL CAR WRECK LAWYER HAS A BILLBOARD THAT SAYS: TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH. FOR CALIBERS YOU LOAD FOR THAT MAY BE APPLICABLE.

[Odin]

This subject came up a couple months ago and someone mentioned 5-gallon buckets as a measuring device...

Honestly, that didn't seem unreasonable.

[boolitdesigner]

45MAN and Odin have it right with a minor exception. That is have enough primers and powder to wear it out!

[callshot]

I used to have more time to spend on reloading. When I would start reloading I would load too many up. Now I don’t shoot as much and ended up with too many loaded cartridges that nobody would use when I am gone to the range in the sky. As a result, I now cast and powder coat then size them but don’t reload any until I have used some up. They. Can be used by others later on. I still think that it isn’t a bad thing to have enough loaded up for use whenever you need them. I don’t count the brass as much lately. Reload, shoot. REPEAT!

[harold89]

A thousand each in revolver calibers and several thousand in semi-autos is my plan. The only caliber I feel I have too much brass is 9mm because I can’t quit picking up shiny once fired brass cases at my outdoor range.

[bigbrowndog]

A thousand is a nice round number for my revolvers. The trick is pull a hundred and load them until they’re gone or damaged, then pull another hundred. That way you know new stuff has no firings in them. My competition brass count was measured in 5 gallon buckets, 5-6 buckets of each auto caliber, 223,308, 9,40,38Super,45acp.

Trapr

[duluth40]

Callshot has it. At age 84 I am not about to load a thousand of anything. Load a few, shoot a few. Don’t need to leave my heirs a lot of loaded ammo.

[LeverGunner]

I am comfortable with 1000 pieces of 44 Special brass for my main revolver which is thus chambered. That said, sometimes I have to work to keep enough loaded, so 1000 is my minimum, and 2000 is closer to what I need, keeping around 1000 loaded, with the others ready to try new loads.

[blackmamba]

I load and regularly shoot 5 different cartridges, so a thousand of each is more than I could need or store. I keep between 200 and 500 of each.

[tj3006]

Carefully
44 Specials tend to multiply.
The Ruger flat tops will mess you up bad!!