Always had a tin or two of .177 and .22. Now that I've gone PCP, I'm stocking up. Coming from the firearm world, having a case of 5.56 or 9mm is just common sense in these days which we are living in.
How many tins do you keep on hand at any given time?
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A few of my rifles love the cheap crosmans so every time I goto Walmart I always buy what they have, I guess I’m a hoarder
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I have to agree. The cheapie Crossman pellets just work when the vicious soda cans need killin'. I'm slowly expanding my collection, especially when it comes to the hunting pellets.
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Having 177 through .25 in pellet shooters , without counting I’d say some 250 tins on hand. I also keep a minimum of 20lbs of rotometal lead and 1 lb of tin for casting the good stuff. I’d say 75% of what I shoot gets recycled and cast . I highly doubt I’ll be needing to purchase any more pellets this year. I did recently panic when I saw that my stash of JSB kings was down to the last 8 tins. That was quickly reordered and I feel safe now.
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Place an order with PA, may as well add a few tins. And there's been a lot of PA orders the past few weeks!
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ive never been a hoarder, but since all the mess i put some away for a rainy day ... but for a given gun i like to keep 1000 rds onhand .. as long as im not jkin off and wasting them that will hold for several years of actual serious use ..
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Having been through 'the cycle' of unavailability of (powder burning) ammo and components a few times, I was not at all impacted by the most recent shortages. I was even able to sell primers to Cowboy shooting friends who had not inventoried wisely.
Same goes with airgun ammo now. I buy what I feasibly can and have it on hand. It doesn't go bad, after all.
Of course my mindset is also a product of living in California my whole life. One never knows what the Sacto Wackos will do next, whether it will be the total ban on the purchase of ammo & reloading components, or even on airgun pellets and BB's. So I keep a reasonable supply.
Same goes with airgun ammo now. I buy what I feasibly can and have it on hand. It doesn't go bad, after all.
Of course my mindset is also a product of living in California my whole life. One never knows what the Sacto Wackos will do next, whether it will be the total ban on the purchase of ammo & reloading components, or even on airgun pellets and BB's. So I keep a reasonable supply.
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I have 22K rounds of 14.3gr CPD -- it's all I shoot in my rifles. During the nonsense I've seen the price skyrocket from ~$9/tin to $30 and everything in-between. Looks like the prices are starting to normalize but I'm 0% interested in .22 CPD becoming the next legendary unicorn like .22LR. I stocked up enough for the plinking I do and to not have to worry about 3-4 month production backlog.
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I'm not a hoarder, but do keep a prudent reserve on hand. I didn't count. I like to keep around 5000 each, five favorite weights in .177, 3 weights in .22 plus two weights in .25.
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Almost as beautiful as his 5 FX Crowns. I want to be like Tom!
https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/speculating-on-when-crown-mk3-will-come-out/?view=all#post-1113428
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