The safe is getting crowded with different calibers!

[Knightrider]

9mm
.38 Special
12ga

All that I need.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[OneBad135i]

Pretty short list here

.45 acp for the XD
.38 sp for the LCR
5.56 m855 for the AR-15
and 9mm for my girlfriend's Glock 26

[bruce272]

I keep my ammo stash really simple:

.22 Cal- for conversion kits for 5.56 and .45

.45 Cal, in about 8-10 different flavors, ranging form 185 HB for target to 230+P dorbon DX for EDC

5.56 in 3 weights and bullet configurations.

If that don't stop "them" there's always surrender 'NOT'

Bruce

BTW, there's always a good supply of rocks around here (I live in ROCKLAND County)

[Kilowatt3]

Hi everyone!

...I realized all of the different ammo types that are sitting in my safe:

1. .22lr for plinking
2. .380 for my TCP and my wife's Bersa Thunder
3. 9mm for my EDC, both FMJ and JHP
4. .38sp for plinking with the revolver
5. .357 mag for defense loads in the revolver
6. .40 for the first carry gun I owned, both FMJ and JHP
7. .45 for the new 1911
8. .223 for the EBR
9. 7mm Rem Mag for the elk rifle
10. 12ga for the HD shotgun and the turkey gun

...

...Do you guys find yourself in the same boat, or do you streamline your holdings to just keep one pistol caliber and one rifle caliber?...

At first glance, I thought your list was IDENTICAL to mine. On closer examination, though, I see a few differences:

I don't have any 7mm Mags.
In addition to your list, I do have:
.22 CB Caps (bought to kill possums, but they don't do the job)
.22 WMR (for rifle and pistol)
.44 Special
.44 Mag
7.62 x 39
.30-30
20 ga.

Guess that makes 16. If things go according to plan, I'll be adding 7.5mm Swiss and .308 before too long!

I've tried pretty hard over the years to keep the caliber count down, but it hasn't always worked out. For years, I resisted buying a 9mm, thinking that between the .38/.357's and the .45, I didn't really need one. Years later, I used the same reasoning that with 9mm's and .45's, I really had no use for a .40, so I put off buying one for a long time. That argument didn't stand the test of time, either!

Anyway, they're all fun, and useful, so I have no immediate plans to get rid of anything!

Regards,
Jim

[Mr Sir]

I hadn't really thought about this before. Let's see what I've got.

9mm
.22
.32
.410
20 gauge
12 gauge
7.62X39
7.63X54r
500 S&W

[GunnyBunny]

One of my rules is no new gauges or calibres. My local gun store knows me well enough that they don't show me anything outside those that I don't already have.

Without further adieu, here's the list.

Shotgun
.410
20 gauge
12 gauge

Rifle
.22 S-L-LR
.22 WRF
.223
.270
6.5mm Carcano
.30 Carbine
.303 Brit.
.30-30
.308 Russkie (7.62 X 39)
.308 Win
.30-06
8mm Lebel

Handgun
.22 S-L-LR
.25ACP (6.35mm)
.32ACP (7.65mm)
.380ACP
.38 S&W
.38 Spl.
9mm
.357 Mag.
.44 Spl.
.44 Mag.
.45 ACP

I don't have .40, and I'm not interested in starting into it now.

[45ACP4ever]

I thought I had a lot! I have:

.22LR
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
9mm Luger
.45ACP
.30 Carbine
12 Gauge
7.62x39

I have 5.45x39 and 20 Gauge, but no guns for those calibers. Sold the shotgun, and don't have a 5.45 rifle....yet. Would like to add a .30-06 or .308 at some point.

[Patti]

22LR
.380
9 mil.
40 cal
45
10 g
12 g
16 g
20 g
270
5.56

I'm good on ammo, except 45ACP and 5.56 NATO.

As soon as I get my food storage done, I'll start hitting the ammo real hard.

[surefire7]

What, no 454 Casull, 458 Lott...?

[ccw9mm]

One of my rules is no new gauges or calibres. My local gun store knows me well enough that they don't show me anything outside those that I don't already have.

Yeah, but with 26 calibers, that ain't sayin' much. Sounds like you've got most of Aisles 3 & 4 covered, plus 95% of everything under glass. Ha!

Great list, BTW. Some interesting play-things, there.

[Eagleks]

Well... now we know why there has been an ammo shortage ... LOL.

If you can't find one, should be able to find one of the others... huh.

[crzy4guns]

My short list goes like this:

9mm (Glock 19, Kahr CW9)
.357 (Ruger SP101 3 inch barrel)
10mm (Glock 20 compensated barrel and slide)
.44 special (Charter Arms Bulldog DAO stainless)
5.56x45mm (Bushmaster M4)
12 gauge (Remington 870)

Oh yeah, I forgot a couple of .22lrs (Walther P22 and Ruger 10/22).

[ramrunnr]

My list is kinda small and I have a few odd-balls

.22lr revolvers and rifles
.22WMR revolvers and rifles
.357 Mag (of course that also adds .38 Special) revolvers
.380 ACP Semi-Auto pistols
9mm Parabellum Semi-Auto pistols and pistol caliber carbine
.40 S&W Semi-Auto pistol

.410 Gauge SxS shotty
12 Gauge Pump shotty
16 Gauge Semi Auto and pump shottys


The odd-balls
.32 Smith and Wesson revolver
.38 Smith and Wesson revolver

Next purchase (in layaway now) will add 5.56x45mm NATO to the collection. Also should I count the 37mm flare guns?

[GunnyBunny]

Yeah, but with 26 calibers, that ain't sayin' much. Sounds like you've got most of Aisles 3 & 4 covered, plus 95% of everything under glass. Ha!

Great list, BTW. Some interesting play-things, there.

Make that 27!

I forgot I had 7.62 X 54 as well!

[halfcrazy]

My short list follows:
22lr
270
30-30
450 marlin
308
223
40S&W
45acp
357 Magnum
38
12 gauge
410

have plans to add 9mm and 20 gauge