It's late, I'm tired, but I want answers.....so I'll get right to the point.
1) Is it just me or is CCI 22LR and decent (Federal/Winchester/MagTech) ammo in .45ACP hard to find these days? WalMart was out of both this evening.
( I prefer the Federal Champion .45 ACP Ammunition or MagTech Blueline Pistol Ammunition for a .45ACP and CCI 22LR for my .22)
2) Regarding the above ammo types, any good sources for them that are local AND actually have them in-stock AND don't charge an arm and a leg for them?
( I've paid $17-24 for a 50 count box of .45ACP, $20 is ok, less is better..... and $6-10 for a 100 round box of CCI .22LR )
3) Is it going to send off any red flags if I buy a larger amount of ammo? Ideally, I want as much as I can get, but now what I can reasonably afford (and to store on-hand), is another story. I'd like to pick up another 500-1000 rounds of .45 ACP and another 1,000-2,000 rounds of .22, but again, as mentioned in #2, I have my preferences. No low quality ammo for me. That is ALL walmart had left
4) I have cash. I fully expect that going on the given prices I've paid in the recent past, let's say 1,000 rounds of CCI .22LR (100 rounds per box x 10 boxes # $10 each), that's $100.00. Walmart had them at $6.87, and had the been in-stock, I could drop a bill on that easy.Next up, the .45ACP ammo..... for the sake of argument, let's just say $20 for a box of 50 rounds, ok? $250 rounds = $100 ( 5 boxes x $20 each), so 1,000 rounds = $400.
If my math is correct, I'm look at 5 bills for everything, and I'm fine with dropping 5 bills. No problem. However, I like to save a buck, so my next question becomes:
5) Is there any of these calibers in bulk for slightly less cost? (and if so, where?)
Next, my habits, of sorts, so far......
Right now I have 1,500 rounds of CCI .22LR and 450 rounds of .45ACP on-hand. When I went to the range last weekend to break in my new guns, I shot 400 rounds of .22LR and 100 rounds of .45ACP. Some of it was in "magazine dumps" just for the pure unadulterated fun, and ti put the guns through their paces. I wanted to take them for a test drive and see what they could do. All of that took 2 hours of time. That all being said, I probably won't shoot that much every time I go, but it could be more or it could be less. Certainly .22LRs aren't hard to go through, but neither is the .45ACP. The .22 has 10 round magazines (of which I have 6), and my .45 has 13 round mags, of which I also have 6. Only once did I load one 13 round magazine to capacity, since I usually load them to 10 rounds each to not stress the springs too much in the mags. The .22, I load to the 10 round capacity every time.
Based on the very limited above information, here's the next question.....
6) What is a good amount for me to have on-hand do you think?
LASTLY (and finally!! I can hear everything thinking "Does this guy EVER shut up??"), I'll end my ramblings of madness by listening to the pearls of wisdom and heeding sound advice.
Postscript Note: I'm not new to guns, have some decent knowledge about them, but haven't shot (until recently) in about 25-30 years, so I'm "starting over" and treating myself as a neophyte, even though I'm not. Just trying to get back into the game, so to speak.
