Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Buying and storing ammunition
In the time of a large crisis, ammo is going to be hard to come by. Stocking up on ammunition you have is always a good idea. There is no such thing as 'too much ammo'. You don't necessarily need super ammunition for a stockpile. I have a stardard issue AR that uses .223 (5.56 nato) ammunition. You can spend a LOT of money on full metal jacketed brass rounds or you can spend much less on lead rounds.
Nothing against FMJ rounds, I love them, I just don't love the prices. In my particular area 20 rounds will cost about $17-20 depending on where you buy. Or you can look around for a brand called 'Wolverine' and safe a bundle of cash. 500 rds from them is usually around $120 or so. The only concern with using lead rounds instead of FMJ rounds is that the lead projectiles tends to dirty up the barrel of your weapon due to the soft lead being used. But since you should be cleaning your weapon after each use anyway, it's really not that big of a deal.
A word on storage:
Ammo storage is fairly important. Who cares if you have a 5000 rd stockpile in your garage if its all gotten wet from a storm, or has had various things spilled, dropped on it and its all but useless.
The standard issue ammo box is excellent for ammo storage.
Water/air tight, sturdy, and has multiple uses.These can be picked up relatively cheap at any army/navy store for $10-$20. Worth every thin dime.
Plastic storage bins:
Sealed, sturdy, stackable. Good for storage, not so much for portability. About the same price or less than the ammo cans.
Keep ammo cool, dry and out of the way.
Nothing against FMJ rounds, I love them, I just don't love the prices. In my particular area 20 rounds will cost about $17-20 depending on where you buy. Or you can look around for a brand called 'Wolverine' and safe a bundle of cash. 500 rds from them is usually around $120 or so. The only concern with using lead rounds instead of FMJ rounds is that the lead projectiles tends to dirty up the barrel of your weapon due to the soft lead being used. But since you should be cleaning your weapon after each use anyway, it's really not that big of a deal.
A word on storage:
Ammo storage is fairly important. Who cares if you have a 5000 rd stockpile in your garage if its all gotten wet from a storm, or has had various things spilled, dropped on it and its all but useless.
The standard issue ammo box is excellent for ammo storage.
Plastic storage bins:
Keep ammo cool, dry and out of the way.
Storage Container Homes
Lately, storage containers being used for homes is becoming popular. Architects have realized that for the price, a large shipping container has a lot of room and is fairly well put together. For about $3500, a 40' shipping container can be bought, and it can be outfitted very nicely for about $10,000. It might as well be and even 15k for the end result.
The $3500 dollar shipping containers are seaworthy containers. Sturdy, water tight, all steel construction. If you look around on the Internet, you can find various places that sell prefabbed homes or the standard single-wide trailer, which is about the same size as the container, and generally more expensive. To me, it comes down to this, you can spend 17k for a steel framed house that is fire resistant, water-tight, and all around pretty strong, or you can spend more on something like a single wide trailer that is filled to the brim with various forms of 'tinder' if a fire started and everyone has seen how trailers fair against things like tornadoes.
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