How much is to much?

How much is to much?  People will ask me, and even the Supreme Allied Commander will ask, “How much is to much”?  Well, there isn’t a simple answer to this.  How much ammo?  How many firearms?  How much emergency food?  Let’s look at this.

Firearms and ammunition:

How many firearms do you think YOU need.  Are you a recreation shooter?  Competition shooter?  Collector?  Instructor?  From my perspective as an instructor I don’t think there is a number.  As long as you can safely store them and keep them away from unauthorized persons, especially children and “bad guys”, there isn’t a number.  I have a few in different calibers and platforms but I also use them to demonstrate for the variety of courses that we conduct.  Everything from Pistol, Rifle and Shotguns.  I have them in different calibers as well in case I get questions asked.  Then you have revolver versus semi auto, pump versus auto loader etc.  If you are looking at a survival situation, I recommend a semi auto pistol, semi auto rifle in a caliber larger than .22 and a good shotgun.  My emergency preparedness set up is a Glock 19 in 9mm, an AR-15 with an EoTech and a good weapon light.  My weapon lights are all Surefire.  Then a Mossberg 590A1 with side saddle and a Speed Feed stock so I can hold extra rounds. 

Now I’m sure some of you are going to get into that whole caliber issue again.  Why a 9mm?  Capacity, controllability and availability of the round is why I choose this for a survival situation.  PERSONAL PREFERENCE here people.  I do have handguns in .40 and .45 as well but this is what I CHOOSE to use.  Why Glock?  I’m an armorer and can fix them.  I also have spare parts in case I need them.  Once again, its personal preference.  Now why do I go with an AR-15?  It’s what I’m most familiar with.  I carried one for 8 years in the Air Force as a Security Police/Forces member, I have parts, magazines and ammo for them.  Plus, the recoil is very manageable for follow up shots if I need to.  I also happen to be an AR-15 armorer so I can repair mine once again.  Now for the Mossberg.  Why did I go with a Mossberg 590A1?  You guessed it, I’m an armorer for this series as well.  I also like the length, the thickness of the barrel and the ghost ring sight setup that came on it.  Plus, the price I paid for this can’t be beat.  I paid a whole $250 for this about 4 years ago brand new from the factory.  All I had to do was add the side saddle.

Some people will argue with my selection and that’s fine.  For some people, their choices are limited on finances available.  This is something I took into consideration as well but you also have to look at what these things will be used for.  For me, when it comes to my families’ safety, I don’t put a price limit.  I look at dependability, versatility and ease of use.  Plus, how many people out there have a Glock 9mm or an AR-15?  Extra parts, ammo, mags etc come to mind here.  Now on to ammo.   How much ammo?  Honestly, I go through several thousand rounds a year teaching and taking courses.  I’m a firm believer of always a student so this gets me training a bit each year in others courses.  So I keep a couple thousand rounds of each of my main calibers so I’m ready to take a class and not have to worry about rushing to try and find it.  I also keep a couple hundred rounds of various self-defense (SD) ammo.  I rotate out my self-defense (SD) ammo once a year on my birthday and the stuff that I have had for the previous year gets rotated into an ammo can and sits there or gets shot up the next year.  This will always ensure I have fresh SD ammo if the need ever arises that I need to utilize it.  As for shotgun ammo, I keep 200 rounds of slug and 200 rounds of buck shot and 100 rounds of birdshot.  So to answer the question on ammo; I keep a couple thousand rounds of my primary calibers for training and an emergency situation if it ever is needed.  And don’t forget holsters, magazine pouches, slings, batteries etc for those firearms as well as a good cleaning kit and/or boresnake!  Good luck and please share this.  We will get pictures of the firearms on here shortly.