I always keep extra mags loaded for my 1911, same for the 357 extra speed loaders. I also have enough ammo stocked back just in case.
I am not a big Doomsday freak but I work at a hospital and there is a doc there that swears that Avian Flu is not an if, but when thing. Let me tell you from the medical standpoint, enough believe in it that the local community and Hill AFB plan for this type of thing.apollosmith said:I'm not overly concerned about the [stuff hit the fan] scenarios that keep other people awake at night, but I guess if we ever have an alien invasion, the rest of civilization turns into werewolves, and dinosaurs suddenly attack, I guess I'm in pretty good shape. :shades:
I am also getting 72 hour kits together for both me and the wife. I have included 100 rounds of personal protection Winchester 9mm shells, I will be putting in at least 40 rounds of .30 .30 shells and besides the basic necessities I have included some of the following;Outsider said:For my gun I have one full in the gun and two backups, but no extra ammo, which I need to get before 2009 if the Democrats take over the country again. Also my wife and I are working on 72-hour kits and a year supply.
Look at the disasters we have seen in the last decade... Guns were (almost) always out within 3 days. Sure food is VERY important, but Water is #1, Food #2, Guns #3 (generally)marksman said:I have around a thousand rounds sitting around but I'm more worried about food. I don't think a crisis that will require an ammo stockpile is as likely as one that would make a food stockpile handy.
I agree and like I said I have a around a thousand rounds sitting around. I figure I'll have to get in quite the standoff to need more than a thousand rounds. On the other hand I have enough food that I could last for a couple weeks and I can pretty easily envision crisis's that would close grocery stores for longer than that.xmirage2kx said:Look at the disasters we have seen in the last decade... Guns were (almost) always out within 3 days. Sure food is VERY important, but Water is #1, Food #2, Guns #3 (generally)marksman said:I have around a thousand rounds sitting around but I'm more worried about food. I don't think a crisis that will require an ammo stockpile is as likely as one that would make a food stockpile handy.