{"id":17318,"date":"2016-07-09T08:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T13:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=17318"},"modified":"2016-07-09T08:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T13:49:53","slug":"prepping-101-stashing-ammo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/09\/prepping-101-stashing-ammo\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping 101: Stashing Ammo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Archives, 2016.<\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17319\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/ammo.jpg?w=620\" alt=\"Ammo\" width=\"620\" height=\"353\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Yes, it would be nice if we could afford pallets of ammo, delivered to our doorsteps weekly. While there are people in the world with that ability, it isn\u2019t the norm. With that in mind, today on Just The Tip we\u2019re going to discuss some methods to ensure you have at least some spare ammunition for a rainy day.<\/h2>\n<h2>First, let\u2019s talk about why we want a lot of ammo. We can only carry so much at one time, right? But as the Great Panics of 2008 and 2012 demonstrated, we can\u2019t always count on gun shops and outdoors stores to have our desired loads on the shelf. Before that, it wasn\u2019t unusual for some to just stop by the store on the way to the range to nab some ammo. Suddenly, that couldn\u2019t be done anymore. Those panics taught us a lesson: purchasing ammo before you need it is no different than buying any other consumable such as toilet paper, batteries, or bourbon.<\/h2>\n<h2>Some people have it in their heads that they shouldn\u2019t be training or shooting until they have a \u201ccomfortable\u201d amount of ammunition set aside. Shooting is a perishable skill, and an extended lapse from the range will degrade your competence\u00a0level. Having excess (\u201cexcess\u201d in this case is defined as more than you can feasibly carry) means that while everyone else is staying home and not going to the range, you still have ammo for training.<\/h2>\n<h2>Ammunition set aside is also a hedge against inflation. Buying at a lower price now means you don\u2019t have to buy at a higher price later.<\/h2>\n<h2>So without further ado, here are some tips on stockpiling ammo:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Cooperative Purchasing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Buying in bulk is one way to quickly stock up on ammo. Usually you\u2019ll get a break on price, which is where the \u201cbuy it cheap, stack it deep\u201d mantra comes from. The issue is that you have to eat all of the cost up-front. If you can\u2019t swing that, split a case or other quantity among friends. That way everyone benefits from the cost savings of a larger purchase without having to individually buy large quantities in one pop. You can think of it like a farm co-op without all the kale, marijuana, and body odor.<\/h2>\n<h2>Read the Remainder at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breachbangclear.com\/just-tip-stashing-ammunition\/\">Breach Bang Clear<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Archives, 2016. Yes, it would be nice if we could afford pallets of ammo, delivered to our doorsteps weekly. While there are people in the world with that ability, it isn\u2019t the norm. With that in mind, today on Just The Tip we\u2019re going to discuss some methods to ensure you have at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5445,24],"tags":[1798,12796,12797,12798,313,5823,12799],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}