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Define an Arsenal

of ammunition

Local news was talking about a guy with "An Arsenal of Ammunition". He had 1000 rounds of 9mm. That is like 20 boxes of 50 rounds each. In the old days of WWB at Wal-Mart, that would have been like $100.

Even at todays prices, that is like $230 worth of ammo.

So, what would you consider an "Arsenal of Ammunition" ?

PS: Please do NOT state in this thread, or ANWHERE else on the internet, how many round of ammo you have. Bad juju.

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Old 10-26-2014, 06:51 PM
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more than I have. 87 rounds
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That's about all the reading required. 1000 rounds is a few good trips to the range.
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I have a bazillion rounds in all calibers.

Ie, suck it ye interwebby watchers.
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If you were to have purchased a Marlin XT-22 last week, Remington would have sent you 1050 rounds of 22lr as a promotion. I don't consider that an arsenal.
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Violating my own post...

I bought from the CMP a "crate" of .22 LR. 10 boxes of 500 rounds each, many years ago. At the local sporting goods store, these, less than 10 years ago, would go for $7.50 each. More recently, maybe $15 each. Now, you are lucky to spend $50 for 500 rounds.

And still, 5000 rounds would be worth maybe $500...
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I lost my whole arsenal in a tragic boating accident. Must be still at the bottom of the Lake of the Ozarks.

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That's about all the reading required. 1000 rounds is a few good trips to the range.
I burnt 600 between .223 and .40 today....I keep enough on hand to reload every magazine I have a few times....it's not much...I know guys with 15,000+ on hand...

If you don't need a separate, full size, safe for your ammo, it ain't an arsenal.
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An arsenal is any quantity more than 1, by Media definition.

My favorite is when they state a cache of firearms and ammunition. Total: A pistol, a shotgun, 300 rounds total.

I have more than 1000 rounds under my night stand. I don't know how much I have in the garage.
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IMO the media will classify anything over 20 rounds as an arsenal.

FYI I have over 10k rounds of .22lr because it was dirt cheap when I bought it. We go through several hundreds rounds of it everytime we shoot. Come and get it.
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By definition an Arsenal is a place were guns and/or amunition are stored so if you
have one pistol and some rounds sitting in a draw near your bed it's an arsenal.

It's sound all dramatic so that's why the media like using the term.

The proper use of the term IMO would be a largish cabinet with three or more rifles and
a few pistols. And a mixture of amunition to suit numbering more than 10,000 total.
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By definition an Arsenal is a place were guns and/or amunition are stored so if you
have one pistol and some rounds sitting in a draw near your bed it's an arsenal.
Yup.

Arsenal - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

: a place where weapons are made or stored

One may not like it, but that is the definition.
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So I guess even Barny Fife with that gun and a single bullet had an arsenal.
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You can't win. If your guns and ammo are properly stored, they then become a "cache". And, of course, they will always emphasize that the bad guy showed up with a loaded gun...
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An arsenal is any quantity more than 0, by Media definition.
FIFY.

Amazing how the media skewers the whole ammo / firearms thing...

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