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<blockquote data-quote="rhodesbe" data-source="post: 2105606" data-attributes="member: 2415"><p>One thing that bugs me about ammo hoarding is how unrealistic everyone assume quantities need to be.</p><p></p><p>If you ask this forum "How many rounds is enough?" You'll get answers ranging from 1,000 rounds to 20,000 rounds 'just to be safe'.</p><p></p><p>In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-GIs-War-American-Soldiers/dp/0070306273" target="_blank">Edwin Hoyt's "The GI's War"</a>, he gives a breakdown of just how many bullets the average GI armed with a Garand fired in combat: 450.</p><p>Not during training, not during one fire mission, not during one deployment: 450 rounds total, throughout a combat 'career'.</p><p></p><p>If I'm not mistaken, the standard combat load for an M4 armed 'operator' in today's army is 7 magazines. 1 in the rifle, 6 on the webbing. A total of 210 rounds. </p><p>In talking with several ex-solders (Marines and Cav guys) they say they very seldom expended more than two mags in an 'average' action, and when they did it was bad news.</p><p></p><p>I know this type of thing is highly subjective, but it just irritates me that some people think they'll be around for enough gun battles they actually need thousands of rounds. I'd have to think your chances are much greater that someone shoots your ass dead before you swap even a single mag.</p><p></p><p>Agree? Disagree?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rhodesbe, post: 2105606, member: 2415"] One thing that bugs me about ammo hoarding is how unrealistic everyone assume quantities need to be. If you ask this forum "How many rounds is enough?" You'll get answers ranging from 1,000 rounds to 20,000 rounds 'just to be safe'. In [URL="http://www.amazon.com/The-GIs-War-American-Soldiers/dp/0070306273"]Edwin Hoyt's "The GI's War"[/URL], he gives a breakdown of just how many bullets the average GI armed with a Garand fired in combat: 450. Not during training, not during one fire mission, not during one deployment: 450 rounds total, throughout a combat 'career'. If I'm not mistaken, the standard combat load for an M4 armed 'operator' in today's army is 7 magazines. 1 in the rifle, 6 on the webbing. A total of 210 rounds. In talking with several ex-solders (Marines and Cav guys) they say they very seldom expended more than two mags in an 'average' action, and when they did it was bad news. I know this type of thing is highly subjective, but it just irritates me that some people think they'll be around for enough gun battles they actually need thousands of rounds. I'd have to think your chances are much greater that someone shoots your ass dead before you swap even a single mag. Agree? Disagree? [/QUOTE]
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