Last month, I pulled all of my ammo cans out from where I had them stashed. It was a bit of a chore but what was more of a chore and pretty tedious at that was counting all of my ammo and doing up a spread sheet for a proper inventory. That literally took me several hours. It's not that I have a super high amount of ammo but to borrow from Yogi Bear, who was attributed as being smarter than the average bear, I will indulge myself and say that I am smarter than the average shooter. In other words, I have enough ammo on hand to last me and my son awhile.
When I did the inventory, I sorted each caliber by brand, caliber, bullet weight, year of purchase and made notes about things like bullet type (FMJ, JHP and so on) and that is what took so long. I knew it would go much faster putting it back and I was going to put all the ammo cans back where they belonged that day but just as I got started I saw I had an oil leak from around the filter of my oil tank. I had to have the oil company's repair guy come to fix it and that delayed getting the ammo back in place. So, the ammo cans just did not get put away, not until I started doing it about an hour ago. Did I ever mention to you, I am the great procrastinator!
I had done some additions for newly purchased ammo since the inventory, and subtractions for what I had shot since then, on the inventory today. Right after that, I needed to find a can to add a new shipment of 500 rounds of 9mm to and when I opened one of them I had the thought "that's peculiar"! What was odd was that I sure didn't remember that particular can of ammo being on the inventory. I checked and sure as shit, it wasn't there. What a pleasant surprise, to find I had 500 more rounds of 9mm, and less than a year old at that, than I had thought I had on hand when I did the inventory. I added a newly purchased batch of another 500 rounds of 9mm to the can and now they are packed in there like sardines. I have to scratch my head and wonder, what else did I miss.
I am a happy camper with that find. I was planning on picking up another 500 rounds of 9mm soon but don't have to now and the money I will not be spending on it can go toward our Alaska trip. That is a nice surprise and a very good thing.
All the best,
Glenn B
When I did the inventory, I sorted each caliber by brand, caliber, bullet weight, year of purchase and made notes about things like bullet type (FMJ, JHP and so on) and that is what took so long. I knew it would go much faster putting it back and I was going to put all the ammo cans back where they belonged that day but just as I got started I saw I had an oil leak from around the filter of my oil tank. I had to have the oil company's repair guy come to fix it and that delayed getting the ammo back in place. So, the ammo cans just did not get put away, not until I started doing it about an hour ago. Did I ever mention to you, I am the great procrastinator!
I had done some additions for newly purchased ammo since the inventory, and subtractions for what I had shot since then, on the inventory today. Right after that, I needed to find a can to add a new shipment of 500 rounds of 9mm to and when I opened one of them I had the thought "that's peculiar"! What was odd was that I sure didn't remember that particular can of ammo being on the inventory. I checked and sure as shit, it wasn't there. What a pleasant surprise, to find I had 500 more rounds of 9mm, and less than a year old at that, than I had thought I had on hand when I did the inventory. I added a newly purchased batch of another 500 rounds of 9mm to the can and now they are packed in there like sardines. I have to scratch my head and wonder, what else did I miss.
I am a happy camper with that find. I was planning on picking up another 500 rounds of 9mm soon but don't have to now and the money I will not be spending on it can go toward our Alaska trip. That is a nice surprise and a very good thing.
All the best,
Glenn B
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