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Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: i was walking around with a broken ankle for 5 years. always wondered why it hurt. turns out the bone was broken in 3 places and i had bone fragments floating around. on top of that, the novickular(spelling???) joint(ankle joint) was trashed. bone on bone with no cartilage left at all. i couldn't move my ankle right to left and it hurt extremely bad when i did accidentally bump it. so, thanks to the reduction in work from covid, i figured now was a good time to have it fixed. the problem is definitely fixed, but i need to recover. my foot is still swollen beyond belief. can't do any lifting. The navicular bone is sort of like the keystone of the ankle. Between it, the talus, and the calcaneus (heel), you have the entire connection for the front of the foot to the leg... So yeah, it's a bad bone to break. Glad you got it fixed. But you didn't answer a previous question: did you break it by dropping an ammo can on it?  I have more components than loaded rounds at the moment - no time to load, or to shoot for that matter.  But I fully endorse the "don't fill a 20mm can with" concept. Heck, a 50 cal can full of 9mm is enough to make you wonder about your back's relationship with the rest of your body... |
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Originally Posted By GHPorter: The navicular bone is sort of like the keystone of the ankle. Between it, the talus, and the calcaneus (heel), you have the entire connection for the front of the foot to the leg... So yeah, it's a bad bone to break. Glad you got it fixed. But you didn't answer a previous question: did you break it by dropping an ammo can on it? I have more components than loaded rounds at the moment - no time to load, or to shoot for that matter. But I fully endorse the "don't fill a 20mm can with" concept. Heck, a 50 cal can full of 9mm is enough to make you wonder about your back's relationship with the rest of your body... Originally Posted By GHPorter: Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: i was walking around with a broken ankle for 5 years. always wondered why it hurt. turns out the bone was broken in 3 places and i had bone fragments floating around. on top of that, the novickular(spelling???) joint(ankle joint) was trashed. bone on bone with no cartilage left at all. i couldn't move my ankle right to left and it hurt extremely bad when i did accidentally bump it. so, thanks to the reduction in work from covid, i figured now was a good time to have it fixed. the problem is definitely fixed, but i need to recover. my foot is still swollen beyond belief. can't do any lifting. The navicular bone is sort of like the keystone of the ankle. Between it, the talus, and the calcaneus (heel), you have the entire connection for the front of the foot to the leg... So yeah, it's a bad bone to break. Glad you got it fixed. But you didn't answer a previous question: did you break it by dropping an ammo can on it? I have more components than loaded rounds at the moment - no time to load, or to shoot for that matter. But I fully endorse the "don't fill a 20mm can with" concept. Heck, a 50 cal can full of 9mm is enough to make you wonder about your back's relationship with the rest of your body... When I started to accumulate enough ammo that I needed some sort of organization I broke down my cases of 45ACP and started filling fat 50's. When I got done and went to move the cans I realized I made a bad mistake. 
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Originally Posted By GHPorter: The navicular bone is sort of like the keystone of the ankle. Between it, the talus, and the calcaneus (heel), you have the entire connection for the front of the foot to the leg... So yeah, it's a bad bone to break. Glad you got it fixed. But you didn't answer a previous question: did you break it by dropping an ammo can on it? I have more components than loaded rounds at the moment - no time to load, or to shoot for that matter. But I fully endorse the "don't fill a 20mm can with" concept. Heck, a 50 cal can full of 9mm is enough to make you wonder about your back's relationship with the rest of your body... no, dont remember injuring it. just remember the pain gradually getting worse in my ankle. right now my foot is swelled up pretty bad, but i can barely move the ankle and i feel NO PAIN in the joint. its a wonderful feeling to have. i had a 50 can full of 9mm. it had to have weighed in at about 60 pounds. couldn't have been less. sold it for 250 per k to a friend so i didnt have to lift it
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Yep. Just cause it fits doesn't make it a good idea. My limit is 2k 9mm or 45acp. I don't find it convenient trying to lift any more than that. I'll be in 2 cases in a can and call it good. 2k is probably too much. But it's a nice round number. Just in projectile weight, 2000 230gr projectiles is 65lb. And 2k 147gr projectiles is 41lb. And 115gr come up to 32lb. I don't need to know the weight of the powder, brass, and primers to know it's heavy enough that I don't really want to be moving it. |
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Originally Posted By The-Ant1-Liberal: I work at a rather large tech company (ala humongous azure) and this guy had gotten notified that he had 60 days to find a new gig...in reality that's nearly impossible unless you've got something already lined up. Anyhow, he was having a fire-sale and I took all of his ammo and picked up 15 Gen 3 PMAGs w/ranger plates for an additional $65! So much for ammo being as good as cash.... |
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Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: all in plain cardboard boxes on a pallet. you wouldn't even realize you're looking at 9mm. local shop loaded them for me. still have 35k of 147gr jhp coming too. hopefully by end of next week. We would all still like to see the photographs! |
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Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: all in plain cardboard boxes on a pallet. you wouldn't even realize you're looking at 9mm. local shop loaded them for me. still have 35k of 147gr jhp coming too. hopefully by end of next week. thats where all the Primers are...
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"Walmart Ammo isn't good for anything. I don't think it even breaks skin. Rounds are made of compressed Jell-O, if I recall correctly."
Rob3220:
"Walmart Ammo isn't good for anything. I don't think it even breaks skin. Rounds are made of compressed Jell-O, if I recall correctly."
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Originally Posted By Tejas1836: Battlefield Las Vegas ammo whore supreme https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/474441/Screen_Shot_2020-12-23_at_9_12_31_PM-1745403.jpg I was wondering if someone was either going to invite Ron over here or post a screenshot.
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I guess that's not too surprising. That is about 89 of those 14k round drums that come 4 to a pallet. 22 pallets. about $400k in ammo inventory assuming a $4.5k per barrel cost. For him it's an essential business requirement. If there isn't ammo, there is no business. |
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Originally Posted By Tejas1836: Battlefield Las Vegas ammo whore supreme https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/474441/Screen_Shot_2020-12-23_at_9_12_31_PM-1745403.jpg About 1250 cases. 
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Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: im sure the gov and atf would too. not safe to post pics like that any more IMO. Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: Originally Posted By RayJaxShooter: We would all still like to see the photographs! im sure the gov and atf would too. not safe to post pics like that any more IMO. You post on the web about the 100k count of ammo you purchased and now you want to be gray man? 
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Originally Posted By Tigwelder1971: You post on the web about the 100k count of ammo you purchased and now you want to be gray man? Originally Posted By Tigwelder1971: Originally Posted By Frankmurphy22: Originally Posted By RayJaxShooter: We would all still like to see the photographs! im sure the gov and atf would too. not safe to post pics like that any more IMO. You post on the web about the 100k count of ammo you purchased and now you want to be gray man? 
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"A gun, like any other source of power, is a force for good or evil, being neither in itself, but dependent upon those who possess it."
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The days of buy it cheap and stack deep are gone. Like when 9MM WWB was $10/100 most places ie wally world Like when 223/Win 3131A was about $150/K ie Galyan's. Or surplus SA 223 was 11cpr in 2700rd crate at Sportsman's Guide. |
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Originally Posted By Zhukov: I think this works better. I mean, if a person only shoots his one Ar15 say five times a year and fires a total of 1000 rounds, but has 10k of XM-193 on hand, that guy is an ammo whore. Dude - if I had only 10,000 rounds on hand, do you really think I'd burn through a WHOLE 1000 rounds in ONE YEAR? No wai! You're an ammo whore if you don't shoot because you might deplete your stash. You're an ammo whore if you don't shoot because your stash might be reduced to a non-integer multiple of 1000 rounds. You're an ammo whore if you feel the immediate need to order another case of ammo after you shot 2 boxes. You're an ammo whore if you periodically take inventory of your The list could surely be longer.... I think I have the wizard sleeve
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Originally Posted By MARINE-ORDIE: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276871/IMG_20210710_153417588-2257232.jpg Got to get the important stuff first when moving I don't have much ammo but I date a supermodel and can't show pictures because of reasons so I believe all the guys saying they have a train load but can't show pictures. |
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Originally Posted By akethan: $100 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14209/20211105_121445-2156216.jpg I'll take it! Stand by for my address. 
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Originally Posted By Zeebz: So you don't actually have more than any five of us combined? Originally Posted By Zeebz: Originally Posted By Truchas: I guarantee I have more 5.56, 7,62x39 and 7.62x51 than any five of you combined. But it was lost in a fire. So you don't actually have more than any five of us combined? When you have enough ammo to fill a shipping container you’ll be close to what I have. |
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Originally Posted By labloverva: I have about 40-50 rounds of match grade 5.56, and about 700 rounds of IMI and Federal 5.56. Does that make me a 'ho or do I need to buy more? Babe in the woods level. |
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Originally Posted By LimJahey: Went through my stash again recently and this is what I came up with. Am I ammo whore status? 9mm - 28,700 40 - 4150 45 - 3800 38sp - 3550 223/556 - 5000 7.62x39 - 1500 22lr - Around 50k Nope. 
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Originally Posted By MARINE-ORDIE: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276871/IMG_20210710_153417588-2257232.jpg impressive. but all i see are dollar signs. i'd sell all of that, including the cans, make 10 grand and invest some of that in crypto and put the rest in my bank account to buy food and gas for my suv that i live out of |
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Originally Posted By carbface: impressive. but all i see are dollar signs. i'd sell all of that, including the cans, make 10 grand and invest some of that in crypto and put the rest in my bank account to buy food and gas for my suv that i live out of Originally Posted By carbface: Originally Posted By MARINE-ORDIE: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276871/IMG_20210710_153417588-2257232.jpg impressive. but all i see are dollar signs. i'd sell all of that, including the cans, make 10 grand and invest some of that in crypto and put the rest in my bank account to buy food and gas for my suv that i live out of 
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Originally Posted By carbface: impressive. but all i see are dollar signs. i'd sell all of that, including the cans, make 10 grand and invest some of that in crypto and put the rest in my bank account to buy food and gas for my suv that i live out of We always need people to work the fields when the SHTF................................. |
Liberals are a curious mix of communism and fascism, they want to destroy you but want to use your own money to do it.
I'd rather be CALLED a fascist then BE a liberal.
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Originally Posted By carbface: impressive. but all i see are dollar signs. i'd sell all of that, including the cans, make 10 grand and invest some of that in crypto and put the rest in my bank account to buy food and gas for my suv that i live out of Originally Posted By carbface: Originally Posted By MARINE-ORDIE: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276871/IMG_20210710_153417588-2257232.jpg impressive. but all i see are dollar signs. i'd sell all of that, including the cans, make 10 grand and invest some of that in crypto and put the rest in my bank account to buy food and gas for my suv that i live out of Cool story. I will give you 10 grand for all of that ammo in that picture. You get that much you just send me an IM, K? |
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