I’ve heard it said many times that ammunition will be used like money after the collapse (TEOTWAWKI), but I have never heard what the exchange rates are. How many .22LR for a .357 Magnum? Or for that matter, a 30-06? Does anyone have a chart?
Interesting that I have heard this same thing from people here who deride others for having gold (you can’t eat gold). Its pretty hard to eat ammunition, too. After all the game is slaughtered very shortly after TEOTWAWKI, the only way to turn it into food is to use it aggressively (not in self defense which is what everyone says they would use it for).
BTW, if stored properly, the 10 year limit for .22LR ammunition (read the article), is totally BS. I got a really great birthday present from my father back in 1963. It was 10,000 rounds of Federal .22LR. I shot up most of it before I went away to college. I put the remainder in a government .30cal ammo box and stored it in their basement, up high on a shelf.
I found it about 35 years later. I have been shooting up a few chambers full every year since then to see how long they will last. I am still shooting them (they are almost gone) and have not had a single misfire yet. I will probably run out before they age out.
Just remember, store them properly. Away from heat, cold, and wet. If it ever does become money, I am rich.
I found a brick of ‘Mowhawk’ 22lr just yesterday. I took all of the rounds out of the little boxes and combined them into a single container. ... The little green and yellow boxes are collectibles.