Ammo Bank
Load up
Training for The Tactical Games involves some stuff and some skills, but mostly a lot of reps. Fitness gear is mostly redundant with CrossFit gear that I have at home or access to at the gym, but I needed to add an axle bar and weight vest which I’ve been using this week. Both work great – the axle bar is no factor once it is overhead, but takes a bit more grip to deadlift or clean. The vest is far comfier than the 5.11 plate carrier it replaces.
Classes are mostly at Sig Sauer Academy with lots of side benefits including evening jiu jitsu and time on their belt fed M250. I’m supplementing those with M2 Tactical Solutions and am waitlisted at Rogers Shooting School. Hitting the best schools requires travelling with weapons, so crucial to have hard locking cases for the task.
A great way to get accustomed to TTG is to volunteer. Judges report about a half marathon per day on their fitness trackers during competitions (since they move with the athletes). I am going to go through the shakeout classes then volunteer at an event before my competition.
One of the big unavoidable expense: ammo. Classes go through upwards of 2,500 rounds per week. My favorite source is Ammo Squared. You can build up an ammo portfolio over time and lock in the price. They professionally store it and ship it when you want it. New customers get $35 when you spend $20. I like 50k rounds of $0.33 9mm practice and another 50k rounds of $0.60 223 practice as well as 250 rounds of $0.96 5.56 match grade and 250 rounds of $0.46 9mm premium. This comes in at just under $47k. Worth every $0.01. After learning fundamentals, it comes down to reps.
Ammo is security. In a crunch, ammo is food. In a crunchier crunch, ammo is currency – with a known value, compact, standardized, and durable, it has all the attributes of money. In a crisis, this portfolio could easily 10x in value or more. If things go off the rails, you’ll be glad to have some in supply. If not… it is still fun to shoot. And shooting more exotic fare is especially fun, but standard military rounds are going to be the most widely demanded and accepted.
Finally, the second amendment provides Americans with constitutional protection for our firearms. But many regulations are still being litigated and some jurisdictions have been especially aggressive against ammo. Your best bet is to buy at least some while there aren’t dramatic shortages or threats to acquiring it. If nothing else, as a bare minimum you can get 200 rounds of $0.10 .22 practice ammo to teach your kids.
Let’s go man. This is awesome
Thank you for the Ammo Squared info!