re: Ammo, politics, and stocking up

Some of these responses seem a little asinine, or at least thoughtless.

"don't buy all your ammo at one time". Ummm, what exactly are you suggesting with this? Don't buy up everything you see at the local Walmart, so you have some and nobody else does? Ok, I'm fine with that.

But- I can buy a case of pistol ammo (9mm, .45 acp, etc) online, and I have a cheaper price per box than I do if I stop at the nearest store. If I shoot around 50 rds per range session, I now have covered 10 trips to the range, without having to figure in that stop at the store for ammo. Note- I'm bringing my son, so that's 2 range fees, or basically $30 right off the bat, before the cost of ammo. Figure $10 per 50 rds 9mm, more for .45. It gets pricey, and there's no easy way around it... if I'm paying $30+ to begin with, I want to make sure I have enough in the bag to shoot my fill. I'm not dropping that to test out 5-10 rounds.

Also- other, rifle ammo. One of our guns shoots 7.65 x 53 Argentine. Someone price that locally... tell me if you find it, where it is, and how much a box of 20 costs. I'm in BR, I've seen it in Jims, for "a lot". Now, it also comes in and out of stock at online sites, and when it's in, I can get PPU for $15 or so a box. That's about half the price I find in stores, and about the same I find 30-30 at Walmart. Caveat- there's shipping involved, usu around the price of 1 box, give or take. So if I buy 10 boxes, that usu comes out to, say, 16 or 17 a box... still way less than what I would pay locally. And again, I'm then set for a number of sessions, not just a single trip. Also, since I've owned this rifle, I've noted that the online availability comes and goes, perhaps seasonally (maybe PPU does runs for deer season). Ok, by getting it in quantity when I can, I'm fine to continue shooting it when there's none available, as I've planned ahead.
Another is 8mm Mauser; haven't been able to price it locally yet (just inherited the rifle). Haven't seen any in stock nearby. Online is pretty tight, too, but I have found some.
Yet another is a Mosin Nagant. Locally, all I see is new brass ammo, at about the same cost as the Argentine rds. Haven't seen any surplus, but there are still supplies online. That's gone up in price, but is still way under what you'd pay for brass, and it goes bang.

If I buy a box at a time, it will cost me a lot more in the long run, and I may not be able to find any.