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You are talking such a subjective topic. I change out my carry ammo once a year, shoot what I have, and then load new rounds. So I keep two years worth of carry ammo. I have 3,500 FMJ 9mm that I use for my practice ammo. Slowly building it up to 5,200 which would be a years supply at 100 rounds a week. Then I'll work on going up to 10,400 so I'll be set for two years then so if ammo goes crazy I can ride it out for a bit. I keep less rifle rounds since I don't go through them as fast; around 1,600. I keep about half in magazines, and the other half in cans.

While you are at it you might want to keep extra magazines as well. They wear out and need replacing as well. No reason to have your ammo set aside with nothing to put them in. Having plenty of ammo stored to deal with price hikes doesn't do you any good if you have to lay out money when magazines do the same thing. When the gen3 pmags came out I found a store selling the gen2 for $8 and picked up 20. It also never hurts to have a repair kit for your guns as well. Find out the most common things that break/wear out on your gun and keep those parts as well.