I have an Army buddy who stocks a lot of gold and silver for SHTF reasons. I told him .22LR is cheaper, more useful in SHFT and more useful overall. He said Gold loses very little value, silver is usable in ways other than trade, but bullets you can only use one way. I asked him what the going rate would be for say 10g of gold in SHFT? A loaf of bread? A house, 2 bullets? What exactly would it be worth, because there will be no world market to sell it on, at least in the short term. Beyond monetary value, gold and silver offer little else. But a loaded cartridge, everyone's going to want them. And their going rate is going to be much higher than gold. Think I'm wrong just look at how much gun sales spiked during covid. One of my industry buddied said they had people coming in all day long, they'd be waiting outside when they opened. After a month and all the popular firearms were gone and ammo was gone. People would go in and ask what firearms do you have that you have ammo for. You can defend yourself with one. You can feed yourself with one. You can make more if you have the know how. You can start a fire with one.
If you are Rambo you can seal a bullet wound with no ill after effects with one. A cartridge, bullet, casing, primer, powder and press will go so much further in a crash than gold or silver will. IMHO
