My local Wal-Mart has been out of 22LR since at least mid-October(when I started looking for it).

I'm taking a first-time shooter to the range next week, and want to start him out with 22s before we move to centerfire. I'm down to about 75 in my last Federal bulk pack, so finally broke down and bought a couple of the Remington 100 boxes(which are in stock).