The demand for 22LR ammo in normal times isn't that high when you could walk into Wal-Mart and they had a boat load of several manufacturers for sale. In the beginning there was a in surge of sales but now it's been many months and most people don't have the money to buy a ton of anything for long. Plus a lot of people paid way over the top prices for 22 ammo at gun shows in the range of 3x to 4x the normal cost.
I think the supply should have caught up with demand by now but it hasn't. My local Wal-Mart was on a one brick only allotment per customer for many months and has gone to three. However you better be in line when they put it out because it's gone in no time so people are still buying and hoarding it. When they allowed only one box people lined up at 4:30 AM in the morning and they started selling it when they had it at 7 AM.
I'm not sure what the answer is but it should have got better by now but it hasn't.
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