That doesn't matter in my book. Rather have it and don't need it than the other way around.

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For the last 20 + years, always kept 15K-20K of 22LR around. Still do. Shoot some and always on the lookout to keep the 22LR no less than 15K on hand. If the SHTF ever happens, this stuff will be better than gold or silver on trading for food.

I always stop when I have a few bucks in my wallet and grab a brick or 2 ... At this time I have 10K ... Funny this conversation is had by many people. I figure grab it while it's there. God only knows when the next so called shortage will be.

I do not understand the desire to stockpile 22 LR, and never have. I don't think I have shot any in the past five years. I just gave my nephew a few thousand rounds I acquired in a package-deal trade.

If you are planning (or hoping) for a riot, why stock up on the least effective ammo out there?

I don't get it.

I haven't bought a round of .22 in almost 10yrs, but I saw this coming so I haven't needed to. Somewhere back in the early 2000's I was stocking up on primers after the second primer panic had ended and the thought struck me that if anything really zany like a dollar/rd ammo tax was to happen it would affect the .22LR worse than any other caliber and at the time I could buy loaded .22LR for the same two cents per round as I was paying for primers,.......so I started putting away LR at a pretty good clip. I searched around for the best deals(Natchez Shooters was the place back then)and ordered in about a dozen cases at roughly $100/case. Then for the next couple of years I just picked up ten bricks any time I entered a Walmart regardless of what I actually went in there for. That worked fine until the first ammo panic hit.

I remember driving from Indiana to California that summer and stopping at every Walmart along the I-80 corridor and managing to pick up three lonely 550 Value Paks of Federal. Three paks total from about twenty stores. That's probably the last time I bought rimfire ammo,........I'm guessing that was 2008 or so. I probably have between twenty and thirty cases worth stored away,........100,000 to 150,000rds. Sounds like a lot,....and it is,....until I bring the American 180 out. That thing will dump a full 275rd drum in 13 seconds so you only get two dumps per Value Pak. Couldn't afford to shoot the gun at current prices.

I'm not worried about riots, zombies, the end of the world as we know it, etc.

What I used to worry about was price increases and nonavailability.

Since I have "stockpiled" I no longer worry. I can continue to shoot until they put me in the box.

If there is any ammo left after that, my son can shoot it or sell it for a profit.

Like I said, as good as money in the bank.

Money, Sex, and Ammunition! Too much is not enough!

and BEER

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these where bought around 1990 I think
actually after looking again close with a magnifier it was sept of 1992 the codes on the sales sticker.
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ok I was wrong for the first time this week
22LR on hand is 30K looked again tonight in my "lock box" and what I had bought recently

I have 1200 rounds of 22lr at a cost of about 14 cents a round because that's my limit on the amount I can store. But I'm in the uk where the firearms laws are ****. Got about 1500 12 gauge. Least I can have as many as them as I want

Be prpare-- i keep approx twenty five thousand .22 lr, twelve thousand .223, five thousand .308 and a thousand or two for each caliber in my "gathering" of firearms with the exception of some of the obscure calibers or pistol ammo (9mm, 45acp, .380 .32 etc. for which i keep multiple thousands). This is not a new idea as i have always kept many thousands of rounds on hand for things I shoot often like .30 carbine (6000) and replace spent ammo via purchase or reloading.

I found some 100 round 22lr mini mags and 50 round Remington in the red and white box totaling 2000 rounds bought in 1967. I have purchased more since. Funny thing is 22lr back then cost $1.98/ mini mags 100 pk and 98 cents for the Remingtom 50 pk. Seems like prices now in relation to 1967 are not as bad as we think. Looks like we went through a really good stretch with .22lr and prices now are closer to 1967 in todays dollars.

Thankfully I fired none but I felt much better having the 22LR Rifle rather then having nothing and being empty handed.

I was 12 and living in Detroit during 67 riots. I remembering being scared when a few of my dad's cop buddies warned him that there was talk on the rioting leaving the poorer areas and moving toward our neighborhood near the Redford border. My dad then produced a 12 ga that I had no idea he had. I felt a little more secure. You are right about closing all the gun stores. After the riots were over, my uncle went on a gun buying spree and made sure neither he or my dad would be in that situation again. Nice thing, most were never or barely fired and mine now. I really lucked out.

I don't kiss and tell. Hehehehe I don't want the government to open up a special file on me.


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More than I'll have tomorrow and less than I want.

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Really? U saw it in Wikipedia?

I think the ups guy hates me more 22 boxes today
actually I know him and have to buy a couple beers for him on Friday nights or when I get to see him for putting all my UPS in my garage
the dam fedex guy leaves it on the deck to get stole or rained on

A little under 12,000 rounds, trying to get and keep a least 1,000 rounds of the other 18 calibers

Like the OP I had one .22 revolver and life was simple. Now 40 years later I have over 20 hand guns six of which are .22 and a .22 M-1 carbine. Now I worry about .22 stock piles. Got it up to about 3,000 rounds and feel comfortable with that. When I go to the range with my SW22 or M&P .22 compact I shoot 100 rounds. The revolvers not as many.

You certainly don't.

i shoot other calibers, but for sheer fun i prefer 22lr.
i shoot 200-300 rounds of that every week, so i need lots on hand.

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I haven't counted but guess I have probably over 10,000 rounds
whenever I go into buy something else the clerk says have some 22's I say throw them in. I have several guns that shoot them but I am a .40, 9m, .357 and .45 long shooter, with them I roll my own.

After the San Bernardino shootings and the media exclaiming how much ammo the terrorists had my wife wanted me to inventory all my ammo, put it WAY down on my honeydolist

About 2000 rounds Federal Auto Match currently. Always keep 2000 to 3000 in house

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Enough to shoot a bunch every single day. And still have enough to last through the next few elections. Plus .22lr has been abundantly on the shelves for the last 2 years. So if anyone around here runs out. Theres plenty to be bought at wal-mart.

12k .22 LR

4k 9mm

3k .40

2k 5.56

400 12 ga.

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Guy over on the Ruger Forum claims to have 70,000 rounds

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I haven't purchased 22LR since 2012...it has gotten to be too crazy priced. Fortunately for me, before that I had about 14,000 rounds stashed. For me being a reloader it is cheaper still today to shoot center fire 9mm than it is for me to plink with 22. I can load 9mm for just shy of 10 cents per round, and make as much or a little at a time I want. My LGS used to carry 500 round bricks for $12.99 and I would typically pick up 1 or 2 each payday, just to have them...currently I am down to about 4500 rounds and for the replacement cost, I just won't shoot them.

If anyone else, aside from myself, has the unfortunate displeasure of living in the Democratic Republic of Illinois....there is hope!

As of yesterday, Cabela's in Hoffman Estates, IL has a lot of 22LR available. Some as cheap as 6.5 cents per round.

Browning BPR box of 400 for $26
CCI Mini-Mags 100 for $8.50
Winchester Super X 100 for $8

And about 5 or 6 others like Norma TAC 22 and standard velocity CCI, etc.

Additionally, I was talking with one of the guys working in the ammo section and he said that they are scheduled to receive more shipments of 22LR in the next week. He seemed to imply that our shortage may be nearing its end. Who knows if thats true so, for now, buy as much as you can. I picked up 800 rounds of BPR and another 800 mixed between Mini Mags and Super X.

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Online I can find .22lr for 6 cents a round, depending on how much I buy or if I pick it up at a store I can get it shipped free

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Enough for my needs for the foreseeable future...

Let just say north side of 10k for 22lr.
2k of 9mm
1k of 40sw
1k of 45acp
2k of 12 gauge (birdshot).

2016 has been good for firearms, but better for buying ammo and magazines for me.

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Ahh 2005 prices.

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Added to the stock pile a couple months back. Always nice to have on hand.

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Wish I had bought 10-20 cases of it then. That was when we would just decide to go shooting and stop by Wally World and pick a couple of boxes up.

About 6,000 rounds, but that will go fast when the grand kids come for their summer visit! Will have to restock!