Quote:
Originally Posted by ChattanoogaPhil
Rimfire shortage is due to demand. Tons of rimfire replicas have hit the market in recent years, particularly "black guns"with 30rd mags dangling underneath, that had never existed before. Folks are blowing though bricks in a shooting session. Add to this a poor economy which pushes more folks into cheaper rimfire shooting... and demand for rimfire has probably doubled/tripled or more. So it makes sense to me when I see centerfire ammo piled high and dusty rimfire shelves.
|
I agree but I feel you left out all the rimfire shooting teams and training now. The Ruger Rimfire Challenge went so well it's become NSSF, Progect Appleseed seems to just keep growing, and my range is more and more crowded on the weekends with instructors giving training with rimfire to new shooters and there is a ton of new gun buyers out there these last few years. I don't think production has a hope of catching up as long as they keep thinking this is just a spike in the buying. I don't see .22LR being much more available for years now. I blame the M&P 15-22...
