Scarcity of 22 LR ammo

[josywales]

Same back at you...must have hit a nerve. LOL

You can't hit anything, if you don't have ammo. Come on, now that's funny!

 

[505Gibbs]

Compared to a few years ago there is a ton of 22LR out there - it depends on your price point!
Have you used the various search engines for looking for it?
Try gunbot.com or ammoseek as a couple.
If you want a tough one to shoot - try 22MRF - its almost scarce.

 

[Knightheart]

How true...a good steel toed boot is good for short distances as is a lead pipe. Funny how they accuse me of a bad attitude and slam me when they say the same things. Two way street and all. A good mirror will be sent to them. Enjoy!

 

[Knightheart]

Thanks! I have tried AmmoSeek and will keep checking there. Never heard of Gunbot, but I appreciate the assistance.

 

[REM 3200]

Being a 'prepper' is one thing, but a hoarder, like you, are causing the shortage of 22LR ammo. Nobody needs 100000 rds. Bet you don't shoot 1000 a week. Anyway, many out there are like me that think your type is making the shortage of this ammo worse for all! As a military and NRA member, you should have more concern for all shooters, not just yourself. Have a good day!

No one here has claimed to be holding 100,000 rounds. I don't think 10,000 is unreasonable. It is not that hard to find today.

 

[pharmer]

. Nobody needs 100000 rds. Bet you don't shoot 1000 a week.

I have 10K .22lr on hand. Used to have double that. I haven't bought a single rd from a store in 10 years. I bought 4 Wallyboxes at a yard sale for $100 a year a go on impulse. I shoot 300 rds, 3X a year along with 150-200 rds centerfire every trip to keep from being too dangerous should I need to employ my carry weapon. Whether it's economics, politics, greed, schadenfreude, or stupidity in general, if'n I see .22lr at a decent price I'm getting it even though I really don't need it. I don't care what others think or do. Joe

 

[mgriffin]

Cabela's on line had 22LR this morning. Winchester and Remington. Winchester was in 100 rd. box and Remington was 500rds or 100 rds....just saying...

 

[Jayspec]

Come over to London/England there's plenty in my local shops. Good American stuff too

 

[CrazyFingers]

Nobody needs 100000 rds.

You know, there's a few politicians out there who completely agree with that sentiment, and would like to expand it to a lot of other things besides just ammunition.

 

[StakeOut]

Beginning about December last year I've seen 22lr and 22WMR on the shelf in every store I have visited.

Academy Sports has 1400 rd Golden Bullet buckets for $79
Walmart has had 1000 packs of M-22
Bass Pro Shop and Gander Mountain have good supplies of several brands.

I laugh at the 22lr sellers on texasguntrader offering the ammo they just bought in the stores listed above for double and triple their outlay.

At a recent gun show I attended a seller had $45 Bass Pro/Gander Mtn 22WMR CCI Landry Swamp People box of 200 for $85 and $6.95 Rem Yellow Jacket for $15.

This hurts us all.Don't buy from the thieves.

 

[gwpercle]

A local gun shop has a sale on S&W 22 rifles....if you buy a new S&W 22 rifle, S&W will throw in a 222 round box of 22 LR ammo " for free" .
After that , I guess you are on your own to get ammo for it.
Times are bad when the only way to sell a 22 is throw in some ammo for it, and hope the buyer isn't aware of the shortage.
Gary

 

[cyphertext]

Being a 'prepper' is one thing, but a hoarder, like you, are causing the shortage of 22LR ammo. Nobody needs 100000 rds. Bet you don't shoot 1000 a week. Anyway, many out there are like me that think your type is making the shortage of this ammo worse for all! As a military and NRA member, you should have more concern for all shooters, not just yourself. Have a good day!

I'm not only a NRA member, but a NRA certified rifle, pistol, and shotgun coach, as well as RSO. Did you miss the part where I supply ammo to my son's troop? On a shooting weekend, we have over 100 boys who get to shoot 50 rounds... you do the math. I assure you that I have done more for the future of shooting sports than you.

With your "Nobody needs X number of rounds" attitude, you sound like an anti gun person... what is your next step, telling me what gun I need?

 

[pharmer]

Come over to London/England there's plenty in my local shops. Good American stuff too

How much per rd? Joe

 

[scoobysnacker]

22lr is available again, I've been able to pick up a nice little stash online just over the past couple of months. Like others have mentioned, use the search engine notifications. I signed up for whatever is linked at slickguns, and specified my pricepoint (I think it's set for 8 cents or under). Whenever something pops up, it flashes to my phone, and you usually have less than a half hour to decide if you want that deal. I've gotten CCI, Winchester, the bucket from Remington, Federal, Aguila, and Norma that way. I also have talked to the owner of my local range, and he's sold me Winchester (1000 rd in black box stuff, not the walmart boxes) for reasonable.

Once I got enough for comfort, I've laid off until it's around 6 cents shipped, but that still comes around.

I think we've seen an explosion of 10-22/MP 22/GSG 522 etc "tactical" shooters, people who buy and shoot a brick at a time plinking. That, and the recent shortages of centerfire rds (well, I'll just go shoot 22 instead), I think accounts for the 22lr shortages.

 

[tfreeman]

I often wonder about these topics as it's readily available in my area. I leave it on the shelves unless it's $0.06 per round or similar. Most local stores have at least some brand in for around $0.10 per round. The cheap stuff tends to be Remington. Branching out to try different brands, I ordered 4 boxes of Federal Match from PSA and had it at my door in less than a week. I just bought 2 boxes of Winchester locally. Checking back online, just hitting a few sites, all have them had some in stock.

PSA - Federal in stock and less than $0.08 per round
Federal 22 Long Rifle 40gr Solid Champion AutoMatch Ammunition 325rds - AM22


AIM Surplus - Many different brands in stock
.22 LR

Wholesale Ammunition - Several brands in stock
Ammunition - Featured Items - Military Shooters LLC

If you don't want to search several sites, use AmmoSeek like someone mentioned. There's also slick guns:
https://www.slickguns.com/category/ammo?caliber=3

By the way, I have over 13,000 rounds currently. Sounds like a lot, but 3 of us went through more than 600 rounds Sunday. So with that rate, we have about 20 range sessions. Any friends come over and that rate doubles, so 10 range sessions. Not excessive by any stretch.

 

[Jim1392]

Thanks! I have tried AmmoSeek and will keep checking there. Never heard of Gunbot, but I appreciate the assistance.

Like I said sign up for the in stock ammo thread here and you will get emails everyday with links to buying ammo. More then you will really need. I have more then enough just using the links posted here and between my wife and myself we shoot around 700 to 800 rounds per week. Going to the big box stores is just a waste of time and gas.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

I have plenty; it was only a couple of months ago that I acquired at least 500 CCIs and I have other stuff. I dumped my Thunderer .22s because they were too dirty in my pistol. My pistol doesn't like Federal, either, so I have 500+ of those I am going to sell. I'll make a note in the Classifieds over the weekend.

 

[StakeOut]

I just got back from my local Walmart.In stock were 4 1400 rd buckets of Remington Golden Bullets @$70.74 each.

 

[JeffM]

Have north of 20,000 myself, I sell some to friends that can't find any on sale
but it took me 4 years to get all of it a little at a time, I do shoot about 10k a summer

btw 22LR instock

Federal AutoMatch 22 LR Ammo 40 Grain Lead Round Nose

 

[KSDeputy]

If you have an Academy Sports near you, check there. I have bought 800 rounds of Browning hollow point, 1400 fps, for $ 10 a box of 100. I need the high velocity for my .22lr pistols.