Brick of .22 ammo

[Baltimoreed11754]

I've still got some Russian .22 ammo from my y2k stockup and US .22 from before the last drought. Last stuff I bought was CCI standard velocity and cci quiet from midway a couple years ago.

 

[runted]

Just bought 4000 rounds of Winchester .22 in the black box for $50 a thousand and 2000 rounds of Federal 5.56mm green tip for $480 a thousand. If I hadn't run out of funds I could have bought Remington 22 for the same price. Remington .38 special 158 grain lead semi wadcutter hollow point +p in 50 round boxes was $21 a box and I got all five boxes.

If my free money comes thru I may have to make another run. I believe I saw some .357 125grain semi jacketed hollow points for $46.99 a hundred round box.

 

[CH4]

Saturday Sportsman's Warehouse had 250 ct boxes for $13.99, I was able to snag 4 boxes along with powder, primers, bullets...

I'll be going to the Big Reno Show next weekend. Can't wait to watch the silliness. I am contemplating bringing 2-4 pounds of H4350 and a brick or two of SPPs just to see how silly people have become.

 

[GypsmJim]

I have really liked the Golden Bullet ammo I've shot the last couple years. They all go off, no damaged rounds, are decently accurate, and no golden "pixie dust" on your fingers or in the bottom of the box.

The Golden Bullets are much improved from their low point of 5 -10 years ago, most guys that hate on them haven't tried any of the recent production GBs.
They aren't as accurate as the Mini-mags I buy, but they are half the price, fine for plinking or shorter range hunting.


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I'm one of the guys that swears against Remington. Not just 5-10 years, but going back 25 years.

Thanks for the report. Maybe now I'll try some if I ever find any.

 

[germansheperd]

About a year ago Target Sports had 5,250 rd cases of Federal 36 gr plated hp's for $199 with a $4/box rebate. I bought 2. They had truckloads they were trying to move due to the "***** slump." Nobody called me a "hoarder" then, different now that they are out. I'll probably be a couple years past dead by the time I use those cases. I'm still shooting $9.87 550 rd "Wallyboxes" I bought maybe 15-20 years ago. Joe

They were $7.97 in 05/06 here. I bought a couple a week for the longest time and made a killing selling them to LGSs' back in 15/16 and recently.

 

[germansheperd]

Not so strange, just reading posts here there are guys proud of themselves for picking up a brick of low end rimfire for $50. Besides paying the heavy price they brag they didn't really need them. Then they all puzzle over why prices are so high. Maybe, just maybe they are part of the problem. If they are worried guns are going to be outlawed their ammo won't be worth Jack anyway. The black market stuff from overseas will leave them holding the bag. Of course you need the appropriate number of rounds to correspond with how many rolls of wiping paper you are "sitting" on.

Guns and ammo will never be distressed merchandise.

 

[LostintheOzone]

CCI std. vel. was going for $25 brick in 2019. I bought a case and at the time I thought that was a pretty stupid thing to do with $250. Should have purchased another 3 cases and rounded it up to $1000. It doesn't take up much room and is handily beating stock market returns.

 

[Sgt911]

Around 1970ish my dad would buy a brick for $3.50. That converted to $23 dollars today. Bricks in 2000s were $8. Reverse 2010 to 1970 is $1.72. That $49 brick today would be $7.23 in 1970.

 

[pharmer]

1963 or '64 I got my 1st "brick" of Federal .22lr from R&S Home-and-Auto (like a PepBoys with guns and hardware) in NJ for $5.69. The "inflation calculator" says today it would be $49. Ammo has been relatively inexpensive for most of the last 60 years. Joe

 

[germansheperd]

Around 1970ish my dad would buy a brick for $3.50. That converted to $23 dollars today. Bricks in 2000s were $8. Reverse 2010 to 1970 is $1.72. That $49 brick today would be $7.23 in 1970.

I don't recall hearing about a 50 round box of .22 for .35 in 1970 for your $3.50 a brick. From what I seen and heard was .49 in the early to mid 1960's.

 

[2ndtimer]

From waaay back in the safe. The good OLD days

Those truly were the good old days. Back then, even the Remington Thunderbolt ammo was good!

 

[tops]

If they are worried guns are going to be outlawed their ammo won't be worth Jack anyway. .

That depends upon a buyer and seller. Larry

 

[HJBM&P22Custom]

I was checking on the web last nite and a company had a brick of Remington Thunderbolt 22's for 179.00! This will need shipping and sales tax! I think we have reached the point that printers got to a few years ago where the ink cost more than the printer did, I guess maybe if you buy enough ammo they might throw in the gun. Just joking, but I never ever thought .22's would get that high. Jeff

I went by Academy this morning on a lark after I figured the vultures had picked everything up, so about 9:30. They had all kinds of ammo including 9mm, 45, 38, and others. They had plenty of it and you were limited to 2 boxes of ammo per day. Most of them were in 50 round boxes so hardly a place to stock up.

They did have Remington Thunderbolt .22lr for $29.50 per box of 500. Limit was 2 so I picked up 1000 for about $60. Not too much of an increase over pre-China virus prices. I will go back tomorrow to see if they still have some because they had a bunch of it this morning.

 

[Narragansett]

I was checking on the web last nite and a company had a brick of Remington Thunderbolt 22's for 179.00! This will need shipping and sales tax! I think we have reached the point that printers got to a few years ago where the ink cost more than the printer did, I guess maybe if you buy enough ammo they might throw in the gun. Just joking, but I never ever thought .22's would get that high. Jeff

That is a lot of money for the softest lead 22 junk out there. Want to lead your barrel up quick use these. Another inferior product from Big Green

 

[gnystrom]

22lr in the Minneapolis area run about 10¢. This year (2021) I have paid as low as 6¢ and I stop at 10¢.

 

[wetdog1911]

That is a lot of money for the softest lead 22 junk out there. Want to lead your barrel up quick use these. Another inferior product from Big Green

If they were GIVING it away I have no .22LR guns that I think so little of that I would run this excrement through.

Calling it junk is insulting to junk.

Rob

 

[Empe]

Anyone charging more than $19.99 for 500 22lr of ANY kind needs to be shunned.
Price gouging cannot be rewarded.

Really ? I'm not sure what type of .22 ammo you usually purchase but I don't remember the last time I paid $19.99 per brick . I think the closest I've gotten to that price was CCI Stnd Velo at $24.99 per brick on sale .CCI Mini Mags around $40.00/500 . Most of what I shoot is considerably more ...SK Standard Plus $55.00 per brick & Lapua Center X at a round $115.00-$120.00 per brick and this at pre panic prices. I have no idea how much any of it would be now or if it's even available.
Fortunately I have enough .22 ammo in stock to last for some time.

 

[weatherby]

From waaay back in the safe. The good OLD days

Geez Sal
I thought you were old as dirt.


Reach back farther and pull out the good stuff.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Back in 2013 &14 the CMP was selling surplus .22 ammo(plain white box/standard velocity) for $92.00/case of 5000.......i stocked up. Also every time I went into Wally world I bought a "milk carton" or 2 of Federals. I'm GTG on .22's.

 

[NJM15]

Much better

I'm thinking Rudi saw Golden Bullet 525 packs.
The Yellowjacket was a premium, hyper velocity varmint round and was quite accurate for a 1500+ fps round.
They would blow the bejeezus out of ground squirrels.
Like you said, they never sold them in bulk packs.

I have really liked the Golden Bullet ammo I've shot the last couple years. They all go off, no damaged rounds, are decently accurate, and no golden "pixie dust" on your fingers or in the bottom of the box.

The Golden Bullets are much improved from their low point of 5 -10 years ago, most guys that hate on them haven't tried any of the recent production GBs.
They aren't as accurate as the Mini-mags I buy, but they are half the price, fine for plinking or shorter range hunting.

Walmart hasn't jacked up their prices, I've been buying 525 GB packs for $24.97, and 100 round packs of Mini-mags are still $7.97.
The local ranch store has been getting in the 1500 round buckets of Goldens, price is $95.
It sounded high at first because Walmart sells the buckets for $64 when they get them in, but even at $95 that's just $32 a brick, not bad in today's market.

I have a bucket of goldens and all the lead is loose in the cases
later ones seem fine important when shooting out of a semi dont have a .22 sport but do have a GSG AK .22.
Forget it in my Sig 226 .22 conversion its appetite consists of CCI minis or Federal match 22's
Bought my first bucket 6 years ago at Dicks 59.00 so wally mart is a great deal at 64.00