Old 22 ammo pick up

[t4halo]

These arent as old as the pistol but still pretty cool. $1.38 at the Woolworth.

M

 

[larryofcc]

These arent as old as the pistol but still pretty cool. $1.38 at the Woolworth.

M

I still have a 5,000 rd. case of Wildcat ammo I bought at the local K-mart a few years ago. 79 cents a box. Big Larry

 

[Baxter6551]

I'm still shooting some .22 with K-Mart price tags. It still shoots great.

 

[Fishinfool]

Nice pics. Back when I was a kid, WW Wildcats & their T-22 ammo was my two go to's. Remington "Golden Bullets", in HP form was just for hunting, as it cost a little more than the WW stuff.

For a couple years, my allowance was a brick of .22's a week. You probably could have used a coal shovel to collect all the .22 brass piled up at my little backyard range..

Larry

 

[DWalt]

When I was a kid, all I could afford to shoot was Federal .22 Shorts from the local country store. A quarter per box.

 

[larryofcc]

When I was a kid, all I could afford to shoot was Federal .22 Shorts from the local country store. A quarter per box.

When I had my first dollar and hour job back in the late 50's, one of my customers gave me a M1890 in 22 Long. I could not afford the Longs or could not find them, so I single loaded the M1890 with cheepo 22 Long Rifles purchased at Klauber Waggenheim at a discount price.
Imagine my surprise when a friend called me from Sportsmans Whse a couple years ago to tell me they got a shipment of 22;s in to include some CCI 22 longs. I bought all they had. Haven't seen any since. Big Larry

 

[Retired W4]

I think that Rem SV is perfect for your K22

Btw, a HALO with a T4 must be exciting!

 

[t4halo]

I think that Rem SV is perfect for your K22

Btw, a HALO with a T4 must be exciting!

I worked at an Army school in Yuma, AZ.

 

[dingomann]

The ammo is all late 1960s/early 1970s ammo.

 

[austintexas]

22 ammo

I only own 1 .22 mag rifle and it is a single shot, a Stevens favorite converted to .22 Mag. In '64 I picked up a favorite for $3.50 , Bought a used Marlin barrel from a local gunsmith and had it installed for $10.00 (also drilled and tapped) only modification to the receiver was the extractor. Since It was a single shot I didn't use a lot of ammo. Found a box the other day with a $1.50 label (from the 70s).
When I bought the rifle I was working at Fisher Electronics for the princely sum of $1.27 an hour. Driving a '55 Chevy Belair 2 door hardtop that I paid $35.00 and later sold for $250.00
SWCA 892

 

[dave1918a2]

I am almost out of WW Wildcat. Down to around 2000 rounds. There used to be a Kmart style store named ALCO in Denver. When They went under, they closed out the ammo. WW Wildcat was $2.76 a brick. A friend worked for Them so I had an inside trader kind of thing. Went to all the Denver stores and bought all They had. Everybody was stocking up on rifle and shotshells and the higher priced 22's. All I bought was WW Wildcat. That was 50 years ago.

 

[4K2022]

That brick of Remington brings back memories. Growing up in the Midwest where you could see 3 miles in any direction across corn stubble, wheat or bean fields my Dad stressed the importance of knowing what was BEHIND your target! He always referenced the 1 mile range.

 

[67ray]

Driving a '55 Chevy Belair 2 door hardtop that I paid $35.00 and later sold for $250.00
SWCA 892

Oh man '55 Belair hardtop my fave. The price is just fantasy . . .

 

[ruger 22]

Last year I shot up a box of Remington solids target ammo stamped USArmy 1943. It was all good and accurate.
On the '55 BelAir--my late wife had a '55 BelAir, cream and white 2 door hardtop with a V8 Powerpack engine, duals, skirts, and spinners. A real cool car. Swapped it for a Corvair in 1960.

 

[mauser9]

I recall the Remington Yellowjacket and Viper loads from the 70s. Advertised the Yellowjackets with a truncated tip I believe.

 

[Truckman]

On the '55 BelAir--my late wife had a '55 BelAir, cream and white 2 door hardtop with a V8 Powerpack engine, duals, skirts, and spinners. A real cool car. Swapped it for a Corvair in 1960.

My first two cars were bought while I was in high school with my part time job (Fuller Brush Man)...A '55 Belaire 2DR hardtop with a straight six and PowerGlide, then I decided I could make the payments on a new '65 Corvair Monza 2DR hardtop...All was cool until I graduated HS and Uncle Sam got me...Sold them both......Ben

 

[GypsmJim]

My Dad was a shooter in the 1930's in high school and then joined the Navy December 8th, 1941. He came back but his shooting buddy didn't so he lost interest.

In the 1960's I took up the hobby, using Dad's Winchester .22 Bolt action rifle. He didn't want me to shoot the old stuff, but the local gunsmith said go ahead.

100%....all went boom.

 

[DWalt]

Back in the late 1960s I coached a kids 4-H rifle team in Maryland. There was a sporting goods distributor in town, and he sold me .22 LR SV by the case at his price, which I believe was about $4-5 per brick.I never knew what brand he might have in stock, but was usually either Peters or CCI. I believe I still have a brick or two of the CCI stored away somewhere. I had around 20 kids so we went through a lot of ammo. At the time we shot at the Navy reserve armory that had a fairly decent 50 foot indoor range which had seven or eight positions. I really doubt that any reserve armory would allow its range to be used by civilians today. Back then it was no big deal.

 

[Pantherclass2004]

Good ammo, shoot away. And for info, its younger than I am…lol

 

[wundudnee]

A friend of mine saw an ad in the paper from K-Mart advertising cartons of .22s for a bargain price. He was going to work, so he asked his wife if she would pick him up a carton.

When he got home he asked her if she had got the .22s? She said yes, but they're in the trunk of the car, I can't lift them. When she asked for a carton they sold her a case for the carton price.