Always boggles my mind why the 10 rounders are more expensive. I wish they sold the 10 rounders for a good cheap price compared to those 25 round mags.I would buy a handful.
I just bought one Friday the 11th from Cabelas, was on sale for 379.00 with a 20$ Cabela's Bucks Rebate they sent me I paid 359 + tax. Brand new 15-22 sport. It was a good day.:D
I went into a LGS today looking into getting a 15/22 PC version and they told me that S&W was making some changes to the 15-22 line and they currently could not get any for a month or so.
It is the ammo. The Winchester white box 222,333,555 bulk packs are largely considered some of the worst 22LR ammo on the market. I have numerous FTF's out of my bolt guns with bulk Winchester ammo.
Do a google search and you will find numerous topics and videos about the subject.
Geco is well known for being good reliable ammo. It is made in Germany in the same plant that makes RWS target ammo. Most of the European ammo is quite a bit better than the american made ammos.
Here is my Marlin XT-22 VR.
Swapped out the elcheapo plastic stock for a Boyd's Pro Varmint in Applejack. And she is wearing a Mueller 8.5-25x44 Tactical scope.
Still working on 2 other Marlin builds, a 22 Mag. and a 17 HMR.
That's what i do. The closest Cabeleas to me is about 50 miles. I make orders from them when they have the cheap stuff in bulk and maybe once a month i will drive to the store to pick it up.
I have roughly 15,000 Remington Thunderturds currently and about 25,000 rounds of various other 22 LR...
It is pretty much the standard rate from what I have seen when its available.
Palmetto has a deal going currently.
And for getting Walmart ammo score I use the Wikiarms Walmart ammo search function. It also helps to know when your local stores stock their shelves. I had had no luck for the...