I haven't seen 22 ammo at Walmart for many months. A group of guys seem to know when the ammo comes in and they buy it all.
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Well my hat is off to a fellow S&W forum member that recently sold me five 525rd bricks of 22LR at $30/brick, or 5.7-cents/rd. And THAT included shipping to Texas from one of the coasts, and obviously no sales tax. Taking off my local sales tax rate brings the cost down to just 5.28-cents/rd. VERY reasonable during these panicked times.
THANK YOU!
I was PM'd with their offer, so out of respect I haven't shared their name, not knowing if they wanted others to know. Would hate to have them inundated with requests, if you know what I mean![]()
National retailers aren't charging more than before December 2012 with a reasonable cost of inflation bump. Minimags at Walmart last November were $6.97/100. Now Walmart charges $7.47/100. That's a reasonable increase. Also, last week I found 50 boxes of Thunderbolts at a regional farm/ag supply store for $2.29 ea. That shows the manufacturers are only passing on a reasonable increase for the cost of manufacture. The problem is hoarders stripping the shelves to resell a $2.29 box at $6.00.
At the gun show Saturday I picked up a couple of hundred rounds of Winchester HV at 10 cents a round (4 boxes of 50 for $20). That seems to be about the going rate around here - except at the ranges where its about 12 cents a round - or $6 a box.