touchoneoff
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Yeah. It's not over here in Indiana either. Glad I don't need it anymore.
.22 LR Shortage Is Over - NO WAY ! !
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Jim1392
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Hi, I'm Jim, and I'm an Ammoholic
It all started after I bought my first 22. I woke up the next day and realized I now needed ammo.
So I began driving around to all the big box stores trying to find some. There was nothing to be found!! "What did I get myself into" I said to myself. Then I found the In Stock Ammo thread and my thirst for ammo was solved. Wow, I can order it online, at home, from my computer anytime I needed it. At first I bought anything I could. Just to feel the rounds in my hands. But then when I had a good stock I only started buying my favorite rounds. I then realized there were other people like me out there, addicted to ammo!! So I decided to share my secret online and help others like myself. But much to my dismay people still preferred to drive around much like I did in the beginning hoping they would stumble on a rare 100 round box of CCI on a shelf. And others who would rather complain about those who do buy it, and that we are the problem. So I finally realized there is no hope for some people. Yes, I'm Jim, and I'm addicted to ammo. But I'm the one who will be out shooting anytime I want while others sit home talking about the old days, and the never to return to old day prices.
It all started after I bought my first 22. I woke up the next day and realized I now needed ammo.
So I began driving around to all the big box stores trying to find some. There was nothing to be found!! "What did I get myself into" I said to myself. Then I found the In Stock Ammo thread and my thirst for ammo was solved. Wow, I can order it online, at home, from my computer anytime I needed it. At first I bought anything I could. Just to feel the rounds in my hands. But then when I had a good stock I only started buying my favorite rounds. I then realized there were other people like me out there, addicted to ammo!! So I decided to share my secret online and help others like myself. But much to my dismay people still preferred to drive around much like I did in the beginning hoping they would stumble on a rare 100 round box of CCI on a shelf. And others who would rather complain about those who do buy it, and that we are the problem. So I finally realized there is no hope for some people. Yes, I'm Jim, and I'm addicted to ammo. But I'm the one who will be out shooting anytime I want while others sit home talking about the old days, and the never to return to old day prices.Shootbrownelk
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Very doubtfull pharmer, I haven't seen any .22's at WW in over a month. You can't "Hoard" what isn't available. I smell a rat at the manufacturer and distributors's door. Not one of the gun magazines is doing an investigation following where all the .22 ammo is going. All you read about it is some gun scribe that is interviewing one of their advertisers...saying that they're doing all they can to satisfiy the demand, running machines 24/7.....bullcookies! It's been over 2 years now.
THE PILGRIM
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According to clerks at my local Walmart, they are getting 22 ammo on a regular basis.
They told me that most of the time the same guys show up and buy all of it. Every day. So apparently a few people have accumulated a lot of 22 ammo.
They had a good inventory of almost every other caliber except 22. Apparently there is still an ongoing attempt to corner the market on 22 ammo.
They told me that most of the time the same guys show up and buy all of it. Every day. So apparently a few people have accumulated a lot of 22 ammo.
They had a good inventory of almost every other caliber except 22. Apparently there is still an ongoing attempt to corner the market on 22 ammo.
tbgunner88
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I'm afraid some people won't consider the shortage over until they can walk into their local walmart and buy all the 22 ammo they want. If walmart was the only place I tried to buy ammo at the last couple years I would be shooting at my targets with rocks and a sling shot.
eet
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Shoot Straight in Tampa a little more than an hour north of you has had 22lr in stock every time I've been in there for months. The last few weeks they have had it at 10 cents per round. I do agree that Walmart is tough, I haven't seen any at Walmarts near me for years. I also saw 10 cent per round 22 at both the Palmetto and Ellenton gun shows within the last month. It is out there, Walmart and the small gun shops may not be the best bet though.
Khalid already gets enough of my money. $.10/rd is $55 for a $25 Wallybox. Go on up ahead without me. I'll pile it at $.04 rd. The 10K rds I have on hand was purchased at around $.02/rd and when I bought it nobody said I was a "hoarder." Lots of "mouth" around, solutions, not so much. Joe
eet
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I agree, .10 is too much but the OP seems to want to pick it up instead of ordering online. My average landed cost has been under .07 and I only buy minimags now.
We have 2 Walmart stores in my town and neither one has had any rimfire of ANY caliber in several months. The store on the opposite side of town as me, doesn't even have price tags for it on the shelves anymore. It's all pistol, rifle and shotgun ammo now.
030201_S&W
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I just happened to find 1000 rounds of Federal Lightening I had sealed and stored in 1984 ish. Less than $2 a 50 round box, suppose a few will not fire but it's the range to test them. : >)
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dullh
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People still lamenting a shortage of .22 ammo?
I just had 2,000 rounds of Norma TAC-22 delivered to my door - for a price that amounts to $11 per 100 rounds.
You people who say there's an ammo shortage must only use the internet to come to this forum and whine about it. .22 ammo is out there. It ain't hard to find...
I just had 2,000 rounds of Norma TAC-22 delivered to my door - for a price that amounts to $11 per 100 rounds.
You people who say there's an ammo shortage must only use the internet to come to this forum and whine about it. .22 ammo is out there. It ain't hard to find...
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05CarbonDRZ
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Yes,It is around if you are willing to overpay.That has already been covered in this thread.No way am I paying $55 for a brick of 500 Rounds of .22LR.
cyphertext
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Sorry, I call bull... they may not have had it when you went, but they have had it. A quick search on brassbadger shows that 3 days ago, the Cartersville Hwy Walmart had Federal Automatch. Within the past week, both Walmarts have had the Winchester M22 1,000 round boxes.
It also has become increasingly difficult for me to find it in the last few months. My local Bass Pro used to ALWAYS have some but not anymore, perhaps cause some a-hole started buying it all up or they just aren't getting as much in anymore. Local Walmart has had it once or twice in the past year (and I never actually saw it I just heard about it). The in-stock online ammo thread has been the only thing allowing me to continue shooting my 15-22.
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A 300% increase in the price of rimfire ammunition in two years does not indicate that things are "back to normal" or even approaching "normal". Like other posters have stated before me, I will not pay 10-15¢ a round for .22LR ammunition when it was 4-5¢ a round just two years ago. Component and production costs did not increase 300%, so the increase is not due to any increase in production costs, unless the ammo manufacturers are trying to recoup all of their costs for installing additional production lines immediately instead of over the lives of the new production lines. I believe that the increased cost is coming from the distributors who are enjoying a windfall as long as it appears that supply is low (and some retailers for the same reason).
Ben Cartwright SASS
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Here at the wally in Mass I was talking to a clerk and the guys who are showing up daily are actually working for several dealers who do gun shows where they can sell the $26 brick from wally's at the show for $75
dullh
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Based on what it was going for around here before the "shortage", $11 for 100 is not overpaying...it's just about right - and that was for American made. Good ammo like Norma was higher.
If you don't wanna pay, they you don't get to play...
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Bass Pro had 20 boxes of Winchester longs on sale today for $7 and they work just fine in my old Stevens. Haven't seen longs for years now.
webley green
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First time in a darn long time, our local Wally World had some .22s. CCI Swamp People brand. 300 rounds for 20 bucks. My shooting buddy was there with his wife and he saw it and called me. Paint brush into the bucket and 20 minutes later I was back painting the porch. I got two boxes, limit was three. Not the old days by a long stretch but I certainly okay these days.
