$.59 22 ammo from Target.

[Golddollar]

I remember Wildcats, probably late 80s/early 90s.

Its funny, but I remember most places ran . 22s for . 97-.99 cents a box back in my day. Since I had a job as a young man, you would of course but a brick for about $10. You felt like a real gosh darn grownup. Then you'd do it again a month later. And so on. Not that I ever shot much of it.

Fast forward 30 years, a lot of that ammo kept me going through these recent droughts!!!

You and me both! I had 100 round boxes of CCI Mini-Mags that I bought at K-Mart back in the mid-1980s that were marked $2.94. That's what I used all year in my club's .22 league.

 

[Golddollar]

Lobo, S&H green stamps - man I had completely forgotten about those. When I was little, like 5 or 6 years old it was my job to put the stamps in the books.

I remember those too. I used to put them in the books for my grandmothers when we went to visit them.

 

[Golddollar]

I can't imagine Target or J.C. Penny's selling ammo. The world has changed.

But I can remember Woolworth's selling rifles in the late 1980s because that was after I moved to Maryland and I took a friend there where she bought her M-1 Garand at the Woolworth's in Frederick, MD.

 

[mmaher94087]

"Maybe a Remington 511/512/513 series?" I still have my Remington 513 Target. Hang tag says $99.

 

[F224]

Best I remember that I bought at the time was in the 1990's. Federal 36 or 38gr copper washed hollow points in Bozeman, MT for $89.00 for a case of 4,000. We would shoot up a full case in two days at gophers (Richardson Ground Squirrels, or Picket Pins) in the valley, killing hundreds of them in the alfalfa fields.

I bought many cases of them and still have two unopened in my shop here in Iowa to this day.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Before the crunch I bought several bricks of 500 rounds of Federal 22lr ammo for $7.99. Normal price was $9.99. That was only 13 years ago before this shortage started.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I recently paid 40 cents for 22.
But that for one round!
Federal Punch direct from Federal.
It does seem to be good Ammo.
But it don't feed in my problem child Beretta 21a.
Works great in my Ruger LCP !

 

[skeezix]

Nimrod

I have this old box of "Nimrod" .22 shorts I bought back in the late '50s. I don't remember the price.



"Nimrod" was the Whites Auto "store brand" at the time.

 

[GypsmJim]

But I can remember Woolworth's selling rifles in the late 1980s because that was after I moved to Maryland and I took a friend there where she bought her M-1 Garand at the Woolworth's in Frederick, MD.

A Spanish Mauser, a Swiss Schmidt-Rubin and an unissued Springfield 03A3 all came from Woolworths in the early 1970's. As I recall they all cost $19 - $39.

 

[dave1918a2]

Had a Stevens bolt .22 growing up. Bought ammo at Monkey Wards, Piggy Wiggly and western Auto. Think it was around $.39 a box. Bought lots of Wildcat when ALCO stores closed. Somewhere around $3/brick. Still have some. Had a Weatherby .22 that would shoot 1 inch groups at 100 yards with Wildcat in the late 70's.

 

[Dvus]

Growing up in the 70s in small town Iowa, I can remember the Holiday gas stations had their store brand 22s for 59 cents a box of 50. They also had centerfire ammo in their brand and Federal shotshells. They also had rifles and shotguns in an open display rack next to all the hunting accessories. No child locks or clerk to show it to you, just pick one up and check it out yourself. You'll never see that again. And sporting goods counters in Target and JC Penny's in the city with guns and ammo. When I was 15, I got a CVA 1861 Navy kit from Target and a shooters kit for it.

 

[GypsmJim]

I started shooting with my Dad in the 1960's. His ammo was all from the late 1930's, before he went to WWII. They all fired perfectly.

We bought new stuff then and it was perfect as well.

In the 1980's I bought a bunch of Remington and it was lousy. Lots of bangs not booms. I swore off the stuff ad switched to everything else.

I still have a lot of the "pre-disaster" ammo and I'm saving it. Anything bought since about 2008 is going first. Of course, if I'm in a match and don't need no alibis, I'm using vintage CCI.

 

[RMFnLA]

When I was a kid our local 7-11 sold .22s and shotgun shells.

 

[colt_saa]

I found this box of 22's and I thought it was kinda funny considering the prices and availability right now. Oh the fun of plinking. I inherited this little box, so I am not sure when it was bought. My guess is in the 70s.View attachment 545945 any one else have any

The last two cases of WildCat that I purchased were $89 each. That was for 5000 rounds.

It was sometime in the 80s, but I can not recall when

 

[desi2358]

I have this old box of "Nimrod" .22 shorts I bought back in the late '50s. I don't remember the price.



"Nimrod" was the Whites Auto "store brand" at the time.

Neat box! From the style of it I am guessing it was made in Canada by CIL. Besides selling their own brand they made ammo for a few hardware store chains and a couple of the smaller big box chain stores. I have a few different boxes of theirs in my collection.

 

[DWalt]

Back in the immediate pre-Obama days (2007-2008), Wal-Mart was still selling the Remington "Golden Bullet" bulk pack boxes of 550 rounds for $9.99/box + tax. I still have several of them.

The Remington "Beehive" is also on my semi-auto Model 550-1.

 

[Buford57]

During July of last year a local shop cleaned out its storeroom and put boxes of .22 LR ammo going clear back to Remington "dog bone" through the red, and white Hi-Speed and Peters High Velocity on the used table along with old holsters and scope mounts. I filled an ammo can at $0.50 per box. All clean. Still left a bunch for the next guy.