Kayback
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4 000 000 isn't that much when you think about it. It is only 8000 boxes of 500. To supply the whole world with ammo.
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CCI ammo question
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Rob1
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Not sure I want to get in to debate of world wide availability of CCI, but is this the only ammo ?
Over here in the UK There is never any CCI in my two LGS, however I can buy bricks of 500 RWS target and Semi Auto, Winchester, Aquila, Remington (though I choose not to) Eley club and American Eagle every day if I wanted to. So it's not like there is nothing to shoot. Still have a choice of brands that work pretty well and reliably.
Oh and no, I won't send to Canada!
Rob.
Over here in the UK There is never any CCI in my two LGS, however I can buy bricks of 500 RWS target and Semi Auto, Winchester, Aquila, Remington (though I choose not to) Eley club and American Eagle every day if I wanted to. So it's not like there is nothing to shoot. Still have a choice of brands that work pretty well and reliably.
Oh and no, I won't send to Canada!
Rob.
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andishdi
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For me it depends where I go as my local gun shop seems to have *everything* on their website in stock whenever I've been but one of the ranges I visit has virtually no .22 and another local shop didn't have what I wanted either...
Yet my chosen store has plenty of CCI standards, AR tacticals, mini-mags and the prices are good...
I guess I'd better not tell you where this shop is...
Yet my chosen store has plenty of CCI standards, AR tacticals, mini-mags and the prices are good...
I guess I'd better not tell you where this shop is...
dtjacob
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NOTHING around here........
mkess
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Hoarding you buy everything in sight. I would pick up a brick maybe once a month. I know that at my local walmart they get in a shipment every Thursday morning and every Thursday morning one man comes in with his wife and three adult children and they buy every bit of 22 that comes in. Then when I head to the flea market on the weekends I see him there trying to sell it for 60+ a brick and $15/100 for CCI. I don't buy mine to resell. I buy it to shoot and 2000 rounds doesn't last long in our rifles.
When a TV show toured CCI about 8-10 years ago, they said it was 1,000,000 per day. They've probably increased production, but I wouldn't think it's quite 4m. But just think, Winchester, Federal and Remington are probably doing another million or more each.
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Iirc they opened a few more plants.
As everyone says, extra shifts too.
I still hear they are two years behind for requested orders.
As everyone says, extra shifts too.
I still hear they are two years behind for requested orders.
team sidewinder
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Not over by any means here in SW Montana as far as i have seen. Whatever the way some people are getting the shipments of .22 ammo that do come in to WM and other chain or small sporting goods outlets are gobbled up in a hour or two at most. But then I'm pretty much always looking for CCI mini-mag HP.
Sorry but I disagree, in the past year or so I have found .22lr in different places for .05-.06 cents per round, sometimes a bit less than .05. I don't make special trips, just ask whenever I'm in a place like Wallyworld or Dicks. I literally stumbled upon a 1400 bucket of Golden bullets for $69.99 at Dicks last fall. I was on the way to pick up my daughter at a bus station and stopped in and when I asked about .22lr the sales associate reached down and plopped the bucket on the counter top.
I have also picked up several 325 count bricks of Federal Auto Match at Cabelas for $17 or about 5.2 cents per round. One time I found some 222 packs of Winchester .22 for $10.99 which is 4.7 cents per round. They had 3 boxes under the counter and I took 1, leaving the other 2 for another shooter. I figured it would create good karma. It must have worked because I also got a 2100 pack of Federal Champion for $109 from Cabela's. This came in a nice 50cal metal ammo can ($19.00 retail) so it was an exceptional deal. The most I have paid was $27.99 for a 300 pack of CCI MIni Mags at Dicks which is a bit over .09 per round. They had all kinds on the shelf and they caught me at a weak moment, I couldn't help myself. Besides, they were CCI and not bulk packed but in a tray.
This has all been in the past year and doesn't count various other purchases of .22lr. I just don't believe we need to pay .10+ per round. When we do we are paying scalper prices in most cases and just feed the madness. I don't make special trips nor do I show up at Walmart at 5 am in the morning to grab the maximum the second it hits the shelves, I'm just ready to whip out my cash when I see it. The manufacturers are not charging tons more than before nor are the big box stores, so why are we paying twice as much?
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280 for 5000 rounds of mini mag here. If your lucky enough to find it
I'd take that deal. 5.6 cents a round for mini-mag is a good price these days. The best I've seen is 8 cents a round for it. I haven't bought any in ages.
I've been just buying cheap bulk stuff.
