Is the 22LR drought over?

[Ranger17]

i too grabbed a couple boxes mini mags at Cabelas, and as they have a "$20 off $100" deal going on I added in some Blazer 9mm to get me to take advantage of a real good deal.
I'm close to a Cabelas store so have no issues with store pickups; but they usually have cheap shipping (now its free over $99) so really no reason to get off my bootie to get some needed ammo.

Note these $20 off $100 deals are not that rare, always a good time to add some ammo to my range stock.

 

[arjay]

I'm seeing lots of higher quality ammo and some bulk in the bigger chain stores.Havent seen anything in Walmart in several years.I asked a nice young girl about it awhile ago,she said it does come in,but the first few buyers call all their friends and it disappears fast lol.

 

[loeman]

We have a Walmart in our town of 2,500 for various reasons, so you get to know everyone who works there, and you can get a pretty accurate view of a lot of things just talking to the folks there. The last time I talked to the sporting goods guy, he said that the same groups of people who are retired, don't work the normal hours, or simply don't work, come in when they are put on the shelves and buy them as soon as they arrive. He said he hears people all the time bragging "I already have thousands upon thousands of rounds at home, but I still buy em up anyway" meaning that the same pigs hogging up supply during the worst of the crisis haven't quit. I'm starting to think there are people out there who have 100K 22 rounds, and would buy up every brick that came into the store if the store allowed them.

Learning to cast bullets on my own, I can make .38 Special light target loads for $0.04 now anyways. 22lr is a good old friend, but I gave up on seeing a reasonable supply a long time ago.

Those same pigs live around here too! I never see any at the 3 Walmarts I visit. Everything else is always available.

 

[KSDeputy]

Academy had a large supply of browning, high velocity, hollow point .22lr. I bought some, as my .22lr pistols require high velocity ammunition to function. If you need .22lr you can find it, but it will never again be the price it was when I was growing up. Nothing else will either, I remember 24 cent per gallon gasoline. Yesterday I bought three more 100 round boxes at $ 9.99 a box. They had a whole case full of .22lr, no limit.

 

[arjay]

Those same pigs live around here too! I never see any at the 3 Walmarts I visit. Everything else is always available.

I think a lot of those guys are suffering from some weird psychological malady.Maybe one of our smarter members could apply for a grant to study them [emoji14][emoji23][emoji1]

 

[mauser9]

Always thought most of the problem was due to the hoarders.

 

[susieqz]

at what point do you become a hoarder?
i decided to stock up prior to the election.
i'm buying all i can but i'm not trying to hurt anyone.

 

[tops]

It is not over until I can buy 10 cases of Win. X22LR for $3000. Until then I'll just shoot whatever I can get at whatever price. Larry

 

[LostintheOzone]

I'm seeing a little around here at .10/rd. Bought my first 100 rd. box in about 10 years about a week ago. Not sure why other than I like to have a few on hand in case I need to shoot a squirrel or some other obnoxious critter. I generally don't shoot it. That should last me another 10 years.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Always thought most of the problem was due to the hoarders.

I always wondered what those people were going to do with all that ammo. Maybe they plan on being buried with it in some cavernous underground tomb.

 

[DWalt]

Small pistol primers are where the drought is now around here.

Then use small rifle. They work fine in handgun loads in my revolvers, have used them for many years.

 

[The Norseman]

22lr drought over?

I think the 22lr drought is not quite over.

I see 22lr at all stores but in very small
quantities, and 10cents/rnd and up.
Not in the quantities before Sandy Hook.

I would not base that on Walmart quantities.
There are employees there, that buy all 22lr
before it gets to floor. Remember Walmart
employees get an employee discount.

It's pretty bad when a friend of mine that
works at Walmart can't even get any 22lr.

That's why I always advocate put out the 22lr
at different times of the day. Also if you ask
the associate to scan the tags they can tell
you if it is in (in the "back"), happened to me
twice now (oh, I didn't know we had some).

I buy every time 22lr is around 6cents/rnd.
There is an election coming.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Stopped at my LGS last Friday........... .22Lr " Sale"......$24 for 300 pack of CCI (Was $27.99) and $22 or 23 for the 325 pack of Federal........ .22mag $15.99 and $16.99.


Also pushing Sport IIs ....about $525 IIRC ...... older orders being filled over the past two weeks.................

 

[Gamecock]

Then use small rifle. They work fine in handgun loads in my revolvers, have used them for many years.

Thanks, but I've still got around 7,500 small pistol primers. Time to replenish.

 

[CATI1835]

I was at Academy Saturday. They had an large supply of .22 ammo. They had CCI standard and Minimag, CCI subsonic, two flavors of Remington, the new Browning offering, Winchester, Federal and about 6 others I don't remember. All were in 50 or 100 round packaging, no bulk. There was a 500 round limit. My wife and I both bought our limit. Pricing? The Minimag was $7.99/100, standard velocity was $6.99/100. Subsonic was also $7.99/100. Others were similarly priced. Yes, it is higher than it was 5 years ago, but what isn't? I believe this is the new norm.

 

[CATI1835]

My weekend score. The Federal bulk was from a local gun show. The rest came from Academy. And I did leave plenty for the next guy.

 

[2ffat]

MidWay has CCI standard velocity for sale, 1500 rnds for $150 in metal box.

 

[M3Stuart]

Just use ammospy or one of those websites that will send you an email whenever its in stock, then order online.

Cabelas (one near me) has Rem T-bolt and plated HP for about $35/500 all the time. You can have it shipped or pickup at the store.

The only reason I quit ordering online is that most of the time I'd go in there they'd have the same stuff sitting on the shelf with a 1200 round limit.

 

[shocker]

Automatch is on the shelf in bulk packs at 8 cents/rd.
The extreme drought has gone to plain drought. Drought over when more than one brand bulk shows up and there's a "sale".

 

[ladyT]

I would say that as long as you are limited to how many you can buy then I would say the drought is still on going. I only expect things to get worse and there are two reasons for that. One is political and the other is I'm shooting more 22lr and 22mag so therefore it's going to dry up.