22lr ammo

[Pababear]

Anybody have a thought as to why .22lr is  ammo not available unless you're willing to spend 50 cents a round!

[ellis4538]

Other than hoarding.....

People are buying it up because it was cheap shooting.


JMHO


Richard

[les snyder]

local reports of individuals lining up at WalMart at 0330, so they can buy (at regular prices) what comes in daily, and then scalp the price at gun shows or e-bay

[TAB]

Fear.   thats the only thing I can come up with.

[robert69]

FEAR of no ammo, is mostly the reason.
The only sort of .22 available is the high price target ammo.
It is being relieved a little.  Cabela's up here recently got in the carry box with Federal for $85.00 for 2100 rounds.
That is 4 boxes of their bulk .22. Thats 4 cents a shot. It is the 40 grain copper plated.  Shoots OK.
Of course it disappeared off the shelf very quickly.
The days of .50 a box of 50 are long gone. 
I was at a store the other day, and a guy was looking to buy a .17HMR, because he could get ammo.
I have 2 Savage heavy barrel .17 HMR, and they are a true 125 yard shooter, with not much wind.
BUT, the ammo is anywhere from $10.00 (if you are lucky), to $14.00 a box for a box of 50 rounds.
That is .20 to .30 a shot.  This is a very accurate round, a ball to shoot, deadly on varmints, and the ammo is around,
if you want to pay for it. My grandkids shoot ground squirrels, and I pay for the ammo.
I have a good quantity of .22 now, but my grandkids are going shooting with me at the range in a month or so,
and I am sure 1000 rounds will be gone from the inventory.

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[tombogan03884]

I'm getting tired of hearing about "hoarding".
You are mostly talking about people who chose to "get" while they still could because the last time it was months before supplies returned to near normal .
You and I either couldn't, or just didn't .
Sux to be us , that's life .

[Jrlobo]

Well, Tom, i think if you want to be the only person on the firing line hoarding is fine. But if you want company? Guess it depends on what kind of firing line we are talking about, eh? This comment applies to much more than just .22LRs. Darwin is alive and well.

[TAB]

i have plenty, its sd ammo that I am rather low on only having about 200 rounds total.

[ske1eter]

Well, Tom, i think if you want to be the only person on the firing line hoarding is fine. But if you want company? Guess it depends on what kind of firing line we are talking about, eh? This comment applies to much more than just .22LRs. Darwin is alive and well.

Kind of like a guy that laughs at a prepper that has his stash ready for hard times yet whines that they can't get a can of beans when it's time....................

[MAUSERMAN]

Sad but true 22lr out here is 60.00 a box of the rem golden bullets. Shit the cci mini mags are 9.99 a box if you can find any. I hope no hates me for this but I have two full Home depot buckets full of federal bulk  22lr. I would buy 2 or 3 boxes a week sometimes just to have. I did the same with the cheap federal 12ga target loads.