I can't remember the last time I bought a brick of .22LR. I used to think it was good plinking stuff. Now you may as well plink with 7.62
.22LR Ammunition Prices - When do you walk away?
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The only places that I have personally seen .22LR for sale have been Cabellas, Bass Pro Shop, and Scheel's, a regional chain. I haven't seen it at any of the local gun shops or Walmart. I took it as a good sign when I saw three brands of .22LR in stock at once, and some of that was in bulk packs.
Maybe the sudden appearance off .22 shorts is significant, as I've never actually seen any in the past decade or so. Perhaps stores or manufacturers are trying to get product to somebody besides the usual hoarders by stocking something that not everybody can use?
I hadn't seen bricks or bulk packs in over a year, so was stunned to see them last Friday. On Sunday I got to a store as they were taking down a sign for the bulk packs they had just sold out of. That, I think is promising.
Most of my plinking in the past year has been with reloaded center fire pistol rounds. I can reload for less expense than I can mail order .22LR. I don't think I can say the same for rifle ammunition, though.
Most of my handgun plinking has moved to BP. It's slow, entertaining, and if you're paying the long buck for .22 what good is a target pistol anyway?
May as well make some smoke and noise.
Here in Canada, i pay 209$ for 5250rounds (0.04$/rds)
Anything north of $.05 a round isn't worth it for me. I cast and reload most handgun calibers for slightly more than that. I can easily shoot .38 spl, .357 mag, .45 acp, .45 colt and .44 mag for the insane price per round currently being asked for .22 rimfire. Mild 125grain lead .38 spl loads are mighty fun out of a Marlin 1894 Carbine!! Every 525 box of Federal that I'm sitting on has the $19.99 price tags on them, I will NEVER pay more than $30 for these bulk pack. And I'd only do that for my 8yr old boy to shoot...
Guns at stores are plentiful around these parts, ammo is a whole different story. I had and still have a very reasonable amount of .22lr stashed before the whole panic kicked in and have shot very little of ever since. I could reload 9mm lead cast using primers and powder even at todays prices and I would still be shooting for less vs buying .22lr from the gougers. I'm reloading now for very cheap right now because I chose to stockpile components years ago. People thought that ammo would be on the shelf every time they walked into walmart on their way to the range.
I stockpile ammo, reloading components, cigars, liquor, and shaving supplies because of one major reason, they won't be any less expensive in the future. The other reasons would be convenience and immediate availability of stock at my choosing.
I stockpile ammo, reloading components, cigars, liquor, and shaving supplies because of one major reason, they won't be any less expensive in the future. The other reasons would be convenience and immediate availability of stock at my choosing.
I was just visiting family in South Carolina, I picked up a box of 350 rounds for my dad and I spent 20 bucks. I came back to New York and the same box of ammo was 40 bucks!!! To say I was blown away is an understatement!
Walmart has pretty much everything BUT .22
the top shelf there is Federal 9mm and .40.
the top shelf there is Federal 9mm and .40.
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Another lunch with my brother at Bass Pro Shops today. Each of us got our limit of 2*50 round boxes, so 200 rounds total, of Federal .22LR for a total of $10.14 with tax.
They still had some of the same .22 shorts from a couple of weeks ago.
They still had some of the same .22 shorts from a couple of weeks ago.
Make friends with the old widows in town and offer to carry off all of that dangerous ammo their spouses left behind. I'm not joking. I've got cans full of ammo from dead guys who can't use it anymore.
Right now, I won't exceed 10¢/round. My local range offered 50 round boxes for $2.47/box, limit two/day. Needless to say, I visited them everyday until they sold out!
a buddy of mine the other day was trying to sell me some 9mm cause he knew I was looking. said he would sell it to me for what he paid, which was $.30 a round. par for the course these days for 9mm ball ammo for sure. the kicker is that he said he bought 500 rounds of .22lr for the same price!! made me sick. the worst part, is I found out that he buys ammo like that, and inflates the price and sells it back to people for 3 times the cost. while people are doing that, and others are buying it from them, we will never see ammo prices come anywhere close to "pre-sandy-hook" days. makes me sad.
so to answer the original questions: I guess I would have to see it on the shelf first before I could make that decision. I havn't, so I cant.
so to answer the original questions: I guess I would have to see it on the shelf first before I could make that decision. I havn't, so I cant.
May 1 Cabela's Delaware store opening. Limit was 100 rounds .22 or 1 box, if the box held more than 100 rounds.
I paid $9.98 CDN for a box of 50 .22LR last weekend. Had to go to four different stores just to find it.
Whoa.
$0.20/round Canadian. Keep in mind, $10CDN is worth the equivelent of about $9.10USD at the moment, so about $0.182/round.
Everywhere I went, the story was the same, whether true or not "they're buying all of the ammo up south of the border, and we can't get any in to sell"
Hey 'Murica!! Save some ammo for the Canucks, would'ya!?
$0.20/round Canadian. Keep in mind, $10CDN is worth the equivelent of about $9.10USD at the moment, so about $0.182/round.
Everywhere I went, the story was the same, whether true or not "they're buying all of the ammo up south of the border, and we can't get any in to sell"
Hey 'Murica!! Save some ammo for the Canucks, would'ya!?
Yup I believe it. It's still scarce down here. But $9.10 for 50 rounds is still expensive even now and in the US.
Last box of 50 I got was a few months ago for around $2.49. And when Walmart has them in stock, which is for about 20 minutes once a week, it's $2.29 for 50 rounds.
Personally in don't think I'd go over 5 bucks for 50 rounds.
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Went by the big box sporting goods store in Des Moines last Friday and late in the day the still had a couple stacks of .22LR target ammunition, not the plinking stuff I would buy. It was ~$10 per box of 50 so I didn't bite.
I never really thought about not buying .22LR. Then again, we aren't allowed 10/22s with 10+ round capacities to fire off lots at a time. I've never seen it dry up here in Australia in the past 5 years either. The prices have stayed pretty static over that time as well.
A brick of Fiocchi (plinking) is around $40
A brick of CCI (plinking) is around $40 on special
A brick of Winchester Power Points (hunting) is around $60 on special
A brick of Fiocchi (plinking) is around $40
A brick of CCI (plinking) is around $40 on special
A brick of Winchester Power Points (hunting) is around $60 on special
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