Posted on 08/29/2014 2:46:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Some WalMarts that I go to get them on a frequent basis. I have bought several boxes of the Federal 550 round boxes recently. Some gun and ammo stores have plenty but they want $80 and up for a brick.
Stocked up with dozens of bricks after Obama’s first win.
Am fine for years
I overheard a Cabelas cashier telling a customer how she has about 3,000 rounds of .22 LR that she has been accumulating over the past year or so. I found that interesting but didn’t say anything.
I’ve bought 22 long from Cheaper than Dirt several times recently without problems. Plenty still available, but prices have gone up....
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/
Walmart I can understand. Their On Time To Store Inventory System is so dysfunctional they likely only order One-five bricks a month if that. The other stores? No! I bet it never arrives or if it does just a few boxes with the rest going elsewhere "hidden load delivery" like a warehouse government owned.
22LR and 22HMR are still hard to find and if you do they are either limited to how many you can buy or are pricey.
What gets me though is that the 17HMR is all over the shelves and never went “dinosaur” but weapons are harder to find.
One thing for sure, ammo jumped at Cabellas by about 15% since hunting season around the corner. Could not believe it the other day when I was there.
Glad to see reloading supplies showing back up though. Price is still way up there though. Probably added 5% or so to reloading.
They even had .38 spl +P, but not one round of .22.
3000 rounds of .22 is nothing. I mean, I wish I had that much, but it’s really nothing.
3000 rounds of .22 is nothing. I mean, I wish I had that much, but it’s really nothing.
a fair amount of the 22 is being grabbed up by employees at your local Wal Mart, Dick’s, Bass Pro etc etc for employee discount prices and then prices being jacked up 3, 4, 5 times and sold on gun broker, arms list and such! and of course the employees usually know exactly when the shipments will arrive. all the blame can’t be placed on this, but a damn good fair amount is leaving this way. im starting to see more and more around, but usually limit you to ONE brick
Mike
I've taken this opportunity to return to the air rifle and sell all but one of the .22 rifles I'd accumulated, so I'm okay, but I do feel bad for the noobs and the youngsters who have traditionally started with the .22LR.
Mr. niteowl77
I went to the new Cabelas that opened here in Ga, was talking with a clerk and he said they get 22 in but the same group of people show up first thing every morning and buy their limit... every single day.
I did manage to get 2 boxes of 50 for 2.99 each :) hey its something :)
The ammo makers only manufacturer and ship. Once it hits the trucks going out the company loading docks it can go anywhere and a middle man be a broker for a hidden buyer. Now who wants ammo off the shelves the most? IF our government has no qualms about shipping arms to drug cartels it certainly would have no problem buying up massive shipments under bogus buyers of ammo to keep it out of civilian hands. Any other administration, any other time in our nations history I would say Tin Foil. We live in different times now under a different government.
for those of you that DO NOT know about this nifty little tool, this is a “near real time” tracking of who has ammo, mags, and reloading supplies IN STOCK. has worked great for me! right now it’s showing probably 100 or more stores with 22LR in stock, what i like is you can set “your own” price per round filter, the lowest i see 22LR is 9c/round at Cabelas
http://gunbot.net/ammo/rimfire/22lr/
Mike
correction, i see some @ 8c/round
Mike
I remember certain freepers here flamed at me for pointing out companies can’t just tool up. They said it was super simple and they could find their $5 bricks again.
Why bother wasting overhead and materials on .22 when they can make much much more making rimfire.
I stocked up back when clinton first won, love looking at the 98 cent stickers on boxes of 50.
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