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.22 LR the new gold standard?
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Posted on 01/29/2013 4:44:13 PM PST by hadaclueonce

.22 LR ammo is on back order at all wholesellers. Who is buying it up?

Oil speculators?

Late to come to the party preppers?

The Feds?

Price on the secondary market has gone up 5 times here in Texas.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: 22lr; ammo; banglist
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1 posted on 01/29/2013 4:44:13 PM PST by hadaclueonce
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To: hadaclueonce

I was in Academy Friday. No .22 LRs to be seen.


2 posted on 01/29/2013 4:47:47 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: hadaclueonce

Isn’t the slower velocity better for more internal damage?
Don’t have to worry about an angry parole in the future.


3 posted on 01/29/2013 4:48:12 PM PST by Morris70
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To: hadaclueonce

Some Found out that the 22 LR could be really dangerous?


4 posted on 01/29/2013 4:50:37 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: hadaclueonce

I have a few bricks of the stuff. Who knew it would outperform my IRAs?


5 posted on 01/29/2013 4:52:01 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: hadaclueonce
This is Barrys plan to boost employment. HLS ordered 7000 Ar15s to help the economy. There is no reason to let any surplus build up on store shelves. /s)
6 posted on 01/29/2013 4:53:18 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: hadaclueonce
I is rich. Bricks and bricks of the stuff.

/johnny

7 posted on 01/29/2013 4:53:38 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: hadaclueonce

Easily suppressed.


8 posted on 01/29/2013 4:54:19 PM PST by elpinta (Jer. 10:23 - It really holds true!)
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To: Morris70

Proper placement is of paramount importance with the .22 It can be VERY deadly. High speed solids would get my vote.


9 posted on 01/29/2013 4:54:31 PM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: hadaclueonce

Late to come to the party preppers.


10 posted on 01/29/2013 4:54:54 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: hadaclueonce

From what I’ve seen, people are buying anything and everything anticipating a ban or shortage; even if they don’t own a firearm for it.

I was considering buying a 45-70 revolver from a friend a short while back and when I checked the store for ammo, no one had any. They said they usually do but the boxes that sat there for years and years all flew off the shelf along with everything else.

You know there is panic buying when even odd sizes like that are gone.


11 posted on 01/29/2013 4:58:46 PM PST by mnehring
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To: elpinta
So is the .45 ACP -- in fact, the .45 may be easier to suppress as the [standard-loaded] round very rarely exceeds the speed of sound as-is.
12 posted on 01/29/2013 4:59:32 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: hadaclueonce

Buy the new Ruger 10/22 takedown. Put your name on a list since they go out the minute they come in. Buy .22 when you can find it.


13 posted on 01/29/2013 4:59:32 PM PST by samadams2000
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To: hadaclueonce

I’ve got 5250 rounds on order. I don’t expect to see it until March, hopefully.


14 posted on 01/29/2013 4:59:45 PM PST by hdbc (FUBO)
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To: muir_redwoods

This is what I’m sayin’!

Im thinking about cashing out a 401k and doing some much more sound investing myself.


15 posted on 01/29/2013 5:00:27 PM PST by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: hadaclueonce

Gold Standard?

Have you tried to buy some rifle brass?

You can find .243, .270 and a few others. But try to find .223, 30-30, .308, 30-06 and most common calibers and you draw a blank.

Surely, the idiots in DC can see the effect. Shelves are bare of cartridges for those calibers too.

This has been going on since November and is getting worse.

Caution is in order, I feel Obozo would love to provoke a reason to do even worse than he is.

FUBO!


16 posted on 01/29/2013 5:00:27 PM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: hadaclueonce

Maybe reloaders are hoarding all the brass /sarc>


17 posted on 01/29/2013 5:00:49 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: mnehring
You know there is panic buying when even odd sizes like that are gone.

I've had no problem finding 7.5 Swiss and 9x18. I don't have much that shoots it, but I can shoot what I do have until the barrels melt.

I sadly only have one .22LR, and it's a breakdown survival rifle. I want to buy a 10/22 or something of the like, but they're hard to come by.

18 posted on 01/29/2013 5:01:10 PM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: hadaclueonce
Can't believe people are out of .22.
Still have some from when Remington sold them in the
500 per *milk carton* containers when West Brothers Discount went out of business.
19 posted on 01/29/2013 5:02:43 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Agreed, and the best, smoothest, best performing handgun I ever shot was a ‘tuned’ .45, it was awesome.

I do think that ammo prices have kept the .22 LR as one of the most popular for those on tight $$ that want to practice.


20 posted on 01/29/2013 5:04:52 PM PST by elpinta (Jer. 10:23 - It really holds true!)
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