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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.


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KEYWORDS: 22lr; ammo; banglist
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To: Inyo-Mono

www.aimsurplus.com currently has .38 S&W PPU 145 grain LRN
$17.95 per box


61 posted on 01/29/2013 5:56:01 PM PST by 2111USMC (aim small, miss small)
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To: hadaclueonce

I haven’t personally verified this but I have heard that Academy stores in the Dallas area are restricting sales to one box per caliber. I only have a couple of. 45 1911s and I try to keep about 500 rounds in my ammo can. I only buy more to replace what I use at the range.


62 posted on 01/29/2013 6:02:33 PM PST by gop4lyf (Are we no longer in that awkward time? Or is it still too early?)
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To: VeniVidiVici

My Ruger BX-25’s work fine.


63 posted on 01/29/2013 6:03:37 PM PST by SAMWolf (Looking for my generations Lexington and Concord.)
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To: hadaclueonce

All right, no one else has taken the plunge, so to speak, I will.

I once had several thousand rounds of .22LR. One day I loaded it into my canoe and was paddling across the deepest part of Lake Pend O’Reille when the canoe capsized. Lost it all. I was fortunate to survive.

Just dang!


64 posted on 01/29/2013 6:04:15 PM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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To: hadaclueonce

Cabela’s was cleaned out last weekend. Midwayusa is not even taking back orders for it. Kind of scary.

I found 500 45 Colt tonight and 250 of 45 ACP and bought them tonight for reloading. Gotta pick up when you can get it.


65 posted on 01/29/2013 6:05:16 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: yarddog

Nice of you to tell big siss what you have.


66 posted on 01/29/2013 6:06:25 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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To: Terry Mross; All

500 CCI “Mini mag” .22LR 10/22 Rimfire for almost $100:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=327708380


67 posted on 01/29/2013 6:08:19 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: 43north

Lots of boating accidents of late. The way Nat Geo or Discovery is going, this summer will feature a competition of teams trying to “recover” the most lost ammunition in dangerous waterways across the USA.


68 posted on 01/29/2013 6:09:45 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Nice of you to tell big siss what you have.

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

I'll not sneak around and live like a coward.

Sure. They can kill me. Once.

But I'm not going to live like a mouse at a cat show. That's cowardice.

/johnny

69 posted on 01/29/2013 6:10:19 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Yeah I thought it was pretty nice of me too.

I am not particularly worried about them coming to take it, at least for a few years and by that time I will probably be too old to even care.


70 posted on 01/29/2013 6:10:19 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Mine works perfectly.....with Federal Premium ammo. Every time I used Winchester ammo it jammed.


71 posted on 01/29/2013 6:11:04 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I'll not sneak around and live like a coward. Sure. They can kill me. Once.

Amen Brother!
72 posted on 01/29/2013 6:16:27 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: gop4lyf

My local shop is also rationing one box of ammo per caliber per day. And the .22 bricks have been broken into 50 ct boxes so only one of those. They say they would rather have a lot of folks with a little ammo than one person buying most of it up and I agree.


73 posted on 01/29/2013 6:20:47 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: hadaclueonce

On January 1, I ordered 2000 rounds of American Eagle 22LR from Palmetto State Armory for about 100 bucks including shipping. It arrived yesterday.


74 posted on 01/29/2013 6:21:43 PM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The warning on the Shooters ridge mags. Not for use with truncated cone bullet ammunition.

CCI , Federal and American ammunition recommended

75 posted on 01/29/2013 6:24:13 PM PST by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: piroque

I have had a couple of .22s which did not like the Viper type of bullet. They would either shave off a little of the ledge or just not feed.

All the .22s I have now will feed it easily. Even my old Unique Model L feeds it smoothly.


76 posted on 01/29/2013 6:37:05 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: onona

Ding, ding, ding...

We have a winner, you have just explained the shortage. The same thing happened the first time zero was elected. In a few months, it will be available again.


77 posted on 01/29/2013 6:44:58 PM PST by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: Marcella
If any of you have done more to find them and their accessories and ammo than I have, I'll give my expert title to you.

I don't claim to be much of an expert on anything...but I stocked up on .22lr ammo and accessories as soon as I realized obama was put in office in 2008. My great grandsons will have ammo and the Rugers to shoot with.
78 posted on 01/29/2013 6:48:42 PM PST by jy8z (From the next to last exit before the end of the internet.)
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To: The Cajun

There’s probably less profit in .22, so the manufacturers are focusing their efforts on things like 9mm and 5.56. The only thing I’ve found plentiful locally is .40SW. Oddly, it’s also still cheap.

This thread reminds me to get another .22 with my tax refund.


79 posted on 01/29/2013 6:52:10 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: Quickgun

Saw a youtube vid where the guy wrapped a 5 pound roast in 4 layers of denim and filled it full of 22LR at 300 yards. Food for thought....pun intended.

A good 22 semi-auto rifle is just a great thing to have.

I have a Remington Nylon 66 I bought 35 years ago, tube loader limits it somewhat, but damn it is a fun gun to shoot. Lighter than my Crossman pellet gun.


80 posted on 01/29/2013 6:52:24 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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