[crusty old prospector]

I backordered two boxes of Federal 525’s .22 LR three weeks ago and they arrived yesterday. So, they are still making them. The problem is that people are buying them off of the truck at first light.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***The problem is that people are buying them off of the truck at first light.***

I remember back in the 1950s and 60s when people were so poor they did not have money to buy a box of ammo.

The hardware stores would break up a box and you could buy 3-4 rounds for hunting season.

There was no cheap ammo back then. I bought a box of .22 shorts for 45 cents in 1962 for my new $9.99 single shot Stevens rifle. I was 15 at the time.

[itsahoot]

The problem is that people are buying them off of the truck at first light.

I could find a lot of Nine mil, but at 50 cents a pop and 223 was a dollar.

I was tempted to buy a Ruger Mini Mag Stainless with the military laser. Loved that bolt sliding like the old M1 and M1 carbine we used in the military 60 years ago.