When I go to Walmart I stop at the sporting goods and always check to see if they have 22LR and 22Mags.
I have bought several guns there the past 7 years and the two gentlemen that usually work there know what I am looking for.
I have collected around 16,000 22LR and the most I ever paid for them was five cents and under.
Now I am working on stocking up on the 22 mags and I have a ways to catch up on those but I am persistent.
I have my mom and girl friend check every time they go and they will both grab the max amount per-person allowed.
I quit checking. Never a single box on the shelves.
Small gun shop in my area has a dozen 10/22’s he cannot sell.
He can’t get .22 ammo at all.
You and like minded folks are the precise and only reason that there is currently a shortage of rimfire ammunition, which allows the gougers to flourish and laugh all the way to the bank,
You are the problem...stockpilers like you create the shortage