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.22 Teaser in Oklahoma
Gun Watch ^ | 17 October, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 10/17/2014 1:57:16 PM PDT by marktwain


I was traveling South on Highway 75 in Atoka, Oklahoma, when I saw the sign pictured above.   I couldn't resist stopping and finding out if it were true.  I have been saying that  the ammunition bubble was going to pop, and I have been seeing a bit more .22 ammunition available than a few months ago.

The sign was for  The Pawn Ticket, and it was open.


Once inside, I was informed that they had run out of .22 ammunition the day before.   They were selling it for $85 a brick (500 rounds) or $10 for a box of 50.   Those prices are a bit high.   I have seen .22 ammo in a gun store in Yuma, Arizona, for $3.19 a box of 50 just a month ago.

The shop has only been open for a year.   They had a nice selection of used guns, but I had miles to go and commitments to keep.


About twice as many guns were stored in a more secure room.  A customer posed for the photo.

I wish them the best of luck.   Starting a new business is never easy.

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To: marktwain
They were selling it for $85 a brick (500 rounds) or $10 for a box of 50. Those prices are a bit high. I have seen .22 ammo in a gun store in Yuma, Arizona, for $3.19 a box of 50 just a month ago.

Just early last week in Walmart (Rio Rancho, NM) they had a 1,000-round box of Winchester M*22 (I now have 500 of those rounds) for $52.00+ tax, and they had at least 20 250-round boxes of Remington .22lr hollowpoints, and at least 20 325-round boxes of Federal .22lr. And it was there past 10 AM.

I talked to the normal counter guy, and he said it was coming in much more regularly.

They have a 3-box limit on ammo. I bought the 1,000 rounds and then got a box of hollowpoints for a buddy. That 250-round box was $12.00 with tax. I sold the other half of the 1,000 rounds to another buddy. At cost. I'm out to rip anyone off.

They pawn shop in your story however, is.

21 posted on 10/17/2014 3:55:55 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: IYAS9YAS
I'm out to rip anyone off.

I'm not out to rip anyone off.

Edit, then post... Ugh.

22 posted on 10/17/2014 3:58:21 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: IYAS9YAS
They pawn = The pawn.

Time for a beer.

23 posted on 10/17/2014 3:59:06 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: marktwain

12.00 for Winchester 222 packs. at local walmart last weekend
they had about 13 case lasted till 9 started selling it at 7 3 per customer.


24 posted on 10/17/2014 4:18:48 PM PDT by 567thadm (Hagel, rino, Colin Powell,uss Liberty)
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To: waterhill

I found three boxes of Federal 500 round bricks I bought about 25 years ago that I had forgotten about. It still shoots ok in most of my guns although it is FEDERAL. I also found a few boxes of Winchester I bought at OTASCO many years ago. Digging around I found another 250 rounds of Remington that came in a coffee cup.

A month ago I bought 100 rounds of Remington I found at Walmart. They had two boxes of 100 rounds so I bought only one and left the other for someone else.

I always try to keep one box on hand after I had to chase of a dog 50 years ago with a single shot .22 and only ONE cartridge in the house.


25 posted on 10/17/2014 5:27:36 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I paid $2.49 for 50 American Eagle 22LR yesterday at Cabela’s.

They also had CCI standard velocity for $4.99 for 50.

Limit 100 per customer.

These were at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.


26 posted on 10/17/2014 6:05:13 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: IYAS9YAS

That is good news. $24 for 500 rounds is starting to get close to reasonable.

When it drops to $2 for 50 rounds, and there is plenty available, we will know the bubble has burst.


27 posted on 10/17/2014 6:16:50 PM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
CCI is reportedly manufacturing 4 million rounds per day and can’t keep up with demand.

With that kind of production numbers, everybody in the country can have one round every three months.

28 posted on 10/17/2014 6:31:16 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: VerySadAmerican

Yeah, I got a 500-pack of .22LR for about $14 before the whole panic thing set in a few years ago. Oh, to have stocked up a whole lot more.


29 posted on 10/17/2014 7:31:50 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: marktwain
Don't tease me, bro.


30 posted on 11/18/2014 6:00:05 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: eartrumpet

“With that kind of production numbers, everybody in the country can have one round every three months.”

There are several other manufacturers than CCI.

I recall max national production at about 4 billion rounds a year. That would be about one round per person per month.


31 posted on 11/18/2014 7:07:37 AM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

Once inside, I was informed that they had run out of .22 ammunition the day before.

...

At which point they should have taken down the sign.


32 posted on 11/18/2014 7:54:36 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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