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.
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.
I'm not out to rip anyone off.
Edit, then post... Ugh.
Time for a beer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With that kind of production numbers, everybody in the country can have one round every three months.
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.
“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.
Once inside, I was informed that they had run out of .22 ammunition the day before.
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At which point they should have taken down the sign.
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