Posted on 07/14/2016 12:07:39 PM PDT by marktwain
By Dean Weingarten
I chanced to be at the local WalMart in Yuma today. This is the store on the frontage road off of old Highway 8, East of town. Until Friday, June 24, 2016, I had not seen any .22 Long Rifle in the store for three years.
On that date, there were 2,300 rounds of CCI Mini-Mags and 1,000 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity. The Mini-Mags were in plastic 100 round boxes at $7.47 a box. The Standard Velocity were in paper, 50 round boxes at $3.47 a box. I was told by the clerk, Yittzel, that they would be gone in a few days. I am sure that she was correct.
Just 10 days later, on the 3rd of July, I was in the same store, and there were 1900 rounds of CCI Stinger, in 50 round boxes. It is premium .22 Long Rifle ammunition, and has always been pricey. The price was $6.47 for a box of 50, or a little under 13 cents a round. They also had CCI .22 Maxi-Mag, .22 magnum rimfire cartridges, for $13.47 a box of 50, or nearly 27 cents a cartridge. It has been scarce, but not as bad as the .22 Long Rifle.
The clerk, Britanny, was very helpful. She expected the .22 to be gone by late that afternoon. Both clerks said that many people stopped in to buy .22, purchased the maximum three boxes allowed, and were suspected of reselling it for a profit at local gun shows or through the internet.
Two sightings in 10 days after three years was remarkable.
Today, the 8th of July, there were two cases of bulk pack Federal .22 Auto Match.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
Findmeammo.com tells a different story around NC WV
http://findmeammo.com/walmart/ammo/22-long-rifle/
Some of the CZ 455 models (like the American or the Training) are full-size but still reasonably light. A 452 Scout(if you can find one) is a lighter, more compact option, but not everyone likes the attenuated stock.
Mr. niteowl77
Marlin 60
CZs entire line is pretty special. I used to have a CZ 452 Ultra Lux. That little rifle was a firearm work of art. With a little Nikon scope on it it would shoot close to MOA all day with Remington bulk .22s. Wish I still had it.
I’ll second the 10/22. Classic lines, it is a rifle that has been around since the 1960s - so, clearly, people like it.
I have one that a friend of mine customized with a match-grade barrel...using match ammo that is no more than $0.12/round, it’ll drill holes in a quarter at 50 yards all day long, and into a dime if I really do my job. The rifle is easily modified with barrels, triggers and furniture, so you can customize it any way you’d like. The AR-15, with its similar customizability, is the 10/22 of centerfire rifles.
Ruger 10/22
All those other recommendations are nice, but if you want a REAL plinker, one that is super accurate, fun as all get out, shoots pretty much any .22, and kids love to use (great for training), AND is a near-replica (weight and dimensionally) of a real rifle, get a Henry .22 lever action.
The Henry H001 is within an ounce or so of the actual weight of a 16.5” barrelled Rossi 38/357 lever. Length of pull, grip, dimensions - nearly identical. Great little trainer for moving up to a more powerful lever (and a 357 from a 16.5” barrel is a serious round - I’ve taken many a large deer with it).
It has run every .22 I’ve put in it - any brand. Long Rifle, Long, Shorts - eats them all, and holds a LOT of them (especially the shorts).
Highly recommended as a lightweight (5 pound), adult sized rifle. And of course, totally classic style!
I have had good luck with Federal Game Shoks in my Mosquito. But not the bulk pack. I has to be in boxes of 50 or 100.
But Mini-Mags in the 100 round box is the best. No doubt.
I would like to get a Ruger 10/22 Takedown. That looks like a real nice package.
Once I am out of NJ, I would like to get a 10/22 with a integrally suppressed barrel. But those are banned in this state, so I will have to wait. Good thing... because they are real expensive...
Piffle - shut off that recording of “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Wake me up when the 550-round bulk packs are regularly on the shelves and not on any kind of restricted quantity on sales and the price is under .05/round. Then the headline might match reality.
If any of you want to have fun, you can buy my John Norrell auto sear for $15,000.00 I’ll pay the NFA taxes for you.
I’m waiting for when it ceases to be newsworthy that a Walmart has 22 ammo on hand. I’ll refrain from waiting for those long distant days when $10 bought 1,000 rounds, including tax...
The marlin 795 and Mossberg 702 Plinkster have synthetic stocks and are quite reliable and very accurate. You will not pay a prmium price for teither of them. Both use detachable magazins which protrude below the stock. The Marlin has after market 25 round mags which work just fine, made of zytel polymer. Don't waste money on the Mossberg extended mags. They're jamming junk.
Of the three, I much prefer my Mossberg Plinkster for shooting in classic stock style. The Ruger 1022 can have multiple added features 9red dots, lasers, flashlights, etc.) and made to look a lot like an AR15.
The Smith 15/22 looks like an AR, shoots well, but is picky on ammo. The Mossberg and Ruger will eat anything. The Marlin is the most accurate at distance and likes any ammo in the 1000 feet per second and up range.
You’d be silly not to buy a Ruger 10/22 as your first adult .22 rifle.
And I'll refrain from waiting for those long distant days when $5 bought a full tank of gasoline.
Ruger 10/22 is a good semi-auto. I replaced my WWII vintage Stevens bolt action with a Ruger American Rimfire in .22LR with a threaded barrel. That allows attachment of the new Ruger suppressor and ability to shoot subsonic rounds (something that doesn't play well in the semi-auto due to insufficient power to cycle the action). Magnum Research makes some nice 10/22 look-alikes with carbon fiber tension barrels, skeletonized stocks and picatinny rail integral in the receiver. Very light. Well balanced and accurate.
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I remember those days. It was 50 years ago! If we do the math for constant dollars,.22 ammo would be a bit less than $60 for a thousand rounds.
Just 10 years ago I saw it as low as $20 a thousand.
Stick with 10/22, Henry or Marlin 60. The mossy junkster I had was a nib pos. Wouldn’t shoot straight from a rest. Traded in at a pawn shop for used 10/22. You might also consider a Remington nylon 66 if you can find one.
Lots of .22LR on shelves at my local gun/Pawn shop establishment.
No .22 of any kind in
Poway Walmart today,
Been that way for Years !
Seriously.
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