[GOP_Party_Animal]

I think the analysis of .22 LR is very helpful. The feds do not use this cartridge and yet there's a huge shortage and prices are high.

I'm not happy about IRS agents and homeland security buying so much ammo when the nation is running huge deficits, but let's be real: the feds use just a very small fraction of what's out there in .223 or 40 S&W. Their use of these calibers is not the cause of the shortage, it's the panic that their policies create.

[marktwain]

The feds do not use this cartridge and yet there's a huge shortage and prices are high.

They do use a little of it. It is mostly used for training purposes, such as ROTC rifle and pistol teams, and for competition in the armed services.

The National Match Course for pistol has a .22 rimfire phase.

Army wins national pistol title for first time in decades

http://www.army.mil/article/11124/

[Atlas Sneezed]

I think the analysis of .22 LR is very helpful. The feds do not use this cartridge and yet there’s a huge shortage and prices are high.

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Another factor on 22LR is that it has become an affordable substitute for more expensive centerfire for recreational shooters.

So use of 22 is probably up, even as use of centerfire is down.

[listenhillary]

I would think manufacturers would make more profitable calibers while the squeeze in in places.