Just happened to go by Cabelas today. SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, they had 22 LR ammo. Remington High Velocity 22 LR 100 Round package. $9.99. I think I missed something. I thought that price was what you got at gun shows. Nope!!! Cabelas too. But you get to buy 5 packages. Makes sense to me. They are making good money. Probably still ran out within an hour of the time I was there. As they say, buy it when you find it or don't complain.
New Price for 22 LR Ammo
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Poco Oso
Buckeye
I'm still shooting bricks that I paid $14.00 for. Grasshopper and the Ant, y'know. :wink:
OP
In Alaska I had a LOT of ammo. Shipper wouldn't move it so I've had to start over. Live and learn. Course when I sold the ammo I was able to buy the wife a new Toyota Rav 4. She was happy.
Poco Oso
Buckeye
When Mama's happy, everybody's happy. :wink:
bobski
Hunter
as long as people are stupid enough to buy it, theyll make it and sell it.
Unfortunately, $5/box of 50 (or $10/box of 100 in your case) is the new norm. I don't think we will ever see the prices of 3 years ago again. Wal-Mart, to their credit, during the two runs on .223/5.56 the last 3 years, has never raised their price. It has been $39.96 per box of Federal 55 grain 100 round value packs .223 for the last 4 years. But on those rare occasions when they have .22 LR, their prices run around $9-$12/ box of 100; depending on exactly what brand/style they get in. Of course, 10 minutes after it is put out- it is gone and being listed on local classifieds for $15/box!
graygun
Hunter
Bear Paw Jack said:
Sounds like you had a ammo dump.
Robes
Single-Sixer
I saw the shortage of .22 ammo a year or two before it happened. Stocked up. The morons still come into the LGS and suck it all up. I decided long ago that I would just buy a .17hmr, which I can buy plenty of ammo, AND it does a real Real REAL good job on ground hogs with just one round. The only thing about the 17HMR is that they cannot make it in semi-auto. Seems they have a problem with that. But,..... one shot/one kill only requires a bolt action rifle.
OP
stevemb said:
I wish. No I had to sell all my ammo because the mover I used wouldn't ship it. I had a lot of ammo. All kinds. Things are different the biggest problem is moving.
pete44ru
Hunter
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Unless there was some legality I'm not aware of, I would have NEVER disclosed the contents of my boxed possessions to anybody.
Exactly what my possessions are should be nobody else's business.
(Even a fish will stay out of trouble, if it would only keep it's mouth shut. ;) )
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Unless there was some legality I'm not aware of, I would have NEVER disclosed the contents of my boxed possessions to anybody.
Exactly what my possessions are should be nobody else's business.
(Even a fish will stay out of trouble, if it would only keep it's mouth shut. ;) )
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Galaxiedan
Blackhawk
The only thing about the 17HMR is that they cannot make it in semi-auto.
Savage just came out with one.
Savage just came out with one.
pete44ru said:
I agree, but playing the devils advocate...
What happens when the moving van crashes and destroys your cargo. DOT investigations reveal there was unplacarded contraband in the cargo. Does that nullify any claim you might have with the insurance company? That is what would cause me to not cheat. Not a whole lot different than shipping ammo thru the Post Office. Nobody's business to know what I'm shipping, but if I get caught, I cannot afford the hassle.
I've done much the same over a lot of years. Interesting to hear so many folks squeal because I've got ammo socked away. Remember the ant and grasshopper parable? :mrgreen:TitanX said:
WAYNO.
KnotRight
Bearcat
I still have a few boxes of CCI Stinges that have a price tag of .96
When I find 22s at .06 each I will buy some. I have enough for a little while but not going to be put in a position to pay over .06 for lead bullets or around .08 for Stingers.
When I find 22s at .06 each I will buy some. I have enough for a little while but not going to be put in a position to pay over .06 for lead bullets or around .08 for Stingers.
buckeyeshooter
Blackhawk
exactly why I have a 22 hornet, a casting set up and brass and dies.
mohavesam
Hawkeye
Well, plenty here:
http://ammoseek.com/ammo/22lr
Seems 9-10 pennies per round, spend enough to justify shipping. Or just drive around for days...?
http://ammoseek.com/ammo/22lr
Seems 9-10 pennies per round, spend enough to justify shipping. Or just drive around for days...?
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I was thinking the same thing, I am seeing it around but at a higher price.
Before the stores were selling at the regular price and the gougers were making more money on the ammo than the store or the manufacturer. Seems they got smart and decided to make more of the profit for themselves, only good part is it has slowed down the price gougers.
I think what we are seeing now is the new normal price, about 10 cents each for the good stuff.
Before the stores were selling at the regular price and the gougers were making more money on the ammo than the store or the manufacturer. Seems they got smart and decided to make more of the profit for themselves, only good part is it has slowed down the price gougers.
I think what we are seeing now is the new normal price, about 10 cents each for the good stuff.
OP
Admittedly I don't know for a fact, but I've been told that Walmart sets their price on how fast somethings sells. The faster it sells the higher the price. I don't know if they have applied that to 22 Ammo, but I assume Cabelas and some of the others have adopted that process.
mohavesam
Hawkeye
Bear Paw Jack said:
Bunk. Sorry.
I don't shoot a lot of 22 but I have half a dozen 500rd bricks remaining that I got at a reasonably good price. Quality Farm and Fleet was closing a store in Xenia OH a while back and I stopped in to check out the usual going-out-of-business sale. Picked up a few things and headed for checkout. On the checkout counter was a nice display of cheap Winchester (Wildcat?) 22 ammo, a dozen bricks and 2 loose boxes of 50, and a sign - 59 cents a box. So, I figure $5.90 was an ok price on a brick of 22 so I handed a brick to the clerk. She scans the bar code - $.59 for the brick. I said "Excuse me, but I think that price is wrong" and before I can finish, she snaps back - "The last guy here said the same thing so I got the manager and he says the price is right!" Who am I to argue? I took all 12 bricks and asked if they had any more in the back. Unfortunately, no. So, for less than eight bucks after tax I walked out with 6,000 rounds of 22. Those cheapies shoot as well as I can, which ain't nothin' to brag about.
Sometimes the blind hog finds an acorn....
Sometimes the blind hog finds an acorn....
exavid
Hunter
Right now I have a bit more than 3000 rounds in the safe but it takes a lot of searching to keep myself and grandson supplied. I use about 400rds per month in Bulls Eye practice and he uses about 200rds a month in training with his .22 rifle. So far I've been able to keep the back up supply at nearly a year's worth which gives me time to find ammo. I've paid up to $0.10 per round but usually find it closer to seven or eight cents.
bobski
Hunter
and people laughed at me when i told them stop buying it....to effect costs.
well, there ya have it.
the new norm for 22 cost has been set.
and its not anyones fault other than our own.
industry feeds demand.
well, there ya have it.
the new norm for 22 cost has been set.
and its not anyones fault other than our own.
industry feeds demand.
For those of us who remember not so long ago paying $10 for a brick of 500 the current prices seem astronomical. I will admit to grabbing a few boxes of 50 at $5 just because it had been so long since I saw any 22lr for sale, but when I think about a full brick for $50 it just doesn't seem right or reasonable to me. I have not been going to the range much in the last year while I have been dealing with some serious medical issues, and I only shoot 22lr about every other time at the range, so the 4 or 5 thousand rounds I had stockpiled are still mostly intact. But at some point I guess I will have to start buying again. Even at 10 cents a round it is cheaper than 9mm, 40S&W, 38 Special, 380 acp and 45 acp which are the other calibers that I shoot.
A few years ago I bought a Lee turret press and some dies for a few calibers, as well as the basics I would need for reloading but I have never really tried to figure out how to use this equipment (I have a real fear of seating the bullet too tightly in the case and having it all explode on me when I try to shoot it). I guess at some point I will have to find someone to show me how to actually do the reloading or just accept that I will have to pay the high prices being asked today for handgun ammo.
A few years ago I bought a Lee turret press and some dies for a few calibers, as well as the basics I would need for reloading but I have never really tried to figure out how to use this equipment (I have a real fear of seating the bullet too tightly in the case and having it all explode on me when I try to shoot it). I guess at some point I will have to find someone to show me how to actually do the reloading or just accept that I will have to pay the high prices being asked today for handgun ammo.
