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    Is .22 RF Finally Coming Back Now?

    Went to Wally World and picked up 3-100 rnd. boxes of .22 RF. Was in the same Wally World last week and picked up 3-50 rnd. boxes of .22 Mag. They still had about 12 boxes left when I bought mine. A friend called about 2 weeks ago and said he bought 3-333 rnd. boxes at a different Wally World.

    It seems as though the drought on .22's is starting to go away.

    Is anyone else seeing more .22's coming in now?
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    I have found some at Dick's but not at the WalMart by my house.
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    picked up a 1400 rnd tub at gander mountain 6 month ago, think I paid $70, I was just glad to see it, but it kills me considering I was paying $98 for 1000rnds of wolf 10 years ago.
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    I have hand almost no luck at Wall mart. A local gun shop and a new Gander MT. that opened in a near by town I have been able to find federal Auto Match and some CCI Std. Velocity. The CCI works perfectly in my 22-45 lite with suppressor on it.

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    the F is going on down there. We got tons of it here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rci2950 View Post
    the F is going on down there. We got tons of it here.
    The Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre in CT sparked a panic buy that over 2 years later still has .22 LR in short supply. Ironically the caliber used to kill the children, (.223 / 5.56 mm) is readily available.

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    been mountains of .22lr at every store here since last february.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen Keller View Post
    been mountains of .22lr at every store here since last february.
    I wish there was around here. No let up in my region of GA.

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    What Schuetz said. None here either and I live prolly 20 miles south of him.
    My Wallyworld still has signs up limiting the amount you can buy, but that doesn't matter.
    They never have ANY.
    While no one ever listens to me,
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    still rarely see it around here just south of the state of jefferson ;-)

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    Comes in at Walmart and gone same day haven't seen it. Was at Dicks in Lafayette today and didn't see any but have been hearing it's always on the shelf as close as Ft Wayne plenty in Ohio too
    People seem to be hoarding or flipping it around here. A guy was here Sat and said he happened on three bricks recently at Walmart.
    He was going to buy it and the guy behind the counter said those were the last three and he was buying them
    Frustrating
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    Quote Originally Posted by Full Otto View Post
    Comes in at Walmart and gone same day haven't seen it. Was at Dicks in Lafayette today and didn't see any but have been hearing it's always on the shelf as close as Ft Wayne plenty in Ohio too
    People seem to be hoarding or flipping it around here. A guy was here Sat and said he happened on three bricks recently at Walmart.
    He was going to buy it and the guy behind the counter said those were the last three and he was buying them
    Frustrating
    Same thing here in Eastern OH. I spoke with a Wal-Mart employee a few months back who said the same people continue to come in and snatch up all .22 LR before it even hits the shelf because they have the shipping schedule down to a science.

    Yesterday I bought .22LR for the first time in years at a local gun shop. They had 500r bricks of 40-grain Aguila for $41, both lead and copper. I bought the last box of copper.
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    I generally shoot 200-300 rounds each time im out with my 22/45 pac-lite with the can on it .

    normal prices are $19 for a 300-325 pack and $36-39 for a 500 pack.
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    IF I had the money right now, I'd probably be picking up some to replace what I've shot over the last couple of years... I interviewed for a good job today and it went excellent! So, maybe I'll be able to take care of this...

    As it is, I'm still well stocked from my last stock-up efforts when I paid $12/500. So I got nothing to bitch about lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by O.S.O.K. View Post
    IF I had the money right now, I'd probably be picking up some to replace what I've shot over the last couple of years... I interviewed for a good job today and it went excellent! So, maybe I'll be able to take care of this...

    As it is, I'm still well stocked from my last stock-up efforts when I paid $12/500. So I got nothing to bitch about lol.
    Good look on the job hunt. I hope it works out for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schuetzenman View Post
    Good look on the job hunt. I hope it works out for you.
    Thank you brother. I need this to happen and it really sounds like something I would enjoy. Kind of a man's sales job - heavy equipment sales.
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    Picked up 300 more rnds. of .22 Short yesterday. That makes 600 rnds. of shorts in the past two weeks. Was talking to another customer and he said this was the first time he's seen any shorts in over a year.

    Hopefully, .22's are slowly making a comeback in my area. It's looking better now.
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    Just picked up a 1,000 rnd. box of Winchester M-22 ammo at WallyWorld the other day for $50. First time I've ever seen a box of 1,000. Didn't know it was sold in 1,000 rnd. packs.

    Going shooting this weekend, with a couple of friends, and see if we can empty this box.
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    I almost cried the last time I bought a case (5000 rounds) of CCI Blazer for $140 shipped as the time before that I paid $90 shipped. Sometimes memories are a bad thing, like remembering complaining when .22LR went from $5 a brick (500 rounds) to $6 per. Or when Sellier & Bellot .223 went from $120 per case of 1000 to $140 and then $160 in just a couple of months. Or the price wars for 9mm at our local very large (at that time) fun show brought the price of Sellier & Bellot to $90 per case. Of Wolf 7.62x39 for $80, etc, etc, etc.

    Can't seem to wrap my brain around a 500 round brick of .22LR for $30 plus. Like I said, wish I was much younger so I wouldn't know of nor remember "those were the days".

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    It's all relative though. My father likes to bring up how lee enfields were $8 at the hardware store for a brand new one when he was a teen. They are $500 now.
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