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    Thumbs up Holy crap!

    I actually finally found some .22 LR ammo to buy that wasn't 15 to 20 cents a round! The first I found was at a Walmart, they had CCI standard velocity, subsonic in speed. They had a 3 box limit, luckily my wife was with me so we got 6 boxes between us. My Ruger .22-45 lite loves it and with the AAC Pilot on, very very quiet. A couple days later, Friday in fact, I went into a local shop near where I work at lunch time and managed to get a 325 round box of the Federal Auto Match bulk for just over $23 out the door.

    I'll take this as a sign that eventually we may return to normal, a time when you can walk into any shop that sells ammo and see many boxes on the shelf. I vow to never walk past an ammo display that has .22 LR at reasonable prices and not buy at least 1 bulk pack or brick if it gets to that state again.

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    been "normal" here since christmas.

    prices have come down a little, every 5 weeks or so I grab another 500rd box.


    I bought a 6" pac-lite for my 22/45 , just need to make my adapter and lead guard.
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    that's how I've been getting mine. And like you if I happen upon it with my wife I'll end up with 6 boxes. Last time, they were 1000 round boxes.

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    Must be nice. Up here .22 is gone! Walmart shelves are always empty and the local shops marked up what they have so high that I just laugh.

    The last box of 250 I bought I paid $30 for it at an antique store.
    I did that so my son would stop shooting all of my ammo. Now he has his own.


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    This is the first time since the Sandyhook massacre that I've found .22 LR, not in one but two different stores. I take this as a sign that the situation is improving, all be it not fast enough to suit me. Eventually it should come back to normal everywhere barring another bad incident.

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    Senior Member Helen Keller's Avatar

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    you can't even count all the different .22lr guns that have come out as well. that sure didnt help much.
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    No to slow things down DHS will put in an order for 60million .22 bullets for training purposes. That will solve that availability.


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    I've hardly put a dent in my .22LR. I was grabbing bricks of Remington Peters 40gr lead rn at Gander Mtn 2 and 3 at a time for under $20 each. Seems similar to the Rem Thunderbolt. Still have many 50 rd sleeves of cci mini mags socked away too. I have enough to last my lifetime I think.
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