MadMooner - "and we are just starting to see it getting caught back up?" What makes you think that? 2012 was the last time I was able to purchase .22LR at my LGS & WallyWorld. Have not seen anything close to 1/2 full shelves since then. Had 2 bricks in 2012 and I'm gingerly shooting them now. NO plinking or 10 shot groups anymore. Sight in a new scope - 3 shots, break-in a new rifle - maybe 5 shots every now and then. .22LR was as common as dirt at one time... everybody sold it. Now they're as rare as virginity at a hooker convention. Homesteader.