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WyColoCowboy: I made note of the start of the 22 L.R. "shortage" - it began in October of 2,012 when it became apparent barrack hussein obama would be re-elected!
This shortage has NOT subsided since.
That was 35 months ago.
OR... going on three full years.
I agree with everything else you posted though.
I got up at zero dark thirty this morning to drive 90 miles (each way) through the Rocky Mountains to be first in line at a sporting goods stores annual Hunters Rendevous Sale.
I was able to purchase 1 (ONE!) of 4 "buckets" of Remington 22 L.R. H/P Golden Bullets - that bucket held 1,400 rounds of ammo and cost me $99.99!
I asked one of my travelmates who doesn't use 22 ammo to buy a 235 pack of Winchester 22 L.R. H/P's for me at $15.99.
So with this I have enough new ammo for 1/3 of next years Ground Squirrel season, for me.
Again I am quite certain that October of 2,012 was when the rimfire shortage began here in the west and northwest where I travel often and extensively.
By the way that Remington ammo today came out to 7.1 cents per round!
I cringed at that price but felt lucky to get it - those few buckets of ammo lasted maybe 2 minutes once the customers were let in.
NO 17 Mach2 ammo on hand at all.
Good supply of 17 HMR ammo though at $10.99 per 50 or $109.90 per 500 pack.
Some other 22 L.R. ammo was available but sold quickly.
I hope this shortage is over sometime during what is left of my lifetime - irregardless of WHEN it started.
I hope you can replenish the young mans ammo supply soon.
Sadly (for my peace of mind and for the Ground Squirrels!) several of my Varminting friends and acquaintances were reduced to Hunting them with non-hollowpoint 22 rimfire ammo of recent.
And that was not a pleasant situation!
But, they could only come up with round nose ammo or round nose standard velocity etc, etc, etc.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Mule Deer: I "charge around Montana (and the west!)" for multiple reasons and while doing so I always check for rimfire ammo along the way.
I hope that's okay with you?
Make NO mistake the $115.00 on 22 ammo I spent was not all I shelled out there at the wonderful annual Hunters Rendevous!
I also purchased a spotting scope, some Ruger MK-II magazines, a Bushnell window mount, a Remington bolt action 22, an 8 pack of WONDERFUL fried chicken from the store there in Ennis... THEN we went to a couple of high end (upscale!) garage sales there where we really unleashed some bucks - but most of those items were non-gun related except for a new Leatherman tool I got for a pittance!
By the way three of us shared the gas for my family truckster (Chevy Malibu V-6 which gets 33 to 34 miles per gallon) so the fuel price was negligible - $5.00 or so for me.
Math is done - I will keep travellin and lookin its fun and stimulates the economy and the participants.
And by the way, by the way, my friend from Big Sheep Creek came by yesterday after church and saw my bucket'o ammo and offered me $25.00 more than I paid for it.
I told him I would think about it.
By the way, by the way, by the way was that ammo you FOUND on the internet hollow-point stuff?
I am only interested in hollow-points for my own use.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Now dat's a yummy looking breakfast! Typical 'Flave fare?

Since somebody brought up breakfast cackleberries during a grumble 'bout gouging for ammo - let's jabber about $4 a dozen eggs.

I just wake up before the other campers and hit their coolers.
Travis

Oh yeah. Package of Jimmy Dean's sauseege. Bag of tater tots. Dozen eggs.


UBER.



Travis