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No, especially not the variety we used to see. I haven't seen the CCI SGB in years, which I miss because my favorite .22 puts them all in one hole and the flat point makes it especially deadly. some guy in Baltimore advertises it on GB, he must have bought it all when CCI stopped making it.


Roll your own.


http://www.reedercustomguns.com/revolvers/flatnose.htm




Paco Kelly also sells a FN tool. Easy to use.


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I been doing this by using a Redding neck bushing

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I am pretty near out of SGB, I will have to do that. But, at least the last batch of SGB I bought, was the most accurate stuff that old rifle ever saw.

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[Linked Image]...[Linked Image]

I use Paco's tool. At first I used the Nastinose - a big honkin' HP maker - but now, all I use is the dish nose. It flattens the meplats and puts a shallow dish on the bullet.

In both pix, the original cartridge is in the middle, flanked by altered meplats.

The dish nose is shown in the picture on the left. In the picture on the right, you can see the Nastinose HP maker. It produces a large HP. The far right cartridge has had the dish nose formed with the original factory HP.

https://www.303british.com/id61.html

You can see what I got here. I passed no judgments, just asked for opinions. Dozens of people wrote and there were varied opinions on performance. The only thing I know is the accuracy did not suffer using the dish nose punch, fed normally but made bigger wounds.


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I am happy to report that I have purchased 5,000 22LR in the past week.

Academy is selling 525 bulk packs of WW 22HP for $27.99. Limit 2 packs.

Between my wife and I, we got 6 bulk packs earlier this week in Houston...then snagged 4 more at an Academy in Austin today.

In all, I have added 8,000 rounds to the stash in the past month (WW, Federal and Remington).

I am feeling much better about my inventory now...heck, I might actually go out plinking with the rimfires for the first time in 5 or 6 years!

22 Mag is very tough here though. I had to search all over town to find some FMJ target ammo from S&B. And it was nearly $17/50!

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I just came from a store called "The White Elephant" in Spokane and was able to grab FOUR boxes of Hornaday Critical Defense 45gr flex tip HP 22WMR ammo for only $13.50/box! I am pretty pleased with that find.

While I have been able to grab some types of 22WMR ammo, the excellent Critical Defense ammo has been a LONG time off of any shelves that I could locate, and it really does significantly outperform anything else in a 22WMR handgun.


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I'll make you a deal on some 22 ammo. $20/brick.







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Safariman: Not here in western Montana - I see some "duds" like Remington SHORT hollow-points but they are VERY expensive and useless to me.
I also see some CCI shorts and foreign made 22 stuff but nothing priced fairly or usable to me.
I am seeing MORE of this "dud" stuff of late though, but again no help to me.
Its been 38 (thirty eight!) months now of this shortage/manufacturing conundrum!
In 38 (thirty eight!) months I have NOT seen ANY Winchester 40 grain Power-Point (hollow-points) on a stores shelves in the 7 (seven!) states I have traveled through during that time!
Lots of 17 HMR though where all I travel to of recent.
I am very happy for you and your Cascade store - YOU did not mention the prices you paid for the "buckets" and the "cartons" of Remington Golden bullets - I hope the prices YOU paid also made you happy.
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Not a steady supply around here lately. Poor grade 22 lr and no 22 mag. I have been looking for Wolf match target at a reasonable price. I am still looking. Good shooting

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Varmint Guy, we are in much the same boat as you.. The Wyo. stores don't off much more than what you have described.. Then at higher price than I will pay..

I have picked up several thousand rounds of Rem. HPLR, and WW HPLR ammo over the last year.. Despite what folks say, I have had good success with the Rem ammo.. It is NOT CCI, but I have killed many thousands of gophers with it.. If I could get CCI at a fair price, I would opt for it.. Most of my best buys however were on a trip in the upper mid west early last summer.. Haven't been out of the Wy/MtId area since that time.. I have found NO reasonable buys on ammo in this area..

Fortunately, I have enough for my needs, but right now there doesn't seem to be a chance to replace my supply as I shoot it up.. We have NEVER as far as I know had a good supply of WW Power Points.. I have a little stash of odds and ends ammo that I picked up for one reason or another.. Years ago I bought 2 bricks of Power Point.. Shot one away, but still have the other.. I would like a bit more, but it is rare stuff in this country..


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WyoCoyoteHunter: I very well remember the somewhat rarity of Winchester Power-Points even prior to October 2,012 (when hussein obama was being re-elected or it was sure it was gonna happen) and THIS shortage started.
These wonderful 22 L.R. hollow-points have shot, at least, WELL in every Rifle and pistol I have ever shot them in!
Yeah they were kind of rare back then but I could find enough to keep my several higher quality rimfire Varmint Rifles and pistols shooting when I wanted.
Nowadays I never see them on store shelves (and I get into a LOT of stores!) but only see them at gunshows on occasion - and then they are priced to high or completely out of sight!
A year or two ago I saw some 37 grain Winchester Power-Points on a shelf but my best guns are sighted in with the 40 grainers.
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Grafs has the lowest prices and best selection I have found.

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Originally Posted by lapua6547
Grafs has the lowest prices and best selection I have found.


Thanks, I might look them up. After this latest debacle, I am now going to be stocking up more than I have in the past.


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Are you talking about your latest debacle or the ammo debacle?

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Are you talking about your latest debacle or the ammo debacle?


Haha!

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We are the cause of the .22 ammo shortage.

We can easily buy as much .22 ammo as we want. http://ammoseek.com/ammo/22lr

I'll bet most of us on this thread had plenty of .22 ammo before this even started, still have plenty, and will have plenty for the rest of our lives.

If we all stopped hoarding everything would be back to normal in a few weeks.



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Originally Posted by safariman
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Grafs has the lowest prices and best selection I have found.


Thanks, I might look them up. After this latest debacle, I am now going to be stocking up more than I have in the past.


That's wonderful to hear.




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Not seeing any increase in supply here, and don't even think about buying any .22 WMR. Can't find any.

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I get my 22 from a distributor so I've not had much trouble. 22 Magnum on the shelf around here seems like a historical myth.

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Buck_: You're dreaming!
I personally know the owners of MANY gunshops in 5 western states and they tell me, and have been telling me for some time, that the shipments in response to orders they make for 22 L.R. ammo is no where near what they received BEFORE October of 2,012!
And if you think 8 to 15 cents a round for 22 ammo PLUS the expensive shipping is "just ducky" - then YOU have another think needed!
I don't think this shortage is "just ducky" and I don't think this SHORTAGE that started INSTANTLY in October of 2,012 is/was caused by hoarding!
I will stop buying 22 L.R. hollow-point ammo WHEN I have a full lifetime supply no matter WHAT you are dreaming about.
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