Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires 22 rim fire prices and supply still fickle.

I saw Velocitors at a LGS last Saturday - first time I had seen them in years. I bought one box of 50 for $8.99.

I made up for that this afternoon at the Academy Sports store that opened today. They had sent me a $10 coupon in the mail last week. I walked in the store with the coupon in my pocket and the loud mouthed 'greeter' hollered "WELCOME TO ACADEMY, SIR! WOULD YOU LIKE A SALE FLIER AND. $10 COUPON?!! Why yes, thank you! I bought the last box of Federal AutoMatch they had and took it to the car. Walked back in with my other coupon and bought a 300 pack of CCI 36 grain HP with it.

325 rounds Federal AutoMatch........$9.81 out the door
300 CCI 36 gr HP.............................$16.35 out the door

I considered walking in to the store a third time and trying for another coupon from the loudmouth at the front doors, but decided to be happy with the deal I got and leave some for other folks.

Went in my local Walmart, and they had CCI Std Vel 50rd boxes for 3.49. I asked if there was a limit, lady called on radio and they said no. They had 4 bricks, so I told her I'd take them all. So she called back and said "he's gonna empty the counter" so another lady comes back, and says no - 2 box (of 50) limit on .22 ammo. Walked away, will never go back.

Last 3 days.

Day 1. 1000 rds Tac-22 $104.98 (Thanks, Cert)

Day 2. 1800 rds CCI AR Tactical $137.40

Day 3. 1000 rds CCI SV's $107.00

I saw ammo at Gander Mountain and Scheels in Springfield, IL over the weekend. CCI Mini Mags, Federal AutoMatch, Winchester - all of it about 10 cents per round before tax. The kid at Gander Mountain told me I needed a Illinois hunting license to purchase ammo since I was from Missouri. I wasn't going to argue with him because the price was too high and I was not going to buy it anyway. I ended up speaking with a manager before I left the store and he knew the law and gave me the straight scoop. Still did not buy anything.

Stopped by three different WalMarts (Indiana and Michigan) over the weekend and only found some 22 rat shot in one of them! No problem finding them at Field and Stream, Gander Mountain and local gun shops.

LGS here has plenty at$5.00 or less per 50 rounds. Federal AutoMatch 325 bulk pack $19.95.

screw it trying to buy local...

BS to standing in line with a limit of 100 rds.......

they can all KMA........online at Target Sports USA

$385 per 5K rd case....shipped.........IN STOCK !

http://www.targetsportsusa.com/aguila-superextra-ammo-22-lr-40-grain-hv-sp-p-3436.aspx

That's about what they're running here, T. ($19.99 at BassPro). Picked up another 325 pack after having my truck serviced today.

Amen to that. Yesterday, I ordered some steel shot loads and by adding 5 boxes (the limit) of CCI SV, I got free shipping.

If you have a Murdoch's Ranch store nearby I just picked up a 300 rd box of CCI Mini-Mags for $19 and change. My local store had a huge supply of it. Might be worth looking into.

Just got back from the new Academy Sports store again. They have had Federal AutoMatch 325 packs on sale for $16.99 the past three days for their grand opening. They still had an end cap full of 22 ammo. I picked up 4 more boxes. Perhaps they starved other stores to keep this one stocked for the grand opening, I don't know. The situation has steadily improved around here in the last year or so. I have purchased 2625 rounds in the last two weeks, which is more than I have purchased in the last 3 1/2 years
I will declare an end to the shortage when I see it regularly on the shelf at Walmart.

Local Academy has plenty of mini-mags @ $7.99/100 and bulk pack federal for $39/ brick.

I ordered one of these. Aguila Super Extra is good ammo, works great in semi-autos. It shoots a little better than Federal Auto Match in my guns.

Good prices.

The local W-Ms have a variety of 22 LR ammo, but not evenly distributed between stores. Some stores have dozens of 500 count boxes of Remington for $25, so $0.05 per round, while other stores just a couple of miles away have bare shelves.

Cabela's and Scheel's have plenty of 22 LR ammo on their shelves, but the brands, styles, and size of boxes (50/100/325/500/etc.) change constantly. I could buy a couple thousand rounds every day if I wanted to, but I'm not 'cause I don't like horders and I think that it is unfair for the working guys who can only get to the stores after work and on weekends.