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Still buying 22 ammo and components? #11903490 03/16/17 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,368 Idaho D drover OP Campfire Tracker OP drover Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,368 Idaho Just curious if I am still the only one still laying in 22 ammo and components anytime I can find them at a reasonable price. At the rate the Rinos and Dems are fighting Trump tooth and nail on everything he is trying to do and the debacle that repealing Obamacare without a replacement I am concerned that in 2018 the Republican majority control will be but a brief memory. For myself I am just going to keep on making sure that I don't get caught short. drover 223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers. 24hourcampfire.com - The site where there is a problem for every solution.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11903742 03/16/17 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana I suspect you may be right about the mid-term elections, but I pretty much stocked up for life after Obama got re-elected. Though I did pick up a couple of 525's of Federal bulk-pack Champion .22 LR hollow-points when they showed up on the shelves of one local store after Trump was elected. My wife's Anschutz, her primary gopher-gun, shoots them very well.... “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Mule Deer #11903762 03/16/17 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,070 Colorado Springs, CO, USA S saddlesore Campfire Ranger saddlesore Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,070 Colorado Springs, CO, USA Can't stock up here. Still no 22 LR at decent prices. LGS had them at $7/50 If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11903771 03/16/17 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,024 Battle Born B bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,024 Battle Born Originally Posted by drover Just curious if I am still the only one still laying in 22 ammo and components anytime I can find them at a reasonable price. At the rate the Rinos and Dems are fighting Trump tooth and nail on everything he is trying to do and the debacle that repealing Obamacare without a replacement I am concerned that in 2018 the Republican majority control will be but a brief memory. For myself I am just going to keep on making sure that I don't get caught short. drover I just bought some more bullets and primers today and scored on some H4350!!!!!!!! There is a god.... The shelves are way stocked up on 22lr here too... The last time I was at Cabela's, I bought a brick of SK standard match grade ammo. It was on sale and the shelves were stocked with CCI, aguila, browning, and a few other brands I didn't recognize... Glad to see things turning around.. Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11903795 03/16/17 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,468 S smithrjd Campfire Tracker smithrjd Campfire Tracker S Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,468 Yes... As I live in a bad state.. When I see things getting low I replenish. Actually stocking up up on some items as new laws are going to make ammo hard to find and expensive. Midway has Federal 22LR Ulra Match for $9.99 I got a couple of bricks at that price.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11903836 03/16/17 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,623 Orygun H Heym06 Campfire Tracker Heym06 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,623 Orygun There seems to be 22lr just about everywhere now! Picked up a 1400 count bucket golden bullets at Sportsman's, this week! It's squeek season here! The federal I purchased last fall are the worst I've ever seen! Its like when they did get powder, only half enough was used. The others just get a dent in the rim, and don't go bang! I thought it was my 10-22 messing up, so I tried my 39 lever! No better, then took a box of ten year old shorts and compared to the federal! The shorts hit an inch higher at 25 yards! That tells me federal pumped out a bunch of crap during the Obummer years!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11904288 03/16/17 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge I have all I probably would ever need, but not all I might want for fooling around, trying to find the best load for everything. New rifles seem to keep finding their way here, so it's never gonna be over until I am. What fresh Hell is this?

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11904369 03/16/17 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,619 A Quieter Place S shootem Campfire Outfitter shootem Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,619 A Quieter Place Local Walmart says their weekly shipment now lasts until the next day. Must still be some VISAs not quite maxed out. Meant to check the shelves for Spam, Vienna sausages, and Pork & Beans but I forgot. “When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty” Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version) "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11904457 03/16/17 Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 24,281 Arkansas O ol_mike Campfire Ranger ol_mike Campfire Ranger O Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 24,281 Arkansas Local walmark here still has NONE -I just check to see how long this is going to go on. Years now ... The gun counter employee said if and when they get it it's very little . PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024/2028 !!!!!!!!!! Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11904458 03/16/17 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,203 The Pennyrile of Kentucky JamesJr Campfire Ranger JamesJr Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,203 The Pennyrile of Kentucky Every now and then I find a 100 round box of Winchester HP's at Walamrt. My old Remington 22 rifle really shoots them well, so I try and keep a bunch on hand.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11904518 03/16/17 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,342 Finger Lakes NY fishdog52 Campfire Regular fishdog52 Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,342 Finger Lakes NY Lots of 22's hereabouts, but sort of an eclectic selection. Local Field and Stream has stacks of cases of Fed Auto "match quality", 325 rounds for about $19. Jury is out on just how good this stuff might be. Super x and Remington golds were there as well at about 10 cents a round. Several kinds of Eley for twice that price. Imagine your grave on a windy winter night. You've been dead for 70 years. It's been 50 since a visitor last paused at your tombstone..... Now explain why you're in a pissy mood today.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11904631 03/16/17 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,688 Subtropicalabama B Bama_Rick Campfire Regular Bama_Rick Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,688 Subtropicalabama Yesterday Dad and I walked into Academy and right there out in the open was all kinds of 22lr and no limits on anything. And then as if it couldn't get any better, they had a clearance shelf loaded down with 22lr. We didn't buy any since we didn't need any. I told Dad this is what winning looks like!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11907354 03/18/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,488 North Texas RiverRider Campfire Outfitter RiverRider Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,488 North Texas I took my cues back in '08 and diligently built my inventory over the following years. Unless I live to be 100, I can hunt the rest of my life and play on the range some without buying another thing. It doesn't help that I keep learning about them introducing all these new bullets and powders, though. I wish they'd stop that---well, no...not REALLY. I sure hope all this pessimism over the next election turns out to be unfounded. Don't be the darkness. America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11907390 03/18/17 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State roundoak Campfire Outfitter roundoak Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State It has been challenging to keep 22 ammo on hand for our K.A.M.O (Kids And Mentors Outdoors) chapters and hunter education classes, but ammo has become readily available recently. You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908533 03/18/17 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska orion03 Campfire Tracker orion03 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska Plenty around here now, but I always pick up some Mini Mags when I see them. `Bring Enough Gun`

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908561 03/18/17 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 13,401 Hoosierland, Indiana Kimber7man Campfire Outfitter Kimber7man Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 13,401 Hoosierland, Indiana I've got three bricks of Remington Thunderbolts I'm not going to use if a Scout troop needs them... “There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ALDO LEOPOLD

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908602 03/18/17 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º What's a brick of 22s? I seem to recall something.....not sure anymore. Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908612 03/18/17 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana Visited four local stores yesterday, looking for other stuff, and every one had stacks of .22 Long Rifle and other rimfire ammo for sale, generally at decent prices. But then March in Montana is the beginning of "gopher" season, when ground squirrels really start emerging from underground. Stores usually try to get some in, somehow or other, but it isn't disappearing quickly like it was last March. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908627 03/18/17 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Klikitarik Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 17,491 Alaska - N63º, W162º When Armageddon comes to Alaska, there will either be a very selected few arming themselves out of the personal connexes from the stashes of 22 LR, or we'll all be using 9mm and 223 stuff. Last edited by Klikitarik; 03/18/17. Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908644 03/18/17 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,919 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,919 SE, Iowa no, didn't get caught short. Shot about a 1000 rds of 22 this last 2 weeks playing with a couple of new rifles though

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908669 03/18/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,837 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,837 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA I find 22 LR ammo, but not the brands I shot pre-Big O. That available does not reliably run our Hunter Ed 10/22. Very frustrating when one is trying to get 20 kids through 10 rds each and having to stop and clear the action about every 5 rds. We run 4 different shooting stations in our class, and the 10/22 is our hated bottle neck. Have not seen a brick of Win Power Points in 9 or 10 years. My personal supply is extremely good, but that's because I responded to the middle America religion/guns comment before BiG O was even elected. Last edited by 1minute; 03/18/17. 1Minute

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11908699 03/18/17 Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 389 Monterey Bay, CA Leonten Campfire Member Leonten Campfire Member Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 389 Monterey Bay, CA June 2014. I saw these (35 cases) at a store in Santa Clara. They would let each customer buys three boxes. So I took my son and my daughter to the store and bought nine boxes at a time. Once I had about 5000 rounds I stopped buying them. They sold for less than eight dollars for 50. [/URL] If you reload, there's no such thing as an obsolete cartridge. Once you render an opinion, you open yourself up to criticism.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? 1minute #11908752 03/18/17 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,488 North Texas RiverRider Campfire Outfitter RiverRider Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,488 North Texas Originally Posted by 1minute My personal supply is extremely good, but that's because I responded to the middle America religion/guns comment before BiG O was even elected. So you proved him right, did ya? I did too, bro. Don't be the darkness. America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11915273 03/21/17 Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 269 Bureau County, Illinois P Ploughman Campfire Member Ploughman Campfire Member P Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 269 Bureau County, Illinois I attended a gunshow here in Illinois this last winter after not having been to one for a couple of years. It seemed to me there were more vendors with reloadng components(particularly powder) than I remembered from past gunshows. Maybe some of these vendors over-bought in expectation of politically-based shortages that haven't happened(yet). I'm hoping some of them will cut prices.... Last edited by Ploughman; 03/21/17.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11918939 03/22/17 Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,747 Kane WY W WYcoyote Campfire Tracker WYcoyote Campfire Tracker W Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,747 Kane WY Still hoping for Federal Premium Gold Medal Large Rifle Magnum Match #215M Primers.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11919250 03/22/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA I've always tried to slowly build a comfortable inventory. I finished shooting my old stuff in around 2003/4, which I brought with me to Wyo. in 1985 (I've always been a prepper ).Continued to slowly increase inventory until the half-breed Kenyan got in office. I've only managed to buy 3 bricks (550 bulk pack), since, which I gave to my son! If I can ever start buying again, I'll start shooting again! Components: Never stopped,but was slowed a bit for a while. memtb Last edited by memtb; 03/22/17. You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? RiverRider #11919732 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,858 South of Minnesota 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,858 South of Minnesota Originally Posted by RiverRider Originally Posted by 1minute My personal supply is extremely good, but that's because I responded to the middle America religion/guns comment before BiG O was even elected. So you proved him right, did ya? I did too, bro. Self fulfilling prophecy. Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile. Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe) Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11919749 03/23/17 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 6,314 Western Kentucky S shortactionsmoker Campfire Tracker shortactionsmoker Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 6,314 Western Kentucky 22LR is readily available. I'm to the point of turning down allocations. We have tons of 22WMR too. Primers are hit and miss, brass inventories aren't great either. I'd venture to guess you'll see that change by the end of the year. I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11919756 03/23/17 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming Cabela's and Sportsmans Warehouse both had plenty of 22s on the shelves. By way of comparison, a brick of Thunderbolts was priced at $35. I'm not ready to pay that yet. Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11919765 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone The only place that doesn't have 22 RF in stock locally is the Wallyworld where the trailer park crowd grabs it up for their stash. I never understood the hoarding/prepper crap. I was always able to get 22 RF, and could always get rifle or shotgun/pistol powder.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11919813 03/23/17 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA bea175 Campfire 'Bwana bea175 Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA Now that they have succeeded in getting the price of rimfire ammo doubled it is showing up every where since the Dem's are out of power A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Snake River Marksman #11920163 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Originally Posted by Snake River Marksman Cabela's and Sportsmans Warehouse both had plenty of 22s on the shelves. By way of comparison, a brick of Thunderbolts was priced at $35. I'm not ready to pay that yet. Snake River, I feel the same way, waiting until more reasonable! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Deflagrate #11920167 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Originally Posted by Deflagrate The only place that doesn't have 22 RF in stock locally is the Wallyworld where the trailer park crowd grabs it up for their stash. I never understood the hoarding/prepper crap. I was always able to get 22 RF, and could always get rifle or shotgun/pistol powder. I "resemble" this on several points. One of them being..... WTSHTF, and it will sooner or later,you'll wish you'd have thought that out a little more. memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? memtb #11920203 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone Originally Posted by memtb Originally Posted by Deflagrate The only place that doesn't have 22 RF in stock locally is the Wallyworld where the trailer park crowd grabs it up for their stash. I never understood the hoarding/prepper crap. I was always able to get 22 RF, and could always get rifle or shotgun/pistol powder. I "resemble" this on several points. One of them being..... WTSHTF, and it will sooner or later,you'll wish you'd have thought that out a little more. memtb I've been hearing "WTSHTF" since I was a little kid in the '60s. It was the Nazi's coming back, the Commie Ruskies, the Hippies or Yippies, racial rebellion, the gas crisis, the economy, Militias, etc etc etc etc. I'll just go shoot the hoarders and take their crap. I forgot: The UN, Black Helicopters, the Chinese through Mexico, Men in Black Suits, and the Aliens behind the Comet! Last edited by Deflagrate; 03/23/17.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Deflagrate #11920355 03/23/17 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 26,337 south of grinder's switch G Gus Campfire Ranger Gus Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 26,337 south of grinder's switch i'm a bit concerned that the average rank & file member doesn't give sufficient importance to the aliens behind the comet scenario. it might be the planet behind the sun, as an analogy? we gotta be ready, for we know that the truth is out there.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11920436 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska I just saw an alert for ammo I haven't seen in years... 22lr... but at 12 per 100 I"ll pass...hell maybe it was 12 per 50... We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11920494 03/23/17 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming I think Wal-marts price is still 27 dollars a brick when they can get it. To me, that's what the "fair" price ought to be. Just my opinion based on nothing whatsoever. When and if I find 22lr on the shelf at that price I'll buy it. If I feel like I really need it, I think there are places online that have it for that price. If I think we're going to run into the shortage again, I may pay the premium; but for now, I'm not buying till the price comes down. On the plus side, Cabela's in Idaho Falls had just about every brand of 22mag on the shelf you could think of including winchester 40gr hollowpoints. Unfortunately, my 22mag is still in Maryland keeping groundhogs from devouring the garden. Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Deflagrate #11921380 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Deflagrate, When you go to take out a hoarder... You're just going to leave your family with one less mouth to feed! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921387 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,903 west coast of Arizona D desertoakie Campfire Regular desertoakie Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,903 west coast of Arizona I just bought 10 325 packs of Federal .22 ammo from sgammo.com for $189.50 + $16 shipping. Works out to 6.3 cents per round. Not bad. And, I don't have to waste my time checking Wal-Mart, which never has any, and when they do it's $29 + tax...which equals about 9.5 cents per round. Ken

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921390 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA FWIW, I just left the trailer park, and headed over to Wal-Mart. Found some 550 pack Remington Golden's. Made my first purchase in many years! memtb Last edited by memtb; 03/23/17. You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921544 03/23/17 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming Where and how much, memtb? Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? memtb #11921573 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone Originally Posted by memtb Deflagrate, When you go to take out a hoarder... You're just going to leave your family with one less mouth to feed! memtb Nope Sir, I was a US f'in Marine Sgt. Hoarders are little old ladies with houses full of cats and magazines. I seen on the TV show.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? memtb #11921593 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone Originally Posted by memtb FWIW, I just left the trailer park, and headed over to Wal-Mart. Found some 550 pack Remington Golden's. Made my first purchase in many years! memtb Ha Ha! Good Score! They only had Federal 325 packs last I got some. Dirty stuff the Federals. Leaves pistols all sooty.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Snake River Marksman #11921614 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Snake River, WalMart in Cody. $29.86/box (plus 4% sales tax). Wife and I had a good meal at Irma's. All in All a good day. Weather was pretty cr@%%y, so in was nice to leave the "trailerpark" and go stock-up! You know us "preppers" , can't pass up a good deal!! Heard there was a "Blue Light" special at K-Mart... The building's for sale!! memtb Not exactly a steal.... But it's the first quality bullets I've seen available in years. I thought the price was acceptable! Last edited by memtb; 03/23/17. You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Deflagrate #11921634 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Deflagrate, Just like John Fogerty said " I know it's true,'cause I saw it on tv"!! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Leonten #11921671 03/23/17 Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,453 California R robertham1 Campfire Regular robertham1 Campfire Regular R Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,453 California Originally Posted by Leonten June 2014. I saw these (35 cases) at a store in Santa Clara. They would let each customer buys three boxes. So I took my son and my daughter to the store and bought nine boxes at a time. Once I had about 5000 rounds I stopped buying them. They sold for less than eight dollars for 50. [/URL] Looks like you were there before I

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921704 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone memtb, I like your sense of humor. Much more fun to spar with you than read people arguing over headspace and twistrate for the billionth time.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921731 03/23/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Deflagrate, Thanks... I think! Sure hate to ruin the reputation I've spent years perfecting. memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921733 03/23/17 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,379 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,379 Las Vegas NM I haven't seen any 22's for sale here in MANY years. I just ordered 8# of powder, so I'm good on components. I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11921822 03/23/17 Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1,688 T Trystan Campfire Regular Trystan Campfire Regular T Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1,688 I'm stocked up for a lifetime on 22 ammo and reloading components for quite a few cartridges and now I'm stocking up for another lifetime. 😀 Trystan Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Trystan #11921912 03/23/17 Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 South Florida You guys that are waiting for "decent" prices are going to be waiting a long fugkin' time. Dave Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11922542 03/24/17 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,237 N.E.Wisconsin H Huntz Campfire Outfitter Huntz Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,237 N.E.Wisconsin I have bought 550 round bricks off the Innanet for $24.00 a brick shipped.Do a search.That is what I payed before the OBummer crises.Its been a long time since the $9.99 Bricks were available and you will never see those days again.Some guys selling at a local gunshow are in denial as they were asking $50.00 a brick.I showed them the Innanet Price on my Smart ass phone and thought they were going to cry. Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11923061 03/24/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Huntz, That's a good price. I've found cheaper than what I paid, but being the picky a$& I am, I wanted name brand "plated"! So, it took more time and more money. The price you pay for being stubborn. memtb Last edited by memtb; 03/24/17. You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? memtb #11923399 03/24/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone Originally Posted by memtb ... I wanted name brand "plated"! So, it took more time and more money. The price you pay for being stubborn. memtb I was really picky and only shot CCI or Remington copper coated. I did Dyna Bore Coat on all my 22s also, and I can shoot plain wax on lead with no leading! .

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? memtb #11923499 03/24/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA screw all the retail sources........ no tax/free shipping....Target Sports..... https://www.targetsportsusa.com/federal-american-eagle-22-lr-ammo-38-grain-plhp-ae22-p-1404.aspx T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? deflave #11923569 03/24/17 Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1,688 T Trystan Campfire Regular Trystan Campfire Regular T Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1,688 Originally Posted by deflave You guys that are waiting for "decent" prices are going to be waiting a long fugkin' time. Dave I order stuff online at least once a week. I think the prices right now are as good as we are ever going to see. At some point the majority of the scared folks are going to be supplied up. When that happens in the near future I predict a big slow down and a healthy price hike. Trystan Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? tikkanut #11923608 03/24/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA Originally Posted by tikkanut screw all the retail sources........ no tax/free shipping....Target Sports..... https://www.targetsportsusa.com/federal-american-eagle-22-lr-ammo-38-grain-plhp-ae22-p-1404.aspx ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Trystan #11923624 03/24/17 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana Trystan, I'm puzzled. "When the majority of the scared folks are supplied up" there's going to be a big price hike? How does lower demand result in higher prices? “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11923972 03/24/17 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming American eagle= 400 round bricks. 7 cents a round is 35 dollars for 500, for plinking ammo..... I'm a cheap bastid. Knock another cent and a half off and I could get interested Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Mule Deer #11924008 03/24/17 Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1,688 T Trystan Campfire Regular Trystan Campfire Regular T Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 1,688 Originally Posted by Mule Deer Trystan, I'm puzzled. "When the majority of the scared folks are supplied up" there's going to be a big price hike? How does lower demand result in higher prices? Less revenue to pay the cost of doing buisiness. It's just a WAG "Wild Ass Guess" 😀 I think supply and demand does drive prices down as long as there is enouph volume to pay the cost. If sales drop through the floor which I believe is going to happen.....another "WAG" ☺ I think manufactures will make a lot less product and have to ask a higher price to meet the bottom line due to lack of revenue. I know that might seem out there but I call the market on things like this all the time and have a pretty good track record. Trystan Last edited by Trystan; 03/24/17. Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Trystan #11924054 03/24/17 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,086 Banana Belt, Montana Thanks for the explanation. We'll see! “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Deflagrate #11924072 03/24/17 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA Deflagrate, We run some in semi-auto handguns, and I thought that we'd have better feeding and less build-up in the feed ramp area. So, I tried to be patient. In the bolt guns, not so much! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? memtb #11924132 03/24/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone D Deflagrate Campfire Regular Deflagrate Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 623 Gone Originally Posted by memtb Deflagrate, We run some in semi-auto handguns, and I thought that we'd have better feeding and less build-up in the feed ramp area. So, I tried to be patient. In the bolt guns, not so much! memtb Gotcha

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11931072 03/27/17 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska orion03 Campfire Tracker orion03 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska I'm just darn happy to have 22's available again. Have most everything around here again. I don't mind spending a little more, can't expect prices to stay the same forever. `Bring Enough Gun`

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11933701 03/28/17 Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 3,582 Upstate NY River_Ridge Campfire Tracker River_Ridge Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 3,582 Upstate NY We even have .22LR in New Yorkistan. Dick's had Winchester 555's on sale for $29.95 last weekend. Lots of Remington stuff in the flyer too. Wag more, bark less. The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed. The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11934791 03/28/17 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming S Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker Snake River Marksman Campfire Tracker S Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,082 Etna, Wyoming So there you go, just under five and a half cents a round. Right around twenty seven dollars for 500. That's where I "THINK" they ought to be. It's a heck of a lot more than the ten dollars a brick I was paying back in the nineties, but a candy bar cost a lot more than back then too. Maybe I'm just wrong about the "right" price. Stupidity is expensive If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? Mule Deer #11934845 03/29/17 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,858 South of Minnesota 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,858 South of Minnesota Originally Posted by Mule Deer Thanks for the explanation. We'll see! My take is that when demand is high, the prices are high "because they can be". When demand is low, prices are high "because we aren't selling much and need to make money". Supply and demand determining price is a concept created by sellers for their benefit, not for that of the consumers. Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile. Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe) Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? 5sdad #11935378 03/29/17 Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,150 O outahere Campfire Regular outahere Campfire Regular O Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,150 Originally Posted by 5sdad Originally Posted by Mule Deer Thanks for the explanation. We'll see! My take is that when demand is high, the prices are high "because they can be". When demand is low, prices are high "because we aren't selling much and need to make money". Supply and demand determining price is a concept created by sellers for their benefit, not for that of the consumers. I just retired from a career as a regional sales manager with a US based aluminum extruder. My position gave me an up-close view of many hundreds of manufacturers and distributors over the years. I have never seen anyone successfully employ the business model described above. Part A is realistic, Part B - not so much.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11940517 03/31/17 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,147 OMAHA 260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana 260Remguy Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 32,147 OMAHA I bought 2,220 rounds of Winchester/Olin 36 grain HPs today, 222x10, for $126.00, around $0.057 per round. Gunsunlimited in Omaha had a pallet of them on the floor and although I tried, I couldn't resist.

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11941568 03/31/17 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,118 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,118 Texas Still have about 10,000 rounds

Re: Still buying 22 ammo and components? drover #11945406 04/02/17 Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 28,752 West of the Blue Ridge Crap ammo at any price is still crap. Why waste money on stuff that doesn't perform well in your guns? Only exception might be for pistol practice. At my skill level, accuracy issues ain't due to ammo. What fresh Hell is this?