Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 22 LR ammo - supply issue, or hoarding ??

I've noticed some of the online stores offering bricks of .22 ammo with other items in a package you have to buy - like with a cleaning kit or gun case. I bought a brick of Federal American Eagle that way, with a cleaning kit from Natchez, but it was because I could use the cleaning supplies as well as the ammo. I was low on patches and "regular" (non-foaming) bore cleaner and the price wasn't too bad.

I live near the Remington ammo plant at Lonoke, Arkansas and know lots of people that work there. They all say that they are making .22 ammo as fast as they can, 27/7. These people are not management, but workers, and people that I have known for a long time. miles

Well, there's the proof that it isn't a conspiracy by the ammo companies.

In fact, since they're working 27 hours a day, I'd say they're going above and beyond the call of duty...

We got in a bunch of 22 Mag again this week. Also we've had a steady supply of someone's 22 LR for several months now. No scalp prices either. All sorts of brands!

I'll consider being impressed when they start working 367 days a year.



Travis

Defunct Mayan calendar.

When I had a Sporting Goods store, I bought all my live bait down at Lonoke.

I seem to need a proof reader. 24/7 sound better? miles

Lots of minnows raised there. Over a thousand acres within a mile of me. miles

Just picked up 20 bricks today, been buying cases for months now each week, only Federal, so they must be pushing out the most.

Who is "we"? I haven't seen .22mag on the shelves since December 2012.

That's more .22 ammo than I've shot in my entire life.

Got about 10,000 rounds.the grandkids burn thru bout 200 rounds a visit. Can usually replenish them monthly .So it is.

I was in one of the LGS's this afternoon, and they had 4 bricks of .22 Long Rifle hollow-points. I asked my friend at the counter when it had shown up, and he said two hours ago--and there were 12 of them. While we were talking another guy came in and bought one. They were going to be gone by the end of the day.

And people still believe demand isn't higher than production....

Cases for months now each week. Whats that mean, oh, hoarding of course.

no for resale in my shop, don't need to hoard, I been hoarding since the 90's, I have 281 bricks of Federal 711 Gold Metal Target plus others, sold a lot of what I don't use since dirt bag was voted in again

Kinda guessed that, or you were planning on financing a new boat.

Don't take this as a personal attack but IMHO it is the big box stores that have access to ammo due to contracts and volume purchasing but then basically enable the scalpers by having no policy to limit purchasing that are as responsible for the problem as the scalpers. As someone mentioned it may, be helpful if orders were sent to more of the smaller retailers than the big box stores. In the end I'm a bit sick reading and hearing stories that go something like well we get ammo every week but it sells out as soon as we gets it. We get our shipment on Wednesday nite and put it out at 8:30 on Thursday mornings and it gone in 15 minutes. The same guy and 3 of his buddies come in every week and buy it all out. Well yea whose fault is that.

I will play the blame game with you. It is shared among the ones doing the resale, the ones paying the scalper, and the ones putting ammo out at the same time every shipment. In all fairness, the ones putting it out probably ain't smart enough to know that they are a problem. The ones doing the scalping think they are just capitalist following the American dream (verified by their comments in the classified) and the ones buying are desperate, and used to getting everything they want, when they want it (spoiled). miles

Plenty of bricks available at the gunshop below my house.... @$129/brick!! Damn, I might as well practice with my center fires!