Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires So how's the rimfire ammo supply in your local stores?

I picked up a box of 500 Thunderbolts at Sportsman's (25.99) over the weekend. They had a pile of them in the morning, buy afternoon they were gone. I'm seeing the same box sitting at pawn shops for $50, so hopefully the buying to resell is fading and we can get back to normal. I am planning another run to Sportsman's this morning to see if I can get another brick. Fingers crossed.

Went to WLmart on Saturday and asked about 22lr, clerk said you can buy one box, I said sold. Bought a 100 Winchester varmint rounds for $10... With tax. Was in Sportsman's while my daughter bought a pistol and watched a 525 pack go as well as 5 100 packs before I grabbed one that was left, another Winchester only this was small game for the same price as the first one purchased. If they would have been snakes I would have been bitten!

I picked up a bulk 325 box of Federal Auto Match today at Dick's for $19.99. Limit of one per person per day.

Ain't none around these parts...

Was at Walmart this morning. They got in some bulk Winchester in packs of 333. Picked up 3 for $17 each.

Gentleman said I was lucky as they had recently gone through a month of zero .22, then for a week they had it almost daily with a large variety, and today was the first he's seen in three weeks. Doesn't seen like the "situation" is better or worse locally, but glad I got some.

Was in Dodge Center, MN today. Local hardware store had 22LR on their sign by the road. Stopped in to take a peek at what they had for how much.

They had a brick of 22LR in a green box (not Remington) called CI for the low, low price of $74.99!

Our local shop had a brick of CCI Greentag last week. First CCI I have seen in a couple of years! No other rimfire of any kind, of any caliber.

I seem to find CCI Mini-Mags and Standard Velocity occasionally. Haven't seen any Greentag in years. What was a brick selling for?

Bob

Glutton

I resemble that remark!!!

Bob

A brick is advertised in the paper for $90 this morning.

I didn't ask, because I have never had good accuracy results from it. Still got two bricks of Sk HV HP so we are not short of hunting ammo. Plinking is a forgotten past time, however.

Still hit and miss here, one LGS had some Geco ammo another had some American Eagle. 22 Mag and 17 HMR were also there but again hit and miss.

I think the trickle portends a full flow, and these guys can just GF themselves. I sure hope so!

Pick up 20,000 rounds tomorrow...

What "flavor" did you find in that quantity?

Bob

This week I have picked up two 50 rc boxes of CCI std velocity at Academy for $3.49 ea and a 325 box of Fed Auto Match at Walmrt for $18.

I used to be able to randomly catch it in stores in my metro market, but I think people know the stocking and delivery schedules so well that working guys never happen upon it.

When I see it on the shelf at dealers at ridiculus high prices, I do ask the sales person about it and then decline saying their pricing is too high and I'll wait for the market to correct.

Maybe by 2017 I hope...

That should be ~150 pounds.



And ~$1,000 before 2012

And ~$3,000 today

Picked up 2 bricks of Federal Auto Match on Saturday at Wally World, I must have beat the old geezers that hoard the crap. I went to a not so local gunshop yesterday and he had all kinds of 22 lr ammo in stock. I need at least 10 more bricks to feel better. I paid 18 dollars for the automatch on Saturday per brick and I saw Winchester 22lr 552 pieces for 38 dollars at the not so local gunshop, he had one box and I wanted at least 5-10. Waiting for him to get some more in and I will buy 5-10 in one go.