When I was a kid there were two places to buy ammo in our small town: the hardware store (owned by my ex-wife’s grandparents) and the sporting goods and marine store (owned by my wife’s grandfather.) either place would break a box of cf rifle or shotgun ammo, but rimfires were only by the box. I used a lot of shorts because they were cheaper and as soon as I scrounged and saved enough for ammo, I’d go down and buy some. Sometimes I’d get .22 longs.
