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Have the gun(just bought) need the ammo and everywhere I've looked is OOS!! Tried midway,A1ammo and cheaper than dirt

I bought most of mine from auctions on Gunbroker and/or Auction arms (see ref. link below). IF you are a reloader, there's lots of info. in previous threads on this forum about re-forming other brass (30-30, 25-35?) to .22HP. You should also be looking under "5.6x52R", as that is the European designation for the cartridge.
I just searched Grafs and they're OOS too. I did a Yahoo search for "Savage 22 Hi Power" that led me to the other link below (ammo to go), but I never used them, and $55 for a box of Norma seems like a scalpers price IMHO. They have Sellier & Bellot for $20 a box, but I've read less than positive things, so I've never "fed" that brand to my 22HPs. Hopefully, someone else will chime in with a source with current stock.

On a side note, I'm regretting not buying all a seller at a recent gun show on Long Island NY (2 weeks ago) had for sale, as he had about 5 or 6 boxes of CIL (Canadian) Sav 22hp ammo for $20 each. Oh well, shoulda, coulda, woulda.

Good Luck! -TomT

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=280804149

http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/index.php/cName/rifle-ammo-22-savage-hipower

these guys have the S&B but are out of everything else... the S&B is not the best ammo and most ppl have issues getting it to group worth a darn.

Try to find the Norma ammo.

thanks guys I tried natchez but OOS 2 and didn't find any at the auction sites

I have been known to buy S&B ammo just to pull the bullets for reloading.

+1, have about 200rds of that stuff, probably throw rocks and get better group.

Hi pm sent

I have 2 boxs of Norma 22hp ammo, one full and one with 2 shells fired, 18 loaded, Ill sell both, and a bag of 40 norma 22hp new brass for $100.00 shiped! PM if if you want them!

I think I meant to include this link in my original post....

http://shop.reedsammo.com/category.sc?categoryId=93

Was just looking at a couple boxes of 303 Savage from Reeds Ammunition. Looks like they just have the S&B, but for a decent price.

I have some 303 if u r interested let me no.

Actually I meant that I was just looking at a couple of boxes of 303 Savage from Reeds Ammunition that I have in the safe. Wasn't looking to buy any more.

Seems to shoot fine at the range, in case anybody was wondering.

Thanks for all the info--Saddlering thanks for the offer but I don't need any brass right now

Id sell the two boxs of ammo for $65.00 shiped, Money order only tho!

I'd sell anything that says 22hp, before I even looked for shells.
.250 replaced that caliber, better.

My 22HP patterns more like a shotgun using S&B, and have had some failures to fire with what look like good primer strikes.

I want to thank evryone for all the info It looks like I will get some norma (from saddlering Thank You) in the 70 gr ammo and use that for hunting and also buy some S&B and shot that for practice saving the brass to reload with some 55gr bullets.this gun is a O/U combo and it completes my 6 barrel set (2) 12ga O/U,20ga O/U,222/12,308/12 and 22savgeHP/12

that make of gun is?

All along I was assuming it was an 1899. I'm with Drew in having my curiosity piqued now.

the set started life as savage 2400 but morphed into a savage 330
reciever fitting the 12/308 barrels (I liked the "flur-de-lilies"stock on the 330 more than the 2400).One of the 12 O/U barrels is from a valmet "lion" series and it seems like its a mile long BUT its in Full/Full and a tremendous deer gun barrel.the other 12 O/U and the 20 O/U are pure savage 330 and the 12/222 is savage 2400.As for the 22 savage HP I hope it will arrive this week but I'm betting it's pure Valmet.I will keep this reciever and have a 2 reciever set--one with a single selctive trigger and one with dbl.triggers that will work all six barrel sets