Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires How much .22 do you shoot in one year - The logic or lack of in stock piling

So I shoot

150 - .22 LR per year
~250 .17 HMR a year
~250 22 Mag a year

If I live another 40 years, and the shelf life of 22 Ammo is ? 15 years ...
So lets say I go for 10 years of ammo

1,500 of .22 LR (3 bricks of .22's)
2,500 of .17HMR (5 bricks)
2,500 of 22 Mag (5 bricks)

Heck I've already got more than that in 22 LR (4 bricks)

S0 WTH are people doing buying 50k rounds of 22's for ?
Maybe I need to stop shooting so much high power and practice with 22's.

Your problem isn't too much .22lr it's lack of shooting! 150 .22lr a year? HA!

More than likely I have enough .22lr to last a year or 2 at my past rate. But what my history shows is a far cry from how much I want to shoot. Personally I'd like to have enough ammo stocked up for the later.

The fact is things change. Sometimes you can plan on shooting so much and life cuts into it. BUT it can work both ways. Let's say a shooter gets a chance to do some competition, or go after some prairie dogs, or end up with a group of friends that just wants to burn up some ammo. If you have the ammo you're good to go, if you don't you limit yourself. I don't like to be limited by lack of availability.

I probably go thru 200-400 rounds of quality Eley a month. CCI plinking ammo (or other bulk) between 500-1000 per month. Depends on how much plinking time I get. Now that my daughter is graduating into toddler from a cooing bag of organs ... I can forsee a dip in my plinking consumption. Hopefully not in competition consumption .... but I probably won't shoot as much there either.

I have about (cain't exactly remember), 10-12,000 rounds of plinking ammo. It should be good for this year assuming prices stay high. I don't have enough Quality ammo on hand. But we'll get through. Most folks won't buy Eley Match or Tenex for plinking

Maybe it's the 2-3000 round I shoot when Pdog hunting that makes my case different

No kidding Eley for plinking would not be cheap

200 rounds a year, but I have 10,000 rounds in case I get a bad itch. I've bought none since the election; glad I don't need any. Shelves have been empty for a while around here.

Sold my only 17 HMR........have a couple hundred rounds if someone is looking. No full boxes......I don't think. Was ammo testing with a CZ455 when I decided to sell the rifle.

I shoot about 8,000 rounds a year and my stash will run out in 2023...better buy some more.

Probably 1000 -1500 per year..mostly it depends on how many gophers I shoot in the spring and early summer..Lately, I have been shooting more of them with my .22 mag. and .22centerfires, so my number of .22lrs. has decreased..Haven't shot my .22 revolvers as much as in the past..so that has saved some ammo..Have enough ammo to last quite a while, but I would like to lay in a couple cases of CCI Hollow Points..

I shoot only about a brick of .22 ammo a year. I would shoot alot more if I did not spend so much time shooting centerfire. I always keep some extra on hand but I refuse to stock pile.

Spotshooter: I have learned to "stockpile" - I have been caught short once in the somewhat distant past and it put a crimp in my "style" that year for sure.
I shoot a LOT more each year than you do though:
4,000 to 5,000 22 L.R. bulk pack hollow-point ammo
500 to 1,000 Winchester Power-Point hollow-points
1,000 to 2,000 17 HMR rounds
200 to 400 17 Mach2 rounds
And alas I have virtually stopped shooting 22 Magnum rimfire ammo anymore and seldom go over 200 rounds a year total in all my 22 Magnums (Rifles and pistols!).
So in order for me to "protect" my year-round rimfire fun I must (especially in the last 15 - 20 years) "stockpile"!
Now, I have a pair of grandkids coming on line and I expect to see those numbers go up by a total of 500 rounds or so per year.
Long live rimfires.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

The logic behind "stock piling" is not to accumulate simply a large supply of ammo. The purpose of laying in a nice supply is twofold:
1. To accumulate trading stock for other items.
2. To save money because it will not get any cheaper, ever.

I still have bricks of Federal bulk 550 packs bought at Wal Mart for under $10. Just a nice feeling going to the range and firing off a brick and knowing you are not breaking the bank:)

.22 ammo might just be a new type of currency for the future. I am sure I could easily triple my money on the 30-35 bricks I have, but then I couldnt go out and have a fun day at the range with my son and wife.

Generally 100-150 rounds per range session with the .22 semi-auto pistols, a busy day would be 200 rounds. Figure minimum of once per month doing that, maybe 3 times per month in nice weather (other range outings I'm busy with centerfires) so minimum of 1200 rounds per year on up to maybe 2500 rounds per year. That's 2 to 5 bricks per year. I used to shoot a lot more but with more centerfires these days I don't shoot as much rimfire.

Stockpiling the .22 ammo for same reasons as others said. Just a couple years ago I finally used up the last of a stash of 3 cases of Winchester Wildcats bought at K-Mart in the early 1980's for under $9 per brick. It was good stuff, at least my Kimber loved it. I won several .22 silhouette matches with it against much more expensive ammo.

BTW, instead of "stockpiling" or "hoarding", I prefer the phrase "saving for a rainy day". In case anyone's noticed, it's currently raining all over the country.

5 to 12K depending on the year and that is loading single shot. Average about a brick to a brick and half per day. Most first timers that come to shoot with me run out midday. Beldings ground squirrels.


Right now I feel a little short with about 24 bricks in stock. They'll be coming out in another month.

Shelf life is definetly more than 15 years if stored properly. I've shot 22 ammo from my dad's old stash that was 30+ years old. Worked fine.

Have shot more than 3 bricks since the first of January and have only had about an hour of daylight after work and weekends. Since I have a range in my back yard it is not that hard to shoot an average of 50 rounds of something about every other day at least and when friends and family bring their kids out even more

I shoot a bit, about 5000 a year. I am also one who has not learned from the past. Only have three bricks left and none to be found around my parts. Thankfully I did learn about primers and power. Set there for a while. Just bought a S&W 617 so the rim fire use will be going up. Having the kids in college check their areas, have a few bricks lined up from them. It seems the shortage is regional. However none available for ordering that I see unless one wants to spend for match ammo.

I usally shoot between 5000 and 7000 rounds per year of plinking ammo. Only about 500 match ammo. I stockpile because I got caught with my pants down 4 years ago with no ammo. I started stockpiling as soon as available. I am setting comfortably for a couple years. Every time something like this happens it drives prices up. Good shooting

I do some target shooting. Lot of my targets wind up on a grill. Splurged a few days ago and might have shot 50 LR rounds at paper. Don't have a lot of ammo really, but flints, BP and lead are readily available these days.

ok I can see stocking up to 10k given what people are saying.

I can't see the 50k stash viability though

I see the viability, and only wish I had before now. Rest assured, it wont happen to me again.