.22LR cheaper at WalMart than anything on AmmoSeek

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On line purchases of ammunition were a bit more advantageous when you didn’t have to pay sales tax vs a brick and mortar store where you did. That WRONG Supreme Court ruling from a few years ago really rained on that parade!
 
I mostly look at WM for 22WMR and maybe 30-30.

At the Walmarts around here, CCI 50 TMJ count is $5 less than at the Academy Sports across the street. $14.73 vs $19.99.
The 125 count milk carton box is a bit better at $27.83, if they're available which has been rarely.
 
n2omike said:
My Walmart... taken today... and it's a smaller store. lol

I believe they has .22lr as well, but I wasn't in the market, as I have plenty.
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That's my Walmart used to look like. Except the very top shelf was powders, and the shelf under the hanging merchandise was primers.

That all went away about 2 years ago. A dang shame.
 
All the Walmart’s I’ve been to in SW Washington have reloading equipment and sometimes components. I usually buy my rifle dies there as they sell rcbs 2 die sets for $34.
 
I have bought my three boxes at Walmart everytime I went there lately. Quite a while ago I had bought 30/30 at K Mart and ammo at Target and as long as Walmart will carry ammo, I will continue to buy it from them - and not only because of the price but that is an incentive.
 
CDW4ME said:
Wal-Mart wants to virtue signal and not sell handgun ammo ...
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I feel the same way. If I can buy what I’m looking for elsewhere, I do; and that goes for all merchandise.

With that said, I’ve swallowed my pride for some things including .22lr ammo, and shop at Walmart occasionally.
 
Insignificant bill said:
Went to Walmart and decided that a different tactic was needed to get ammo quickly. Went to the store manager and was out in less than ten minutes with 650 rds of Federal automatch.
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Better than sitting around twiddling your thumbs waiting for an employee to stroll on by.

Nice tactic, may use it next time.
 
Scooter22 said:
Yup and before that 7.99 in the early 80s. They were good shooting .22 back then. My Glenfield 25 w/4X Tasco 1" would do nickle size groups at 50yds.
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I was given .22 Model 60 with little instructions when I was a young boy. Grow up with a pellet gun, never shoot anybody, so they were like, here you go. That’s how it was back in the days.
 
What I specifically remember about the TB's is somewhere in the late 80s or into the 90s they suddenly started to lead like crazy. 20, 30 rounds and you had a smooth bore. The bullet profile changed at that time. Then the leading stopped but they were crap after that. I wish I bought a pallet of the old CCI Blazers. They shot great out of anything. I,m pretty much a plinker but was nice to have 50 yd dime to nickle shot groups out of basic hunting rifles. My rifles haven't changed. The ammo has.
 
Scooter22 said:
[Thunderbolts] somewhere in the late 80s or into the 90s they suddenly started to lead like crazy. 20, 30 rounds and you had a smooth bore. The bullet profile changed at that time. Then the leading stopped but they were crap after that.
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During the past several years, I shot/tested over 40,000 rounds of now 30+ brands/weights/lots of 22LR ammunition specifically with latest 11,000+ rounds capturing 5/10 shot groups and documenting on various "real world" threads like this - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/real-world-accurizing-22lr-on-the-cheap.898035/

Most of the ammunition tested were purchased around 2019 and newer and have been 99%+ reliable in various 10/22s, T/CR22, ARs with CMMG conversion bolts and pistols (GSG 1911 and G22 with AA slide kit with only Norma Tac-22 being "no go" failure to cycle slide) and with the exception of Winchester M22 (Several duds per box in both 10/22 and T/CR22) which I will be retesting as soon as I can get a hold of a new lot.

Yes, old Thunderbolts were bad, so bad that I deemed them "Thunderduds" and swore never to buy again. But in recent years, at the urging of many THR members, I decided to include in my "real world" comparison threads and to my surprise, every round went bang. Yes, true ... and I have shot several thousand rounds of the newer Thunderbolts in various pistols and rifles with 100% primer ignition (And I have not experienced leading with any pistol/rifle I have tested during this time ... Yup, 40K+ rounds and no leading issue). Accuracy was mostly good but is prone to larger flyers to list as #18 on my accuracy listing of now 30+ ammunition (Listing below 50 yard targets at below link) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...t-shipped-pricing.902560/page-5#post-12304852

Now that Remington ammunition was bought by Federal/CCI/Speer (Vista Outdoor parent company), I am curious how new production lots of Thunderbolts and Golden Bullets will do (I actually bought some new lots for upcoming comparison test so stay tuned) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...t-shipped-pricing.902560/page-5#post-12325243

Scooter22 said:
I wish I bought a pallet of the old CCI Blazers. They shot great out of anything. I,m pretty much a plinker but was nice to have 50 yd dime to nickle shot groups out of basic hunting rifles.
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Yes, old Blazers have shot very well for me as well and averaged around 1/2" groups at 50 yards for my 10/22 and T/CR22. While some members' experience differ, my experience with old and new CCI SV has been the same with around 1/2" groups at 50 yards consistently but I will be conducting more comparison testing with new lot of 22LR.
 
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