Should I be buying 22?

Oh definitely. I'm still buying, but only when I see those kind of prices. Lately, it was Mini-mags for 10 cents ea., in the 100 round boxes, but they were the round nose ones, which are kinda hard to come by here-most of my minis are of the HP variety. We get a lot of the Fed Auto-match also, 325 rounds for 21 bucks. I'm sitting on probably 8-10K rounds, but still buy when I see a decent deal. But then, even through the winter I go through a few hundred rounds a week.

“Anybody who says that they’ve got some magic bullet to get oil, gas prices down to 2 bucks a gallon aren’t telling the truth.”

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President Obama, 3-13-2012



It never gets better, until it does.

It always helps to have enough ammunition/reloading supplies to last at least two terms.

jmorris said:

It never gets better, until it does.

It always helps to have enough ammunition/reloading supplies to last at least two terms.

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No argument, however, I think what people are missing is that our current precdiament isn't really caused by the regime in power.

In 2009, our national debt was 10 trillion. Today, it's 30 trillion. We printed 20 trillion dollars in paper currency in in 13 years. That cuts across political lines. Our current situation was predictable. And avoidable. Add to that the supply chain woes brought on by our reaction to Covid. I think we would be seeing ammo and firearm shortages no matter who was in charge. The same is true of inflation in broader terms. It was bound to happen, but it just hit the firearms market really hard.

Buy, I've bought 3 22 pistols, 1 22mag pistol, 1 22mag rifle and 1 22 rifle as well as around 400 rounds of 22 mag and 1500 rounds of 22lr recently... bought guns when 22 ammo was hard to find, bought ammo during the last couple months... .10 cents or less on the lr ammo

At the end of the day, whether 22 is 6 cents a round, 12 cents a round, etc, it is absolute peanuts compared to centerfire and I never regretted taking one to the range.

OP and anyone contemplating, buy and enjoy if your budget allows. Dollar cost averaging works in investing.....it works in shooting also.

Sure,if tou don't have enough already. I have plenty of 22. I actually just sold a few thousand rounds to fund other stuff

MJD said:

At the end of the day, whether 22 is 6 cents a round, 12 cents a round, etc, it is absolute peanuts compared to centerfire and I never regretted taking one to the range.

OP and anyone contemplating, buy and enjoy if your budget allows. Dollar cost averaging works in investing.....it works in shooting also.

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Hear! Hear! On both counts.

I took a 22 rifle and pistol and a 9mm to the range today. I shot 125 rds in the rifle, (already prepping for next hunting season) and 120 in the pistol. I didn't even get the 9mm out of the truck. Even at 10¢rd, I spent only $25. It cost me $23 in gas to drive to the range and back. If I had shot the 9 as much as the 22, it would have been closer to $60. If I had shot my hunting rifle that much... over $150.

You must live a fair distance from the range.

I agree with what some have said! Buy a little, you decide what is a little, every certain amount of time. A box or two, a brick or two every week, month. If the price goes up yippee, if it goes down so what and then buy a whole bunch. I feel like you can never really have too much 22 ammo. You can shoot it, barter with it! Stored in decent conditions it will last for years. Then again if your playing the stock market with the 22's to sell later and make a profit, I have no knowledge to give advise there.
IMHO

I would buy it if you need it for both shooting and stocking up. But if you have a good reserve and enough to shoot then don't hoard it just because the price is lower. The more ammo that is available the lower the prices will go which will benefit all of us.

Waveski said:

You must live a fair distance from the range.

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70 miles round trip. Normally one trip per week minimum. (less in the depth of winter) Two this week. I'm leaving for the range as soon as hit the "post reply" button on this post. Out there again on Monday for a Service Rifle match.

If I didn't have a .22 I'd be missing out on a lot of shooting. Not only are they cheaper to use they are so much fun.

They are also great for teaching a new shooter. Children don't get scared from the recoil. Everyone is wearing eye and hearing protection so the noise is negligible with a .22.

And there is the fun factor. For a day at the range I can bring a few of my guns and shoot a brick of ammo and go home with a smile on my face.

My current favorites are my S&W 617 and my Volquartsen Black Mamba.

As long as Corporations can continue to sell ammo as fast as they produce it prices will remain as high as the market will bear.

jonnyc said:

I grab my 3 box limit of .22s every W-mart visit. Got somewhere between 25,000 to 30,000 rounds by now. Should last me for a month or two.

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Don't shoot much do you?

Doctor Dee said:

Don't shoot much do you?

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And therein lies the quandary. If one shoots one's ammo, one will not have any ammo and will not be able to shoot. If one keeps one's ammo, one will have ammo but will not be able to shoot.

I go to "church" every Sunday and send my offerings to the Tabernacles of Targets.