Academy has tightened limits on 22lr

A question I have seen no one ask. Are manufacturers really at full production? Are they actually making the same number of rounds that they were years ago? Or are they holding back?

I agree with others who say that it's not so much the people that buy up all the ammo when it shows up at the stores, but it's the fact that the ammo never gets to the stores to begin with.

For those of us who are poor, shooting .22's has been the only way to really be able to enjoy the shooting sports in any regular way. Centerfire ammunition is expensive. Some of you might not think so, but it is. After paying for gasoline, the electric bill, food, gasoline, water, and gasoline, there's not much left for ammo. It was always nice to be able to go to the store and pick up a big brick of .22 ammo for very little money, and fire away for a long time and have a blast. Can't do that anymore. Even if you can find it, it ain't cheap now (I can't find it... except for the occasional box of 50 for $9... and I may have to eventually break down and buy a few for future use.. not for casual shooting now!). And not everyone has the time nor the inclination to scour the internet all day, every day, searching for the .22 bargains.

My shooting lately has been limited to slingshots and BB guns. It may have to remain that way, with what ammunition I have saved for serious uses.

At this point, I'm wondering if we will ever see a day where we have inexpensive, available .22 ammunition again!

You are missing a very important point. There was nothing to buy. Nothing on the shelf. No ammo came off the delivery trucks.

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Your experience is apparently very different from that of many others...myself included.

And the phenomena of one guy buying his limit (daily) and bringing his wife, brother in law and stepson to buy their limit too...is very much alive.

Denying the problem does not solve the problem...

And, for what it's worth, I don't have a dog in this fight.

I haven't bought a loaded round of anything for five, maybe six years.

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You are missing a very important point. There was nothing to buy. Nothing on the shelf. No ammo came off the delivery trucks.

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Your experience is apparently very different from that of many others...myself included.

And the phenomena of one guy buying his limit (daily) and bringing his wife, brother in law and stepson to buy their limit too...is very much alive.

Denying the problem does not solve the problem...

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Two of my local Walmarts are receiving DOZENS of boxes of .22 each week. Last week I counted eighteen boxes of CCI MiniMags at one. According to one clerk who stocks the ammo case at the closest WM, they have been getting the same allottment of .22 as they received pre panic. People are waiting on her at 8am each morning.

If you drop by your local WalMart once every other week, you'll likely see nothing on the shelf. But if you take the time to ask "what days do you stock the ammo case?" and plan to be there those days, you'll get your ammo. The last three weeks I'm batting about .250............that means i find .22 at one out of four visits to a WalMart. The trick is knowing what days and times to go to a particular WM.

Can't find it anywhere? Without much effort, I've bought over 3,000 rounds of .22 since September 1st via Cabela's Online. Although the price is significantly higher than WalMart or Academy they have it. I visit their website 3-5 times each day and buy that one box limit/per day when it shows in stock. Cabela's will deliver it for free to their store eight miles away.

Quote: "...and I would not at all be surprised if they're the ones at gunshows selling them for 3 times the normal price."


I had ONE bulk box of 22lr before this crazed panic, a box of 555 Winchester.
I went to my local Walt-Mart and tried to buy when it was put on the shelf. After weeks of trying, I found out that two employees were buying it all, so I gave up for months.
During that time I didn't shoot any of my 22s.
I started showing up in the mornings at Walt-Mart after a few acquaintances said that they found some a few times. I was there every morning before work and most times I came up empty handed, but my persistence paid off and now I have 10,000 rounds of 22lr and I no longer go because that supply will last me quite a long time for how much I currently shoot.

^^^ If you can prove the employees were buying the stock and flipping them then please do so and get them fired.

Granted I was showing up 2 hours before Academy opened but I didn't have to worry because if ammo came in I was pretty much assured I would get some since I was either first or second in line.

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1. You are the problem.
2. You are a dedicated shooter.

Pick which one you prefer. I applaud people that are crazy(I mean dedicated) enough to get up and stand in line at a store for ammo. I'm not gonna do it because I'm not dedicated(crazy).
I have stayed in ammo by shopping online. When Cabela's showed a brick of 22 I would order it. It was $25 a brick with $5 shipping which came to $30 when I used to pay $19 a brick which came to a little over $20 with taxes. If I drove the 30 miles to Academy then it cost me more that $30 a brick to buy the ammo. I have picked up the occasional 2-3 boxes of WWB 9mm, 380 and 45 at Walmart at normal prices. The great thing about online shopping is I don't have to stand in line, drive around, listen to the million conspiracy theories and play Nascar with buggies. I can actually shop online while I'm in my deer stand! Life is good.

If you are completely out of ammo then you either don't have a computer or don't have a credit card. With the exception of early on in this mess there has been ammo available online at "decent" prices. It isn't sitting on the shelf at Walmart every time you walk in but it's out there.

My local Walmart isn't the best source for ammo (small town) and I'm not driving 60-100 mile round-trip just to "maybe" get a box or two of any ammo. I can be this lazy and stubborn because I bought quite a bit of ammo long ago (sorry... yes, I'm repeating myself). I'm not disrespecting those who didn't buy ahead. But I do hope others will learn to stock up so they never again find themselves short on anything.

I HATE shopping when others are flocking in panic to buy what I want/need. Black Friday... items in extreme shortage... NO WAY am I wasting gallons of fuel and hours... upon hours... upon hours of my time to fight with others at the big box stores. I just don't like people enough to put up with those kinds of stresses. Heck, I try to buy a month supply of groceries because I hate grocery shopping... people blocking aisles with their carts... squeezing into aisles like sardines... yuck.

<sigh of relief> I think I feel better now.

I shoot about three times a month at matches and lately have no problem keeping up with 45 ACP and 9mm. I'll be darned if I stand in line two hours before Academy opens to get some. I'll go bowling. I have enough of a reasonable store for the apocalypse. Since I don't think the Four Horsemen will be leading a swarm of zombie smurfs - I don't need 20K of 22 LR.

I don't wait in line for ANYTHING. 5 minutes in a checkout line is four and a half minutes too many. I'm definitely not waiting for hours for a store to open. Not for nothin'. If that's what has to be done to get .22 ammo, then that shows why I have only a handful left from years ago. I have bought none, and I have shot none.

I have seen none available anywhere in quite some time, except for the occasional box of 50 for $9. None at Wal mart ever. I have found none on the internet either, except for, again, the occasional high priced small box (with shipping on top!). I can do without. I do without a lot of things.

I have now backordered some from Midway (thanks for the heads up that they were now allowing backorders). Frankly, I do not expect to ever get it. But it's worth a shot... If I do get it, I doubt I'll shoot any of it... it's far too precious!