22lr guns flying off the shelf despite ammo supply

[alexander45]

So I was in a lgs fiddling with there used stock and got to talking shop with one of the owners, mainly about the ammo mess and that I was surprised to rarely see any 22lr guns on his shelfs,
Well he had a simple explanation for that and it was that they sell and they sell quick the cheaper guns mite sit for a day or two befor being bought the more expensive ones a week max.
With that in my head I started to think about it a dicks I like to check for ammo is regularly out of model 60s and ruger 10/22s. And another shop that likes to discount guns that arnt selling fairly briskly has in fact upped the price on most of there 22lr guns over the last year.
And even with there being no ammo to be had I very rarely see used 22lrs up for sale

I know there are a number of dealers on here, are you seeing a similar trend?

This may also explain the current ammo mess, if there are just that many new guns out there that would eat up a whole lot of supply

 

[JSH1]

22 Rifles are cheap. A Model 60 is what, about $160-$180. They shoot straight and are a lot of fun to plink with. Great for training a new shooter or keeping your skills sharp.

22LR ammo is available any day of the week online for $0.10 a round. That isn't as cheap as it used to be but it is still cheaper than any other factory loaded ammo I know of.

Combined you can get a 22 Rifle and 1000 rounds of ammo for less than even the least expensive centerfire rifles.

 

[MAKster]

A lot of gun owners, especially new ones, have no idea of what things should cost or used to cost. Even at 10 cents per round, 22LR costs less than half of 9mm the next cheapest round. So to many people shooting 22LR - even at today's prices - is still inexpensive.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

A dollar would buy in 1960 what $7.97 would buy today.*

Us old fogeys are still expecting to pay 50 cents for a box of fifty .22s or $29.95 for a military surplus rifle, but balk at $3.98 for a box of fifty .22s or $240 for a mil surp rifle.

Why did the quality of the .22 Remington Golden Bullet go down hill over the decades? You can't make quality ammo at the old price level.

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*(I was originally wondering why I could not find a kid's telescope as good as the one I bought when I was 12 for the $9.95 I saved from my allowance. I searched and found a U.S. dollar inflation calculator at Wikipedia.)

 

[berettaprofessor]

but balk at $3.98 for a box of fifty .22s

If that fifty were CCI MiniMags or Wolf Match or Remington Subsonic, I'd snatch up as many as I could buy.

 

[il.bill]

A lot of gun owners, especially new ones, have no idea of what things should cost or used to cost. Even at 10 cents per round, 22LR costs less than half of 9mm the next cheapest round. So to many people shooting 22LR - even at today's prices - is still inexpensive.

^ I believe this has a whole lot to do with it.