OldMac and Colt and maybe a few others,
First of all, some of your threats or comments are not High Road and I am surprised nobody has gotten rid of you on here.
Second, the guys selling 22 at inflated prices are not your enemy. Like they said, they are waking up early and getting ammo at Walmart or other stores. Then reselling it. If it wasn't for them, you wouldn't be getting any 22. You said you don't want to get up early and you still want your ammo. That is comical. The Walmart ammo line at 6:30 am contains some guys who will be reselling and the rest are shooters who would use it and others who want to stash away a bunch for themselves. So, the only people supplying the lazy sleep in guys are the resellers. Because you are not going to walk into any store at noon or 5pm and get anything. Trust me, I am at Walmart at 6:30am and the ammo line is 20 deep.
Even I had a reserve of many boxes purchased at great prices over the last few years. I actually added ammo to the 22 cal market in the last months by selling my personal ammo and giving a couple boxes to friends who needed it, while keeping a couple of boxes to shoot. Now I will stop selling to others and just replace what I sold. So unless you are getting up early you won't beat me. Because I am going to buy the next 40 boxes for my personal stash and you won't get it. Your only hope is for a reseller to beat me to Walmart so he can buy it and resell it to you for higher prices.
I guess the point here is you are gonna need to get up early.
And the ridiculous comparisons to communist Russia are out of place. Even in free market you will find your self waiting in line if you want the product badly enough. Ever see a town devastated by tornado or flood and services disabled? Ever see people waiting in line for clean drinking water? Sounds like you didn't prepare for the current market situation. And I reiterate, the ammo resellers are your friend. Because there are so many guys like us wanting to buy to shoot it weekly or to stash that it is not going to be easily (i.e. see getting up early) available for a while.