Jlr2267
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Every place I've shopped in the last 3 months, except Walmart, has had plenty of 22LR at very reasonable prices
You and I must work with the same guy.A guy at work who has about 1/2 Million rounds in his basement explained it to me this way...."When the government collapses .22LR will be like currency"...
As in seriously?
I researched it a bit and thats when I sold off my .22 guns and essentially gave up on the caliber. It has nothing to do with supply and demand or .22 shooters buying up the stock. Its into the realm of the looney's and you can't fight that without stooping to their level. People are buying this stuff up who have no intention of ever using it as ammunition and they will buy all they can afford to buy.
^^^^^ This. Complaining about it isn't going to change it. School and movie theater shootings changed things, because it motivated the hoarders. And just like all paranoids, it is difficult to break them of the notion that they have to buy all the 22lr because they'll never find it again.Supply and demand...........
it is difficult to break them of the notion that they have to buy all the 22lr because they'll never find it again.
I understand...you are a scalper and part of the problem.I made a tidy profit selling .223 ammo in the first half of 2013. People were paying $1 a round for anything they could get their hands on and I just "happened" to be sitting on a boatload I bought at $.17 a round. Good for me!
I have a two year supply of .22 LR and virtually every round was purchased online at relatively "normal" prices. I no longer even pay attention to Remington as I have quite a bit of their cheap stuff as well as the Federal bulk but I do buy other types when I see them offered. It's not really all that hard to keep a good supply of ammo with just a little bit of computer time and a credit card.
$10 per box of 50 REALLY? That's $100 a brick, far more then the $60-65 brick I can order mid range match ammo for (wolf) almost any day of the week. You should be able to order online basic .22 for $ .10 rd / $50 brick all day long. I've seen case lots recently at .08 / $40 brick. Still more then I'd pay, I just ordered Blazer at $30 brick. You need to expand your searches beyond GunBroker
I understand...you are a scalper and part of the problem.
That's total hog wash. It's called a free market, and it's what makes capitalism work.I understand...you are a scalper and part of the problem.
He can, but I'd choke on those prices.You should be able to order online basic .22 for $ .10 rd / $50 brick all day long.
That's total hog wash. It's called a free market, and it's what makes capitalism work.
Ammunition is a commodity the same as any other. If someone buys an ounce of silver at $15.00 and turns around and sells it a few years later at $30.00 because the market demand is there, does that make that person a scalper? No, it makes them someone who chose to invest in a valuable material or item, and sell it later at a profit. That's called having business sense, not scalping.
Buy low, and sell high. It's how the stock market works, it's how investing in commodities works, and it's why a lot of people will be able to retire some day.
If you can't see that, then I suggest you move to a socialist or communist country where you will receive your yearly allowance or quota of .22lr ammo. Complaining that someone else had the foresight to purchase supplies and be prepared for a shortage is only demonstrating that you did not have the same foresight. And for the record, I only have about 2000 rounds of 22lr on hand. I am not reselling any of it, and I'm not a hoarder. It's all I need to keep on shooting.
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We ain't your usual single shot squirrel shooters - folks with AR / 1911's are burning a lot of 22 over the last few years.
Yup, but I think some folks still don't get it, or their idea of the typical 22 shooter these days is "old school".This x1000