My Buckmark goes Kaboom!

[exavid]

Jack up those 5 bricks of .22s to $50 per brick for a grand total of $275. That was the price at a gun show here in town today. There just aren't any to be had.

 

[Fishslayer]

The cost of the parts was about $110, primarily due to the cost of the TacSol rail which I ordered, but is currently back-ordered.

Last Wednesday I received a box from CCI containing 8 bricks of Blazer ammo. Since 2 1/2 of these bricks are a replacement for the ones I sent in, the other 5 1/2 are the compensation for my repair costs. While it doesn't exactly make up for my expenses, it's still better than nothing.

Can you fathom how much you could make off those 8 bricks at a gun show right now? I literally just walked out of Gander Mountain where the total amount of .22lr was 150 rounds of bird shot. Been that way going on 3 weeks.

I know guys are asking $50 a brick on our local WTS board. No Idea if they're getting it. $35/brick is about average asking and I believe it is selling for that.

.22LR is gold right now.

EDIT: Just had a look. Federal bulk does seem to be selling at $40/525 brick. I think the Blazer is better ammo. More accurate and reliable in all my guns.

 

[Dudemeister]

$110 estimated repair costs
5.5 bricks as compensation
valuation by CCI of $20/brick

how much does a brick go for today?
(not a .22LR firearm owner yet so honestly I don't know.)

I'm not looking at the silly inflated prices right now, but a brick of Blazers usually costs about $15-17. The last batch I bought, cost me $15.95/brick.

I think they (CCI) figured out the price at $25 a brick (MSRP), so they way they looked at it they were being generous by sending me about $140-150 worth of ammo.

FYI, I forgot to add the cost of shipping the ammo back to them via UPS, which was $15. So the expenses were closer to $125

 

[Dudemeister]

I know guys are asking $50 a brick on our local WTS board. No Idea if they're getting it. $35/brick is about average asking and I believe it is selling for that.

.22LR is gold right now.

EDIT: Just had a look. Federal bulk does seem to be selling at $40/525 brick. I think the Blazer is better ammo. More accurate and reliable in all my guns.

All this insanity is going to eventually stop, and while prices for some ammo (like military calibers) will probably stay high, some calibers, especially .22LR will come back to normal.

You have to remember that everyone is having a knee-jerk reaction right now as if ALL types of weapons are going to be banned. In reality, handguns, hunting rifles, .22 firearms will more than likely not be affected.

In fact .22lr rifles are not even on the "chopping block" as they are not considered assault rifles at all.

So I'm looking at the long haul, where .22LR ammo will come back to what it was before. I still had about 4-5K of Winchester, Remington and CCI, and now I have about 4K more.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Out of battery.

 

[Fishslayer]

So I'm looking at the long haul, where .22LR ammo will come back to what it was before. I still had about 4-5K of Winchester, Remington and CCI, and now I have about 4K more.

The last brick of Blazer I bought at Turners was around $25-ish (IIRC). Last time I bought Rem GB from Walmart they were $23-ish.

All your points make sense. Nobody really has a definitive answer for the panic buying of .22LR. .22LR is the essential SHTF ammo. EVERYBODY has one or more rimfires. More people shooting more .22 because .223 is $1/round? One theory I heard was that...ummm... "certain people" were stocking up before they implement background checks for ammo purchases.

Who knows? All I know is that the wife is burning through .22LR and I'm burning up .45ACP because we both got new toys for Christmas.

But that's OK. I've been "panic buying" for the past four years.

 

[Dudemeister]

Who knows? All I know is that the wife is burning through .22LR and I'm burning up .45ACP because we both got new toys for Christmas.

Yeah, you and me both, except I am the one doing all the shooting. I usually put away 100 rounds of .45ACP and about 200 of .22LR very time I go to the range.

Thankfully, I reload the .45 so the cost is reduced, but the shooting capacity has increased dramatically, so I don't think I'm saving that much, just shooting a lot more.