exavid
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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.
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'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.$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.)
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.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.
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.
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.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.