Price of .22 LR ammo

[LightningMan]

Howdy, I was at my local wally world today and felt I needed to buy some .22 LR ammo, as I was getting a bit low from all the indoor shooting I did over the long winter. Anyway I noticed the prices had gone up on the Federal 550 rd. boxes, as they used to be $15.97 and now they are $18.97 I also noticed a bit smaller sized version of a Federal bulk box of 375 rds for $11.47, this got me thinking to which was a better value. I did a little thinking and figured the 375 rd box gave more bang for the buck, if I did my math right. I figure you pay $3.45 per 100 ct for the 550 rd box and $3.06 per 100 ct for the 375 rd box. I always thought buying in larger quanities of the same product would mean lower cost, but this is not the case. LM

 

[DJW]

What state are you located in? Here in Tx. the 550 Federal at Wally World is still $15.47...............

 

[LightningMan]

DWJ I'm located in Iowa.

 

[kenno]

Localy, in Orygun, 2500 rounds of 22LR off the shelf at Bi-Mart is $85.50.Thats the cheapest I can find, even mail order is more expensive.

 

[outerlimit]

The Federal went up to $18.97 here a couple months ago as well. Luckily, all of it I bought was at the old price. The Winchester 333's have stayed the same price. I bought a bunch of the RWS 9mm at the old (higher) price so I guess it all evened out though.

 

[rd2007]

I have noticed .22LR is getting much harder to find here in SA, especially the Mini Mags I need for my Mosquito. The price has stayed the same, though; $6.47/100 @ wally world.

 

[TexMexSu]

Walmarts raised their prices on .22LR months ago here. We have 17 W/M within a 20 mile radius of us so I have a lot to check. I was fortunate to find stores that did not change the price marked on the shelves so they sold them to me at the lower price.

Now they are all marked $18.97 for the big bulk boxes, except Winchester which is $19 something.

Farm & Fleet stores have been slowly raising their prices also but at least they have sales all the time.

Mini-Mags here are very hard to find. I buy any I see.
Winchester X are also not very common to find sitting on a shelf.

Cabelas has plenty but you pay a buck or so more per box.

We shoot 800+ rounds each trip to the range, sometimes more/never less, so I watch for deals on .22R ammo.

 

[JoeMal]

$18.97 for my Federal bulks too in Illinois. Plenty on the shelves. Also sell the MiniMags for $8.97, but they go for $10.97 at another Walmart that's about 10 miles away.