Maybe that is the problem. We are now in a never ending cycle of panic, availability, but with hoarding, then panic again......
I hear Remington has modernized, and is expanding, but I can not confirm that. Can anyone else?
This explains a lot about the 22lr issues
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I hear Remington has modernized, and is expanding, but I can not confirm that. Can anyone else?
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I give a brick or so to close friends around Christmas if they are into shooting them. I have found it makes them smile almost as much as gold or diamonds. One set of family friends worked for Blackwater doing security(that's how we met). They each got a brick of .22Federal Gold Medal Target. You would have thought I gave them Omega watches...
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FWIW, I just put in a backorder for 4,000 rounds of .22lr with Midway (due in end of month). Even if it doesn't get here 'til spring, I'll be happy since there's no other options for reasonable prices here. I expect that February/March delivery is far more likely than January. 
Once that order is here, I'll probably put in another backorder for more. Probably continue that pattern until were sitting on 10k or more rounds. The main reason is that I have small kids and a day at the range with them can burn through a lot of 22lr. I want to make sure we have the reasonable chance of shooting in the future if things dry up.
So far, the prices on the Midway backorder-able .22lr seems pretty reasonable. Assuming it stays that way, we'll slowly stock up. If the prices rise much more, we'll sit on what we have.
Now that I've started reloading our centerfire stuff, I mourn for the fact that we can't reload rimfire.
Once that order is here, I'll probably put in another backorder for more. Probably continue that pattern until were sitting on 10k or more rounds. The main reason is that I have small kids and a day at the range with them can burn through a lot of 22lr. I want to make sure we have the reasonable chance of shooting in the future if things dry up.
So far, the prices on the Midway backorder-able .22lr seems pretty reasonable. Assuming it stays that way, we'll slowly stock up. If the prices rise much more, we'll sit on what we have.
Now that I've started reloading our centerfire stuff, I mourn for the fact that we can't reload rimfire.
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Do you guys see Midway's shipping costs as pretty high, or does the minimum charge for 3-4 bricks of .22 only appear to br high?
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It's great that the only .22 ammo that nobody wants is going to be the most readily available.
Seriously though, I'll take whatever I can get at this point.CharlieDeltaJuliet
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Keep an eye out on Grafs and Sins $7 shipping, and they came through with my last 5k rounds of SK/Lapua .22.
anothernewb
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I put some back orders in early into the panic on midway - it took a long time for them to come in, and the shipping nearly sent the prices into gouger territory, but they have come in.
Queen_of_Thunder
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One thing to consider is the number of people who now shoot 22 who didn't before plus all of the new shooters who have joined our ranks who also are shootinf 22. Add to that the growing popularity of AR style 22 rifles and the ever growing number of shooters we start out with a 22 I would not expect 22 to ever catch up.
Of course a good number of us (in the millions) are willing to put 10,000 rounds up the first chance we get won't help either. My guess is this time next year we will still be talking about the shortage of 22lr ammo.
Of course a good number of us (in the millions) are willing to put 10,000 rounds up the first chance we get won't help either. My guess is this time next year we will still be talking about the shortage of 22lr ammo.
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I know more than one local gunshop owner. They say they can't give away .22lr guns right now due to the ammo shortage. This time last year you couldn't find a 10/22. One of those dealers back ordered a pile. He now has about two dozen gathering dust.
You can go to Cabela's right now and order two different types of 22LR ammo. With shipping you can get 433 rounds for $.10 per round delivered to your door. This is not Remington Golden but I believe the Swamp People mini-mags and some Winchester 100 ct. The 333 count box has been available for several days and was this morning.
Is that too high? Probably but it's a lot better than paying $60 for a brick of Remington.
Is that too high? Probably but it's a lot better than paying $60 for a brick of Remington.
I'd be more than willing to put his "can't give them away" to the test....
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Post the contact info for the shop. I've got 4 grandchildren.
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I just went down and picked them all up. Tonight we are burning the stocks for yule logs and using the barrels for fire pokers.
I 100% agree with this statement. The 22 problem is a different animal alltogether and nothing like we have ever seen before.
It is not too high. It is normalizing. That is why it is finally available.
SFreed
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And that's what irritates me about this. Obviously people buying ammo to shoot is fine. I don't even have a problem with people buying ammo just to stock up. My problem is with the people buying every box of 22lr they can and they probably don't even own a 22! If they did, why would they ever sell it?? At any price? Can you imagine if this were happening with cigarettes instead of 22 ammo?
godale
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most of the people i8 see buying 22 at my local wallmart are not shooters. these are retired folks on pension bored and not wanting to stay home. the simiply buy it up and take it to the niles gun show and double their money. out of the five regulars i have seen 3 of them doing it. no interest in shooting just not wanting to stay home and turn a buck. sorry if i offend somebody but thats what i am seeing
No problem, sellers at gun shows in Oregon have admitted the same. A known gun dealer sends his employees out to Walmart & other stores to vacuum up whatever supply they can so they can re-sell for higher prices. At some point it will stop, but as long as they are selling some/most then they will continue with the behavior. Until volume becomes too much and overwhelms their ability to empty the system.
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I buy my 22 rimfire when it's on sale. Have done that for years. When I go to the range, I usually shoot about half of what I had recently bought, so I wound up with several bricks laying around my "gun room".
I was on my way to the range and stopped at a garage sale. I heard this guy sell a brick to a fellow for $50.
Well, I thought, I gotta get in on THIS.
It's the first time I ever left a garage sale with more money than I arrived with. $200 heavier and 5 bricks lighter. It was a good day at the range, too.
Lost Sheep
I was on my way to the range and stopped at a garage sale. I heard this guy sell a brick to a fellow for $50.
Well, I thought, I gotta get in on THIS.
It's the first time I ever left a garage sale with more money than I arrived with. $200 heavier and 5 bricks lighter.
It was a good day at the range, too.Lost Sheep
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I guess selling for a profit is fine if you can replenish or are getting outta the shooting business.
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I have been looking for 22 ammo for a year. All i want to do is test fire a rifle i worked on. Getting irritated. I dont understand why the panic is over 22 ammo
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