I was looking back through my ammo and found a brick of .22 LR that I bought around this time in 2008. So 5 years ago. The price tag on the brick was $11. I remember buying bulk packs all the time for $10-12 around that time. I never thought it was high at the time, or did I think about ammo being double that because to me, it was a fair price for .22. I remember after the 2009 ammo shortage buying bulk packs for $14 and still thinking it was fair. Then they went to $16 and I thought that was a tad high, but still reasonable. Here we are in 2013 and the same ammo sells for $21-22 per brick at Walmart and that's if you can even find it anywhere. That's almost a 100% increase in 5 years. Now, while I've seen increases on other ammo, not as much as .22. For example back then WWB 9mm was $20 for 100 rounds. Sure it's gone up and I'm not sure what the current price was, but it was $24 last time I saw it. We also now have Federal 100 round packs for $22 as well. So it's increased as has inflation, but not a 100% increase like .22.
So when does it become too much for you? At what price will you stop buying .22? I feel like when it gets much over $25 per brick for bulk ammo, I'm no longer willing to buy very much of it and at $21-22 a brick I've already cut way way back on the amount I buy.
So when does it become too much for you? At what price will you stop buying .22? I feel like when it gets much over $25 per brick for bulk ammo, I'm no longer willing to buy very much of it and at $21-22 a brick I've already cut way way back on the amount I buy.