Nearly a riot at the local Wal Mart,,,

The regionality of the current shortage is perplexing to me.
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This also intrigues me. Here in Northeastern OH, We have had 9mm, 223/5.56 and all other centerfire rounds for months now. While the prices are still $2-$5 higher per box than before the panic, I can walk into pretty much any gun or sporting goods store and have a multitude of choices, without purchase limits in some instances. Meanwhile, I still read and hear about people having to line up an hour before the store opens to buy a limit of 2 boxes of 9mm.

As for 22, around here you can buy most "higher end" ammo from most places (CCI Stingers and Eley), but I have not seen a brick on the shelf in a year. I am down to about 450 rounds of 22 left, and have been rationing it all year. It would be nice to grab a couple thousand rounds so I could resume my normal shooting levels, but in the meantime, I am just happy that I reload and have a nearly unlimited supply of centerfire as components are also back in stock everywhere around here. I refuse to pay exorbitant prices for 50 round boxes of 22 (yes, I realize that the price of a commodity is whatever people will pay, but I refuse to add fuel to the fire).
 
lol go to a walmart and ask for a 22 rifle. 99% of the time they will either only have an ar in 22lr or theyll have the crappy cricket. Put a 30 round magazine on a semi auto, and you have basically, 3 magazine fills for every two 50 roudn boxes of ammuntion.

of course your going to have riots and fights over the ammunition.

and smart people have groups of relatives with DIFFERENT LAST NAMES and addressess for id checking.
 
I guess I'm one of the fortunate ones. The shortage hit us pretty late, and it was over 2 or 3 months ago. I can't believe people are still doing the whole buy/sell thing. It seems like a lot of work for a small profit.
 
On Germantown Rd. in Cordova (Memphis) TN: A month ago, the Walmart clerk who sold me the 3-box max. of 7.62x39 told me that the same people always show up for .22 LR.

He stated that the older ones drag the Kinfolk (of legal age) out of bed before 0600 in order to make it to the store.

If such trouble is needed just to buy Rem. Thunderbolt (no thanks), my two SKS rifles will continue to be the primary plinking guns.
At least this ammo @ .22-.23/rd. can destroy the target. Let's see... .10/rd. for a high-speed pellet gun, or for .23...
 
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my local walmart i was able to buy 3 500 round pacs for like $20 and then had my girlfriend go back and get me some more and some cci mini mags
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I must say that is a little hoggish. That's why the next person can't find anything. If every time they get stock in everyone runs there whole family through , gets the max limit and empties the case it's no wonder its always empty. Think about the next guy that may have zero to hunt or target shoot with his kids, while you're sitting on thousands on rounds hoarded up. Merry Christmas
 
have a friend with three boys and very little ammunition,,,
These 3 boxes will make me a hero in their eyes.
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You want to be a real hero? Give the ammo to your friend to give his kids. Make him a hero in their eyes and he may be the most apreciative friend you ever make.

I'm glad you found some .22lr. I haven't been able to find much around here. My local Wal~Mart looks like it hasn't been restocked in months. The LGS has been having issues getting a consistent supply. Don't get me started on finding .22mag that doesn't cost more than my 9mm practice ammo.
 
In my area the walmart and local gun shops are getting plenty of all ammo except 22's. You can walk in and buy 223 and most all hand gun calibers. I think the idea in NY is buy all the ammo you can now before the back ground checks on ammo purchases starts. If it starts because the state has no funding for it, the state police say they have no funding for it anf the feds say they will not do it for the state. But it seems people are still stocking up and want all they can get.
 
Is $50 for a brick too much? I went to a gunshow last week and a guy didn't get a booth in time, so he was selling ammo in the parking lot across the street and I picked up 500 rounds for $50.
 
I'm not panicking per se, life has just gotten in the way of my shooting and haven't bought ammo or guns in years.
 
In my area the walmart and local gun shops are getting plenty of all ammo except 22's. You can walk in and buy 223 and most all hand gun calibers.
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Same around here. I've been eyeing a CMMG conversion kit for my AR, but what's the point if I can't find the ammo? I'm sure it will come back too, but until it does I can spend that $200 on something that won't be used for the foreseeable future.
 
The reason folks are getting $50 a brick is that people are paying $50 a brick.

Folks, the market is driven by buyer behavior. When people stop paying inflated prices and exhibiting panicked hoarding behavior, things will level out. Until then, expect shortages and price hikes.
 
The regionality of the current shortage is perplexing to me. Our local stores, Wal*Mart and Dick's in particular, have been getting CCI 22LR regularly for a few weeks now and the WalMart cashier told me it doesn't even sell out immediately anymore
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I'm with you. I read all these stories about 22LR being available regularly in places and I think it's all Communist propaganda meant to destroy my moral. Here, in Kansas, my local Walmart still has people camped out 3 hours before delivery for the slightest chance at 22LR. Most other calibers are occasionally available.

Luckily, I haven't needed any for the past year...and don't need to buy any for a long time, so I can smile and wave as I walk by.
 
I should have taken a picture of the ammo shelf at WalMart tonight. It's completely full, I mean front to back, top to bottom, left to right of every caliber they sell except 22LR. They're still keeping that behind the counter so I don't know if they had that or not.
 
Is $50 for a brick too much ?
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Before the 'shortage' a 500 rd brick was around $19-$20. IIRC.

I bought 5250 rds. of CCI Blazer for $199.00 OR 3.8 cents a rd.

Doing simple math, if I bought the same 5250 at your price of 10 cents a rd. it would cost me $525.00

Bottom line is, if people continue to pay these sick prices instead of letting the ammo gather dust on the shelf, we will never see the end of the shortage. Nor will we ever see sane prices again.
 
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Bottom line is, if people continue to pay these sick prices instead of letting the ammo gather dust on the shelf, we will never see the end of the shortage. Nor will we ever see sane prices again.
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True, but if there are enough people who thing it's worth 10 cents a shot, it will be nearly impossible in the short run to bring the price down. What needs to happen is that another manufacturer realizes that they can still make a nice profit at 9 cents a round, and steals all the market. Then another does the same at 8 cents, etc. until prices return to "normal" with "normal" levels of profit.

Does anyone know what it really costs to manufacture a .22LR plinking round in a large scale operation?
 
There are some gun owners who were prepared and had a fair stock of .22LR on hand. Sooner or later, those will have used up their stock and will start replenishing, which will probably drag the shortage out futher.
 
It appears that centerfire rifle ammo is widely available again around here. Centerfire pistol ammo can be had at somewhat inflated prices in most small retailers. Local wallmart is getting a limited amount of .22. Mostly CCI from what I've seen. Dicks had bricks of golden bullets for $25 a couple weeks ago. There is one LGS that has had almost every caliber of ammo available since the summer. Prices are too high for me. Their stock doesn't seem to move quickly. At places that have more reasonable prices, .38 special and 9mm seem to the ones that go quickly.
 
I bought a box of 525 rounds of .22lr at Gander Mountain last Friday for $24.99. There was roughly a dozen boxes on the shelf. 2 box limit.

Frankly, that is the highest I have ever paid for .22lr. The only reason I bought it was for my grand daughter who is very interested in shooting and finding .22lr was making shooting tough for her.
 
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