I can get 22 ammo by the case...from many many suppliers.. The big problem is people want to pay 2010 prices for 2015 ammo...When I go to my gun club every week, I constantly hear... there is a shortage of 22 ammo... I say to them, " how many cases do you want? I go on my smart phone and bring up website after website of 22 ammo that is in stock... , then the next thing out of their mouth is, I won't pay those prices... I then tell them this is 2015... prices will never come down , so get use to it, I tell them all the manufactures are running their lines 24/7. the demand is so high, they are paying overtime to produce as much ammo as possible...there is no shortage.. just a high demand.
CCI for example produces 4,000,000 , that's four million, a 4 with six zeros, daily , 7 days a week, and that is only one manufacturer 28 million rounds of .22 ammo weekly.
The argument, I wont pay those prices, makes for very thing soup... a loaf of bread use to be 15 cents too. I remember a pack of cigarettes was 15 cents.. its now over 5 dollars...I think.
I was at the store the other day.. a sandwich roll use to be a nickel, they are now 65 cents... there is plenty of plinking .22 ammo for 5 and 6 cents still. high quality stuff is 50 to 70 a brick..
Here is a website with four brands, all are under 25 dollars a brick... all in stock...
http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=13369245