This is really good advice. When I started college in spring of 1967, I took a job sweeping floors and cleaning toilets for $1.10 an hour. Used the money to buy food and pay rent...no ammo and didn't have a gun. Later, when a buddy and I started a cleaning service, I bought a single shot .22 from a pawn shop for $10. Then I bought some 22LR for about 50 cents and hunted squirrels. That cleaning service paid my way through school. Those were not the good old days when I counted to money in my pocket. Now I buy any ammo I want....these are the good days since we have no shortage and I have money in my pocket.
.22lr ammo, the good old days are back :)
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Riomouse911
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I never ran out of .22 LR, even at the height of the panic I still had several bricks available to shoot. With the .22 LR buying I’ve been doing the past year or so filling my larder to near overflowing...I probably never will. 
Stay safe!
Stay safe!
berettaprofessor
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Well, yes, thanks. But I guess I should have put the qualifier on it "for <$50 a brick." I'm not quite desperate enough to pay $59.99 each, since CCI Standard is almost as good in most of my guns and it's available at $3.57/50 (saw it today). No wonder their inventory says "over 99 units".
22-rimfire
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The good old days were 1 or 2 cents a round for promotional grade 22LR. I used to buy Federal Lightning every trip to Walmart if they had any and they usually did then. It ran like $1.47 a box (50 ct) which was fairly close to the Federal 550 packs on a per round basis. I suspect it is around $3.00 now. I have a pile of it, so I'm not buying. Always preferred the 50 ct boxes but could live with 100 ct. I dislike the bulk packs. Have maybe 10-15 bulk packs for family outings.
Fair enough. I've never gone on the hunt for Wolf Match, so I wouldn't have known a decent price if it bit me on the behind.
1MoreFord
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Is any of this what you are looking for?
https://ammoseek.com/ammo/22lr/Wolf?ikw=match&co=new
ETA - Guess I should have read a little further to where you replied to Spats.
1MoreFord
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Yes, it's nice to see the price of .22 coming down but don't forget that inflation has reared it's ugly head and we will never see prices from the good ole days. I'm old enough to remember when it was little more than a penny a round for Remington and Winchester's *good* ammo.
I spent all I could afford to spend before the 2016 election just in case Hilary won. I'd gotten caught flat footed twice before and wasn't going to let it happen again. I bought in all the ammo I could across my pistol calibers(self defense & range fodder), .22LR, .223 expanding, and some 12ga buckshot. The .22 included plinking, standard velocity for the High Standard Victor, and some good high velocity. I'll mostly have to restock range fodder and some .22LR.
I spent all I could afford to spend before the 2016 election just in case Hilary won. I'd gotten caught flat footed twice before and wasn't going to let it happen again. I bought in all the ammo I could across my pistol calibers(self defense & range fodder), .22LR, .223 expanding, and some 12ga buckshot. The .22 included plinking, standard velocity for the High Standard Victor, and some good high velocity. I'll mostly have to restock range fodder and some .22LR.
For me the "good old days" are now. I'm making more than I ever have and I've moved to an area that has a much lower cost of living than Sodom on the Willamette.
I can remember when CCI Mini-Mags were $0.03 each or even a bit cheaper. However I was earning a quarter of what I am now. Mini-Mags are a bit over $0.06 each now, but much more affordable.
I can remember when CCI Mini-Mags were $0.03 each or even a bit cheaper. However I was earning a quarter of what I am now. Mini-Mags are a bit over $0.06 each now, but much more affordable.
Stevie-Ray
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I was down to about 3K rounds of .22LR during the panic and ensuing shortage. Bought nothing, even if I could find it, as the price gougers and horders ran the asylum. Now, since prices have looked better, I'm back up around 6-7K, and I've bought a lot of centerfire also. Still would like to see the looks on the faces of the horders.
22-rimfire
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I suspect you would call me a "hoarder" of 22LR. I never sold any or had any inclination along that line. Glad to see that rimfire ammo is more plentiful now.
Stevie-Ray
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The hoarders are the ones that paid double and triple normal price so they would have it and nobody else would, and were in large part the reason nobody else could get it.
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National ammo restrictions are very low on the priority list of the politicians wanting to control guns and shooting. I see no reason except everyone else’s fear to hoard. If we all stayed calm, the problem would not materialize.
Yep,,, I too can remember when things were a lot less expensive, but then again, I was making a fraction of what I make now,,,
It's all relative,,,
Heck, my Grandfather unloaded coal from railroad cars (by hand) back during the Depression. Made 50 cents a day,,, A pair of shoes was $2.50.
Not very many of us here today would work that hard for a full week just to buy a pair of shoes,,,,
Count your blessings,,,,,,,,
Its good you have ammo too use. Now is the time to as they say "stack deep" or "prepare for lean days to come". Please keep in mind that mid-term elections are just around the corner.
RetiredUSNChief
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Regardless, the best long term strategy of buying ammo, in my opinion, is to simply pick up a box or two every time you go to Walmart (or wherever you shop at that has ammo) and put it with the rest when you get home.
That way it's not a big drain on your finances at one time. Doesn't take long to stack up quite a bit this way.
That way it's not a big drain on your finances at one time. Doesn't take long to stack up quite a bit this way.
Walmart has Winchester M22 1000rd packs for $41. I almost bought some but then remembered last time i bought ammo at Walmart they SCANNED my driver's license into their computer at checkout. I'm okay with a clerk asking for ID but Walmart scanning gunnowners into their computer, no freaking way. I politely told the clerk to cancel the transaction and left.
Ignition Override
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If you can always make .22s fun, that's a bonus.
It's very difficult for me to do after many thousands of rds. of 7.62x39, with some .303, 8mm and a bit of M2 Ball.
And now with my first true handgun interest, no luck switching from 9mm to .22LR in a handgun, but it would be nice.
It's very difficult for me to do after many thousands of rds. of 7.62x39, with some .303, 8mm and a bit of M2 Ball.
And now with my first true handgun interest, no luck switching from 9mm to .22LR in a handgun, but it would be nice.
Ignition Override
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Dick's? Never.
If people want to support a business which jumped on the Anti Second Amendment bandwagon with the other Gungrabbers, then go for it.
If people want to support a business which jumped on the Anti Second Amendment bandwagon with the other Gungrabbers, then go for it.
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I completely agree about not providing business or supporting anti-2A establishments, but I'm not prideful to the point of foolishness- If Dick's had .22lr for a penny I'd let them give it to me, heck maybe even at two pennies. There's no way they'd be profiting at that point so why not benefit at their expense? I look forward to cackling over their carcass and claiming victory at the going-out-of-business sale, personally.
22-rimfire
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Most of mine came from before the more recent panic. Been through a couple panics now. I'm just not shooting it up like I used to.
Stevie-Ray
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Same here. I bought my Mossberg 930 SPX at Dick's, simply because they were 50-60 bucks cheaper than anyone else. They were a bit hard to find at the time, and it seemed everyone thought they were made of gold. It's the ONLY thing I've ever bought at Dick's, as even then I found the name fit them.
Same for me, but I don't consider that hoarding, or hording (pushing, shoving to get there ahead of everyone, as in horde mentality), just being frugal. Buy low-keep it on hand for when things get high, IF you have the space.
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It's always annoying to see an MSM photo of a few guns and rounds of ammo above a caption containing the words "cache" and "arsenal." Liberal journalists raised in apartments think a thousand rounds of anything add up to mental problems and a plan for mass murder. They don't realize that ammunition costs much less when you order it in large amounts.
I wonder what they think we do with ammunition. They must think it's abnormal to shoot a whole box of ammunition in a year. I can do about 200 rounds of pistol ammunition in one session before tiring to the point where I feel like I'm not gaining anything by continuing to shoot, and I'm sure many people shoot more rounds than that.
I don't believe in stocking up slowly because you pay a lot more for shipping that way, and if you're buying at stores, you have to drive back and forth. I say buy a thousand or more rounds at a time. Get it over with.
I wonder what Rachel Maddow would say if she knew I had maybe 6,000 rounds of ammunition. People who frequent this board know that's not much ammunition at all! It's not for holding off the police and the National Guard. The purpose is to save money and to avoid running dry during a panic.
I wonder what they think we do with ammunition. They must think it's abnormal to shoot a whole box of ammunition in a year. I can do about 200 rounds of pistol ammunition in one session before tiring to the point where I feel like I'm not gaining anything by continuing to shoot, and I'm sure many people shoot more rounds than that.
I don't believe in stocking up slowly because you pay a lot more for shipping that way, and if you're buying at stores, you have to drive back and forth. I say buy a thousand or more rounds at a time. Get it over with.
I wonder what Rachel Maddow would say if she knew I had maybe 6,000 rounds of ammunition. People who frequent this board know that's not much ammunition at all! It's not for holding off the police and the National Guard. The purpose is to save money and to avoid running dry during a panic.
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