jcwit
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Actually it applies both ways.
I'm an FFL, and I haven't seen any quantity of 22lr (Federal, Remington, CCI, Winchester, Aquila ...) at the wholesale/distributor level in two YEARS. All I ever see is this "off brand" match ammo ... and not much of that.
Where are the multi-millions of rounds they say they are producing DAILY going?
To bigger dealers then you.
To many millions of shooters and gun owners.
I understand where you're coming from Chief and almost agree with you.
But after seeing this carry on for years I'm beginning to doubt it, and think it is a bigger issue. But hey, that's me.
Didn't take this long to resupply bath tissue during the Johnny Carson fiasco. LOL
They can even supply the market with the latest I Phone when it comes out.
Lets hope they never have a run on ketchup.
They can even supply the market with the latest I Phone when it comes out.
No way! "They" can supply a hundreds-of-dollars purchase price item that people often buy one of every 2 years or so.
That must be insanely difficult, how do they do it?!
I freely admit that I buy .22 LR whenever I happen to see it available at "normal" retail prices, and I buy my limit. Every time. I don't buy it from gun shops where it's priced twice that of the big store retail prices because I don't need to. And I don't buy it from auction sites or any other place where the prices are sky-high. Right now my family is in a shooting lull, so this means I'm increasing my stock, which is currently at about 8,000 and growing.
LOTS of people are doing this, and this is the "demand" part of "supply and demand".
When the demand goes back down, stocks will replenish, and those that are flipping will quit flipping.
It's happening now. .22 LR is easier to find now than it was two years ago. It's just a slow process.
Right, and "they" that is the manufacturer folks, can't even supply an item that the designing is already done, machinery all ready in place to make, materials already to go, and this goes on for years. Not sure how difficult, but yes this whole shortage is INSANE.
No matter the cause.
Or, since rimfire production in the millions-billions of rounds is just that easy, convince some investors to back you as you open your own plant and roll in the $$$. Just don't charge $800/item like an iPhone and expect to be profitable.
Why don't some of these companies increase production or outside companies begin production? Clearly there's a market for rimfire ammo.
I do have around 12k rounds left over from the first 2009 BHO scare.
You don't really have to look all that hard, especially with websites like AmmoSeek.com. Around here, .22 Long Rifle stuff is available; not plentiful but better than it was.If you look hard you can find 22lr ammo, but the days of readily available and cheap 22lr are long gone never to return. You can thank the preppers, hoarders and dirtbag resellers.
the days of readily available and cheap 22lr are long gone never to return.