So with next year's political arena who's stacking it high and deep while cheap?
If you are in need of 22LR "right now", prices we are seeing has been lowest since Covid panic shortage so buying some to shoot may not be a bad idea BUT I would not do a massive stock piling yet based on past several shortage, especially the last shortage where recovery came in steps with pauses before we hit bottom pricing of $14/500 shipped -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...-than-15-20-500-shipped.853059/#post-11166197
For the last shortage, I started monitoring 22LR price trends in August of 2017 when prices fell from $50/500 below $30/500 with "22LR for less than $30/500 shipped" thread -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...ammo-for-sale-under-30-for-500-rounds.825048/
And when prices fell below $20/500 shipped in June 2019, I started "22LR for less than $15-$20/500 shipped" thread -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/22lr-for-less-than-15-20-500-shipped.853059/
Some suggested we stock up when price fell to $20/500 but after watching the 22LR prices fall and rebound through several shortages, I waited till July of 2019 and started stocking up heavy at $16-$18/500 -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...15-20-500-shipped.853059/page-2#post-11170260
For this shortage cycle which started in 2020, we have been circling around $30/500 for 4 months and recently started to fall again. While I am not against buying Armscor/Magtech 40 gr LRN at $26.50-$27.50/500 shipped, ammunition that shoots well for me are Aguila 40 gr LRN/CPRN and I am waiting for them to fall below $30/500.
How low will we go down this time?
Well, there were many that posted we would not even make it back down to $30/500 due to supply chain/inflation issues and should stock up at $40/500. And here we are below $30/500.
I am going to wait a bit more to see if prices test and break below $25/500. If bottom forms around $20-$25/500, I will stock up then as I have plenty of 22LR on hand to last several more years.