Anyone else soured on .22lr?
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indyogb
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I finally got tired of looking for the stuff and ditched my 10/22 a year-and-a-half ago (not my only reason for selling, but the aggravation of looking for .22lr at the time made it easier to let it go). Ironically, I found one last small box of 22 I had stashed away a few months later 
. As I shoot rather irregularly (both in time and accuracy ), I can reload my own "practice rounds" for centerfire pistol cartridges at a relatively competitive cost with much less aggravation.
. As I shoot rather irregularly (both in time and accuracy ), I can reload my own "practice rounds" for centerfire pistol cartridges at a relatively competitive cost with much less aggravation.
Bigdog57
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That's okay. Leaves more guns and ammo for those of us who still like the rimfires.
I own over 30 firearms in 22LR from revolvers to a suppressed AR-22 with a bump stock where you can dump a 25 round mag in about 3 seconds. My group probably shoots 5x as much 22 as all other calibers combined though we have had to slow down some on the rapid fire because resupplying is so iffy. I can take a woman or a kid that has never fired a gun out shooting and put any of my 22s in her hands and she can control the weapon from the beginning. Control equals accuracy which instills confidence. Virtually every one of the people I take out is shooting a 9mm or 45 by the end of the first session but I start them all out on a 22.
Do I wish I could go to Walmart and buy ammo at $.05 per round? Of course. Have I come even close to running out during the crisis? Nope! I have plenty.
Do I wish I could go to Walmart and buy ammo at $.05 per round? Of course. Have I come even close to running out during the crisis? Nope! I have plenty.
stonecutter2
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Skylerbone
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Bass Pro sold me 300 rounds of MiniMag this morning, I passed on the "opportunity" to buy 300 rounds of Winchester at the same time. $.083/round which is close enough to 8 cents for me. Maybe I'll pick up more tomorrow, I was down to about 500 rounds of minis before today.
B!ngoFuelUSN
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I learned to shoot with a .22 single shot rifle. Was given 5 rounds at a time to shoot targets at a summer camp. As a city kid I was thrilled and it was forever engrained in my head as one of the best joys of my life. It's a great example of the value of bringing a young kid to the range. The experience of shooting, and the proper safety precautions become forever etched in their brains and the lifelong desire to continue the experience is fostered.
So could I ever sour on .22LR? Heck no. Just like a baby duck falling for the first animal they see and bonding to it as their mother, the .22LR is my first and most beloved round.
It is also just 'different' in a very positive way. Quiet, soft shooting, reasonably accurate, safe in that it has a limited range, and a great alternative after shooting rounds of .308 or .44 mag.
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So could I ever sour on .22LR? Heck no. Just like a baby duck falling for the first animal they see and bonding to it as their mother, the .22LR is my first and most beloved round.
It is also just 'different' in a very positive way. Quiet, soft shooting, reasonably accurate, safe in that it has a limited range, and a great alternative after shooting rounds of .308 or .44 mag.
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MedWheeler
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Stonecutter2 writes:
About as much so as to claim otherwise without explaining why...
About as much so as to claim otherwise without explaining why...
I'm just starting to get 22s at a far price. Had 10,000 ordered from Midway for over a year, but it got canceled. Disappointed, but understand.
Up to about 8,000 rounds and wondering how much is enough. I've shot less than 200 over the last year, didn't want to deplete what I had.
Up to about 8,000 rounds and wondering how much is enough. I've shot less than 200 over the last year, didn't want to deplete what I had.
45_auto
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stonecutter2 said:
Your availability problem with 22LR is the equivalent of your availability problem with Ferraris and private jets.
There is plenty of it out there and you can buy all you want in the next 30 seconds.
See Gunbot, Ammoseek, etc, for the .22.
See http://auto.ferrari.com/en_EN/car-dealers/ for your closest Ferrari dealer.
See http://www.gulfstream.com/aircraft/contact-form for your closest Gulfstream dealer.
Just because your local Wal-Mart doesn't carry it at a price you can afford doesn't mean that it's not available.
I assume you can use the internet? It is all over gunbot.net. A simple gunbroker search show 820 listings for sale.
I saw it for sale 3 times yesterday in store fronts in San Antonio.
.375 Win has an availability problem. 22lr does not. It has a pricing problem for some, but it is easily attainable.
Skylerbone
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Now 2 days of retail shopping, I'm averaging 6.5 cent/round and I've bought 1125 rounds. I'm sure I could easily gather double that before the weekend but that's enough to feed a few auto loaders for a few months. Total mileage: 20, total time invested: 1 hour. So far from sour.
UKWildcatFan
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Yeah, I'm so soured on it that I just loaded my 7 25-round 10/22 mags for a range session. Am I worried about replacing them? Nope.
loose noose
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I've got close to 1000 rounds of .22LR from a variety of makers, however, I for one refuse to pay the inflated prices of .22LR ammo. I buy from Wal Mart, when I find it, which is few and far between. Other than that I'm on Midways "notify me" list for the Remington golden bucket of bullets, when and if they come available. Mostly I just use them if I have to test fire a .22 that someone has brought to me to be repaired. Soured, no I don't think so, at my age there are a lot of other things to become soured on in this great nation of ours.
Used to love my .22s , now?
Used to love to plink with my Ruger target Mk 1 and my Marlin M99. Then the shortages hit and that was it!
I reload over 10 different calibers. I had (and still have)really good supplies of primers and powder for all calibers and at those old prices I can shoot 9MM, 38 SPL and even 158G .45s cost me less or about the same as .22 locally (still cant find any anyway) but I will NOT sell the Ruger or the Marlin and since the shortages started I have only fired a half brick.
I still have about 1 1/2 bricks left so they will just sit until I find some reasonably priced .22.
I can quite happily plink with the other calibers and beside the odd rabbit shot requiring a .22 they will stay in the safe.
if, in the next two years the .22 situation does not improve I WILL sell the Ruger. I love that pistol but I paid $99 for it in the 70s and now they are fetching about 4 to 5 times that. Maybe its time to move on.
Weather's looking good and I see some plinking in the next week or so, IT WONT BE WITH A .22. Looks like the model 19 and the DW model 15 will be out on the range!
Used to love to plink with my Ruger target Mk 1 and my Marlin M99. Then the shortages hit and that was it!
I reload over 10 different calibers. I had (and still have)really good supplies of primers and powder for all calibers and at those old prices I can shoot 9MM, 38 SPL and even 158G .45s cost me less or about the same as .22 locally (still cant find any anyway) but I will NOT sell the Ruger or the Marlin and since the shortages started I have only fired a half brick.
I still have about 1 1/2 bricks left so they will just sit until I find some reasonably priced .22.
I can quite happily plink with the other calibers and beside the odd rabbit shot requiring a .22 they will stay in the safe.
if, in the next two years the .22 situation does not improve I WILL sell the Ruger. I love that pistol but I paid $99 for it in the 70s and now they are fetching about 4 to 5 times that. Maybe its time to move on.
Weather's looking good and I see some plinking in the next week or so, IT WONT BE WITH A .22. Looks like the model 19 and the DW model 15 will be out on the range!
JFtheGR8
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Where do you folks live that are buying it off of retail shelves? 22lr is non existent here in central Illinois and if it shows up it's the same old crowd that waits in line to buy it all up. I did find some online but ended up about $0.15/rd after adding shipping. At least I'll have some on hand though. No plans to get rid of my 22 rifle but I won't be adding any more until this mess settles down.
Skylerbone
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I'm on vacation in Branson, MO. Breakfast at 6:30, a game or two of UNO with the kids, then a quick trip to Bass Pro at 9:00. Every day I've checked, they've had CCI MiniMag 36gr HP (300 count) available, one day they had Winchester 100 count high velocity, another day Federal Champion Bulk (525 round).
There aren't pallets and there is a limit but there are only a few guys waiting to buy it. They have yet to run out before I left.
There aren't pallets and there is a limit but there are only a few guys waiting to buy it. They have yet to run out before I left.
gubowner
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Not soured at all. Love .22! still the cheapest and most fun to shoot. I own revolvers, lever guns, semi pistols and rifles all chambered in rim fire. When I go shooting in the Nevada dessert I always take a few .22's and always end up shooting them the most. I never paid more than .10 cents a round and slowly built up several thousand rounds. the price is dropping and availability is climbing so don't get discouraged. The .22lr puts the fun back in shooting and isn't that why we shoot?
49north
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I remember when our president was first elected and there was a shortage of 22lr.
I vowed to never run low again and bought 10k rounds. Recently I have been able to add 2k thanks to walmart.
I will never give up on 22lr. Since I live in the stick and can shoot whenever I want to, I do..
I vowed to never run low again and bought 10k rounds. Recently I have been able to add 2k thanks to walmart.
I will never give up on 22lr. Since I live in the stick and can shoot whenever I want to, I do..
cat_IT_guy
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Pretty much my experience as well. Sometimes Bass Pro in East Peoria will have a few boxes on the gun counter, but generally no selection to pick from. Hopefully one of these days it will get back to just picking some up while in Walmart, but havent seen any there in.... over a year probably (excluding .22wmr shotshells). Then I will go back to shooting a whole case in an afternoon and thinking nothing of it. Until then, its 100 rounds per range trip - unless I take the wife or a kid shooting - I will let them shoot about as much as they want if .22 is what makes them happy.
CoalTrain49
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How can anyone pay 10 cents a round for .22 when you can load 38 spl or 9 mm for the same price? Maybe because you don't reload. But any serious shooter reloads. .22 has it's place for new shooters but it's nothing more than a plinking, training cartridge. Serious squirrel hunters use a .17 because it's flatter, farther, faster. The only reason it's still demanding high prices is the number of rifles chambered for it. It's a 20th century cartridge like 30-06.
Um. A couple of problems with this.
1. All serious shooters reload? Thats an untrue generalization
2. Its nothing more than a training, plinking cartridge? Even if thats true, for some serious shooters, probably the majority of shooters, those two things bring them the most satisfaction and is why they shoot.
3. I have some very serious squirrel hunters in my family. none of them have heard of .17HMR
4. I will leave the silly 30-06 dig for another thread.
I own and have owned more guns than I can remember. Nothing brings me more satisfaction than a 60 year old Fieldmaster.
MedWheeler
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Coaltrain49 writes:
.. and apparently, there is still a significant demand for those rifles. Think about it. No one buys ammo for rifles no one is buying.
Nice trollin, though..
.. and apparently, there is still a significant demand for those rifles. Think about it. No one buys ammo for rifles no one is buying.
Nice trollin, though..
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