Can anyone find 22 ammo - still empty shelves in Central Florida.

Bought some in Tx when I was there.

All other ammo down to normal prices levels with some great bulk ammo deals on line.

The 22 hoarding makes no sense - but it also shows how long bubbles can last.

Mike

The situation is improving, but slowly. We're starting to see it at the local Dick's. Sells out quick, but at least it is making it to the shelves.

Here'a a RFC subforum worth checking at intervals: http://www.rimfirecentral.com/...orumdisplay.php?f=31

Assume you know about the search engine: http://www.gunbot.net/

Thanks Samuel for the links. I think I just bought a case of 22lr.

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:

The 22 hoarding makes no sense - but it also shows how long bubbles can last.

Mike

The bubble certainly lasted longer than I expected, but now that the Christmas buying season is over I expect to see the shelves filling pretty quickly. One reason the shortage has been slow to end is that, unlike centerfire ammunition where the factories can readily change from one caliber to another on the same machinery, .22 rimfire machinery is what it is and unless you build additional machines the capacity is fixed.

But I am flabbergasted at how badly the ammunition manufacturers overestimated the public's appetite for .223 ammunition. It is stacked to the ceiling in most of the stores I check with; in the meantime, everyone who ever wanted an AR has two of them and wants to sell one. That bubble burst more quickly than any I've seen.

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:

The 22 hoarding makes no sense - but it also shows how long bubbles can last.

Mike

The bubble certainly lasted longer than I expected, but now that the Christmas buying season is over I expect to see the shelves filling pretty quickly. One reason the shortage has been slow to end is that, unlike centerfire ammunition where the factories can readily change from one caliber to another on the same machinery, .22 rimfire machinery is what it is and unless you build additional machines the capacity is fixed.

But I am flabbergasted at how badly the ammunition manufacturers overestimated the public's appetite for .223 ammunition. It is stacked to the ceiling in most of the stores I check with; in the meantime, everyone who ever wanted an AR has two of them and wants to sell one. That bubble burst more quickly than any I've seen.

No shortage of AR or all other type of ammo. I have bought a lot of big bore ammo pretty cheap. The wait time at Larue has been cut significantly - maybe time I buy a few more rifles from them.

You can get 5.56 in bulk for .30 a round. 7.62x39 for .23.

Still .22 ammo at .10 a round is sold off bare empty shelves in Central Florida.

This makes no damn sense. I am going to be driving to Texas for DSC and HSC - maybe I get lucky and can buy some 22 ammo.

Mike

Our local Walmart hasn't had any .22 Rimfire ammo in three years!!

It has never made sense to me either. I hope the hoarders have to eat what they have. CBs & subsonics seem to be the hardest to find.

What we need is wal mart cabelas of the world to allow the price mechanism to set supply and demand.


Instead of limiting quantities to number of boxes just raise price. I think they are not doing it for reputation and goodwill reasons.

Higher prices with stocked shelves at wal mart will end this stupid hoarding.

Otherwise this irrational horsing could go on for another 3 years.

Mike

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I am going to be driving to Texas for DSC and HSC - maybe I get lucky and can buy some 22 ammo.

Mike, I don't believe live ammunition is allowed inside the shows, as firearms are present...bad combination in this day and age.

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Originally posted by Biebs:

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I am going to be driving to Texas for DSC and HSC - maybe I get lucky and can buy some 22 ammo.

Mike, I don't believe live ammunition is allowed inside the shows, as firearms are present...bad combination in this day and age.

Biebs - I was planning on buying it along the way and back and in TX if Cabelas, Bass Pro or Academy have any.

I am ready for Dallas.

Mike

I order all of mine from PSA. Seems like every month they have new shipments of CCI SV and Blazer as well as other brands and the price goes down each time I order it. My most recent order was for 2 bricks of Blazer and it cost about $94 delivered.

Mike:

Go to Addison's gun shop in Kissimmee. I was just down there. They had plenty.

A number of places have Eley Tenex, etc. for sale. If you are okay with ~$20/box of 50.

Oh, I stand corrected - a couple of online sites have CCI and Remington 22LR for $45-50 a brick.

Guys ,I have been buying S&K in the 500 rd cans from Graf and son and Powder Valley . PV was about 8 bucks cheaper. This ammo smells,sounds, shoots and has same headstamp as my old standby Wolf MT, I understand , S&K,Wolf and Lapua all come off same Lapua machines. very best

The 22 lr situation is a little better up here in Canada, was @ my LGS on Sunday and they had a fair selection.

On monday I was cruising the local classifieds online and found an ad for Blazer 22lr for sale for the 'rock bottom' price of $35/brick. Needless to say I just had to email the jerk and burst his bubble.

Now, I don't mind if a guy buys a bunch to use it, but to buy it then turn around and mark up the price over double just because is ridiculous.

I see he took his ad down after I called him out.

I hope there aren't people out there dumb enough to buy from these A##Hats!

I got some CCI at my local walmart just after Thanksgiving, but haven't seen any there since.

At the last gunshow I went to in Pa, I did see rimfire ammo in quantity, but as expected at gunshows these days.... way overpriced.

We continue to hear from those in the industry that production has not slacked. Hoarding at two levels - end users and scalpers - remains the issue.

End user pressure continues to force boxes like Cabelas to limit purchases. Absent a "shortage" people would not try to clean them out.

Which brings us to scalpers. These are the folks who are in positions to access Walmarts (and Dick's?) at some place/time prior to inventory hitting the floors. This is very real, and continues. Proof lies in the retailer specific packaging. Ie., 550 rd cartons of something-or-other sold only to Walmart end up all over Gunbroker, and very marked up. This is not the work of end-users.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Mike:

Go to Addison's gun shop in Kissimmee. I was just down there. They had plenty.

Larry, thanks for the tip. I really like the guys at Addisons. Have bought 4 or 5 guns from them and also three scopes.

No 22 ammo over here in Polk Co. I bought a brick on line from Palmetto State Armory for $55 , my son said I am nuts !

Bob K

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Originally posted by swaincreek:

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Mike:

Go to Addison's gun shop in Kissimmee. I was just down there. They had plenty.

Larry, thanks for the tip. I really like the guys at Addisons. Have bought 4 or 5 guns from them and also three scopes.

No 22 ammo over here in Polk Co. I bought a brick on line from Palmetto State Armory for $55 , my son said I am nuts !

Bob K

They are great guys and know what they are doing .

I managed to get some at Dick's the evening prior to black friday. A friend called and told me they were in stock. Limited to 1 525 rd. box per person of Remington "Golden Bullet" ammo for $20 a box. Went back early the next AM and managed to get a second box but it was one of the last. Stopped in yesterday and the clerk told me they haven't received any more bulk boxes since.

I was in Walmart several weeks before black friday and they were putting ammo in the case. They had several cartons of CCI mini mags in 100 rd. packs. The larger cartons were all marked "black friday special". I asked about buying some and was told they were brought out by mistake and they would not be sold until the evening before black friday.

I drove by that evening and there was a line of over 100 people waiting to get in the store. Police were there and they weren't letting anyone in until someone else left the store. I just turned around and went home.

I can get 22 LR easily. 22 magnums are a different story. Gone pretty much everywhere .