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Cabela's in Hoffman Estates, IL has had a jaw-dropping amount of 22 on hand for about a month now.  The last three times I was there they had multiple brands and tons of it.  Dare I say... pre-scare amounts on the shelves.

Are other parts of the country seeing a return of 22?

It's a start. Now the price just has go get back to $20 a brick.

Dicks in the Tampa area has bricks of Fed Automatch 325 at 19.95 and CCI plated RN 50 at 3.25

A regional chain in up-state NY has had various brands in somewhat limited amounts sincethe spring. One box per. Local Chine' Mart hasn't had any for a very long time.

e.g.: Win. '555' @ $37,,,Win. '222' @ $19.99

i'll git more excited when 525 or rem GB is $19.99 again. Unicorns and fuzzy bunnies - I know.

They did have Win 525 and  Rem GB 525 at Dicks for 38.95 too. 

19.95 days is over mi'fren some of my Fed Automatch 325 in the bunker of FREEDOM is marked 9.95.

What is the price at Cabelas? 

One shop has had cases of 22 the whole time but sold at market price per brick and if you wanted more you had to go through GunBroker for a case.

I'll check out Wheeling Cabelas on the way home from New Philly this weekend.

Thanks

Chuck

You would think that I would have looked at prices....   . But I was looking at the brands...  Stacks of cci tactical, minimag, thunderbolt, fed match, win x, and more. 

Next time I get back there I will check prices. 

Online, Cabelas allows 500 Mini-Mag per order per day. $8.98/100.  If you live close and can pick up at a store you may be able to save on Shipping.

Winchester is still limited to 100 per order.

number6

Ya gotta watch the stuff!  I've been seeing lots of U.S. manufactured stuff malfunctioning in every make of .22 auto loader at our events. In doing my own hands on testing of the stuff against the pre-shortage stuff, in completely clean, properly lubricated firearms, even old, as in 40 plus year old, American made standard velocity 40 grain solids performed flawlessly, when compared to current production American made 40 grain HIGH VELOCITY solids!  At a recent event, the current production stuff was short recoiling, in some rifles, liked to feed to the left of the chamber into an extractor clearance cutout on Marlin 795s, and about every other ammo induced malfunction you can imagine.  Even had the rim come off one Federal AutoMatch, the rest of the case stay in the chamber, and the next round feed into the remaining brass in the chamber! I've never seen that happen on a rimfire before!

In comparison, I had a limited amount of ancient Federal Standard Velocity which performed across the board without a hiccup. Likewise, some four year old CCI Mini-Mags. Even some old & current Remington Thunderbolt.  For overall accuracy and functioning, I used Wolf Match that I paid through the nose for at Camp Perry last summer. All of these performed flawlessly.  The cheapest stuff I saw at Camp Perry this summer was S&K "Magazine" in what appears to be a "bean" can. 500 rounds for $53, plus the 7% OH sales tax.  Guess what?  It, too, is flawless!

As to the original question, is it starting to shake loose?  Yes.  Is the quality what it was?  Not yet!  Are the prices ever going to get back to $20 a brick?  I wouldn't hold my breath!  I bought a case of Wolf Match at 'Perry. Why? Because it's cheaper by the case, and it was there, plus it shoots reliably and more accurately than anything else I've found. 

And, no, I'm not a paid endorser!  Just a cheap, Dangerous Old Man!

Stay vigilant, my friends!

Sightwolf

Picked up 2 boxes of the Fed. AutoMatch at Field and Stream/Dick's Sporting Gooods.  If ran fine in my daughter's 10/22.  $20+tax/325 rounds.

There were other customers looking at the 22 shells at the WV Cabela's so I didn't get prices.

AA man at the new Philly shoot was having a fail to fire almost every 10 rounds on a box of Winchester.  Went away when he changed ammo.

I agree with the above poster than quality control on the ammo is not what it used to be.  The previously spotty ammo seems worse.

We have been finishing up school shopping and had the chance to look for ammo while we were out.

What I found surprised me.

.22 ammo was everywhere. Dicks Sporting Goods (2 locations), Field & Stream, Cabela's (Wheeling), Rural King and Wal Mart all had it.

This was during the week first thing in the morning.

Someone asked about Cabela's prices -Remington Golden Bullets 1400 round bucket $90, Federal A.E. 400 round brick $25, Winchester 100 round pack $10, CCI Standard Velocity 50 round box $5. Limit 1200 rounds total or 1 bucket of Golden Bullets.

Slowly, it surfaces!

     I was down in "the bunker", so named by the inspector before we bought the place because he said it's built like one  , but we've been here over two years and still haven't finished unpacking! I've been hunting for my stash of pre- 2012 CCI Mini-Mag 40 grain Solids from a batch of 3,500 I bought before it all dried up. I finally found it, last Saturday!  Monday I found a partial box of CCI "Stingers",

     In reference to my previous post, the current production domestic stuff seems to be a little weak. Soooo, my next project is going to be taking all of the different .22 L.R. ammo in my inventory out to the range and fire it over my chronograph!  That should prove, once and for all, if the domestic manufacturers have knuckled under to pressure from the wrong coast, to make the stuff "sub par!"

"Film at 11!"

Sightwolf

Let me know what you find...!

Quote from: Sightwolf on September 09, 2015, 01:34:24 PM
Soooo, my next project is going to be taking all of the different .22 L.R. ammo in my inventory out to the range and fire it over my chronograph!

Sightwolf

Here's some data I collected that might be of use.
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99009

go to slickguns.com and monitor the specials, they also have a search function

there is always ammo for sale somewhere, but shipping is often the killer

sometimes, you will see and ad for $30-35 per brick, limit 1, but then the same company will run another special on a different brand/bullet weight of .22LR, then offer free shipping over $99    The trick then is to go to the website  and find another $30-40 worth of stuff you need.  I know, hoop-jumping, but still better than 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years ago.

At the Volga, IA shoot, most people had managed to find 1000 rounds per shooter.  It mighty have been 3 different kinds of .22LR, but they had it. 

It is getting better.

The situation has indeed improved.  I have managed to always have surplus ammo at shoots but have had fewer takers for that surplus over the last year. 2 years ago, I always had people ready to buy it.  It is not sitting on the shelf the way most other ammo can be found, but it is lingering in the stores a bit longer.  I think most folks are past the "reflex" buy and only buy if they need it.

Cabela's in Huntsville, AL has all the CCI Standard and Federal Automatch you could want, and a lot of match-grade stuff nobody is touching (SK, but there are Norma and RWS loads I am not familiar with too). Also, they have a steady supply of Golden Bullet buckets on endcap displays.

CCI Standard ends up at $5/50 rounds out the door, I think Automatch is $22 per 325-round box.

I was in Connecticut when the panics started, peaked, and then collapsed there - I can't believe how different it is now, although to be fair I've changed states twice since then. All of the local shops I've been in have plenty of rimfire in stock, and plenty of my bolt gun's preferred practice load to boot. I grin like a dope every time I pick up a few boxes - lots of improvement in the last 12-18 months.

Now if CCI Standard would just come all the way back down to $3.50/box like I used to pay back in the "aughties"...

It has not improved much here in the Pacific NW.   I never see any .22 ammo at WalMart or a local chain called Bi-Mart.   The last few times I was in Cabelas, they only had one or two varieties and are still limiting purchases to 100 rounds or a bulk box.   The last purchase I made there was a box of Thunderbolts for $23.

A local company called Fisherman's Marine has been the best source of ammo for me.   They usually have a couple brands to choose from, but also have a limit of one brick per visit.

Input:  Olin-Winchester built, a year or two back, a new plant in Oxford, Ms (my brother teaches @ Ol' Miss)-tells me it's running 3 shifts and advertising for
new employees.  Where is all that ammunition going?   Certainly not to the CMP...
Excelsior,
madMark/nyrasgt
PS  Only another month or so to take advantage of Appleseed Instructor Purchase Programs from Smith, Ruger, Henry, Mossberg...send email address to which to attach manufacturers' sheets...
     And finally:  CMP $100 + $8.95 shipping Daisy 853  .177 single-pump air rifle (pellets only thing still cheap to shoot, in basement, garage, or backyard) still
msking great stocking stuffer...msrp from Daisy is $399.95.  Just stating the facts...

Lgs near me just ended limit on 22 purchases.   Cabellas still has a plethora. 

If u need any.... Come to the Midwest...

check your local newspaper flyers and slickguns.com "Black Friday tab for gun and ammo specials

I'm  seeing bricks of .22LR for $25, Marlin 795 for $109,   Mossberg 715 for $99

I realize it gives a warning about the thread being over 60 days but it's worth bringing up since this thread is still near the top anyway.

There are sites that use software APIs to fetch ammo prices. I've found .22LR CCI Mini-Mag and even Stingers using the search, almost daily. They do have a limit (sometimes), so check the first couple listings.

The site i use is http://ammoseek.com allows you to sort by price, cost per round, size.. all kinds of options. Enjoy!