What are your 22lr Price Predictions?

[RogerDat]

What is this 22lr you are referring too?

A very rare and precious ammunition, made from unicorn sneezes and beer farts of leprechauns. As such not easily reloaded holding some shooters hostage to scalper prices or sending fun firearms into a frozen space time continuum known as the lands of the safe queen.

[Plate plinker]

A very rare and precious ammunition, made from unicorn sneezes and beer farts of leprechauns. As such not easily reloaded holding some shooters hostage to scalper prices or sending fun firearms into a frozen space time continuum known as the lands of the safe queen.

Well I am not far from Notre Dame should I go catch that Leprechaun? Its the Unicorn I might have trouble with, would a My Little Pony Unicorn suffice?

[kmrra]

Prices wont drop, we get 22 ammo here all the time still sell like hot cakes, , if you want to taken to the cleaners , go to gun broker and buy it from the hoarders

[rockrat]

Our Wal-mart got some in. Luckily, someone missed the 1000 rnd brick at the back of the locked cabinet(was kind of hidden). Was $50.47+tax. First 22's I have seen at our Wal-mart in over two years

[aspangler]

Local Wallyworld has had 22lr on the shelf 3 of the last 4 times I was there. Bought some each time. LGS had CCI blazer for 22.99/500. Didn't have much money to spare at the time but I got 2 bricks. Don't shoot it very often anymore but am getting ready to start some of the local kids shooting this spring health premitting. I see a LOT of 22lr in this area.

[Brian10956]

I don't know how old it was but I found a box of 50 with A $.89 price sticker and they still worked decent group

[sghart3578]

My prediction, based on nothing:

$.02 per round by this fall. Inventory is stacking up.

If I am wrong I will give you your money back.


Steve in N CA

[shoot-n-lead]

Unless it goes down...a lot...I will probably never buy another round. We used to buy ridiculous amounts of bricks. I have not seen a brick in over 3yrs...and would do me no good to see one...as I will not pay $25 for a brick of .22. And, I most certainly won't pay the price for the more premium ammo....y'all can have my share.

[54bore]

Unless it goes down...a lot...I will probably never buy another round. We used to buy ridiculous amounts of bricks. I have not seen a brick in over 3yrs...and would do me no good to see one...as I will not pay $25 for a brick of .22. And, I most certainly won't pay the price for the more premium ammo....y'all can have my share.

I agree!!! I bought an air rifle

[GhostHawk]

7 cents ea is the new low. Come fall demand will force price up again.

I just invested in a new air rifle at 4,000 .22 pellets at 1.89 cents ea.

Rifle is a Hatsan 135 QE Vortex that shoots 11.9 grain pellets at 1050 fps average. I am guessing but I think that will put my 14.3 Crossman Premier Hollow Points in the mid 800's to 900 fps with a foot pounds of energy at muzzle around 23-25.

Cheap shooting, and if required I can shoot .22 round balls made with sharpshooter mold. Not quite as accurate but it would allow me to put meat in the pot as long as I have lead.

[bubba.50]

I predict it will stay sky-high in my area unless & until the gougers who line up at Wally-World to meet the truck & scarf it all up get tired of haulin' it around to the gunshows.

[tdoyka]

Unless it goes down...a lot...I will probably never buy another round. We used to buy ridiculous amounts of bricks. I have not seen a brick in over 3yrs...and would do me no good to see one...as I will not pay $25 for a brick of .22. And, I most certainly won't pay the price for the more premium ammo....y'all can have my share.

me too!!!!

i'm only using my 6.5mm and .204 caliber is a nosler. and as soon as my 20 vartarg shoots them, then its midsouth's 34gr hp.

[Bazoo]

Around here, 22's are available most of the time. It seems to rotate as to what is available. Most stores do not have a purchase limit now, or have a 500 round limit.

Around here, i've seen or purchased of recent,
Aguila HV x 50 for 4.99
CCI minimags x 100 for 9.99
Winchester competitor to mini mags x100 for 9.99
Winchester M22x500 for 30.00
Bricks of CCI blazer for 30.00
Remington thunderbolt bricks for 30.00
remington golden bullets bucket x1400 for 80.00
federal automatch x300 for 20.00
american eaglex50 for 2.50

[tazman]

For my rifles, the only thing I can compare is a loaded down 223. Primer, powder, and gas check run over 6 cent per round. I can get 22lr for around that or a penny more.
The 22lr shoot better for me and I don't have to load them.
There seem to be plenty of 22lr in this area except for the Wal Mart stores. Everybody else has them.

[GhostHawk]

Tazman I agree, for rifle I have several options including centerfire .223 .300bo, .357 mag, and 9mm. No gas checks needed, in that 6-8 cent area.

For pistol I still shoot some, wife still shoots some. So once or twice a year we order a couple thousand online. I have been getting my Federal Champion automatch from Bud's gun shop at 7 cents each. 325 per box, 6 boxes is just a hair under 2k rounds, shipping was 23$ spread over those 6 boxes and a couple of other items.

Higher than I like but not so high that I won't buy them. I'd rather have too many than not enough. I do not see prices going down anytime soon.

[tazman]

A few months ago, one of the "farm" store chains in this area had a sale on Winchester M22 ammunition at right at $60 per thousand rounds. Some of the stores had 1 k limits, others had 2 k limits. I had to make a run to visit my daughter that passed 4 of those stores, so I stopped at every one of them on the way. I ended up with 7 thousand rounds that day.
It isn't the best ammunition, but it is far from the worst. Makes great practice rounds in the rifles and works well in the pistols.

[wv109323]

I shopped 2 LGS. I noticed they both had a good supply 22LR. Federal SV and HV target was 4.99 per 50. CCI SV was $39.99 per brick. They had about 10 bricks on the shelf. No signs that ammo was restricted. They also had a supply of the top dollar Eley, SL and Wolf.

[Texas by God]

Fort Worth Texas Academy has CCI mini mag $7/100. Aguila $4/50. Best, Thomas.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

Gander has some on sale by me http://www.gandermountain.com/modper...40-Gr&i=757197

[sparky45]

FINALLY found some 22's at a local Walmart; Winchester 555 pack and I got the last one. $27.95, so just over $30 for the box.