Ammo updates

THATS WHY YOU CANT FIND ANY.

Too expensive to shoot, too expensive to develop any skills.
Thats what 22 was for. That's why its been diverted.

What can that possibly mean?

That is plausible but there's no way that shipping crates full of ammo are being anonymously purchased. Nobody makes a $400,000 anonymous sale of anything.

That said the buyers could easily enough disguise their identities if they are .gov.

Actually I think the Govt. is buying ammo up all ports. When they get enough ammo purchased by all their Fed Agencies. A new legislation or bill will be passed that that only the Government, Fed or State agencies can sell ammo and reloading supplies. Mark my words. This is the alternative to background checks. They will treat it like pseudo ephedrine in some states like Oregon and Washington. Requires ID, just like what Walmart and others have initiated when you uy ammo or reloading supplies. They will Keep a data base on what you buy and store that information to understand what guns people own in a National Database like ObamaSucksCare Act.

The last few years many people bought A/R's that shoot or convert to 22 long rifle, since then, they are shooting the shit out of the 22's

Central Minnesota here

I just bought 2 bricks of .22
400 rds of 40
400 rds of 223

All at normal prices

At a local store

And there is plenty to go around.

Are you married???

Sure, you want to pay $.50 per round then I have around 20k rounds of CCI Stingers I will sell. For $.25 I have around 45k rounds of various CCI, golden bullets, Aguila, Blazer...

like riding a bike really.practice is not necessary to shoot live rounds if you know how to shoot already

Phoenix. AZ metro area has everything readily available except for .22lr which cannot be found.

Try 08

Nah, you can never have enough. Just like money!

Right?!

sitting on 15k rds lol I watched a vid of a gal who would leave her guy for 22 ammo lol

It seems like anything we might want is available in plentiful supply except 22 long rifle.

When I do find 22 ammo its terribly expensive for what it is.

Wichita/Manhattan, Kansas - Aside from .22lr, everything has been plentiful around here for at least 4 months now. 7.62x39 was first to show back up, then .223, then .308. As for handguns, 9mm is still mildly scarce, but definitely not impossible to find, just not as much selection. The 500~ rd. Bricks of .22 can be consistently found locally on armslist or Craigslist for $60.

Tbose are fool's prices. Only the desperate or rich could afford that.

Foolish. Might as well practice with 762/39.

.30-30 and .22LR has been hard to find here in the Texas Panhandle

As for old military calibers, we seems to have plenty of .30-06

Last Edited by Saddletramp on 02/04/2014 11:00 PM

I have been making small game loads for my 30-06 using Bullseye powder and a buckshot pellet. i have had success killing ground squirrels and rabbits out to 100 yards. As an added bonus it is pretty quiet.

Cabelas had Norma Tac-22 for $54 per 500rds. It was all gone in 10 hrs on saturday. I bought one brick, now I wish I had bought more.

I have 85k rounds of .22 but all the empty cans give me that disturbed feeling of how low that really is. And don't say that's a lot because you all know that shooting 2 bricks at a time used to be normal playing a pack of battleship or darts at 100M.

Of course This is a public forum so I should probably mention that I no longer own any firearms. While there is certainly a record through NICS that I previously had a few, due to the poor economy I sold all my firearms. I sold them to a private collector, I forget his name but he had an FFL so the sales were above board.

Yes, the .30-.30 Winchester rounds are difficult to find here in AZ.

Was ok if you saw it coming, have a giant canvas bag of 22 so heavy it can't be lifted. Got crates of 7.62x54. The shortage is artificial but you are gonna pay more. Gonna start on 7mm and 30-06 next, more expensive but a box of each a week as long as it is available. Gonna be nice to plinking with 22s with no worry this summer. If you want to shoot though you have to have the ammo. In regards to local supplies, 22 is the only problem, but can be found. Basically if I see it cheap I buy it. Not gonna pay a premium but if dicks or walmart has it when I am there I buy it, but I have a lot so there is no panic. If I get a brick or two a month, which hasn't even an issue getting I am stocked enough to have fun this year and next.

The moral is it is there. Don't pay a premium to the resellers and buy plentiful cheap calibers. If you don't have a gun for them than buy it!

That is crazy. $54 for a brick of 22 LR ammo. It should not be more than $20.

FWIW when I was a kid, a brick of 22 LR was $5.00. I suppose that could be said for a lot of things.

what makes you say three years?

Who says Red-Blooded Americans have brains?

Blowing your ammunition into a berm at a shooting range is not "practice". Once you understand Sight Picture and Controlled Surprise Break, whatcha need to "practice" for?

Sitting at a bench making or trying to make small groups is just bullshit and means nothing! Can you shoot your rifle as well from sitting, prone, and standing? Then, you got a skill. But practicing in your living room for position and keeping sights steady as you break the trigger sear don't take wasting live ammo...

Shot most of what you had at the public range and now your lamenting "can't keep my skills up"? Who you think you are, Jeff Cooper or some hotrod pro racegun competitor? Being able to acquire target, bring sights to bear, and break the shot are the "skills".

All this small group stuff is bullshit. Sniping with an 18lb rifle at 1200 yds is a pretty unnecessary skill.

Live somewhere that you decide will cause you to play Mogadishu Revisited? Dumbass! You shoulda moved!!!

Skills you need to be self-sufficient are more vital than aspiring to be a shootist. Getting out of The Line Of Fire is rule #1. The Rambos with their wet-dream fantasies of AK-47 Afternoon Delight are more likely to be dead in the first week.


Handloading your centerfires is much more valid than spending valuable hours searching out .22lr.

A decent .177 Beeman or RWS/Diana pellet rifle and pistol will do more than a .22lr and don't make the same report. Small game hit in the vitals with a 8gr pellet at 1000fps is gonna be taken.

Practice your positioning and learn to gunsmith what you got and buy loading dies and bullet molds. If you can't use them, you'll likely find someone who will. Better yet, look on the gun forums and buy brass, bullets and gear. A bullet puller will enable you to salvage components. None of this stuff is ever gonna be available again as it was in the past. Get what you can now, and you have something to trade or can buy that gun cheap when your neighbor has no more ammo....

I feel sorry for Americans. First lesson of ammo. It goes bad when left in certin enviroments. Second lesson, as time passes and the ammo is not used the bullets became dead and or stale and not fire when said firing pin hits them.

Third lesson, ammo that has not been fired and kept in a dry arrid enviroment has a chance of exploding just sitting there (ammo in military is kept in a semi lit dark room)

gunbot.net happy hunting

Yup, checked my local Wally World today, ZERO .22's, .38's, .357's & .45's. They had a few boxes of .223's, 9mm's & .40's. The .40's were high end @ $45 for a box of 50. Didn't check the price on .223's & 9mm's.

I'm sure there are some online though.

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there is none unless you dumb S.O.B"s stored it 7 years ago like i told you.now it's all gone guby got it and you're all fucking dumbasses paying an arm and leg trying to get squirrely .22.

Plenty of all ammo up here. Tons of .22 to go around. Our gov prefers 50cal musket balls still so were good. will drop by the gun store to confirm my claim but last time i was in several weeks ago there was plenty