When is the last time you saw Federal bulk pack .22lr on the shelf?

[Brian]

Not scalper/gunshow pricing, talking normal retail. Just wondering if Federal is still cranking this out and I'm just not seeing it / hearing about it or if they're just working on the smaller automatch boxes, etc. at this point?

[CareyH]

I have heard tell of this federal bulk pack of which you speak.... though I have never seen the creature in the wild myself.


I guess it has to be some where if the scalpers are getting it, but I sure as hell am not lucky enough to get my hands on any.

[crays]

I picked up two of the 550's at the Tower/I-70 wally in Oct or early Nov. They had 3 on the shelf, but I figured I would leave one for someone else.
Have been seeing the Automatch regularly. Got 2 at Big R in Limon on black Friday for pre-panic pricing. Lucked out on that one.

[BigBear]

Yeah, I haven't been able to find anything in a while for .22lr... I have a shoot coming up in March and am getting a little nervous, lol.

[crays]

Yeah, I haven't been able to find anything in a while for .22lr... I have a shoot coming up in March and am getting a little nervous, lol.
Never mind. Search in tapatalk was easier/better that I expected.

[Great-Kazoo]

4 weeks ago . Grabbed a few and some 22 shorts. If you're not set on the bulk packs, SW has been consistent for Aquila (spck) both plated and lead 40gr.

[Brian]

I picked up two of the 550's at the Tower/I-70 wally in Oct or early Nov. They had 3 on the shelf, but I figured I would leave one for someone else.
Have been seeing the Automatch regularly. Got 2 at Big R in Limon on black Friday for pre-panic pricing. Lucked out on that one.

That's actually good news. At least they're still packaging and delivering it to retail. I haven't seen any available retail for quite a while. As you mentioned, other packaging like automatch though has been out there. I had just wondered if they were focusing on the smaller packages for a while or something.

[Circuits]

There's 22 all over the place - just that the places that have it are pricing it double what wally does, so I'm sure neckbearding is still in full force for bulk packs.

Magnum Shooting Center had a couple pallets of CCI minimag at $46/500 or something like that. The official price of the federal 550 bulk packs, when they're in stock at wally, is $23.97.

As a dealer, I can't even get a distributor to quote me below 7 cents a round even if I offer to buy a pallet, which would make my (dealer) cost $38.50 on that same carton before freight.

[Brian]

Yep, exactly!

I'm actually sitting ok for my stock of personal 22lr since I bought deep back when it was less-rare, and I've bought here and there where I've seen decent deals over the last year or two. But my "problem" is that it's starting to become more mix-or-match. Where it used to be a bunch of ammo cans full of federal bulk pack and a few subsonics, now there are 10 different brands and a variety of different packages, which is a pain at the range since I want to keep track of what I'm shooting.

Just wondering when my favorite packs were going to start showing back up again. I also gave up on ordering anything from a distributor - I just watch walmart and the occasional Bass Pro/Cabelas, etc. like everybody else.

[Slapps74]

The Reloading Zone in Arvada had some today when I was there. Don't know the price but Mike the owner is a good guy and pricing is fair.