View Full Version : Is .22lr ammo suddenly more valuable?
I noticed Walmart had Federal 550rnd bulk for $18.97 a box. Last month I payed $15.97. Is Walmart just charging more or did something happen to push up the price of .22lr? Find it odd that would go up so much when other ammo prices seem to have stabilized.
I remember when that stuff was like $9. I haven't bought any because it's been so much.
I remember when that stuff was like $9. I haven't bought any because it's been so much.
Yeah, but it still beats the $200 I just paid for 500 rounds of .223. This hobby definitely isn't getting any cheaper. [Rant2]
Wally World raised it's prices....
They swoop in, under bid mom and pop shops, and then find the ceiling with their prices after the competition is gone....
But I'm still sitting on a few thousand rounds, lol, so I haven't bought any for a while!!! And I'm with Stuart, last time I bought some it was less than $10 for 500 rnds or something like that.
I used to see cheap bricks of .22 at the store and think about buying some because I knew I'd eventually get a .22. However, it was right when the panic started so I didn't want to be the asshole buying bullets for a gun I didn't even have. Now I wish I would have. The only reason I even have any .22lr now is because I bought some when I went shooting with my bud and borrowed a rifle.
I hope the bricks come back down. i bought a shit ton of it before everything went nuts. my fiance thought I was crazy. i have pretty close to 25000 rounds of the federal red box stuff.
now I am glad I got it when i did.
The only reason I even have any .22lr now is because I bought some when I went shooting with my bud and borrowed a rifle.
Poor Donkey... well, let me know if you ever want to borrow mine. It's a stock Ruger 10/22 w/irons, but man that thing is accurate. Was hitting 4 inch size steel plates at 100 yards! And it's so smooth....
That's actually exactly what I was doing with the borrowed rifle. Thanks for the offer, but I've got a .22lr now. I want to pick up my little brother's savage as well.
GreenScoutII
04-01-2010, 13:31
Yeah prices of .22 lr have been pissing me off. I shoot about a brick per month on average. Occasionally, I'll burn a brick of cheap Wally-World Federal in a day. The problem we have down here in Pueblo is not just price, but availability as well. I'll buy at least two bricks when I can find it.
Fortunately, my dad just hooked me up with about 10,000 rounds of Federal Lightening he had been sitting on for about 20 years. Can't beat free plinking ammo![LOL]
Seems the going price just about anywhere for 500-550rds is about $20 so this is nothing new. Was nice when it was $15 only a few weeks ago but, like everything else gun related, they jack up the price until we quit buying. Who can blame them? Sucks for all of us but if you don't like it... quit buying so they're forced to lower prices again.
theGinsue
04-02-2010, 06:33
I noticed Walmart had Federal 550rnd bulk for $18.97 a box. Last month I payed $15.97. Is Walmart just charging more or did something happen to push up the price of .22lr? Find it odd that would go up so much when other ammo prices seem to have stabilized.
Just over a year ago I was paying $12.95 for the 550 brick of Federal bulk .22LR. Raising the price by $6 is rediculous - BUT, if the market will bear it, who am I to stand in the way of free enterprise?
theGinsue
04-02-2010, 06:33
I remember when that stuff was like $9. I haven't bought any because it's been so much.
Kids! When I was in HS, I could get a brick of 500 for $5.
Showing your age there old man...
By the way, I'm doing a report... what color were the dinosaurs?!
HAHAHAHA.
theGinsue
04-02-2010, 19:00
That was mean. Calling me old. I thought we were friends. - At least, that's what you told the attendant at the Home the last time you came to visit me. By the way, I need more milk and saltines.
M%^(*$ - D@mned (D@mned) kids!
Wally World raised it's prices....
They swoop in, under bid mom and pop shops, and then find the ceiling with their prices after the competition is gone....
I wish I could buy from a local shop. Unfortunately, even with this latest price hike, walmart is still the cheapest for HV copper-washed ammo. Unless someone knows something I don't? Of course, if wally world pushes up any higher, some of my favorite on-line retailers will become 'competitive'. Then I guess I can just skip walmart all together and just shop online. I hate going to walmart...
Just over a year ago I was paying $12.95 for the 550 brick of Federal bulk .22LR. Raising the price by $6 is rediculous - BUT, if the market will bear it, who am I to stand in the way of free enterprise?
very true...I stopped buying it in hopes the prices would fall off again, but seeing that every time i am at walmart they don't have it in stock, or very very little, the prices aren't going to be falling for a while. I am just glad i have a large enough supply to last me for quite some time
Kids! When I was in HS, I could get a brick of 500 for $5.
$5, you gotta be kidding me, that is how much a new bike cost when YOU were a kid[ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL][ROFL3][ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]
jerrymrc
04-03-2010, 06:27
Except for the bubble a year ago ammo and supplies have done nothing but gone up in the last 10 years. I thought it was kind of expensive when I bought bricks for $12.
I need to get back to buying more components.
theGinsue
04-03-2010, 13:12
True, but reloading .22LR just isn't lucrative.
Troublco
04-03-2010, 14:06
Good thing I laid in a supply awhile back.....
theGinsue
04-04-2010, 01:33
I got a few thousand, but I would like a heck of a lot more.
I agree, you can never have enough ammo, especially cheap plinking ammo. I'm still using up a load of Wildcats I bought at the CS Target many years ago when the Sporting Goods manager argued with me about the cost of a brick of Wildcats. I told him several times that a brick was ten boxes, he insisted the price was .79 a brick, who was I to keep arguing... I bought all he had left... Two 20mm ammo cans full...
I agree, you can never have enough ammo, especially cheap plinking ammo. I'm still using up a load of Wildcats I bought at the CS Target many years ago when the Sporting Goods manager argued with me about the cost of a brick of Wildcats. I told him several times that a brick was ten boxes, he insisted the price was .79 a brick, who was I to keep arguing... I bought all he had left... Two 20mm ammo cans full...
You, sir, are my hero!!
daemon734
04-05-2010, 15:42
22LR sucks to go up in price, but what the hell happened to the price of 9mm? They want like $14/50 now.
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