Is .22lr ammo suddenly more valuable?

[theGinsue]

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]

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.

[BigBear]

Showing your age there old man...




By the way, I'm doing a report... what color were the dinosaurs?!



HAHAHAHA.

[theGinsue]

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 kids!

[mutt]

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...

[sniper7]

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

[sniper7]

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

[jerrymrc]

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]

True, but reloading .22LR just isn't lucrative.

[Troublco]

Good thing I laid in a supply awhile back.....