Want to know why 22lr is hard to find?

[ChunkyMonkey]

Due to the unprecedented volume of orders, the website may not be updated as frequently as we would like. ALMOST EVERYTHING IS ON BACK ORDER.

We are shipping many orders in 5 days or less. Most of these orders are small 1-3 products.

WE ARE TAKING BACK ORDERS, but have extended wait times. Below are estimated shipping times but these times might be longer or shorter depending on the product and the manufactures production.
Powder orders should ship 4 weeks or less except for a few popular powders like Varget which will probably take several months or possible longer.
Primers and other reloading supplies should ship in a few weeks or less. Small Rifle is the slowest still

Loaded ammo will probably be 10++ weeks.

*If you pay with a Debit Card your bank statement will show pending / hold for 3-7 days depending on your bank and you will not be able to use those Funds. After 3-7 days the hold will drop off if your order soes not ship, but your order will stay active*

Your credit card will be authorized for the purchase amount as soon as an order is placed. When your order is ready to ship we will collect payment. *If your order does not ship in 6 days your authorization on your credit card will fall off and we will call you or email you when your order is ready. We will then charge your credit card and ship the products out the same or next day.

We will call to advise the status of your order.

Got mine in 2 weeks in august

[Great-Kazoo]

Got mine in 2 weeks in august

Got mine 5 years ago in WM. $14 per 550 fed bulk pack. Some of the SA (55gr) 300 rd still has the $35.00 price tag on.

[Bailey Guns]

So this guy (and others like him) is the cause of the shortage of .22? I don't think so. Apparently the shortage is relative. He has plenty (as do I...I'm just not selling mine), others don't. So the guy bought ammo or acquired it somewhere, and wants to resell/trade it. I fail to see the problem. If you don't want to pay the price or make the trade then don't.

Maybe his dad died and left it to him. Maybe he was like me and owned a gun store and kept about 20k rounds when he closed it.

If he traded all 14k rounds for a $1k AR, that's 7 cents per round. Hardly the highest prices we've seen in the last year. It's just over 5.5 cents per round if he trades for an $850 AR. There might just be someone out there with too many ARs and not enough .22lr ammo...a perfect match.

You're either for the free market or you're not.

[dirtrulz]

There was a guy of arfcom who said him and his sons go through about 25,000 rounds of 22 a year between plinking and competitions. He finished by saying he had more than 10 years of ammo stored up. 250,000+ rounds of 22 would take up some space.

[HoneyBadger]

You're either for the free market or you're not.

Agreed.



i contacted him and offered him a fair price and I'll see how he responds.

Edit: he only wants to trade.

[newracer]

I still have about 10K right now. Bought most of it when it was ~$10 per brick. I doubt we will ever see it below $20 per brick again.

[Monky]

Damn.. I messed up and put CO springs.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I've got about 16K, mostly purchased from the CMP at $275/5000. It hurt my head to pay over $25 a brick but seemed like the right thing to do when crap .22 is going for $50-100 per brick at the gun shows ...

[hatidua]

You're either for the free market or you're not.

Capitalism, free market economics, and individual responsibility are popular in the abstract but remain theories that fall completely apart on gun forums when it comes to discussing ammo purchase procrastination. Supply/demand realities are deemed gouging by those that couldn't be bothered to put a little extra aside. Were it a one-off event, it'd be interesting. However, as it's essentially an event we see played out every four years, it's become mildly amusing.

Sit back, enjoy the ride, we'll see this all over again in Spring 2017 after the next election, count on it.

[rockhound]

Seeing as you can't find it anywhere, yes 14,000 rounds is a lot

i was being sarcastic, i don't think that is a lot, i have four kids, they can burn some .22