.22 ammo: Is this "the New Normal?"

[Martinjmpr]

First off, I just want to make it clear that I despise hip, pop-culture slang like phrases like "The New Normal."

Ahem. So, I stopped by Cabela's to get some camping gear today and of course I wandered through the gun and ammo section. To my surprise, the area with .22lr (which had been a desert since 2012) looked like this:



Pretty impressive, huh? Wasn't that long ago you couldn't find .22lr for love nor money.

But...check out the prices (if you can see them.) Bricks of 500 start at $50 and go up from there. That's $0.10/round! Close to the price of some centerfire ammo.

Cheapest I could find was CCI 50 round boxes at $3.99 or .08/rnd (I don't know if there was a limit but it seems stupid to sell a box of 50 for $4.00 and a brick of 10 boxes for $50. A per-customer limit is the only reason I can think that this kind of math would work.) I was tempted to get some but I thought - meh, for .08/round I can wait, I have plenty.

Just wondering what kind of prices others are seeing for .22lr. I had thought (hoped) that after the "panic of 2012" we'd see prices drop down to pre-panic levels around $.05/rnd but it doesn't look like that's happening. I guess if they're selling it, it must be a good price. The fully stocked shelves tell me that the "panic" must be pretty much over, despite recent events.

I expect we'll see another minor panic as the election nears. Who knows how crazy it will get if (when) Shrillary gets elected.