[InABunkerUnderSF]

I don't buy ammo from auction sites for that reason. In fact, I haven't bought a round of .22 in over a year and have only taken my .22 out once in that time. I ain't paying $65 a brick. And no, I don't see it coming down much. The cheapest I've seen .22 in the Phoenix is $525 for a 5000 round case and that's just more money than I'm willing to plunk down at once for ammo.

With .22 at 13 cents a round and 7.62x39 at 24 cents a round most of my plinking has been SKS and AK related - more than twice the bang for less than twice the bucks.

[Texas Fossil]

With .22 at 13 cents a round

Yep. With cast bullets, I can reload my old 30-30 for $.12-.15 per round. It is still a lot of fun to shoot.