Posted on 01/29/2015 8:26:35 PM PST by smokingfrog
At least 15,000 gun owners will get cheap shots at the upcoming Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show, opening Wednesday at the Portland Expo Center.
That’s how many permits will be issued on a first-come basis to show attendees – exhibitors included – allowing them to buy inexpensive short “bricks” of .22 caliber long rifle ammunition.
22 rimfire ammo, the most popular recreational shooting caliber, has been in short supply for years.
So short, in fact, it flies from the shelves of most sporting goods stores as fast as it is stocked, and usually for high prices. Few major sources in the Portland area had any at all in a cursory check this past week. Prices for those that did ranged from 16 to 20 cents per round. American ammunition manufacturers are racing to keep up with demand, but some retailers are importing 22 ammo from Mexico.
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“Prices for those that did ranged from 16 to 20 cents per round.”
Wow. I had no idea the price of .22LR was up that high.
It’s about 9 cents a round right now.
$0.16 to $0.20 per round is what target grade is going for. Standard velocity 500 rd. bricks are going for about $50.00 ($0.10 per round) which is still WAY too high. That’s supply and demand for you.
5.4 cents per round of Winchester at Wal-Mart if you can catch it. I’m going to need exactly 20,800 rounds this year and I am at 8500 at the moment. Long way to go.
Agreed, this America, the public is short of something? Makes no sense to me at all.
I see a great opportunity here...
When I go to Walmart I stop at the sporting goods and always check to see if they have 22LR and 22Mags.
I have bought several guns there the past 7 years and the two gentlemen that usually work there know what I am looking for.
I have collected around 16,000 22LR and the most I ever paid for them was five cents and under.
Now I am working on stocking up on the 22 mags and I have a ways to catch up on those but I am persistent.
I have my mom and girl friend check every time they go and they will both grab the max amount per-person allowed.
“Wow. I had no idea the price of .22LR was up that high.”
It isn’t.
I quit checking. Never a single box on the shelves.
Small gun shop in my area has a dozen 10/22’s he cannot sell.
He can’t get .22 ammo at all.
I had 20,000 rounds of CCI in a storage that got flooded. I tried a few(nine) and some worked and some didn’t. I don’t know what to do with them. Freepmail me if you have any suggestions.
Smart promotion. They’ll probably lose a little profit on the ammo, but they’ll draw a bigger crowd to the show and recoup it I’m sure.
The story says it is that high at the few stores in Portland that had it in stock. I wonder if they have some local taxes that are driving it up?
I have yet to find any .22 at Walmart in the past 18 months.
It’s cheaper to shoot my .223 these days.
I only buy CCI Stingers and they are going for $.26/round. It should be no more than $.15/round.
we got some laying around, probably several hundred or a thousand.. different brands
make an offer...
You and like minded folks are the precise and only reason that there is currently a shortage of rimfire ammunition, which allows the gougers to flourish and laugh all the way to the bank,
You are the problem...stockpilers like you create the shortage
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