Posted on 07/14/2016 12:07:39 PM PDT by marktwain
By Dean Weingarten
I chanced to be at the local WalMart in Yuma today. This is the store on the frontage road off of old Highway 8, East of town. Until Friday, June 24, 2016, I had not seen any .22 Long Rifle in the store for three years.
On that date, there were 2,300 rounds of CCI Mini-Mags and 1,000 rounds of CCI Standard Velocity. The Mini-Mags were in plastic 100 round boxes at $7.47 a box. The Standard Velocity were in paper, 50 round boxes at $3.47 a box. I was told by the clerk, Yittzel, that they would be gone in a few days. I am sure that she was correct.
Just 10 days later, on the 3rd of July, I was in the same store, and there were 1900 rounds of CCI Stinger, in 50 round boxes. It is premium .22 Long Rifle ammunition, and has always been pricey. The price was $6.47 for a box of 50, or a little under 13 cents a round. They also had CCI .22 Maxi-Mag, .22 magnum rimfire cartridges, for $13.47 a box of 50, or nearly 27 cents a cartridge. It has been scarce, but not as bad as the .22 Long Rifle.
The clerk, Britanny, was very helpful. She expected the .22 to be gone by late that afternoon. Both clerks said that many people stopped in to buy .22, purchased the maximum three boxes allowed, and were suspected of reselling it for a profit at local gun shows or through the internet.
Two sightings in 10 days after three years was remarkable.
Today, the 8th of July, there were two cases of bulk pack Federal .22 Auto Match.
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The end of the Obama nightmare is approaching. 6 more months.
Damn just ordered from cheaper than dirt.
Last weekend Cabela’s had shelves full albeit they were target grade and the least expensive was $7 a box of fifty.
Oh, and I guess the fed’s don’t need .22’s all that bad either.
finally
I’ve even seen the Federal Champion on sale in a few places.
What’s a nice lightweight adult .22 rifle? Classic style, not fake military.
Ruger 10/22 is the answer you seek.
Remington 597 or Marlin model 60.
Ruger 10/22 look it up on the web.
Good news. CCI Mini Mags are the only thing my S&W M&P 15-22 and my Sig Mosquito will eat, and they were almost impossible to find anywhere.
So all the federal alphabet agencies have all the ammo they want !!!
Savage model 93, pick your flavor of .22
My 15/22 eats Federals the best.
Yeah,
Any thing with RUGER on it !
I’ve got the same issue with my GSG-AK22’s. They will run CCI all day and the big Federal 550 BLUE/BROWN boxes. Everything else craps out.
It’s hard enough to get 22lr, when you get down to just a few brands that will run properly it gets painful.
Yep. They finally got enough ammo to kill all legal citizens at least 25 times.
I still have many boxes of mini-mags that I stockpiled from back during the first Clinton gun bans. I’d like to have an equal amount of CCI standard velocity. It’s good to hear they’re coming around again.
“Ruger 10/22 is the answer you seek.”
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