$25 a brick is a good price. Before Christmas one of the chains (I think it was Dunhams) was selling them for $80 each - and people were buying as they sold out quickly.
I haven't had much luck finding any, either. I good friend of mine bought a .22 rifle for his son at Christmas and couldn't find ammo so I gave him 300 rounds. I had two bricks and still have some handy, but the kids will want to go shooting more now that it is warm and that will go quickly. I'll cross my fingers and keep looking.
Academy had 100 packs of CCI hollow points for $7.99 a box. Since my wife was with me, I was able to buy 400 rounds. They were selling Federal something for $2.99/50. This was yesterday.
That's a really good score. Around here, every place that has it wants to charge $5 for a box of 50!! I refuse to buy it at that gouged-up price. I did a quick count of mine at home and I have a little over 3000 rounds, LR, Stingers, Shorts and Subsonic. Maybe if it sits on their shelves long enough, the price will become more reasonable. Man, I remember those 50-round little boxes priced at under 1 DOLLAR!! I know, I just showed my age..../
I can't believe that the LGShow tables are still asking so much for 22's. When I find it for no more then $.06 a round for 22lr and I see stingers at Cabela's for $6.59 Bass for $6.68 and WW for $6.19 for 50-round boxes I'll but some. Then we all go plunking 2-liter pop bottles out back.
.22LR is the only thing that seems to have actually gotten worse over the last year. Everything else is pretty much back to pre-Sandy Hook levels but .22LR is still extraordinarily scarce, maybe worse than it was this time last year. Luckily I have enough on hand to last me a few years.
Not sure I understand the concern about price. It doesn't matter what the cost of a box of 50 .22LR was 10 years ago. Doesn't matter what the price was 100 years ago.
I'm sure that way back in some halcyon period you could buy 1000 rounds for $1. That's great. Nice to know.
The thing is, without ammo, your gun is nothing but a paperweight.
My policy is nothing less than 1,000 rounds of ammo for every gun you have. More is better, but nothing less. If you shoot a box of 50, buy 100 the same day. Always increase. So whatever .22RL costs, if you find CCI Stingers or equivalent, buy them.
My strategy is to keep enough to shoot at inflated prices, and stocking up only when a good value comes along.
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