Thread: Rimfire Ammo Shortage...

I suspect that one this is over there will never be a shortage on 22 LR again. People who normally never kept more than a brick on hand are getting 5 or 10 bricks to be safe. (which is helping to keep the shortage going)
When this is done, everyone will have a lifetime supply on their shelf.

Originally Posted by rodb

Yes, but maybe less than a few months ago. There are also people who wait at Walmart for the trucks to come in and buy to resell at a profit. That might be the bigger problem. I did talk to a Cabelas salesman and he personally knows someone with 725000 rounds of 22lr, but they were hoarding long before the big shortage. Having that much is just crazy

I assumed there were at least a handful of people out there hoarding with grand designs that if the SHTF they would not only have enough ammo to get by, barter for whatever else they need they'd also have enough to end up elevating themselves to king status and come out on top in a "new economy" and "be rich". Somehow I don't think it'd be that easy.

Chris L

They usually have 20,000 rounds of ammo & 20 gallons of water.

I think one thing people may not realize is that the price of brass and lead has radically gone up in the past 5 yrs.has to contribute to higher prices for any ammo.
We have been in a couple so called wars in the past 10 yrs,that will chew up a huge amt of material used to make even the rimfire stuff.
Since 911 and all the school shooting crap, police depts are utilizing huge amts of ammo just at the range.
You the casual hunter/shooter will be at the bottom of the pile as far as getting more.

FINALLY scored some CCI 22LR from Wally World....been looking for 4 months..only 3 boxes per customer, 3.47 box of 50.

,,,,,,, grab the kids & head for the car,,,,

Bass Pro in Dania has been getting 22 regularly for a while, but the big 525 box's are scarce.

Originally Posted by HNSB

I suspect that one this is over there will never be a shortage on 22 LR again. People who normally never kept more than a brick on hand are getting 5 or 10 bricks to be safe. (which is helping to keep the shortage going)
When this is done, everyone will have a lifetime supply on their shelf.

A couple of years from now, ammo manufacturers are going to go through layoffs. The past couple of years they've made so much ammo that the market is saturated for years when people realize that they bought more ammo than they're ever going to use

It's a bit like the tulip mania.

Originally Posted by Bruno

A couple of years from now, ammo manufacturers are going to go through layoffs. The past couple of years they've made so much ammo that the market is saturated for years when people realize that they bought more ammo than they're ever going to use

It's a bit like the tulip mania.

Should civilisation grind to a halt, I think I would prefer that potential assailants were armed with tulips

I do make it a point to purchase a box of ammo that I can use if it's in stock every time I go to Wally World, but I've never quit shooting either & my supplies are starting to show. I haven't gotten back to reloading...yet, but have a feeling that I will have to for .308 as match ammo is tthrough the roof!