.22lr @ Academy? What gives?

[_CY_]

amazing .22 shortage is still on going ... still have not purchased a single round through this entire run-up cycle.

got all calibers I shoot covered with reloading components, except of course .22 .. hate to say this but .22 would be the only ammo I'd consider purchasing. but not anytime soon ..

 

[Old Fart]

I read somewhere recently that the ammo companies have been holding off building new manufacturing capabilities to see if this was a bubble or a new trend. They've done their research and have decided it's the new norm. They are all in the process of adding on or building new manufacturing plants. So at worst by mid 2014 they supply should catch up with the demand. Hopefully sooner, if people quit buying the gouger stock they'll quit scooping it up.

 

[DAMAGAN]

if people quit buying the gouger stock they'll quit scooping it up.

Exactly! Academy had 26Gr Hollow Point Winchester .22lr the other evening and I said I'll take two. No price posted and didn't ask. Went to one of those price scanners and it was $8.99 for the box of 50. I took them back to the gun counter and said nevermind. I found boxes of 100 in 36Gr HP for that a while back. I even had some guy see me carrying the .22lr around before I knew how much it was and he said something to me as he walked by to the tune of "you bought those out from under me" or something... Anywho its not worth it at .18 cents a round.

 

[Old Fart]

Anywho its not worth it at .18 cents a round.

I can reload my 38 plinker for a heck of a lot less than that.
My own cast bullet + a few grains of Unique + one primer = probably 3 or 4 cents