The Elusive 22LR

[giovani]

I'm not much on conspiracy theories but everything I have seen and heard in the last couple of weeks makes me wonder where all the 22LR is going.

Have been to 2 Dicks stores one said the last 22 they saw was 2 weeks ago and 3 weeks at the other and only a few boxes at that.

Was at a surplus store/gun shop , they said they had not recieved any despite orders for 3 months.

Have a friend who is out of work and he has become a semi pro ammo flipper and he finds 9 and 45 quite regularly at Walmart but rarely if ever 22.

My question is if all of these stores can't get any, where is it all going.

It dosen't seem to be getting to the consumer, like its being held somewhere at the wholesale level.

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[scott delaney]

rual king has been getting lots of 22lr as of late. its starting to come back . you buddy the ammo flipper is one of the reasons so many of us are having trouble finding ammo on the shelves

 

[M4Madness]

I've bought over 17K rounds of .22LR at only Wal-Mart stores in the last two months. The Wal-Marts around here seem to get it in at least one day a week. This morning my local store had a 10-box case of the Winchester 555's, but I'm done with .22LR for the time being, so I didn't even bother. I heard that it sold within minutes, with the first three guys in line getting their 3-box limit and the fourth guy buying the last box. It's coming in regularly - you just have to be there as soon as they bring it out.

 

[giovani]

rual king has been getting lots of 22lr as of late. its starting to come back . you buddy the ammo flipper is one of the reasons so many of us are having trouble finding ammo on the shelves

But he isn't able to find it is my point, and he makes a point of being there when it comes out.

 

[Noway Jose]

I bought a 2000 round bulk pack of M22 last friday. Stores are getting shipments of .22lr, but it doesnt sit on the shelf long.

 

[M4Madness]

But he isn't able to find it is my point, and he makes a point of being there when it comes out.

Maybe your area is just "dry". My local Wal-Mart alone has had two cases of Winchester M-22's, two cases of Winchester 555's, one case of Remington 525's, and one case of Remington 225's in the last two weeks alone, not counting all the other stores within 50 miles of me that have been getting it in weekly as well.

 

[gregkl]

I have not seen bulk packs of .22 since November. Granted, I can't go the stores every day in hopes of being there when it hits the shelves, but it definitely is not plentiful.

Fortunately I am employed, but it has made it impossible to find ammo. I have cancelled my plans for my wife and I to take an Appleseed and I have put away my pistols for this year.

Hopefully over the winter I can reload enough ammo to try again next year. And find some .22 by Spring of 2014.

Providing components loosen up....and I get my extra pistol mags...

 

[M4Madness]

I have not seen bulk packs of .22 since November. Granted, I can't go the stores every day in hopes of being there when it hits the shelves, but it definitely is not plentiful.

I guarantee that more ammo is being produced daily than ever before. It is just being bought up as soon as it hits the shelves. Heck, CCI alone is producing 4 millions rounds of .22LR every single day. I've seen probably over 100K of .22LR hit the shelves in Indiana Wal-Marts this past week alone.

 

[newdumdum9825]

After awhile I get tired of seein .22 for over $40.
My poor old .22 hasn't been shot since October and she keeps begging for some lead down her pipe.

 

[JimH]

rual king has been getting lots of 22lr as of late. its starting to come back . you buddy the ammo flipper is one of the reasons so many of us are having trouble finding ammo on the shelves

This!

 

[TopDog]

rual king has been getting lots of 22lr as of late. its starting to come back . you buddy the ammo flipper is one of the reasons so many of us are having trouble finding ammo on the shelves

Yes sir, it is the profiteers that create and then control the ammo shortage. We gun enthusiasts are our own worst enemies. All for the new God of a new generation - profit & greed.

 

[M4Madness]

Guys, I don't like ammo flippers either, but they are not the cause of this "shortage". If the flippers weren't buying ammo, someone else still would be. I'm buying up tons of ammo, but I'm not flipping any of it. All of my buddies are doing the same thing. The only thing fueling this is that the vast majority of the population is uncertain about what lies ahead and is stockpiling what they can.

I just checked my numbers, and Hoosier Wal-Marts have received 175,650+ rounds of .22LR since last Wednesday -- and that is assuming that each only got one case of the following ammo listed:

Wednesday, June 12

Remington .22 Rimfire Hollow Point, 225ct:

Bedford 1026
Bloomington 1991
Crawfordsville 1655
Frankfort 854
Indianapolis 1518
Lebanon 1275
Martinsville 1356
Merrillville 1618
Noblesville 923
Richmond 1745
Scottsburg 1142
Indianapolis 2787


Winchester 22LR Hollow Point Rounds, 555ct:

Aurora 1160
Franklin 995
Greencastle 902
Greensburg 1180
Kokomo 1962
Marion 1294
Sullivan 617


Winchester 22LR M-22, 1000ct:

Anderson 1728
Fishers 1557
Greencastle 902
Greensburg 1180
Kokomo 1962
Lafayette 1547
Madison 1327
Terre Haute 4235




Thursday, June 12

Remington .22 Rimfire Hollow Point, 225ct:

Camby 4417
Carmel 1601
Elkhart 2679
Kendallville 1388
Plymouth 1978
Rensselaer 2020
South Bend 3436
Fort Wayne 5025
Martinsville 1356
Merrillville 1618
Portage 2544
Shelbyville 884


Winchester 22LR Hollow Point Rounds, 555ct:

La Porte 2276
Valparaiso 1479
Franklin 995
Aurora 1160
Decatur 1647
Goshen 1378
Huntington 2311
La Porte 2276
North Vernon 1157
Plainfield 828
Valparaiso 1479



Friday, June 14

Remington .22 Rimfire Hollow Point, 225ct:

Elkhart 4399
Fort Wayne 1804
Goshen 1566
Michigan City 1487
Auburn 1570


Winchester 22LR Hollow Point Rounds, 555ct:

Angola 1709
Evansville 1341
Fort Wayne 1419
Mishawaka 2678
Princeton 1783
South Bend 2680




Saturday, June 15

Remington .22 Rimfire Hollow Point, 225ct:

Hammond - 4631
Bedford 1026
Carmel 1601
Decatur 1647
Martinsville 1356
Noblesville 923
Plymouth 1978
Richmond 1745
Schererville 1576


Winchester 22LR M-22, 1000ct:

Schererville 1576


Winchester 22LR Hollow Point Rounds, 333ct:

Brownsburg 2788
Indianapolis 2787
Washington 1162

The 225-round and 555-round boxes come 10 to a case, and the 1000-round boxes come 2 to a case. I didn't even bother including the 333-round packs in my 175K count, as I don't know how many boxes come in a case. Those three stores with them would be another 999 rounds times the number of boxes in a case -- possibly another 10K rounds added to the count. Again, the 175K+ estimate is assuming that all the ammo at each store above was only one case, while you can bet that some got more than one case each day.

So, just looking ONLY at Indiana Wal-Mart stores, they got somewhere around 200K rounds of .22LR in stock in just four days time. And this was a low week from what I've seen. I'm not even including other .22LR such as the Remington 525-round packs and CCI that may have shown up, nor does the count include any other store besides Wal-Marts. I'd hate to think of how high the total would be if you included every other store and gunshop that sold .22LR in the state of Indiana.

The numbers after each store are the store numbers and not round counts.

 

[dleak]

just signed up here , but i "just missed" the 22's @ rochester walmart last week but found winchester 45s... they also had several boxes of 9 available

 

[M4Madness]

So far this afternoon, Indianapolis 1580 and Warsaw 1304 Wal-Marts have received cases of the Winchester 555's. I don't know if these will go on the shelves tonight or tomorrow morning.

 

[dleak]

partial box of cci minimags in my safe price tag was $4.95 ... so its been a while since i've had to buy any

 

[LEaSH]

Does anyone know when CCI minimags changed from yellow/orange translucent boxes to clear?

I'm just trying to put a roundabout date on my stuff.

 

[gregkl]

So far this afternoon, Indianapolis 1580 and Warsaw 1304 Wal-Marts have received cases of the Winchester 555's. I don't know if these will go on the shelves tonight or tomorrow morning.

I must have missed something. How do you know what the stores are getting?

I checked Lafayette Wal-Mart again today. Still no .22.

 

[Jomibe]

I must have missed something. How do you know what the stores are getting?

There is a work around for the walmart website that allows people to see when ammo is in stock, and others just use the walmart smartphone app.

You could run a script to search everything for you to save time, which I assume is what they're doing.

It's not really a secret anymore. A lot of people are doing it.

 

[Mgderf]

I was told a few weeks ago by a Dick's employee that they had gotten 40,000 rounds of .22Lr on a Wed.
Put it on the shelves and it was all gone in 3 hours! 40,000 rounds in 3 hours!

No wonder no-one can find it.

 

[Johncandy]

Walmart in Camby had a good supply of 40s and 45. I bought some tula 223 there the other day, for $5 a box. It's starting to come back slowly but surely.