Ammo Shortage Affecting .22LR Too?

[Bird]

I have two full boxes (50 rounds each) of "Federal Lightning .22 long rifle high velocity" ammo. They still have a price sticker on each box of $1.25. I inherited them, along with Dad's .22 rifle, in 1996, but I know he didn't do any hunting or shooting after 1991, but don't know for sure when he may have bought this ammo. I'm not sure, but I imagine it came from Walmart.

I don't guess I've shot a .22 or bought any .22 ammo in over 35 years, so I was surprised to read in this thread of defective Remington ammo. I would have expected Remington to be one of the good manufacturers.

[dave1949]

Originally Posted by MossRoad

I have about 499 things to shoot, so 1 brick should do me just fine. I do not miss very often.

Hee hee. I haven't shot much in the past 30 years. I was on a .22 rifle team in my teens. 50 foot range. Got fairly good at it. Was working on my last bars of sharpshooter or expert(can't remember). I was close to Distinguished Expert when I got kicked out... had a birthday, not bad behavior.

I still have my single shot bolt action rifle in great condition. I'd like to take it out and get used to it again, then teach my daughter's to shoot. We also have a Ruger 10/22 that is a fine plinker and a couple .22 hand guns. Nice High Standard .22LR nine shot revolvers. One has the stubby barrel and the other has a long barrel. The stubby has both the LR and magnum cylinders, that's why I need the magnums.

Well, then all I can recommend is to wait until two targets are lined up

I was on a rifle team in high school too. It was lots of fun.

Good on you for teaching your daughters to shoot. It's the only way people really come to understand guns. .22 are a good place to start.

My DIL who grew up in Boston is a good example of irrational gun fear. Having never handled a gun, and none in the home I'm sure, it took her a while to realize that guns don't jump out of cases and start killing She is a smart and wonder girl in everyway, but just no experience and only idea of guns is news stories. My son eventually got her to a firing range

Dave.

[Bird]

Nice High Standard .22LR nine shot revolvers. One has the stubby barrel and the other has a long barrel.

That brings back memories. For Christmas, 1958, my Dad gave me a High Standard Sentinel, 9 shot snub nosed revolver (my first revolver and never had a holster for it). A couple of years later, I traded it for a High Standard Double Nine western style longer barrel 9 shot revolver. Mine had the white grips instead of black. I had a western style gun belt and holster with it. They were both good guns, but I never used them for anything other than target shooting. So after I joined the police department in 1964, I sold the Double Nine and bought the S&W Chief (model 36) that I still have.

[ToadHill]

I bought a brick a number of years ago for $7.99. Started teaching the grandchildren to shoot last summer and used up the brick so I went to Gander to get more, what a shock, $26.99. I have a couple $10 certificates from a fishing derby so I guess I'll use one of them.

[schmism]

I had a old brick of .22 i bought YEARS ago.... like most said... only a few bucks.

I started plinking again and wanted some more. I started looking for it a few months ago and NOTHING.

My dad ran across a place that had bricks for $14 i had him buy 2 then my local farm supply store FINALLY got some in (after like 4 months of watching the shelves) and it was about $14 so i bought another one.

[MossRoad]

Originally Posted by dave1949

Well, then all I can recommend is to wait until two targets are lined up

Now that should save some ammo!

[MossRoad]

Originally Posted by Bird

That brings back memories. For Christmas, 1958, my Dad gave me a High Standard Sentinel, 9 shot snub nosed revolver (my first revolver and never had a holster for it). A couple of years later, I traded it for a High Standard Double Nine western style longer barrel 9 shot revolver. Mine had the white grips instead of black. I had a western style gun belt and holster with it. They were both good guns, but I never used them for anything other than target shooting. So after I joined the police department in 1964, I sold the Double Nine and bought the S&W Chief (model 36) that I still have.

Nice write ups about the High Standard. Here's an old High Standard ad. Kinda humorous.

[Highbeam]

We have a shortage in the NW as well. I finally lucked out and checked at walmart and they had some so I bacame part of the problem. 6 box limit. I bought 2 boxes (550 each) of 22LR and 2 boxes of 40 S&W pistol ammo.

Oddly, shotgun shells have never been short.

And yes, my girls know how to shoot. We start them on 22s and sometimes that 22 grows into a 223.

[MossRoad]

Originally Posted by Highbeam

Oddly, shotgun shells have never been short.

Yeah, I noticed that. They had all kinds of shotgun shells but very few bullets. Everywhere I looked for bullets they were out of canning jars, too. Hmmm... I think we could make the correlation that most people do not hunt vegetables with shotguns during canning season.

[jinman]

I must retract my former statement about Remington ammo. My box of lousy ammo was/is Federal instead of Remington. Sorry. . .