.22LR Ammo

[tjkubota93]

I just bought five 100-round boxes of Winchester Super-X from Academy Sports online. (They had a 5-box limit.) I think it was $6.99/box on sale WITH FREE SHIPPING. They're copper plated 40gr. hollow points. It's hard to find .22 and even 9mm in-stock at any local outlet at any price. And the closest AS is about a 50-mile round trip for me. I've driven up to big city for a sale only to find out the shelves are bare. So when I see ammo I use on sale, I just order it. Sometimes whether I need it or not.

Preciate the tip. I got 1 brick of Aguila super max and 1 brick of colibri. I like the way Aguilas smell after being shot. Must be the Mexican gun powder.

 

[CCWKen]

Have you seen In stock ammo, guns, magazines, and reloading supplies

It's basically a search engine for ammo. If you pay attention to cost per round you might be surprised how much you're actually paying locally.

That site is a joke. It must be ad-driven. Seems like it only has 5-6 sellers repeated. I checked on Alamo Ammo since it's the closest to me. It's a small brick and mortar place that sells tickets. Similar to Ticket Master. I guess they sell ammo on the side.

 

[scdeerslayer]

Best thing with .22's is buy 1 box of a lot of different types of ammo and see what your gun likes. .22's are generally pretty selective with the ammo they like and you may have a 2" group at 50 yards with one type and the next type you will have you a clover with 5 rounds. After you find what your gun likes, then buy in larger quantiles.

It's a good idea to do that with any rifle.

 

[JRobyn]

The major difference in "quiet" ammo is that it is loaded to a velocity that is sub-sonic. So the "crack" of the bullet breaking the sound barrier is absent. Of course, this also means lower muzzle and down-range energy, but still usually plenty adequate to dispatch smaller critters. And starting out slower means that the bullet runs out of energy sooner. So they are best for shorter ranges.

 

[Sigarms]

The major difference in "quiet" ammo is that it is loaded to a velocity that is sub-sonic. So the "crack" of the bullet breaking the sound barrier is absent. Of course, this also means lower muzzle and down-range energy, but still usually plenty adequate to dispatch smaller critters. And starting out slower means that the bullet runs out of energy sooner. So they are best for shorter ranges.

Generally anything pushing a 40 grain .22 between 1000 and 1100 FPS is still going to make a lot of noise and hearing protection isn't a bad idea if you have good ears (standard subsonic I use).

They have some really quiet stuff that makes the rifle sound suppressed, but I believe the velocity is less than 720 FPS.

I don't really shoot the ultra quiet stuff, not absolutely certain of the velocity.

The real nice thing about a suppressed 22 pistol is you can buy regular supersonic ammo and it's still quiet because it won't go over 1100 FPS due to the short barrel length and won't break the sound barrier, thus no supersonic crack.

 

[daugen]

I thought I saw lighter bullets than 40 grains advertised. The plastic ones were lighter, but for target practice and reasonable distances, any reason not to reduce the weight?
Likely one of those deals where it costs more to buy less product, a less powerful round, since the 40 grain size seems to be standard.
I was in Tractor Supply today and forgot to look, darn.They said, like everyone seems to say, it comes in and goes out.
Demand must still be outstripping supply.

With all the hoarding of ammo that has gone on for so many years, the amount of rounds stored up in folk's homes must be remarkable.
i think the gun case I saw in Tractor Supply was so big it had hvac and a wet bar...

 

[daugen]

Rimfire | Rimfire Ammo, .22 Ammo, HMR 17 Ammo, 17 Mach 2 Ammo, 22LR Ammunition

looks like pretty good availability online here, and four bucks for Winchester seems pretty reasonable.
How far back did one have to go to pay a buck for box of 50? I remember buying a box as a teenager and not paying much
more than that.
Now I want a brick. Kind of creepy term now that it is so associated with drugs.

 

[k0ua]

Rimfire | Rimfire Ammo, .22 Ammo, HMR 17 Ammo, 17 Mach 2 Ammo, 22LR Ammunition

looks like pretty good availability online here, and four bucks for Winchester seems pretty reasonable.
How far back did one have to go to pay a buck for box of 50? I remember buying a box as a teenager and not paying much
more than that.
Now I want a brick. Kind of creepy term now that it is so associated with drugs.

I am pretty sure it was in 2006 or 2007 I bought a couple of bricks for $10.95 But that was on sale.. Then in 2010 and 2011 I bought some for 19.95 up to 24.95. That is the last .22 ammo I bought. i though $25 for a brick was just too darn high. I saw plenty in 2013 for $100 a brick. Now it is around $50 or maybe a bit less in some places. I hope it makes it back down to $25 with good availability. I haven't seen any for a dollar a box of 50 since I was a kid. I do have an old Winchester box that says 99 cents on the label.

 

[two_bit_score]

It's pretty available in Texas now.

TBS

 

[kenmac]

Winchester Western .22 Long Rifle 36-Grain Ammunition | Academy