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I haven't seen a store that would let you "Buy in bulk" in over a year.
I spent the year keeping an eye out for 22lr for Christmas presents for the family. After a year's worth of searching (Including once standing in line for 3 hours on Thursday morning outside Wholesale Sports. I managed to buy 12 boxes of 50rd Remington target junk, and 2 boxes of 333rds (@ an insane $35 per box!) of Winchester 22lr.
I shot a lot of archery this year, and more 30.06 and .223 than 22lr ironically.
I'm still not convinced that it's hoarding, or price gouging... but I also find it really hard to believe millions of rounds are being produced by anybody. Maybe they are, but it still doesn't seem so. It almost feels like there's some sort of "OPEC" group controlling production to hike prices. (I'm sure there's not, but we're all speculating anyway.)
I heard somewhere about a year ago that the ammo producers didn't want to ramp up production because they did that in 2008 and got stuck in a lurch when demand dropped suddenly.
After a yearlong drought I'd say it's safe to assume the demand would keep up with a ramped up production schedule for 22lr for at least another year.
I spent the year keeping an eye out for 22lr for Christmas presents for the family. After a year's worth of searching (Including once standing in line for 3 hours on Thursday morning outside Wholesale Sports. I managed to buy 12 boxes of 50rd Remington target junk, and 2 boxes of 333rds (@ an insane $35 per box!) of Winchester 22lr.
I shot a lot of archery this year, and more 30.06 and .223 than 22lr ironically.
I'm still not convinced that it's hoarding, or price gouging... but I also find it really hard to believe millions of rounds are being produced by anybody. Maybe they are, but it still doesn't seem so. It almost feels like there's some sort of "OPEC" group controlling production to hike prices. (I'm sure there's not, but we're all speculating anyway.)
I heard somewhere about a year ago that the ammo producers didn't want to ramp up production because they did that in 2008 and got stuck in a lurch when demand dropped suddenly.
After a yearlong drought I'd say it's safe to assume the demand would keep up with a ramped up production schedule for 22lr for at least another year.