I thought .22lr ammo was supposed to be available again?

[Colorado Osprey]

Went shooting prairie dogs over the weekend and blew through my last 300'ish rounds of rimfire.

This morning went to buy more so I could go back out again. Stopped by 6 stores and nobody had any to sell.
In fact the 3 Walmart stores I visited all had the same story. They get 2-3 50 round boxes a week and people are waiting in line to buy them before they hit the shelves.
They haven't had ammo on the shelf in at least a year.

So I visited a few gun and sporting good stores and they all had the same story.

It is official- I am oiling and greasing up my rimfire guns and putting them deep in the safe. They might get used by my yet to be grandkids and kid is only currently a young teen.

I reload, so I don't generally buy ammo. In fact it has been years since I bought 22lr and reloading supplies. Today I bought some .224 projectiles; so now plinking is with centerfire guns.

How many of you are in the same boat? Personally it has been years (over 5) since I have purchased rimfire ammo. No, I did not hoard any. I assumed wrong that it would always be available.
I have been slowly shooting an old brick for the last 4-5 years.
In days past I used to shoot 2 bricks a day about once a month.

Have any of you considered high performance air guns... I'm seriously considering this option as well.

[Monky]

It's around... I see it more at wally world than anywhere else.. I still won't buy it being a stupid price.. I've seen some decent deals on Gunbroker for 5k lots..

[mtnrider]

Bass Pro gets it regularly. They had a shelf full of 500 round boxes last week. I just walked right by it. Forget Wal Mart. The hoarders are still hanging out there like vultures.

[MarkCO]

I never paid more than 10 cents a round, and usually 4 to 5. I have bought 4K in the last 2 months with no stress.

[crays]

It has been my experience that I have found more decent priced rimfire ammunition when I wasn't actively hunting it down. Do I check anytime I am in a store that might carry it? Sure, just about every time, but I usually have had the best results when I wasn't expecting it.

[Hound]

I keep getting it at Cabelas.

[Irving]

Sportsmans might have some. The Fort Collins Walmart on Lemay has a big sign saying they have NO rimfire ammo today.

[rondog]

I keep getting it at Cabelas.

This.

[Great-Kazoo]

We're still working on 2007 inventory. Anytime the spouse or i saw it on the shelf, we usually purchased 3 - 4 bulk packs.

[electronman1729]

This is why every time I went to Wal-Mart before the craze I bough a box of .22lr bulk pack. I sit on so much I will have to at least buy another 10/22.