.22 shells

okay... who's the wise guy buying up all the .22 shells? stopped in at my local hunting store, as i was low on shells, and all he had was low velocity winchesters... he said thats all he could get in, that everywhere was out... i was like ya right... im still waiting on the rifle he ordered me 10 years ago LOL so i logged on to cabelas, and they are all on backorder... uh oh... went to crappy tire, and all they had was low velocity remingtons... i settled on them, as remingtons do better in my .22 than winchesters, but where the heck are all the .22 shells????? ISIS buying them up? LOL

There's been a shortage in the US for awhile, and have seen reports on here of folks seeing similar in Canada.

everyone is hoarding them

There's a shortage as manufacturers cannot keep up with the demand. No end in sight either. :(

I find this to be quite weird as well... and it's been the case for a few months already!? :whacked:

My .22 is used for plinking only and I have a few hundred rounds at home.
Good thing, mine is a single shot so I can't use up the ammo too fast. ;)

There's a guy.near.me that always has 22 In stock.. My secret.

My local Walmart had about 10 boxes of Winchester 333's last I saw. Maybe I should buy them up.

I stocked up on standard velocity stuff, but a brick is what I consider stocking up.

There is very little ammunition of any kind around in a lot of stores.

I think the American's believe the world is coming to an end again.

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I think the American's believe the world is coming to an end again.

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Not so much the world itself, more their gun culture / world as they know it.

The hoarding started after Sandy Hook, when the Administration started looking at "tougher laws"

Panic spread, and shelves emptied

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My local Walmart had about 10 boxes of Winchester 333's last I saw. Maybe I should buy them up.

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I bought a box of those from sail.. 1 in 10 don't work. Had two rounds separate from the rims....

It is almost the same price to shoot your SKS now as your .22LR, pretty crazy.

I was told the other day though that the US is not longer bringing in Russian guns and ammo, so maybe the 7.62x39mm stock will dry up soon too.

If you think loaded ammo is getting hard to find, try buying powder and primers to load your own...

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I bought a box of those from sail.. 1 in 10 don't work. Had two rounds separate from the rims....

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have never had luck with winchester shells in my .22... out of a box of 50 i would ussually have at least 3 misfires, last time i used winchesters i had one that didnt fire but i seen a little bit of smoke come from the chamber... i unloaded and found a empty casing, looked down my barrel, and about a inch from the end of the barrel, was the bullet lodged in there... had i shot another round without checking out, it would not have bin good... havent bought another winchester shell in any calibre since...

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There's a shortage as manufacturers cannot keep up with the demand. No end in sight either. :(

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Think they do this to keep prices high in town at canadian tire yellow jackets $52 for 500

Another contributing factor is since the margins are so low for 22's there is little motivation for manufacturers to upgrade their machines to up output.

I was in the Home Hardware in Durham today and they had three 1000 round boxes of 40 grain Winchesters. Price was 54.99 a box. I have lots so didn't bother with it.

I have over 100 .22 long rifle bullets sorry im starting small but hoarding a lot more in the near future lol

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I was in the Home Hardware in Durham today and they had three 1000 round boxes of 40 grain Winchesters. Price was 54.99 a box. I have lots so didn't bother with it.

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You want to watch those! I bought a bunch from our local Hh, couldnt figure out why they wouldnt shoot well for me. Turns out they are also on recall. They're one letter off on the serial so I didnt think anything of it.

I've been watching for birdshot and long rifle CB caps. Can't find either around here. Regular 22 ammo seems to be on shelves so far, but I've got enough of that....

http://www.generalgun.ca/ Try these guys in Windsor. They've been advertising them by the bucketful recently.

I've got several 525 count boxes of Federal LRs. I'm good for now, but my local stores are also pitifully short of ammo of all kinds.

I have seen US prices on 500 round bricks @ $90 and higher!!! Sorry, they aren't worth that much...

It all started because Americans got in a huge panic and bought as much as they could when they could which started a shortage there last year or the year before and it's slowly transgressed down here... They make millions of 22 shells each day. If everyone limited there 22 shell purchases the shortage would likely end fairly quick

I only buy what it think I might need in the next ten years or so.....:rolleyes:

I was in Canadian Tire in Minden and they had a good selection of .22 rounds.
They even had a couple buckets of the Remington "bucket o bullets"

Grandaughter is up from Oshawa this week. One of the things on her wish list was some time plinking with the 10/22. Used a couple boxes of old American Eagle Federal ammo left over from the 80's. No misfires in 90 rounds.....

nothing sadder than going to an estate auction and seeing boxes of hoarded ammo that was never enjoyed (fired)...that would be like buying beer and storing it in the root cellar for 20 yrs :)

Sorry to ruin this with questions but here goes (and these questions are on topic haha!)...

1. Why is everyone hoarding .22s? I would think you would save up ammo for an apocalyptic scenario or anarchy of some sort for self defense and hunting. I know .22s are good for killing small game but if you want to drop and man or large beast you would need a larger caliber would you not?

2. Does ammo have an expiry date if it is stored in a cool dry spot? Will it ever go bad?

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Sorry to ruin this with questions but here goes (and these questions are on topic haha!)...

1. Why is everyone hoarding .22s? I would think you would save up ammo for an apocalyptic scenario or anarchy of some sort for self defense and hunting. I know .22s are good for killing small game but if you want to drop and man or large beast you would need a larger caliber would you not?

2. Does ammo have an expiry date if it is stored in a cool dry spot? Will it ever go bad?

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.22 is a nice small, cheap caliber. You can sock away a ton of it for not a lot of money. Don't devalue the fact that here, as well as in the US, you can load up a 30-50 round drum, or mag, and just blast away. No restrictions on mag size.

Ammo doesn't expire, as long as it's stored properly, it can have an infinite lifespan. Years ago there was still some WWII surplus 30-06 available, a lot of the 7.62x39 spam can ammo that's being sold was made more than 30-40 years ago.

Got a few boxes of WWII 22 ammo tucked away. It's copper case greased target stuff....

On Sunday C/T in Stratford seem to have a bunch of 22's on there shelf

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Sorry to ruin this with questions but here goes (and these questions are on topic haha!)...

1. Why is everyone hoarding .22s? I would think you would save up ammo for an apocalyptic scenario or anarchy of some sort for self defense and hunting. I know .22s are good for killing small game but if you want to drop and man or large beast you would need a larger caliber would you not?

2. Does ammo have an expiry date if it is stored in a cool dry spot? Will it ever go bad?

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There is a reason bush pilots carry .22s. They can be used to take a lot of game..
If you have a .30 with 100 rounds and .22 with six boxes of 500(thats 3000 rounds) you can take more then enought game to feed your self. You would only need the .30 if you had to deal with a bear or some thing. Shooting a large game animal in warm weather mean that most of it will go to waste, or you will have to spend time preparing it to save the meat for later. Even in cool or cold weather the meat may cost you more then it's worth and can attract things you don't want to meet.
In fact a .22 is perfect for shooting ducks, geese, rabbit etc because there is not a loud report and you may be able to get two or three before the rest get wise to you. This is talking about a lost/crashed in the woods situation.

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There is a reason bush pilots carry .22s. They can be used to take a lot of game..
If you have a .30 with 100 rounds and .22 with six boxes of 500(thats 3000 rounds) you can take more then enought game to feed your self. You would only need the .30 if you had to deal with a bear or some thing. Shooting a large game animal in warm weather mean that most of it will go to waste, or you will have to spend time preparing it to save the meat for later. Even in cool or cold weather the meat may cost you more then it's worth and can attract things you don't want to meet.
In fact a .22 is perfect for shooting ducks, geese, rabbit etc because there is not a loud report and you may be able to get two or three before the rest get wise to you. This is talking about a lost/crashed in the woods situation.

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not only that the .22 back in the old days use to be used on big game animals, have talked to many a old timer, that used to deer hunt with a .22, was told it was perfect for head shots, had enough power, to penetrate the skull, but not enough to exit it, so it would bounce around inside the brain, inflicting tremendous damage... illegal now of course, but again, in a survival situation...

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not only that the .22 back in the old days use to be used on big game animals, have talked to many a old timer, that used to deer hunt with a .22, was told it was perfect for head shots, had enough power, to penetrate the skull, but not enough to exit it, so it would bounce around inside the brain, inflicting tremendous damage... illegal now of course, but again, in a survival situation...

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25 Stevens was another one that was used during the depression, 65 grain bullet, a little more pop then a 22LR but not much different in sound.

Roughly over a week ago, I stepped into Bass Pro and noted just a few boxes of rimfire ammo on an otherwise bare shelf. Out of curiosity, I asked if they were expecting any shipment soon - response was, they did get get a lot of 10K rounds of CCI Mini Mags that got sold in a single day prior to the day I was at the store. :)

Fortunately, they still had ten boxes of Win SX round nose plated ammo and I bought half resisting a strong urge to get everything....that ammo performs very well in my CZ rifles.

I've got a buddy in New York who swore he'd pay me DOUBLE for any .22lr ammo I could sell him. He just can't get it where he is.
(I told him that I wouldn't, due to import laws...and possible jail time!)

Personally, when I find out what .22lr my gun prefers, I buy it by the 5000's (ten bulk boxes).

It is strange that it is mostly made in the States, but easier to find in Canada.

I called a sporting goods store today looking for a particular type of .22 cal. CCI ammo. was told that there will be no CCI ammo.shippedinto Canada till 2017, ???