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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Hunting, Pest Control, Varminting » .22LR is hard to come by these days!!! Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  .22LR is hard to come by these days!!!   Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:51 am VENI VIDI VICI Member Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Posts: 71 Howdy, I'm new to the forum, but like most of you have been shooting an air rifle since i was a kid! Here is the problem, for some reason the last few years here in the facist state of california .22LR ammo has been virtually impossible to find, and it seems to get worse every time im running low! I literally had to go to nearly a dozen retailers to find it in bulk, and when you do find it, they jack up the price! I used to get 500 rds for under $10, 500 rds cost me $22 at bass pro today, the "doucher" working the counter told me they order 15 cases at a time and generally sell out that bussiness day! So I've decided to get a .22 cal air rifle to replace my .22LR for my varmit/pest control needs, cottontail and jack rabbit hunting, and perhaps i may even try to get a turkey if things work out! I had the red ryder's and 760 pumpmaster's when i was a youngster, then a few years back i purchased a rws model 94, when i lived in town my room mate and I were deadly with that silent beauty, pulled it out a few weeks back just to get the feel of a springer back and she still groups 1.5"/ shooting standing @ 20 yards. I am in the position to hunt lots of unwanted critters in my grandfathers(and his neighbors) orchards, so i literally have hundereds of acres to hunt birds, rabbits and squirels I ordered a .22 Walther Talon magnum w/ nitro conversion, some crossman premier hollowpoints, preditor pollymags and some h&n baracuda match 21gr monsters! No real point to this thread, other than to intoduce myself, hopefully the talon gets here soon, there are way to many crows and magpie's in my grandfathers orchards, and the .177 doesnt allways get the job done!   Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:57 am domer_pyle Senior Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 523 damn that sucks, seems like ammo is getting hard to find for a lot of people. welcome aboard, lots of good info here. much luck with your new toy   Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:07 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6930 Location: "Out There" The cost/lack of availability of regular ammo drives alot of people to/back to airguns. In any event, Welcome to AirGunHome.com! _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:49 am fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Welcome aboard the airgun addiction train. Hopefully your order will arrive soon, so we can see how it performs. Don't think anyone has ever had one of those rifles on the forum before. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:48 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho i bought 1000 rounds of .22 lr last october. cost me $75. california is only getting worse. good luck with the walther. i've considered buying one. but then again i buy everything. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:59 pm VENI VIDI VICI Member Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Posts: 71 fritz wrote: Welcome aboard the airgun addiction train. Hopefully your order will arrive soon, so we can see how it performs. Don't think anyone has ever had one of those rifles on the forum before. Ya i tried to search for a Walther Talon on here, didnt find much. Big 5 had the .177 Talon so i was able to hold it and take a look at the construction and the scope, feels like a quality rifle. I have a hard time just blindly ordering a gun off the internet without seeing in person, would hate to get it and find the ergonomics dont suit me! I went with the Walther over another RWS because i wanted to try a gun with the Nitro Gas Spring Conversion, all the reviews @ Pyramyd seem to be positive. My only concern is with a gun this powerful im sure its going to ruin anything but the best quality scopes!   Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:51 am BBgunNoob Veteran Member Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 327 Location: Pa sniper wrote: i bought 1000 rounds of .22 lr last october. cost me $75. california is only getting worse. good luck with the walther. i've considered buying one. but then again i buy everything. 75 $ gets me 2500 rounds   Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:59 am VENI VIDI VICI Member Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Posts: 71 BBgunNoob wrote: sniper wrote: i bought 1000 rounds of .22 lr last october. cost me $75. california is only getting worse. good luck with the walther. i've considered buying one. but then again i buy everything. 75 $ gets me 2500 rounds I need to Find a deal like that, thats a pretty reasonable price!   Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:53 am BBgunNoob Veteran Member Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 327 Location: Pa yeah its hard to come by cause everybody in their mother is thinking that guns are going bye bye , but places get shipments in pretty often , just cant go to gun shops they will rip u off lol   Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:12 pm willf650 New Member Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Delaware $22 for a box of 500 LR is pretty good. I haven't shot in 6 years. Talk about shell shock when I went to purchase some ammo. Everything is a minimum of 30% above what I used to be and most seems to be twice the price. This is all granted you can get it in the first place. I just bought a case of 9mm and it was approx 3 times what I paid last time I purchased a case quantity.   Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:04 pm SteveM Member Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Orlando, Florida, USA Is there a reason that you're not mail-ordering your ammo? Surely even the People's Republic of California hasn't suppressed freedom to that extent. Seriously, you may want to try these guys: http://www.22ammo.com/ Cheaper than Dirt and Midway also usually have pretty decent prices.   Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:13 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho SteveM wrote: Is there a reason that you're not mail-ordering your ammo? Surely even the People's Republic of California hasn't suppressed freedom to that extent. Seriously, you may want to try these guys: http://www.22ammo.com/ Cheaper than Dirt and Midway also usually have pretty decent prices. ab 968 passed. internet ammo sales will be banned next year. here in commi-fornia, guns store shelves are empty. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:56 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Jersey is next on the list for even more gun bans. At least a Rep. governor is in NJ now. Hell, when SHTF, NJ and commie-fornia will disappear into the ocean. On the bright side, NJ just legalized Medical MJ, and Cali is about to make it completely legal no? _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:02 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho i have no idea. all i know is my right wing a$$ ain't gonna die in this f#cked up state. sales tax went up again and so is state income tax. back on topic. i'm used to paying $12/500 .22 LR......... _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it....... .22LR   Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:37 pm chugcatsts01 New Member Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 1 Had to stop shooting .22 because of subdivision growth. Stopped shooting the A/F Condor because it was loud and people would call the cops, yes its legal but smart @$$ cops hassled me. My new Marauder is so quiet no one knows your shooting 'anything'! It is super accurate and Crow Magnums whack even tough to kill raccoons. Happy in Florida. _________________ Halfbreed II .22LR is hard to come by these days!!!     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Hunting, Pest Control, Varminting You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 2   Goto page 1, 2  Next All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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