It has been a few months...

by Paul , Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 08:02 (3099 days ago) @ Gary G

but last year we traveled a LOT (17,000 miles in four months) and managed to stop at a variety of stores. Never found any 22 LR at Walmart, but other calibers (including the 17 rimfires) were common. Prices of $80/brick for "cheap" plinking ammo were seen a couple of places. Saw some at Cabelas at prices that didn't manage to pry my few $$ out of my wallet and finally "hit the jackpot" at Academy Sports. They had a 2 box limit (max of 200 rounds) per customer but convinced my wife to be a customer too (she's not a shooter but doesn't mind helping in such situations) so over the last couple weeks we managed to squirrel away about the same amount of 22 ammo we'd shot up over the trip. At Academy they had some high dollar target ammo ($20/50 rounds) and a variety of other stuff that came and went quickly. Picked up a couple of hundred packs of CCI and messaged my brother. By the time he got off and stopped in on his way home it was gone.

Out in California on Camp Pendleton at the exchange they had some 22 LR. The Staff Sergeant picked up a few boxes when he took us by there one day.

AR stuff is more common now (market seemed flooded) but ammo doesn't want to come down. We didn't find any 223/5.56 under $0.45 a round even in bulk pack. It was good to see primers and some powders appearing on shelves. Unique and Bullseye, however, were proverbial hen's teeth.