.22 Ammo Stash

WeaponHot said:
Ya right. It's $43 to ship 1000 rounds to Aurora Ontario. That's not cheap.
I can ship a shotgun, which is over sized parcel for $50 anywhere in Canada.
That's why their mini mags are 7.99 the shipping is where they make money.
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PHONE them... I got 3k for 25 bucks shipping...
It probably costs me 10 bucks in gas just to
drive to Williams Arms in Port Perry when I buy
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SQUAREHEAD1 said:
PHONE them... I got 3k for 25 bucks shipping...
It probably costs me 10 bucks in gas just to
drive to Williams Arms in Port Perry when I buy
ammo ...
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Same here, the only decent place to buy ammo over the counter is in downtown Montreal, so 35-40 kilometers for me. But still a lot cheaper than anywhere online.

.22 is wallmart all the way ;)
 
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kobs said:
All i have is a couple of boxes of winchester 555 copper coated i don't believe in hoarding .22. And if there were more peoples like me we wouldn't have that .22 ammo problem. Buy them when you need them and the shelves will always be stacked
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for saying that. I watch a lot of iraqveteran8888's vids as well as articles in magazines shaming people for hoarding, because it just drives the price up and makes it hard for everyone else who ISN'T hoarding.
 
I use one or two bricks of 500 every time I go out, so I don't consider having a normal year supply as hoarding. I look for case lots sales of units 5000+ per case and I'll pick up several or more cases every second year as a group buy with a buddy or two. Last purchase was 10 cases of 5250 almost three years ago. I'm waiting for another sale top make that same purchase again. Just a hint, when you're spending one or two thousand dollars on ammo, make sure the volume comes with a good price break.
 
DarkSkyx said:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for saying that. I watch a lot of iraqveteran8888's vids as well as articles in magazines shaming people for hoarding, because it just drives the price up and makes it hard for everyone else who ISN'T hoarding.
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If buying in bulk to reduce cost is "hoarding" to you, then I suggest that you avoid Costco and even your local grocery store when they have case lot sales. The stress of seeing all those people leaving the store with more than they will consume within the next few days would be too much for you.
 
Well today I was surfing CT website and I checked stock on the 1000 round bricks of M22.It said in stock at my local CT so sceptical I stopped by while out and sure enough they had 2 bricks left @$52 each so I grabbed them.I have been wanting too try them in my sr22.I now have a comfortable stash of about 7000 rounds. Yes you can go thru it quick as my visiting son went thru about 400 rounds yesterday.
 
5250 Fed Bulk Pack (10 boxes), 1000 Remington Golden Bullets Plated RN (20 fifty count boxes) and another 1400 Remington Golden Bullets HP (1 - Bucket O Bullets)... my 2 custom Ruger 10/22 builds love the Fed Bulk as they run well in the Dlask Target Crowns, however all my Sig 226 and Advantage Arms .22LR conversion slides seem to run reliability on are the Remington golden bullets of some variety.

I have a mere 7650 rounds because it's what I need to train for IDPA and otherwise and I will run through my stock in less than 2 months if not constantly replenished but no worries lots of supply in the big box stores lately... Canada is fine for supply, just keep looking if dry in your area... and finally IMO it's nobody's business if you're a hoarder.

Free Enterprise, Free Market, Even though we live in a NOT so Free Country at the moment.

Buy it Cheap(er) and Stack it Deep(er)
 
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trebor2880 said:
Those showing disdain for those of us who do "buy in bulk", is likely because they can't afford to.;)
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Not at all on both counts.
No disdain and i don't really care if any of you guys buy ammo you wouldn't be able to shoot in 20 years and i would be able to get a stash like jacksmydog if i wanted to,
i just don't get the why
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Maybe shooting .22 is not my thing, i don't get any kicks out of it. And i'd rather pile up 20 dollar bills than .22 ammo
 
kobs said:
Not at all on both counts.
No disdain and i don't really care if any of you guys buy ammo you wouldn't be able to shoot in 20 years and i would be able to get a stash like jacksmydog if i wanted to,
i just don't get the why
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Maybe shooting .22 is not my thing, i don't get any kicks out of it. And i'd rather pile up 20 dollar bills than .22 ammo
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I shoot 100-200 Mini-mags a month, so it's a 10-ish year supply. I bought them from the wholesaler and got a fantastic discount for bulk purchase. Ammo hasn't gone down in price since I've been shooting, and I don't expect it will anytime soon. In ten years I'll still be shooting this ammo, and retail ten years from now will probably be 2x or 3x what I paid for these. Shooting at a 50% discount isn't a bad way to pile 20s.

The Velocitors are a little different. I did the bulk purchase for me and two 'friends' to get a case each. I got a deposit from each of them, and they didn't want them when they arrived. Between the 3 case bulk discount, and the deposit money from the other two buyers, my cost was very low. Still they are too expensive to plink with even if I didn't have the Mini-Mags, so I just store them for now. I may end up posting them for sale, or not. By the time I run out of Mini-Mags, retail on even the cheapest 22LR will probably be more than I paid for these Velocitors, so they may end up as plinking ammo one day.

Buying in bulk gets good discounts and the benefit of knowing I have all the ammo I need to go shooting anytime I want, without wasting the time or gas to go get ammo. I can get home from work, grab my SR22, and go right out the back yard and squeeze a couple hundred rounds off. Yes I could do the same with a PCC, but it would cost 4-5 times more. And yes, I buy 9mm in bulk as well, but not 15K at a time.

Besides if the Zombies come, and they are "Night of the Living Dead" or "The Walking Dead" type zombies, Velocitors will be more than adequate for their slow movements and soft heads... ;)
 
paisley70 said:
My rule of thumb on ammo stockpiling: When buying a new firearm, purchase just as much ammo as the value of the new firearm you've purchased. If you cannot do this, try weekly or monthly a little bit at a time. Have a constant reserve of rounds that you cycle through just like food storage, "first in - first out".

As for the ratios to balance the quantity for SHTF scenario (or ammo shortage!): 1/3 .22LR, 1/3 shotgun or rifle rounds for hunting, of many variety, and 1/3 Milsurp ammo for your battle rifles.

My suggested minimum 7000 rounds .22LR, 7000 rounds of shotgun/rifle for hunting, and 7000 rounds of Milsurp. Live to a strict code. If you cannot afford to replace your reserve stockpile by either purchasing factory made rounds or by reloading with primers, powder and bullets - don't go shooting. You owe it to yourself and your family if you are a prepper and take the prepping lifestyle seriously. If not, ignore all of my advice.

FYI- I can't imagine having 20,000 rounds of .22lr stockpiled, but for long-term storage have some variety and buy as high quality ammo as you can afford. It would take forever to shoot 20,000 .22lr rounds and hoarding this much is just plain selfish. If you buy it for barter (if you really believe the end is near which I don't) this may justify having 20K on hand. That's a lot of plinking time otherwise.
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That's about a year's supply at my house. If you don't wish to keep that many then don't - but to call those who choose to plan ahead and assign their own personal resource differently "selfish" is rude and uncalled for. I have numerous acquaintances (won't call them friends) who have questioned how much ammo I keep around in the past, who have recently been coming to me and asking to buy ammo because they can't find it or won't pay current prices. They are asked to never darken my door again...
 
kobs said:
All i have is a couple of boxes of winchester 555 copper coated i don't believe in hoarding .22. And if there were more peoples like me we wouldn't have that .22 ammo problem. Buy them when you need them and the shelves will always be stacked
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Actually it's in large part people like you who are causing the problem - when the stock appears to be threatened they panic and buy whatever they can find, doesn't matter if it's ammo, food, any consumable really. The folks sitting on a good supply simply wait out the tough times...
 
I wouldn't lie to someone with a 28 feed back score ;)

I don't know if that's a good price or not. Perkins has .22 bricks of 500 (Blazer, Remington) for $29 so I went for that.
 
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All i have is a couple of boxes of winchester 555 copper coated i don't believe in hoarding .22. And if there were more peoples like me we wouldn't have that .22 ammo problem. Buy them when you need them and the shelves will always be stacked

mudgunner49 Actually it's in large part people like you who are causing the problem - when the stock appears to be threatened they panic and buy whatever they can find, doesn't matter if it's ammo, food, any consumable really. The folks sitting on a good supply simply wait out the tough times...

WHAT!!.... ok let me get this straight, all i have is around a thousand rounds and it's peoples like me that causes the ammo shortage? Which planet are you living on? There was or still is a "ammo shortage" and what did i get, 2 boxes... Cause i shoot them, not cause i sit on them and even if i did sat on my two boxes, i doubt that peoples like me are the cause of anything except the dust on those ammo boxes left on the shelves cause we didn't buy them. I'm sorry but i don't "panic" when i don't see .22 ammo on the shelves i just shake my head and smile thinking of hoarders and shoot something else that's all . Btw your comment doesn't even make any sense just saying

Quote "when the stock appears to be threatened they panic and buy whatever they can find,"

i bought 2 boxes, horders buy that way so they can "wait out the tough times" pffft! forget it lol
 
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