Why .22 LR?

[Bureaucrat]

Seems like we've hit a drought in things to talk about the last few days.

So...

Can anyone explain the mad dash into .22LR ammo with everything else? I can understand pistol ammo and AR ammo, but I don't get why the craze over .22 and not shotgun ammo, or .17 HMR.

[pike79]

.22 LR is a popular pistol caliber and almost everyone that owns a gun has a .22 rifle.

[Gordie]

It was an economical, easy way to go shooting and as was stated every one seems to own a rimfire rifle or pistol. I don't understand it either.

Fear of the unknown will do alot of crazy things.

[harvey lee]

22 ammo is hard to find. I like to shoot my 22 rifles and pistols from time and time and I do not want to look and look when I want some shells to go plinking.

So, a few weeks back I saw some in a local store and bought hundreds of them.

Price was not bad and now I can go when I want while others who want to go, cannot find ammo.

I see nothing wrong with buying what you can when you see it on the shelves.

I guess if one is concerned about paying a bit more, well then they may have to go without for quite some time. I will pay the little extra if needed to have my fun.

Kind of like gas, if you want to go, you have to pay.

Why the .22, most have the guns and it's about the least expensive to shoot. My 17 would cost quite a bit more or my 357 or 40 cal pistols.

[Whoaru99]

Really? .17 is that expensive?

I occasionally shoot .22 mag and it costs way more than .22LR, but it's roughly the cost of shooting the 9mm, and for centerfire pistol it doesn't get much cheaper than 9mm.

Last .22 mags I bought were Hornady V-Max for $12/box of 50. Why would .17 be materially different than that?

[Gordie]

Last .22 mags I bought were Hornady V-Max for $12/box of 50. Why would .17 be materially different than that?

Material wise not much but look at the process of what it takes to get the case where it needs to be compared to the .22 mag. and its a different bullet style.

[Gordie]

Kind of like gas, if you want to go, you have to pay.

Excatly my point Harvey Lee, just look at what the gas prices did after 9-11 fear drove those prices up then

[harvey lee]

People could not stock pile gallons of gas like they can ammo. I cannot buy a year or two's worth of gas but I can ammo.

I believe gas prices have alot more to do with day traders than people buying gas.

In the last month gas has gone from $2.87 to $3.79. This increase had nothing to do with stock piling gallons of gas.

That's called day traders and the greed oil companies have.

All I was saying is, if the price of gas goes up a buck a gallon, I will still go where I had planned to.

[Whoaru99]

Have the President and a cadre of legislators propose a ban or some type of rationing restrictions on gasoline and see what happens.

[Gordie]

Actually it’s called speculation trading and it is a sort of a fear, and the gas prices immediately following 9-11 and I’m taking of a few days after was fear based I saw it firsthand. But for sake of argument your right you can’t stock pile gas like you can ammo.

All I’m saying is fear of the unknown has a lot to do with it also.

[Whoaru99]

FWIW, found out today a local establishment with bare shelves where the .22LR normally sits does, in fact, have some in stock. There is no sign to ask at the counter or anything like that.

Moral of the story? Just because the shelf is bare be sure to ask if they have some if you're looking to buy.