But remember a couple years ago when a brick of .22 ammo was like finding a four leaf clover? And those insane prices? Yeah, well….
Trivia:knock off the bottom row of this endcap and you get an accurate representation of how much .22 ammo I have in Deep Sleep.
Not as great as when it was ten bucks per brick, but at least its available. Did I buy some? Of course! Because theres Ammo To Shoot and Ammo To Store. I have plenty of Ammo To Store but Ammo To Shoot is always in flux.
Plus, someday I might get $60/brick like I did a few years ago. 😉
Say, that’s not a bad price. When the exchange rate is factored in, this is about average for what .22LR costs up here in the Great White (turning to green) North. Even with the stored stuff, I don’t blame you for buying some of this. It’s the smart thing to do.
“Trivia:knock off the bottom row of this endcap and you get an accurate representation of how much .22 ammo I have in Deep Sleep.”
Damn.
I’d love to have that kind of quantity in 5.56 steel core but probably a bridge too far…
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https://www.classicfirearms.com/federal-ammo-556-12500-barrel-xm855bar/
Now THAT is a “Vat O’ Bullets” ! I’m going to check my finances 😀
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Lol i hate to think how much the freight costs are on that.
I’ve heard mixed reports on the stability of rimfire long term. Assuming it’s airtight, does anyone have experience with long term storage and then shooting it? I’m talking 15+ years, not a couple years in grandpa’s desk drawer.
I had a buddy who had stashed a buncha .22 away in the usual GI ammo cans. Shot fine twenty years later. Broadly speaking, you store ammo in a good container and avoid those wild temperature swings and it’ll last forever.
Absolutely right Commander. I’m still working through .22 ammo from when I was in the military. It’s CIL dated from the late sixties/early seventies. I was lucky enough to have done a serious favor for a stores guy who paid me back with a five thousand round case. I’m down to the last eight boxes and have had no problems.
I have 22lr I bought back in the early eighties. Then I was paying less than $8 per brick when on sale. My kids liked to shoot a lot when they were little. Used to get ten bricks per purchase. So,that said I still have around 7K rounds of that stuff left. It shoots just fine. Most is Remington and UMC. So we’re are close to forty years and it still works just fine. No misfires or failures to feed or eject.
Hope this helps. Oh, I keep the stuff in military ammo boxes. It is in a dry place and the ambient temperature is steady year round.
Yeah, ‘Ammogeddon’ was a suck fest. I remember many at RimfireCentral forum were complaining that not only was ammunition hard to find, but you were naturally discouraged from shooting what you already had because you might not be able to find more. A lot of gun shops were having trouble selling firearms without a ready supply of ammunition. Some even offered some free ammunition in addition to the firearm to encourage the buyer to get it.
Learn from the past – stored vital supplies like ammunition, vital spare parts and magazines will help you sleep better at night. No reason to upgrade phone – TV or other nonsense – Priorities Peoples !! :^)
If the ammo you own for each caliber you have will fit in the bed of a 1 ton truck…… You don’t have enough!
That a 1 ton truck for each caliber, right? Just for clarification!!!
Yep, a 1 ton truck load for each caliber ….and for each make of each caliber to be mower bespefic. a 1 ton truck load of Winchester, Remington, Nosler, Hornady, PMC , Norma, CCI, etc , etc, etc ….
Shipped commercial quanities of ammo(trucking company) a overload of ammo for a 1ton truck is a small pallet (especially 230gr .45). Had to spread load(some in front/middle/rear)to prevent overloads(#42,000-#45,000 loads)
During the last price run up, I tried to sell some for more than I paid but less than others were asking, but got no takers; everyone wanted to pay old prices.
some anecdotal experiences from when i used to shoot up 10000s of various old rimfire ammo, often +30ys old and in the original cardboard boxes.
the whiteish bloom on the bullets from the dried-up wax coating might cause feeding problems in some pistols and semi-autos, while others ran it well just like in revolvers and lever/bolt action rifles.
the occasional failures to fire apparently not more frequently than in the olden times, rimfire ammo manufacturing has improved quite a bit since then. cheap mexican and eastern bloc were the most common culprits. i vaguely remember resetting the hammer spring on a s&w 17 for a harder strike or using beretta pistol? henry replica? with a twin prong firing pin.
any corroded cases were closely examined after cleaning up with a rug and discarded when badly damaged (pulled bullets for lead and used powder to fertilize flowerpots…), but definitely _not_ in blow-back actions and revolvers for safety reasons. also quite hard on the extractors with some failures to extract.
most tracer bullets would still light up when fired from rifle-length barrels.
ETA:
– ***oily rag***
– greenish/yellowish corrosion on old rimfire ammo is mostly superficial from the brass coating, but may still cause feeding/extraction problems.
brown bloom is a bad sign, often indicating rust causing structural weakness of the case material!
– shooting tracer ammo necessitates _thorough_ immediate cleaning of barrel and action thereafter, ’cause that sh¡t can be extremely corrosive.
– whatever you do, be extremely cautious.
We have finally found our new home, we began moving our “stuff”. My wife was actually pleased with the ammo count, she apparently failed to read the Excel spreadsheet. Lol. As CZ and many others say, load up when its quiet.
My Bay Area Walmart doesn’t even stock ammo anymore. Frigging Progressives…