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How much 22lr do you keep on hand?

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#1 ·
I just counted all the 22lr I have been able to buy over the last 2 years together. I used to keep a stock of about 1000 rounds. After I shot a brick I would buy a new one. Over the last 2 years I have been buying it when ever I see it at the store. Not a lot but one of whatever they have. I now have 7525 rounds in storage and another 5oo in my range kit.

I will keep doing this until I have 10,000 rounds. When this shortage 1st hit I was down to about 50 rounds. I may have become some what of a hoarder I don't know.
 
#3 ·
Don't stop at 10,000. I offered a brick to another member here the other day. But I still buy it when I see it.
 
#11 ·
We couldn't get any for 6 months. I mean none. When I did start to see it once and a whale I bought some. I never counted it up until today. It is still very hard to find here. My plan now is to keep 10k in stock at any time and replace it as I use it.

At one time I was down to 50 rounds. I didn't take my 22's to the range for a long time due to no ammo. Never again.
 
#5 ·
I started with 4000..had to almost stop shooting as am down to under 1000..sigh, almost out of powder for the 45 too..better days are surly around the corner..least that what I have been repeating to my self since Bummer got elected......
 
#6 ·
Personally, I think we are looking at the new norm!
 
#7 ·
I'm down to a little over 4K of .22, a little over 13 K in all calibers. My normal stock is about 10K of .22 and about 25K in all calibers. The last 2 years I have continued shooting, buying what I can. Between the prices and/or lack of availability I am low, about half-stocked in my opinion.
 
#8 ·
how much have i bought inthe last couple years? not much! 400 rounds maybee. Probably shot 250-300 of that at the range.

ammo is still either NLA or stupid-price available here.

I can buy milsurp 762x54r and 8mm mauser cheaper in quantity like sealed tins, than i can 22lr...
 
#10 ·
Don't go into my stash. Only shoot what I buy. That way my stash stays high. If I can't find .22, I don't shoot it.
 
#12 ·
I have a little over 5000 rounds of mixed "plinking ammo" but have found it hard to find or keep the two types I like to shoot, CCI 40gr. Std. Vel. Target and Wolf Match Target. I am now down to less than 500 rounds of each but just can't find any of the Wolf.
 
#14 ·
I went into the "reelection/SH" ammo shortage with about 5,000 rounds on hand. I realized during the crunch that 5k of .22 is nowhere near enough when faced with it not being for sale everywhere, every day. I searched long and hard. A poster on another board clued me in to the "Cabelas shopping cart trick" and I now have a little over 20,000 rounds on hand. I won't go below 15,000 ever again. BTW, the Cabelas trick was found out and ended, so that's over :( But not before I got my hoard!
 
#20 ·
right now I have around 3000 rounds on hand. I usually shoot about 1000 a month, but if I can't find any during the month I back off and shoot something else. try not to go below 2500 rounds. .22 magnum is what is really hard to find around here.
 
#24 ·
Like Carver said I won't dip into the "stash". If I can't find it I won't shoot it until I can. That being said, I haven't shot any of my 12k .22 LR rounds in around a year.

And no, I don't consider myself a "horder". It took me quite awhile to gather that much. It's not like I went out one day and bought it all at once, it's been accumulating for years.
 
#26 ·
But you're here now! Better late, than never! Let the fun begin!
 
#29 ·
I still got 3 whole cases of CCI Blazer bought back when it was .99 cents a box before the shortage happened. The wife and I used to shoot almost every weekend and we spent part of our tax refund on it one year. We bought 5 cases and used 2 of them one summer. My friend who had the farm we shot at sold out and moved to Tennessee. We haven't really had anywhere to shoot since then, so it has been sitting around. I still pick up my two box limit every time that I am in the LGS, just because everyone said it is so hard to find. I just can't seem to find any .22 Mag though. I only got 200 rounds left for my Super Single Six and my Marlin .22 Mag.
 
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