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[Mescalero]

Does anybody remember what .22 LR was the week BEFORE sandy hook?

[Sigmar]

available

[Mescalero]

You got that right!

[pwl44m]

I bought 2100 rnds with ammo can from Cabelas for 70 bucks.
On a lightr note wasn't it 22lr
Perry

[Mescalero]

[pwl44m]

U asked what 22lr was the week before Sandy Hook, wasn't it 22lr. U didn't ask how much it was.
Perry

[Mescalero]

Oh..........
A little dense tonight.

[BobM]

The Federal bulk packs of 550 rds were $19.97 at Wal-mart in SW Ohio.

[Mescalero]

I think that people like me, who have a lot and did not buy .22lr for a while need a baseline for a return to normal perspective.
Thank you.

[GoatGuy]

The Federal bulk packs of 550 rds were $19.97 at Wal-mart in SW Ohio.

Same, same here in NW Arkansas Wal-Marts.

[JerryB]

In the morning I am going to open an ammo can and get a couple of boxes out and look at it so I will know what it looks like when I see it. We really don't need any but I always go buy and look at the empty shelves at Walmart.

[Blaine]

I'm going to learn slingshot

[Mescalero]

Really,
me to!
Thought it would be prudent.

[fordwannabe]

In the past year(before Sandy hook) I bought a real blowgun, a real slingshot, and several throwing knives just because! I thought it might be nice to know how to use some of this stuff that does not require components to keep shooting. I recently bought a Parker crossbow off of CL, and am in love!!!! Same reason.

[El Chivo]

before I got into shooting I almost went for archery instead. I used to shoot bow and arrow as a kid, but could never have even a bb gun. I'm glad I got into firearms but it may be time to take up archery.

I also have a Benjamin Sheridan and it's a nice break to take it into the forest.

[Gobblerforge]

.223?

[AJMD429]

before I got into shooting I almost went for archery instead.

Yes, but a quality arrow is not cheap, and eventually will break or get lost.

[gak]

In another thread I can't seem to find right now it was mentioned .22 Rimfire (not LR) could be fired out of .22 Mag I'm not familiar with RF and why it's even around - looking to re-verify this is the case. I've seen some .22 RF around when neither LR or WMR has been.

[Ray Newman]

Could not tell ya what the December 13, '2012 .22LR price was.

Last .22 LR ammunition I bought was in the Summer of '08. At that time, the local WalMart sold Federal 550 round "milk containers" for just about $9.50 a box. And some here said that was too high. Reading the handwriting on the wall and remembering the Clinton era "Great Primer Run", between June and September I bought one or two boxes every week.

[Griff]

I got my old Browning 70# compound bow back out of storage! Need to get some new arrows and my old ones re-fleched! Hope someone doesn't get all spooked over my broadheads!

[Pete44ru]

In another thread I can't seem to find right now it was mentioned .22 Rimfire (not LR) could be fired out of .22 Mag I'm not familiar with RF and why it's even around - looking to re-verify this is the case. I've seen some .22 RF around when neither LR or WMR has been.

You seem to be a little confused, or maybe doing a typo.

All .22 Short, Long, Long Rifle, & Magnum's are rimfires, abbreviated "RF".

Once upon a time, long before the .22 Magnum (.22WRM/.22 Winchester Rimfire Magnum) was introduced in 1959, there were other .22 RF's with cases longer than the LR (.22 Long Rifle) - the .22 Extra Long, and the .22 WRF (.22 Winchester Rimfire, aka: the .22 Special).

The .22 WRF, like the later .22WRM, has a case both fatter & longer than the .22LR - and if the LR is fired in either of their chambers, the smaller LR case will split open with who knows what harm/damage.

The .22WRF & .22WRM's cases are fatter because their bullets seat inside the case necks, like centerfire (CF) boolits; and not ahead of the case neck/mouth, like the S/L/LR family, which uses a heeled boolit that has a smaller diameter that fits the case mouth.

The .22WRF can be safely fired in a .22WRM chamber, though - because the cases are the same diameter.
The WRF's case is only a little shorter then the WRM's - and it's like firing a .38 Special in a .357 Mag chamber, or a .22 Short in a .22 LR chamber.

As to why the WRF's still around - Some folks (me, for one) use the .22WRF in their .22WRM rifles as an unjacketed lead boolit sub-load, although a sight adjustment is usually required; and there's still a passel of older rifles out there chambered for the round, that owners would like to shoot occassionally.



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[Mescalero]

And you see new production runs ..22 WRF from time to time when production planners can schedule a run of it between other things.

[L_Kilkenny]

We talkin pricewise?

As stated Walmart was in the neighborhood of $20 for Federal 550 bulk. I bought 2100 rounds (four 525 Fed. Classic bulk packs) w/ammo can for $90-$95 and three 375 MiniMag packs for $24/each IIRC just after Christmas. Those were from Cabelas and I don't think they had a a price increase.