for a lot of people.....
I'd say 25,000 or 30,000 rounds. I have never, ever owned that much in my entire lifetime. I remember my grandpa buying me a brick of remington thunderbolt and it lasting all summer long and into fall/winter.
I started buying .22lr before the prices started going up. Well, just after. I saw the small price increases, read about increases in ore prices and decided it was better to spend money when I had it than to wait until I was retired and wouldn't have a decent income.
I started putting aside $20 every paycheck to get what I could when they started charging $8.50 for a brick of 550. I stopped when the prices hit $10 - which was before there was any shortage. Since the shortage, I haven't bought ANY .22lr ammo, so I don't feel that I've contributed to it.
I have often shot 1K rounds on a Saturday when I'd go out with my boys and maybe one or two of their buddies, so I know that ammo doesn't last near as long as people think. although, I'd hate to have a reporter write about what the cops would find in my home and storage building if I ever wound up in the papers for overdue parking tickets.
Now, although all of my boys are on their own and far away, I have about 40K rounds of .22lr and have no intention of ever buying more. I have sold a few bricks to friends that were actual shooters and couldn't find any, but I figure I have enough to last me and my wife through all of the rest of my work life and eventual retirement. But if I do run out, I think that ammo will be back on the shelves and at lower prices than they are now.
I started putting aside $20 every paycheck to get what I could when they started charging $8.50 for a brick of 550. I stopped when the prices hit $10 - which was before there was any shortage. Since the shortage, I haven't bought ANY .22lr ammo, so I don't feel that I've contributed to it.
I have often shot 1K rounds on a Saturday when I'd go out with my boys and maybe one or two of their buddies, so I know that ammo doesn't last near as long as people think. although, I'd hate to have a reporter write about what the cops would find in my home and storage building if I ever wound up in the papers for overdue parking tickets.
Now, although all of my boys are on their own and far away, I have about 40K rounds of .22lr and have no intention of ever buying more. I have sold a few bricks to friends that were actual shooters and couldn't find any, but I figure I have enough to last me and my wife through all of the rest of my work life and eventual retirement. But if I do run out, I think that ammo will be back on the shelves and at lower prices than they are now.
Heck, with only a single 15-22 and a single Walther P22 we can easily knock out 500 rounds in a couple of hours... at that rate, the stash I have might not last the year. And people think I've overdone it.
Not a chance. Keep buying till you got nowhere to put it.
Not a chance. Keep buying till you got nowhere to put it.
Here is some .22lr in stock. Bring your KY because its gonna hurt when the goose gives it to you!!!!
http://gooseislandsales.com/product/winchester-22lr-36-grain-hpcp-333-rounds/
http://gooseislandsales.com/product/winchester-22lr-36-grain-hpcp-333-rounds/
That's insane.
I know, obviously that is an opened box!
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