Just watched it today and it’s like holy cow this man was dead right all along
@uzileopard61992 жыл бұрын
@@dexigaming3766 for real. It is extremely crazy how much 9mm went up from the last time I was in the market for them. 1k rounds used to be able to get around 120-150 bucks and now they want 500+ for 1k rounds.
@Michael_000017 жыл бұрын
Agreed wholeheartedly by the way. I feel this way about a great many different things. Idiots keep paying outrageous prices for things and it just feeds the idiocy. Prices are in OUR control not the seller. How do you think they set their prices?? On our buying habits!!!
@jonathanwillard17767 жыл бұрын
Michael Kirst stupid people,government,retailers,dealers
@cornwasher7 жыл бұрын
Yes,.... The buyer has control in alot of cases, but doesn't know it. It's called Boycott. The "B" word and sellers hate it. Let that stuff gather dust on the dealer's shelves and prices will drop.
@seththebeatmxchine8 жыл бұрын
you are soo right. unfortunately i cant see enough people coming together to stop the price gouging. people will always buy it no matter the price. ughh )-:
@howlingsarge8 жыл бұрын
Exactly right
@oilhammer047 жыл бұрын
And I noticed that quality has gone down in the Winchester Super X .22 LR. It used to be excellent and a good price. I quit buying it. I'm only interested in CCI or better.
@whitecloudgroovin20057 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear someone say it. Thank you
@pelhamsaquatics7 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to get some 22lr for a decent price again. Sir you are right, they are raking us over the coals with those inflated prices!
@shikat23715 жыл бұрын
Today's prices for a box of 50 22lr rounds are reasonable, I guess. A 50-round box of CCI 22lr Standard Velocity ammo is less than $4.00; a box of 50-round Federal 22lr ammunition is only around $2.86, including taxes; a box of 50-round CCI Stinger is about twice the cost of a box of CCI Standard Velocity ammo, but I guess it's still reasonable considering that CCI Stingers are hollow-points.
@MrDeathd7 жыл бұрын
he's telling the truth about these gun stores the one here was caught buying it at walmart $6.27 for 100 pack taken it back to there gun store and selling it for $14.00 a 100 pack my wife works in sporting goods when she see them coming in ,she refuses to sell to them ,
@ammojunky5307 жыл бұрын
Can't hate the player hate the game.
@froggigger7667 жыл бұрын
MrDeathd Depending on the state you live in & gun laws it may be illegal to buy ammo from Wal-Mart and re-sell it in there store...
@ammojunky5307 жыл бұрын
2redneck Call it what you want . You have to pay to play.
@ammojunky5307 жыл бұрын
2redneck Then you must have payed to play.I play all day.
@azdigbee6 жыл бұрын
MrDeathd I have never (ever) seen .22 ammo in a Walmart store !
@southernwaytransport7 жыл бұрын
I agree!! When I watched the video on how .22Lr is made (at cci), there were tens of thousands of rounds coming off the assembly line every hour. They go through a semi load of lead EVERYDAY....S there is NO shortage.
@MikeSmith-qv5yc7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the timely brief, Sarge. I agree 100%.
@edgybob18 жыл бұрын
Sarge, you really slobbered a mouthful with that topic. So so true!
@joep87878 жыл бұрын
Midway's web site has the Remington 525 box .22 golden bullets for $41.99. Walmart has it for less than $30.00. It's not just the local gun stores. It's the big online stores as well.
@gswovoka62868 жыл бұрын
...and midway charges through the ass for S&H, I laways buy from my local if he is around that price.+ s&h - keep it local! At least you help keep your local gun shop around!
@charliehutch35338 жыл бұрын
my local sells at a cost too high to even consider but he concentrates on antique guns.
@jaysee28057 жыл бұрын
Louis King
@charliehutch35337 жыл бұрын
"retailers are taking advantage of us" wtf are you kidding..??/ all retailers that stay in business mark up their goods at least 100 per cent.. if you are slow at math that means if you pay a buck for it they paid 50 cents or probably less... I know retail business. the smaller the business the more the markup. has to be to keep the door open.. there is no fucking conspiracy..its got nothing to do with you even though your 'thing' is too small boy...they would cut each others fucking throat if they could... they really don't meet in the middle of the night with little hoods on and plan this shit.. they just have to watch the market. so go sit in on a class of wholesale/retail markets dumb ass. prices for goods rise over time never lower that's not rocket science sparsity drives up price that's basic economics in capitalism holy fuck sakes... you can't organize purchasers in this fucking cuntree.!
@tubejim1018 жыл бұрын
This would stop if Walmart would let you order on line, and they would call you when "Your" order came in.
@fastdraw306 жыл бұрын
This is the truth...I was already ahead of the curve...I haven't bought a single round in at least 3 maybe 4 years...and yes the prices have came down a bit since the big scare..so folks..quit feeding the frenzy.
@sidneya.dorsett8606 жыл бұрын
Americans dumped weapons and ammo in the Caribbean, where there is not one gun factory. Jamaica is now under a state of emergency lockdown due to gun violence and *no gun factory.* The islands are saturated with mostly American weapons. The going rate of a bullet is about what Americans pay for a box. When an American tourist falls victim to gun violence the US Embassy dtaff go on strike or issue a crime warning. What big scare? The one thoroughly scaring the Caribbean they've been fast and furiously targetted?
@brettkesler28097 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks Sarge, I thought that same thing for quite some time now. Haven't bought 22 ammo for over three years. Hope others do the same. Thanks for your video.
@shaggycar18 жыл бұрын
I agree i have not bought 22 in many years. No way i am paying 4 times what it should cost.
@Defenders_posse3 жыл бұрын
2021, here we are again.
@backcountrypreps61716 жыл бұрын
Do right. I'm actually one of those Preppers who did go crazy and buy up all I can find along with other calibers. You made great points I'm glad I found your Channel
@celticwarrior43897 жыл бұрын
Amen Sarge!.... Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos, still have some of those comics from when I was little.
@dufus22736 жыл бұрын
he's right , I think the employees were getting it before it hit the shelves. I know that was the case at Walmart. they'd buy it with the employee discount and sell it elsewhere for a lot more.
@502deth8 жыл бұрын
am i watching breaking bad?
@googlesuxbigtime12278 жыл бұрын
lol. I thought the same.
@josephgeorge97048 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@sartainja8 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing.
@rawouch7 жыл бұрын
It's Heisenberg.
@132danyoll7 жыл бұрын
new season
@timfenton74697 жыл бұрын
Sir, you are so right. Thanks for the advise!
@254tom5 жыл бұрын
I remember paying 99 cents.
@stephenarling16675 жыл бұрын
I remember 59 cents per box, back when you could still buy new Studebakers.
@136128 жыл бұрын
same thing with pickup trucks.........40K for a truck and up, nutty folks keep buying them though!
@Smasho80008 жыл бұрын
People need to start buying used cars. My truck's a used 2009 f150 and I don't plan on getting rid of it anytime soon.
@matchesburn7 жыл бұрын
This is why "Cash for Clunkers" was such horseshit. Perfectly good cars at discounted prices. Not only did it impact used car sales and further deplete jobs that way, but it also caused difficulty in people getting reasonably priced and reliable vehicles.
@clarence53367 жыл бұрын
I totally agree! Cash for clunkers B.S also destroyed a lot parts that could have been remanufactured..And the jobs that go along with that. They called it "Green" but it was a complete waste!! It was not recycling, it was destruction of resourses that they falsely claimed was for our benefit.
@ShermanT.Potter7 жыл бұрын
And only buy the size of pickup you need. I see alot of people with F-150's and 250's (farmers, I farm as well) that hardly ever use them near their rated capacity. Then they buy a second one for a beater! Simply my opinion and I could definitely be wrong, but I hardly even see a need for a 150 beyond lawn care crews, construction companies, and the like. Either you can get it done with a Ranger, or you should use an F-250 or greater. I drive a '97 Ranger almost all of the time and use a 2000 F-250 with a 5.4 primarily to haul livestock in a 27' trailer (slow as a freight train :) ). Also for a round bale trailer, gooseneck flatbed, or full hayracks. You don't need a 3/4 ton pickup to check cows, scout fields, or even to pull alot of loads related to farming. I pull augers, empty gravity wagons, and hayracks with corn and soybean seed with the ranger, it's surprising what that 2.3l can do. I can haul around 1250-1300 lbs. of payload in the bed, 1350 and over is doable but not advisable. I bet I could pull a trailer weight of 5000 on dead level, dry pavement if the tongue weight was light enough. 2500-3000 isn't a problem unless you have ice/snow or live in the mountains, I can take a fair grade on gravel and be okay.
@Achilles_6967 жыл бұрын
what type of pickup truck are you talking about? something like a fully loaded 550 Ford cummins turbo diesel with all the top features maybe... but i paid around 23 grand for my 2017 F150 stage 2 Roush edition... you must be talking about some trash like a Tundra or a Raptor.. actually raptors are nice trucks but Tundra/ Tacoma etc are shit.
@MrLeonidas00018 жыл бұрын
I will never forget that ridiculous price gouging that started in 2012. I have bought a box of something every 2 weeks since that time. Too much hype on that .22 ammo I shoot my .223 for almost the same price now LOL! Nice video thank you sir - I totally agree that most of us gun owners have done it to ourselves.
@1Klooch8 жыл бұрын
FA! Just bought a .223 Rem for the exact same reason.
@stupidasso778 жыл бұрын
I buy 22lr for 7 cents a round. The cheapest bullets I can find for a .223 are 8 cents. Primers are about 3 cents each. Powder charger for a .223 round is going to be about 2 cents. So adding that all together comes to 13 cents and that does not include my time. Every three reloads brass should be checked and trimmed. That is time consuming. I shoot plenty of .223 but it is never going to be as cheap as a 7 cent 22lr round.
@1Klooch8 жыл бұрын
stupidasso77 Your math is spot on. .22 good, .223 nice! AVAILABILITY-priceless.
@sergioadrianzampa81664 жыл бұрын
Good message Sir thank you Greentings from Argentina God Bless you!
@jamesaritchie17 жыл бұрын
You're largely wrong about how much ammo gun stores get. At least good, quality ammo such as CCI, Remington, etc. Manufacturers can't even restock their suppliers, and can't fulfill long standing orders, let along get a lot of ammo to bottom tier sellers such as gun stores. They're hundreds of millions of rounds behind on orders. There are hoarders out there, but the latest polls show this is not the cause of the shortage. People are actually shooting ten times as much .22lr as they did only a few years ago. This is a good thing. CCI and Remington have finally acknowledged this, and are in the process of boosting production tremendously. CCI is now making four million rounds per day, and will increase this by 22% over the next year. Remington, and other companies are following suit. Lack of production to meet demand is why there's a shortage, and why prices are so high. The only thing that will bring costs down is to make production meet demand, and that's what is finally happening. Not buying ammo is NOT a solution. That would only make things worse in the long run because it would make companies cut back on production. Keep buying, keep shooting, have fun, and the companies will meet demand. It just takes time. No one, especially the manufacturers, dreamed that people would start shooting ten times as much ammo, or that this would continue for years, so production never rose to meet demand. Now it is rising, so don't blow it by telling people to stop buy ammo. It simply is NOT about fearful preppers or crooked gun stores. It just isn't. Stop buying and letting them sit on it simply is not going to happen, and wouldn't help anything if it did. The solution is to make manufacturers produce enough that no shortage can exist, and that's what's happening right now. You're the one with the misconception. Stop blaming preppers and gun stores. Neither are to blame. That's been proven a myth over and over. The "blame" is simply that millions of shooters are going out and burning more .22lr that is being made. The solution is simply to make more. The more people shoot, the better, so don't stop a good thing on a complete misconception of what's actually happening.
@MrLuckytrucker217 жыл бұрын
I agree with this statement, the 22 has become america's favorite round to shoot. It's bringing in lots of new shooters, and look at all the gun models chambered for it!
@ammkad8 жыл бұрын
Good message sir, I couldn't agree more.
@kennethrisner86485 жыл бұрын
and 3 years later, sarge was right. while the prices arent quite as low as the 22lr was before the scare, they have dropped quite a bit. my local walmart has the rem thunderbolts for $18 a brick of 500
@Oldsparkey7 жыл бұрын
I purchased a couple bricks of 22 LR from a dealer and only when it is 15.00 to 20.00 a brick. Sit back and wait and eventually they have a sale of name brand ammo. It might be tomorrow or next year but it does come around.
@tonymiller16957 жыл бұрын
Chuck Littleton
@jameswillis26906 жыл бұрын
Yes, if you can do without, wait for the sales and stock up then, that's the only time I buy it and I actively look for the super sales, they are out there. I won't be extorted by anyone.
@ZoeyBluetheDane6 жыл бұрын
True Dat. I overheard a phone call between a Walmart employee and his buddy on hard to get ammo.
@MrKeith753 жыл бұрын
The biggest problem is even if most listen there will always be enough that don’t to keep it moving at the price it’s at unfortunately
@jimmiet19887 жыл бұрын
Sergent I comment on one of you're videos I new to your channel and to have to agree with you on everything you have said from you current videos to you're older videos. 100% thank God for you someone who still thinks and uses common sense
@howlingsarge7 жыл бұрын
jimmie t Thank you , appreciate ya
@rkhyden19506 жыл бұрын
Best little speech on ammo I have heard. Thank you.
@benbai666 жыл бұрын
i would add too that in the last couple of years i have went from keeping very little to building a nice stockpile for all my firearms , nothing crazy , just nough to be prepared for shortages or whatever . it was expensive as i did it pretty much all at once but at least i have piece of mind now . the 5k rds of 22 and then i keep 1200 of 5.56 and 400 rds of .40 and 9mm as well as 500 rds of buckshot in 00 and 0000. and like the 22 i dont shoot anymore unless i buy the ammo just for that reason .
@mikescooling8 жыл бұрын
The last 22lr I got was in 2009, for less than 10 bucks a brick. I don't burn through bricks plinking anymore, but I have some for hunting.
@brianh21597 жыл бұрын
I've seen boxes and boxes of the stuff on the shelves and it's even on sale. I think some of the big retailers are sitting on piles of the stuff and are now getting nervous.
@daskiier7 жыл бұрын
Brian H same here. It's plentiful all around me, save for Walmart. I'm new to the world of .22 so the prices to me aren't insane coming from shooting 7.62x51, 30-06, and even 12ga shotgun shells.
@robertlong70337 жыл бұрын
A very rational opinion. It is a market driven as you say by rumor and paranoia. There hasn't been a gun bill introduced in Congress in 20 years and there won't be one for another 20 years. In the aftermath of Newtown our local gun dealer sold out all of his AR15's went up the hill to the big box store bought all they had for a grand a gun. Took back down to their store sold them all for $1800 per copy. Three months or so later when the fervor died down many if not all took them back to the gun dealer wanting the full purchase price refunded. They were offered $ 400 per copy..
@edchaos26797 жыл бұрын
I heard that the gun powder in these 22lr has a shelf life. is that true?
@howlingsarge4 жыл бұрын
“ Black Ninja Army” is meant as sarcasm towards those who hoarded out of fear. Don’t be racist .
@josephstalin69134 жыл бұрын
Black nigga army *jokeing no hate*
@catmandoo4u18 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain but what comes around goes around. People have been hoarding ammo so lone it gonna be worthless soon.
@billbradsky73548 жыл бұрын
+darth nader Adding to the fact that most people who used to shoot a lot of .22LR have left the market, the supply will come back in a flood and they won't be able to give it away then. I'm looking forward to the day when I can pull my .22 out of the locker and go shoot 500 rounds without blinking an eye again.
@speedygonzalez69133 жыл бұрын
what’s your opinion on the 2020 extreme ammo shortage!
@allirish76337 жыл бұрын
same thing happened in Ireland, bulk packs were 15Euro not they are 45-55 Euro per pack. some places higher. (that is for 550 rounds of federal ammo) it killing the ranges and the shooters and numbers of people doing it are getting smaller, EU is interfering as usual.
@nickcanale34327 жыл бұрын
DAISY BBS USED TO COST MORE THAN .22 SHELLS REMEMBER MILK CARTONS FULL FOR A COUPLE BUCKS
@howlingsarge7 жыл бұрын
nick canale Now that's been a minute
@nickcanale34327 жыл бұрын
IM 53 SO YEAS BACK WHEN DAISY BB GUNS WERE THE STUFF EVERYONE WANTED ONE I GREW UP IN THE WOODS PURE COUNTRY, STILL HAVE MY OLD WESTERNAUTO SINGLE SHOT .22 OLD SCHOOLYES SIR YOUR ABSOLUTLY ON TIME SUPPLY AND DEMAND DROVE PRICES THROUGH THE ROOF AND OLD AMMO IS NOT AS DEPENDABLE WE ALL KNOW THAT THANKS FOR THE WORD BACK
@pep7295 жыл бұрын
This can also be said for cable tv and mobile phones. Especially iphones. Thieves.
@americanpatriot33447 жыл бұрын
My 2nd comment to this video: I also wanted to point out something, Air Rifles. Steel Pellets. I used alot of air powered weaponry during the ammo shortage for target practicing in my own house. I set-up a place in the house to do it safely & since it's only my wife & me living in our home, I knew she wouldn't mind. I set that thing up & did alot of target shooting for fun & for real too. There are air rifles that are as powerful as .22LR & even more powerful than .223 rounds. The air rifle I was shooting cost me about $75 from Walmart & it shot the steel pellets at abit over 1,250 FPS. As far as I was concerned, that's pretty good for something that's relatively cheap & very useful for training, etc.
@maddad6216 жыл бұрын
Down to my last box and a half so maybe 60-70 rounds. Remington’s from Western Auto Store (long gone). Price paid was $5.00 a brick of 500 rounds. Went into Cabelas recently and was floored. Don’t shoot a lot anymore well for a few years now. I’m getting old and I did buy a lot back when I was younger. In retrospect I should have bought a lot more.
@Michael_000017 жыл бұрын
The market is always based on supply and demand. Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Hey everyone... do me a favor and stop buying Porsches. I need the price to come down!
@dirkdiggler12427 жыл бұрын
on a related subject of supply vs demand raising prices! if everybody stopped buying gas for one day it would bring big oil to its knees!
@rockhead17316 жыл бұрын
Dirk Diggler no it would bring all the gas station and convenience stores to their knees. Big oil would be just fine
@bobbythompson35446 жыл бұрын
The refineries couldn't store it so production would have to stop, but it would take unity of a people to take action!
@happycamper93005 жыл бұрын
No it would not happen. Oil Market is an inflexible market. This is economy 101
@ugsisr7 жыл бұрын
Here in N.E. PA. I can get all the 22 lr ammo you want... The only places that put amount limits on it are the big stores. I also do not see what the use of having so much 22 lr on hand. Sure its good to have a 1000 rounds on hand but for any SHTF Scenario you need bigger calibers.. 223, 308, 45 ,40 ,9mm and a good supply of shotgun ammo in various loads.. Thanks! Video makes allot of sense
@johnmelvin34817 жыл бұрын
Walmart use to have tons of 22lr.The shelves are empty everytime i go there now.Hyper velocity ammo is almost impossible to get now...
@Smokey420Greenleaf8 жыл бұрын
Fully agree, WE are the reason the prices have gone through the roof, as long as we show that we're willing to pay hand over fist, they'll keep jacking up the prices and taking advantage of us. i personally, haven't bought .22 ammo in about 6 years now, which is a shame because i bought a Ruger SR22 pistol right before Obama started his craziness. i've probably only put 100 rounds through that pistol since i've owned it. i refuse to spend $60+ for a box of 1,000 rounds when i used to buy the exact same box for less than $20 just a few years ago.
@johnpuccetti93837 жыл бұрын
Yes you are right. Gouging by gun stores.
@y2kxj7 жыл бұрын
Ontario Canada we pay 5.99 for a 50 pack of CCI. What do you guys pay?
@brinsonharris98167 жыл бұрын
Great advice & well said. I almost bought an AR platform rifle in October just in case. Glad I didn't and six months from now it'll be a buyer's market for weapons & ammo. People sitting on piles of ammo are certain to downsize their stash now that Hillary is toast.
@TractorWrangler017 жыл бұрын
I switched over to other rounds. BTW its fun to shoot .22 pellets with nail gun loads.
@Mr65gone7 жыл бұрын
An intelligent and insightful commentary.
@danhelms81347 жыл бұрын
So retailers found a new channel through which to market their merchandise and adjusted their process in response to demand. how does that make them crooked?
@rootieroot15297 жыл бұрын
Where did you get Norma .22LR?
@cool_hand_luke975 жыл бұрын
Stop buying let it get over stocked until they have to drop price.he spoke truth.make them need us..
@tc556guy5 жыл бұрын
I know that this is an old clip, but as a 25 year FFL, I have to respond......during this past shortage, .22 rimfire was NOT available to us dealers, contrary to what this guy claimed. I would go onto my wholesalers sites trying to order rimfire, and except for the match grade stuff that was $10-15 a 50 rd box, there was nothing available to me for years. It wasn't til Trump was elected that the availability opened up again, and I'm convinced that some of that ammo that was suddenly available had been sitting around for a very long time somewhere. I was getting bricks of 22 that were so old that the glue on the boxes had dried out. So, lets not blame the dealers for the past shortage.
@chrisrobins77 жыл бұрын
what do you think about stop buying from China? Purhaps quality will go up or perhsps manyfacturing in US will start coming back?
@howlingsarge7 жыл бұрын
chrisrobins7 I we are so over regulated that we have no choice .
@brianstevenson44327 жыл бұрын
chrisrobins7 I wonder if buy American means anything now? does anyone remember the junk ripoff crap USA made? everything from cars to bikes. how bout all those junk cars in the 70s and 80s and just look at what they have US making now. using plastic oil pans carburetors lawnmower parts and charging you out the ass. that's what we really let happen in every aspect of our lives and money. Anyway UAW member here and even though they still make the dodge ram they shipped my job off to Mexico. So I think there is a way bigger picture here. GMO'S and the cost of living just to start. Look at everything you are buying and let's all drive the price down on everything for everyone. Can anyone look at any laws trade agreements policies ect. And say hmm there is sumpin not right here. Anyway Happy Thanksgiving but there'll be no Thanks given
@brianstevenson44327 жыл бұрын
chrisrobins7 it's not really China that is the problem it's places like WAL-MART and others jacking up the prices 1000% but that comes back to the fact that we let it happen stop buying from Wal-Mart and all the other Chinese sellers like home depot or Lowes target and read the tags if you care at all.
@brianstevenson44327 жыл бұрын
chrisrobins7 it's not really China that is the problem it's places like WAL-MART and others jacking up the prices 1000% but that comes back to the fact that we let it happen stop buying from Wal-Mart and all the other Chinese sellers like home depot or Lowes target and read the tags if you care at all.
@elpupusero7 жыл бұрын
chrisrobins7 would you pay 500 dollars on a car part made in USA when in china cost to make is 100 but later do not complaint for exaggerated prices just because is made in USA by lazy fat and sorry ass people, example is black friday with huge discount on products made in china
@jameswillis26906 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more, I never paid the ridicules prices for it just conserved what I had on hand. And did buy some a couple years ago no Black Friday sale 15 dollars for 325 pack good deal considering. But you are absolutely right no demand, supply goes up prices come down.
@emersonbigguns51966 жыл бұрын
I was buying reloading components and 22 rimfire ammo at surplus levels before obozo was even a senator. I will say that prices have actually come back down as of December 2017.
@ronbrown27707 жыл бұрын
Hell I remember buying a box of 50 .22 lr for 99 cents + tax.
@MadDoktor886 жыл бұрын
Buncha young'uns, y'all are! Haha! In 1971 I was walking in the woods and FOUND a bolt action .22 S,L, LR...I was buying .22's at western auto (on sale) for as low as 59c a box!!! And for the most part, all 3 sizes cost the same!
@davidbublitz65716 жыл бұрын
I agree 110%
@darrenw.taylor20847 жыл бұрын
So true! Thanks for making this video Sarge!
@mensa5177 жыл бұрын
absolutely true. why do you think most sites are running black Friday and cyber Monday sales in which the sale prices are still high. ..
@Photron525 жыл бұрын
First I am @ 1:04 of the video and I can't prove this(but isn't that just the point ?) but if you recall the EPA shut down lead mining in the entire U.S. So this means that lead needs to be imported. So bullets are much more expensive. So someone in congress said..."if we can't get rid of the guns, then just take away the ammo." Simple. Now go ahead with your story. The 22 isn't the only ammo that went up drastically. I am not contending your idea. But take an honest look at what I said as well.
@brentyoung73568 жыл бұрын
Stop buying bulk ammo for $45 a brick. At today's prices I am not buying any ammo worse than CCI Standard Velocity. It has been over 20 years since you could buy CCI Standard Velocity for $8 a brick. I prepay for ammo when the LGS orders ammo. I get a great deal on 5,000 rounds or more. I am learning to love Aguila and SK ammo. I have no idea of how many rounds of Aguila Super Extra I have shot in the past 4 or 5 years. None of the cartridges have failed to go bang. Super Extra cycles well in all my pistols and rifles. I consider Super Extra to be comparable or better than CCI Mini mags. I would use Super Extra ammo if I had to use a 22Lr for SD. Lets hope that 22lr self defense, never, ever happens.
@brentonturner24838 жыл бұрын
that is true, me and my dad went and bought a .22 for my little brother at gander mtn they had no .22 ammo on the shelves. then they asked "are you wanting to buy some ammo" then we said "y'all don't have any do you" then they said we do in the back, and not a single .22 box was on the shelves
@leslieb68815 жыл бұрын
When we were kids, a 50 round pack was 49 cents plus 2 cents tax. We always considered 22s a penny per shot. I was at an auction when you couldn’t find any in the stores and a box of 50 sold for $17.
@e.s.19207 жыл бұрын
he is right just hold off for 120 days.
@Rhaspun7 жыл бұрын
Eric Schultz It can work if everyone works together.
@williammills16717 жыл бұрын
your in America no body works together. All for one and one for one.
@Rhaspun7 жыл бұрын
William Mills Sadly what you say is true. Businesses can and do make adjustments with their business practices when the money spigot is shut off.
@jodylogsdon96637 жыл бұрын
William Mills amen I'll stand with ya.
@doncathermam36025 жыл бұрын
Very smart man,,pay attention,,
@C2CSubCommander3 жыл бұрын
You are correct Sir, the only way to stop price gouging is to stop buying, then the price goes down, people used to know this.
@dufus22736 жыл бұрын
I can buy brass cased 115 grRN, 9mm bullets for 7.50 for a box of 50. I can't load'em with copper plated bullets for that.
@nerblebun7 жыл бұрын
I worked with an old Mormon guy back in the early 90's. Say what you want about Mormons, but by golly they're the original preppers. He'd buy a brick of .22 ammo every time he shopped at Wal-Mart, and he didn't even own a .22! At the time a brick was about $6. He said he did it to use as bartering if things went to hell. I'll bet old Don made a ton of money when prices skyrocketed. Pretty smart old dude.
@jakeorama8 жыл бұрын
I always bought my 22 @ walmart which keeps their prices in check, and NEVER at the gun stores which inflate the prices. I have a decent amount now and found out I just don't shoot it as much as other calibers so I should be good for the next ten years or so. The market will eventually crash for .22 and people will feel pretty stupid getting caught up in the faux frenzy
@turk_killcas84876 жыл бұрын
I have also bought my .22 ammo at Walmart. Gun shops have grossly gouged the bullet market. It has taken me a couple years now but I have at the very least 10,000 rounds of .22s which I continue to shoot whenever I want. It's your gun shop that is screwing you over.
@licensedblockhead7 жыл бұрын
i worked in a gun store from 2012-2014 and we did not increase our price during that time online or in store. and didnt see much ammo at all. pretty much what we got we sold with guns so people had a little to shoot when they bought a gun and thats it
@randyfranck25747 жыл бұрын
Good advice Sarge wish we could all do it. Price would drop really quick
@Bonsignore4U8 жыл бұрын
Gun stores are allowed to make a good profit if they can. Just like it costs $50 to make a TV that resales for $950. But I hear what you're saying....
@duharrhea59248 жыл бұрын
+Angelo “Paisan” Bonsignore Andy And I have enjoyed telling my previous gun store that their new 22lr pricing is why I now only use them as my FFL for my firearms purchases. And honestly, I've spent an awful lot of time bidding on gunbroker and shopping at buds lately.
@Bonsignore4U8 жыл бұрын
yes I recently discovered targetsportsusa and purchase my ammo there..much more afortable
@renegadewa41838 жыл бұрын
I just looked at targetsportsusa and they are out of all .22 ammo. Out of all but a couple of .223 as well.
@Bonsignore4U8 жыл бұрын
keep on looking..put your email in for email notification ..They stock up all the time
@mattphillips42607 жыл бұрын
i know of a time the 50 count box could be got for .99 a box
@jimmywilson59566 жыл бұрын
I'm an old cover. I use to buy it for 50 cents & before sales tax was ever
@ehelm80045 жыл бұрын
As a kid I remember when a 50 bx went up to .50 but it was everywhere!
@dougpfeiffer18327 жыл бұрын
Great perspective. Excellent idea.
@jerrudbennett37957 жыл бұрын
partially true, the other part was federal shut down for almost a year on 22. didn't make it at the price they were selling they said there wasn't money. other manufacturers slowed production. it all added up to being able to raise their price double digit percent and like you said even more for the gun stores. I didn't buy or shoot any for almost two years. it is still hard to find and twice as expensive as the last stuff I bought in 2009.
@RHINOTACTICAL6 жыл бұрын
I only subscribed to this because when Heisenberg tells me to "Tread Lightly" , and stop buying this shit, YOU are damn right I'm gonna do what he says. I suggest you do the same.
@cingram81688 жыл бұрын
Not completely true. I'm friends with a gun store owner and he has a hell of a time getting .22 as of 2016
@larryrecoy81985 жыл бұрын
I use to haul ammo by the truck load,so your right!
@georgegoddard96367 жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct, we keep paying it, the price will never go down
@MrBigbob787 жыл бұрын
You are speaking the truth!! Thank you for this video
@howlingsarge7 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Whitley thank you
@richardhoepfner16337 жыл бұрын
I quit buying .22 ammo four years ago after I quit bench shooting and realized that I was sitting on over 20,000 rounds.
@jstriker6237 жыл бұрын
Holy crap...20,000-
@richardhoepfner16337 жыл бұрын
After I retired I took up Bench Rest Shooting and built my own 50 yard range. I was shooting around 200-300 rounds a day. To do that I was buying 3-4 Bricks a week. My Grand-kids love target shooting when they come down from the city and I don't have run to town to buy ammo.
@phxxr650r7 жыл бұрын
I can see your point. But Ive been buying it online for cheaper then discount stores plus free shipping saves me from a 30 mile drive to the store.
@americanpatriot33447 жыл бұрын
Sir, I mean, Howling Sarge, you're absolutely right. I know my comment is old now since you posted this video last winter in early 2016, but, I agree with you because you ARE RIGHT. You hit all the main points. It didn't just go for .22LR ammo either, it happened to pretty much all common calibers, even less shot calibers were missing on a daily basis. I admit to paying abit more for .22LR at FIRST, but I only did it twice & after that, I couldn't justify being ripped off anymore for a round that isn't even really powerful at all, if you compare it to .223/5.56x45, 7.62x39, etc. Oddly though, 7.62x39 steel rounds made by TulaAmmo were 1 of the very few calibers in stock on a weekly basis back when the idiots out here were jacking the prices up, etc.
@jimjohnson40267 жыл бұрын
if we would apply this to all, we could change a lot of things
@forcealpine875 жыл бұрын
The only time in your life where your vote matters is when you vote with your wallet.
@fpstina7 жыл бұрын
but... but... i only have 20,000 rounds! What will i do!?!
@shannonmiller20227 жыл бұрын
fpstina,,,,,,,,,, have to admit i get nervous if i get under 5,000 rounds
@ImtheGhostMagnet7 жыл бұрын
fpstina Do not state how much ammo you may or may not have. the feds monitor these sites.
@victorduran2347 жыл бұрын
ghost magnet ..,oooo in that case i only have 1 and 1/2 bullet...
@fpstina7 жыл бұрын
ghost magnet lol i believe you but it was more in jest, i have a lot less than that :)
@shannonmiller20227 жыл бұрын
I'm on there list anyway, trust me it don't matter
@dufus22736 жыл бұрын
just got a flyer from natchez shooters supply, they have Winchester wildcat22 ammo for 2.99 for a box of 50.. 40gr lead 1255fps.thru april 30 '18. Remington's are 7.49 for 100 rds. 1255fps.
@billwalker48365 жыл бұрын
How many rounds in that safe your standing in front of
@thecurtray5 жыл бұрын
you seem ok. i locked on all real men deserve a 12 valve cummins engine truck. holy crap
@room23766 жыл бұрын
I have to keep buying because I keep shooting it
@justinhaycook85617 жыл бұрын
I was getting Winchester X hollow points and CCI 100 round boxes for $3 and some change there was plenty on the Shelf I only bought 2 boxes of each and save some for everybody else I just need enough to sight in my scope and have some left over for squirrel season and maybe some for next year
@benbai666 жыл бұрын
i remember as a kid in the 70s and early 80s a box of 50 could be had at the local hardware store for 69 cents . even into the early 2ks it was still cheap. i keep a small stash of about 5k rounds that i wont shoot and just buy my shooting ammo whenever i go shooting. cabelas has plenty , the local wal marts do not because of the hoarders. i also bought a couple of bricks at crazy prices just to insure i had at least some with the way things were going , at least it stays good for decades. but yeah , the paranoia and crooked ass hoarders and ammo dealers are the biggest problem . you are right sir . great video .