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I stopped into Bass Pro Shop today to pick up some 243 ammo. They are "definitely" not as busy as the have been in the recent past. I get the feeling that the "ammo hoarders" have done their damage. Why buy a gun if you can't get ammo to shoot it? My question to hoarders: Why buy so much ammo that you will never use? The reason why, "selfishness". But this selfishness comes at a price: Shortage of ammo, and higher prices. I thought shooters existed in a sense of "brotherhood". Well, I'm having a hard time believing that right now. The clerk at BPS told me they got 10 boxes of 9mm in this morning, but it's all gone. He said a guy came in and asked for 2 boxes (that's all the clerk said he needed), but when he found out there was a 5 box limit, he upped his request to 5 boxes (hoarding). Let me ask, "Why not just take the 2 boxes you originally wanted??? Don't you know that other people might want to buy some too?
As I drove out of the mall complex I looked out the window and seen "Old Glory" waving in the breeze. It was a huge flag that stood out like a proud icon that it is. There was a part of me that was disappointed just the same. Disappointed that a sense of brotherhood doesn't exist like it used to. This country is the greatest country in the world, but I wonder what Abe Lincoln would think of the USA right now?
"Thomas Jefferson Haka"

I did my bit this afternoon and threw a couple hundred rounds of that hoarded .22 ammo into a pile of dirt.

Thanks OM, I knew we could count on ya!

bearandoldman wrote:I did my bit this afternoon and threw a couple hundred rounds of that hoarded .22 ammo into a pile of dirt.

I did my part as well and unloaded about 500 rounds yesterday through my Mark lll. I recently installed a VQ extractor and did the mag mod. I'm happy to report not a single FTE. I tryed everything. I don't thing you can make it jam now

I did my part as well and unloaded about 500 rounds yesterday through my Mark lll. I recently installed a VQ extractor and did the mag mod. I'm happy to report not a single FTE. I tryed everything. I don't thing you can make it jam now Very Happy

Have you tried different types of ammo. I have yet to make that extractor upgrade, I don't seem to have much of a problem FTE?
H
ps.......Now I know where all the ammo is going, to Smokey and OM!

Hakaman wrote:

I did my part as well and unloaded about 500 rounds yesterday through my Mark lll. I recently installed a VQ extractor and did the mag mod. I'm happy to report not a single FTE. I tryed everything. I don't thing you can make it jam now Very Happy

Have you tried different types of ammo. I have yet to make that extractor upgrade, I don't seem to have much of a problem FTE?
H
ps.......Now I know where all the ammo is going, to Smokey and OM!

I finished off my last box of Remington goldens. They also functioned perfectly except for the usual high percent of FTF.

I really don't hoard ammo. I blow it out when I can get it

I finished off my last box of Remington goldens. They also functioned perfectly except for the usual high percent of FTF.

I really don't hoard ammo. I blow it out when I can get it Very Happy

Just funning with you smokey. It's funny, everybody says they have problems with remington goldens, but they work great in my Mlll?
H

You should see what some of the .22LR bulk ammo is selling for on Gunbroker, Barnum was wrong, there was more than one sucker born every day,

No offense taken Hak. Maybe I haven't given the goldens a fair chance but the last ones I bought were really bad.

Oldman, I am pretty sure that people are buying ammo at Wal-Mart and reselling. That is probably why we can't find any except occasionally.

Anybody care to say how much they paid for their 22lr ammo? I bought a brick (500) rds winchester super x 40gr for $25 at the club.
H

Hakaman wrote:Anybody care to say how much they paid for their 22lr ammo? I bought a brick (500) rds winchester super x 40gr for $25 at the club.
H

The last I bought were almost $15.00 for Federal 550 Bulk.

smokey wrote:

Hakaman wrote:Anybody care to say how much they paid for their 22lr ammo? I bought a brick (500) rds winchester super x 40gr for $25 at the club.
H

The last I bought were almost $15.00 for Federal 550 Bulk.

Fed bulk at WalMart 2 weeks ago $14.28 including MI sales tax. Will try to ge out and throw some more int the dirt pile tomorrow.

Last thing I got for .22 was Fed bulk at Academy. It was pretty old stock, cost $12.80. The box was hidden behind a lot of CCI shotshells, I was able to see a corner of the box peeking out Everyone working there was surprised they had one.

I haven't been shooting much .22 lately. Trying to get the crimp on my .45 ammo right. Yesterday I shot 210 rounds of .45. Talk about a DIRTY gun, and dirty shooting hand... Need more crimp...