![]() | |
This is a discussion on I've decided to quit within the Ammunition forums, part of the Gunner Forum category; buying ammo for a while. The last box of Auto Match put me just over 30k of .22, and I'm out of space for more, ...
|
![]() |
| LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
![]() | #1 |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,021 | I've decided to quit
buying ammo for a while. The last box of Auto Match put me just over 30k of .22, and I'm out of space for more, unless I just stick it a drawer. I need to shoot a few boxes first. Then I did some math. At a continuous rate of two seconds per shot, it would take me just short of seventeen hours to shoot it all. That doesn't sound like so much.... ![]() ![]() Last edited by bearcatter; 04-22-2016 at 08:30 AM. |
![]() |
Register |
Welcome to Gunner Forum - a friendly gun forum for gun owners. We welcome everyone and the community is free to join so register today and become part of the Gunner Forum family! |
![]() | #2 |
Senior Member Joined: Apr 2014 From: colorado Posts: 5,666 |
Nobody likes a quitter! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() | #3 |
Senior Member Joined: Jan 2013 From: northern wisconsin Posts: 6,001 |
My husband, Bill, has a bit of the hoarder in him, so I've had him cut back on 22 LR ammo buying, for the time being. Most of our shooting is now air guns, so we also have years worth of 22 ammo on hand.
|
![]() |
| |
![]() | #4 |
Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,627 |
I haven't bought any 22 ammo since the 90's. I use 22's for pest control so what I have on hand is more than adequate. If I put what I have in one place then maybe I have 3 1/2 to 4 bricks. 30k rounds is 60 bricks, that would take me to the next millennial. Once in a while I take my single six to the range and put a few rounds thru it. I just prefer centerfire with the noise and recoil. ![]() |
![]() |
![]() | #5 |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,021 | So you've missed all the fun of the Obama years; the Great .22 Shortage? Driving to the same stores several times a week, looking at the same usually empty shelves, drooling uncontrollably when you saw a box of .22? We are SO sorry to hear that........... ![]() |
![]() |
![]() | #6 |
Member Joined: Dec 2015 From: Calif Posts: 79 |
I limit my self to a sealed brick - various sizes from 10 to 20 boxes . To many nephews and nieces . They come by - you want to go to range today ? Do you have anymore 22's ? At least only 3 of them like to shoot the 50 AE and 44 . They all like the 45s since I put mussel brakes on them . Nothing to go thru 500 22 LR and I don't even leave house . So when I see them - I get a few . |
![]() |
![]() | #7 |
Senior Member Joined: Jun 2015 From: High Desert of South Arizona Posts: 863 |
I can stop at any time...
|
![]() |
![]() | #8 |
Super Moderator Joined: Dec 2012 From: Harrisburg, North Carolina Posts: 4,280 |
Yep, I can walk away from the ammo shelf....unless they have a brick or more of some of my favorites. ![]() |
![]() |
![]() | #9 |
Senior Member Joined: Jan 2012 From: Washington State Posts: 16,373 |
I have a ton of .22LR. Literally.
|
![]() |
![]() | #10 |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,021 | I only go to the range about eight times a year, and shoot a brick's worth each time, sometimes less. So sixty bricks divided by eight is at least 7 1/2 years shooting for me. I think I can back off on buying more .22 for a while? I only have 2k of .38, and shoot 200 rounds a year. That's 25 rounds per session for ten years. Last edited by bearcatter; 04-23-2016 at 11:30 AM. |
![]() |
![]() | #11 |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,021 | |
![]() |
![]() | #12 |
Member Joined: Dec 2015 From: Calif Posts: 79 |
I just got home - bought another brick . Wife came to truck with 3 bags [ Sister - laws birthday next week ] All she said was " Did they have that dam gun ? " No but I bought some more 22's - Hit them - if Ruben and / or Eric see them , they will be gone . Did you get the gift ? No -- |
![]() |
![]() | #13 |
Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,627 | |
![]() |
![]() | #14 | |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,021 | Quote: ![]() ![]() | |
![]() |
![]() | #15 |
Senior Member Joined: Jan 2012 From: Washington State Posts: 16,373 | |
![]() |
![]() | #16 |
Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,627 |
So if you shoot a 50 round box every day that gives you 13 1/2 years supply. If you shoot a brick a week then that's only 9 1/2 years supply. At an average cost of 6 cents a round that's a cost of $15k and at 5 cents it's $12.5k plus any applicable sales tax.
|
![]() |
![]() | #17 |
Senior Member Joined: Apr 2014 From: colorado Posts: 5,666 | |
![]() |
![]() | #18 |
Super Moderator Joined: Apr 2008 From: Where it's warm Posts: 10,627 | |
![]() |
![]() | #19 |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Virginia Posts: 4,021 |
Bernie? Escapee from a nursing home, socialist, candidate Bernie? I got to thinking about the CCI production video. 16 pallets would be sixteen tons. That's about the weight limit for a tractor trailer, and 16 pallets is all you can get in a 53' trailer without stacking. So they only make one truckload a day. |
![]() |
![]() | #20 |
Senior Member Joined: Jul 2013 From: Kansas Posts: 1,019 |
You guys need to quit with the math and go burn up some of those rounds. ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
![]() | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
The target stand I decided on: | 303Lithgow | Range Reports | 10 | 10-12-2014 08:49 AM |
I've decided I need a new pistol. | countrygun | Semi Auto Pistols | 8 | 01-09-2012 01:24 PM |