Cheap Ammo

chris downs · February 24, 2021, 08:49 AM

Check the picture. When was .22 ammo 96 cents a box?

thegatman · February 24, 2021, 10:16 AM

A long time ago. Probably when you could buy it at your local hardware store.

Shadow9mm · February 24, 2021, 10:44 AM

I remember buying 550rnd bulk bricks of Federal 22LR for 19.99 at walmart.... I miss those days. Used to run a 550rnd brick of 22lr through my 10/22 every weekend......

ballardw · February 24, 2021, 12:15 PM

Peel of that price tag and see if the one on top is higher or lower than the one under it.

I've got a 10 box brick of Remington for $9 that I bought in 2007.

chris downs · February 24, 2021, 01:48 PM

Underneath the sticker was $1.46 so it was a nice sale!

SIGSHR · February 24, 2021, 02:26 PM

Rummaging through my closet I found a brick of Remington's marked $9.99.

peterg7 · February 24, 2021, 02:39 PM

About 2004-2006, daughter was in college then and bought me thunderbolts at 99cents per box for Xmas gift.

Sold the last of it recently for $5.00 a box.

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7.62 man · March 1, 2021, 10:29 AM

I used to buy the Remington Golden Boy 525 round box at my local hardware store for $6.99 but I can't get it anymore because that store closed.
So as the last panic when the .22s price went through the roof I bought up a bunch of rounds that no one wanted the price of these was at the time less than the .22s per round. I bought most of this 5.45x39 ammo for less than $0.09 cents per round.
Each spam can has 1080 rounds in it & each case has two spam cans, so that's 17,280 rounds not including the 750 rounds in the cardboard box on top.
Total cost I paid was about $1555.20 what the stack is worth at todays prices, $17,280.00 or more since these can not be imported anymore, probably worth more.

BCR1 · March 3, 2021, 08:44 AM

I remember when cans were under $100 each and I bought several. I have 5-6 cans stashed back for use in my 74SF. They are as high as $450 or more on some sale sights.

Bill
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TOU · March 3, 2021, 10:15 AM

I used to goto the gun shows in Fort Worth in the late 90's & buy 1x commercial reloads for $100/1000...9mm, 40 S&W or 5.56...& I could chose FMJ or SP's. I was buying 1440 rnd cases of the good Russian 7.62x39 HP's for $100. At the same time, until the mid 2000's I could buy Federal bulk packs of 22 HP's of 525 rnds for $8.88 at Wal-Mart. Dang I wished I would have bought & stored a warehouse full...but I didn't.

Last night I found a brick off CCI SPP primers that a friend gave me that his father had. They had a date hand written on them of January 1986...price tag said $7.69. Days gone by...never to be repeated.

shafter · March 6, 2021, 08:37 AM

Federal bulk packs were about $12 or so about a decade ago.

rmantoo · April 12, 2021, 06:19 PM

I'm 53, and as a kid, from about 6 years old until 12 (so 35-40 years or so ago) a box of .22 long rifle was about $1.35-$1.50 each, or a brick was $5.

My Grandpa, born in 1889, said that when he was a kid a brick of 22 long was 25 cents.

FITASC · April 12, 2021, 06:40 PM

Quote:

I remember buying 550rnd bulk bricks of Federal 22LR for 19.99 at walmart.... I miss those days. Used to run a 550rnd brick of 22lr through my 10/22 every weekend......

Back in the 90s, I could buy bricks of 500 for $8...........at one gun show I bought 2 cases of Remington .22; 6250 rounds per case at $95 OTD

**44 AMP** · April 13, 2021, 03:31 PM

During the 80s and 90s Bi-Mart monthly coupon books always had .22s, Remington Golden Bullet or Vipers limit 2 bricks at coupon price which was $7.99 going up to $9.99 by the later 90s.

In addition to my shooting supply I bought a couple bricks each month anticipating the time my kids would start eating their way through my ammo stash. Turns out they didn't get it all and I still have around 10,000 left.

BTW, 5,000 rounds in 50 rnd boxes fits just perfect in a USGI .50 cal ammo can!

ballardw · April 13, 2021, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 44 AMP

BTW, 5,000 rounds in 50 rnd boxes fits just perfect in a USGI .50 cal ammo can!

Yeh, but try carrying it very far!

I have enough problems with .30 cal ammo cans not even full of .22LR.

Joe-ker · April 14, 2021, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SIGSHR

Rummaging through my closet I found a brick of Remington's marked $9.99.

I still have a few CCI blazer bricks I bought for under 10$ probably 15 yrs ago.

Geezerbiker · April 14, 2021, 11:44 AM

I have some American Eagle .22 ammo that I got on sale for $2 a brick of 400 rounds but to be fair that was a killer deal at the time...

I have a 16 pound keg of Red Dot (mostly used up now) that's labeled $56. That had to be a long time ago...

Tony

lordvader · April 14, 2021, 12:48 PM

I remember buying it for 0.89 cents a box of 50 back in the day.

langenc · April 17, 2021, 10:40 AM

Back about 2002 the bulk Dynapoints were 9.87 or so at WM. I have a couple that grandkids will get when they arrive this summer.

I stocked up and told the clerk I had to take scout troop to the range for merit badges, 10 scouts-so many rounds and oh yes two trips so how many boxes do I need.
He sold me several to cover the trips. I guess I over estimated pr some scouts didnt show.

February 24, 2021, 10:44 AM	#3
Shadow9mm Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,969	I remember buying 550rnd bulk bricks of Federal 22LR for 19.99 at walmart.... I miss those days. Used to run a 550rnd brick of 22lr through my 10/22 every weekend...... __________________ I don't believe in "range fodder" that is why I reload.

February 24, 2021, 12:15 PM	#4
ballardw Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 1,411	Peel of that price tag and see if the one on top is higher or lower than the one under it. I've got a 10 box brick of Remington for $9 that I bought in 2007. __________________ -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ All data is flawed, some just less so.

March 3, 2021, 10:15 AM	#10
TOU Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2006 Location: Top of Utah! Posts: 102	I used to goto the gun shows in Fort Worth in the late 90's & buy 1x commercial reloads for $100/1000...9mm, 40 S&W or 5.56...& I could chose FMJ or SP's. I was buying 1440 rnd cases of the good Russian 7.62x39 HP's for $100. At the same time, until the mid 2000's I could buy Federal bulk packs of 22 HP's of 525 rnds for $8.88 at Wal-Mart. Dang I wished I would have bought & stored a warehouse full...but I didn't. Last night I found a brick off CCI SPP primers that a friend gave me that his father had. They had a date hand written on them of January 1986...price tag said $7.69. Days gone by...never to be repeated. __________________ TOU ZBROJOVKA BRNO

April 13, 2021, 03:31 PM	#14
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,812	During the 80s and 90s Bi-Mart monthly coupon books always had .22s, Remington Golden Bullet or Vipers limit 2 bricks at coupon price which was $7.99 going up to $9.99 by the later 90s. In addition to my shooting supply I bought a couple bricks each month anticipating the time my kids would start eating their way through my ammo stash. Turns out they didn't get it all and I still have around 10,000 left. BTW, 5,000 rounds in 50 rnd boxes fits just perfect in a USGI .50 cal ammo can! __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

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February 24, 2021, 10:16 AM	#2
thegatman Member Join Date: January 25, 2015 Posts: 61	A long time ago. Probably when you could buy it at your local hardware store.

February 24, 2021, 01:48 PM	#5
chris downs Member Join Date: January 6, 2005 Location: MO Posts: 91	Underneath the sticker was $1.46 so it was a nice sale!

February 24, 2021, 02:26 PM	#6
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	Rummaging through my closet I found a brick of Remington's marked $9.99.

February 24, 2021, 02:39 PM	#7
peterg7 Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2017 Posts: 316	About 2004-2006, daughter was in college then and bought me thunderbolts at 99cents per box for Xmas gift. Sold the last of it recently for $5.00 a box. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

March 1, 2021, 10:29 AM	#8
7.62 man Senior Member Join Date: April 30, 2009 Location: Cyber-world USA Posts: 258	I used to buy the Remington Golden Boy 525 round box at my local hardware store for $6.99 but I can't get it anymore because that store closed. So as the last panic when the .22s price went through the roof I bought up a bunch of rounds that no one wanted the price of these was at the time less than the .22s per round. I bought most of this 5.45x39 ammo for less than $0.09 cents per round. Each spam can has 1080 rounds in it & each case has two spam cans, so that's 17,280 rounds not including the 750 rounds in the cardboard box on top. Total cost I paid was about $1555.20 what the stack is worth at todays prices, $17,280.00 or more since these can not be imported anymore, probably worth more.

March 3, 2021, 08:44 AM	#9
BCR1 member Join Date: January 25, 2021 Location: Chattanooga Posts: 108	I remember when cans were under $100 each and I bought several. I have 5-6 cans stashed back for use in my 74SF. They are as high as $450 or more on some sale sights. Bill IMG_0513.JPG

March 6, 2021, 08:37 AM	#11
shafter Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 2009 Posts: 1,624	Federal bulk packs were about $12 or so about a decade ago.

April 12, 2021, 06:19 PM	#12
rmantoo Junior Member Join Date: April 15, 2013 Posts: 14	I'm 53, and as a kid, from about 6 years old until 12 (so 35-40 years or so ago) a box of .22 long rifle was about $1.35-$1.50 each, or a brick was $5. My Grandpa, born in 1889, said that when he was a kid a brick of 22 long was 25 cents.

April 14, 2021, 11:44 AM	#17
Geezerbiker Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Location: Willamina, OR Posts: 1,908	I have some American Eagle .22 ammo that I got on sale for $2 a brick of 400 rounds but to be fair that was a killer deal at the time... I have a 16 pound keg of Red Dot (mostly used up now) that's labeled $56. That had to be a long time ago... Tony

April 14, 2021, 12:48 PM	#18
lordvader Member Join Date: September 30, 2015 Posts: 86	I remember buying it for 0.89 cents a box of 50 back in the day.

April 17, 2021, 10:40 AM	#19
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Back about 2002 the bulk Dynapoints were 9.87 or so at WM. I have a couple that grandkids will get when they arrive this summer. I stocked up and told the clerk I had to take scout troop to the range for merit badges, 10 scouts-so many rounds and oh yes two trips so how many boxes do I need. He sold me several to cover the trips. I guess I over estimated pr some scouts didnt show.