Do I buy .22 ammo or primers ?

[Smoke & Recoil]

Just received an (in stock) notice for .22 LR ammo...wow, the price for a 500
round brick, getting comparable to the price 1000 primers now. I miss the days
of $12.00 for a box of 500 .22 ammo.

[AzShooter]

Bricks of .22s are still a lot less than a brick of primers. I've seen CCI Mini Mags for $60 a brick while primers are running over $100.

Not a lot of difference but I can still shoot a lot more practice and matches with my .22.

[Mannlicher]

shop around. Both primers and .22 can be found for less. I recently picked up 2 bricks of SR primers for right at $100. Found over 6K rounds of .22 at an estate sale for less than .04 each

[44 AMP]

I miss the days when Bi-Mart would send me a coupon for Either Remingtion Yellow Jacket or Golden Bullet for less than $8 a brick, limit 2.....

I miss being able to do what the younger me could do back then, even more..

.22 ammo only works in .22 guns, and nothing else works in .22 guns.

Primers work in every reloadable round that uses the size/type of primers you have, so while primers are "more versatile" in that sense, they don't work in .22 guns, and therefore, its not an apples to apples comparison.

which one to buy at a given time depends on which one you need most, at that time...or in the foreseeable future...

[Joe-ker]

Heck I remember bricks for under 10$. Why oh why didn’t I buy more. Even the 35$ ones I bought awhile back I wish I’d bought more.

[Scorch]

Back in the day, I got into racing cars. Mainly street cars doing road racing, bracket racing or grudge racing. I could build a pretty good engine, I knew how to get the most out of the cars I worked on. One day I was talking to a guy who owned a racing team for GT sprint cars, I was complaining about the price of good parts. He looked at me and said "If you can't afford the price of the game, what are you doing trying to play it?" I remember that. Now I see people on forums complaining about the prices of components, the prices of ammo, the prices of guns, the prices of of equipment, and I wonder the same thing. Seems like there are a lot of complainers lately. If you're so broke you can't pay the price for the basics, find a different hobby. Bike riding is good for your health. Fishing is relaxing. Gardening will feed you and lower your grocery bill. Just saying.

[5whiskey]

Back in the day, I got into racing cars. Mainly street cars doing road racing, bracket racing or grudge racing. I could build a pretty good engine, I knew how to get the most out of the cars I worked on. One day I was talking to a guy who owned a racing team for GT sprint cars, I was complaining about the price of good parts. He looked at me and said "If you can't afford the price of the game, what are you doing trying to play it?" I remember that. Now I see people on forums complaining about the prices of components, the prices of ammo, the prices of guns, the prices of of equipment, and I wonder the same thing. Seems like there are a lot of complainers lately. If you're so broke you can't pay the price for the basics, find a different hobby. Bike riding is good for your health. Fishing is relaxing. Gardening will feed you and lower your grocery bill. Just saying.

Well there is some unpacking to do here. Traditionally, firearms and the shooting sports have been at least somewhat affordable virtually all of my adult life. Even is 2009, and in 2012 after the Sandy Hook tragedy, things began to settle to where you could buy at least SOME ammo and components within a year to 18 months. At 18 months in there was a light at the end of the tunnel. We are at 18 months in right now and I see no light for primer or powder availability. If you shoot 9mm or .223 you can find ammo, though at increased expense. .22lr is obtainable but expensive.

Going back to the street rod cars, that has always been a game for men with disposable income. Maybe in the 80's and 90's you could find abandoned cars with salvageable hemis out in a field somewhere, but parts still weren't cheap. You could buy a lot of ammo for the price you could rebuild even a common motor back in the day.

On top of it all, building street rods isn't a constitutional right. Firearms are, and we should have a sincere desire to see that right afforded to the masses.

[FITASC]

The right is afforded to the masses. I have boxes of hunting shotgun ammo I bought back in the 80s and 90s; those prices were over $10/box; adjusting for inflation, that $10 box from 1990 would be $29.20 and not the $16 I see on the shelf.

[sfwusc]

I am buying ammo in 9mm and .223 vs using primers. Those primers are going to be needed for uncommon rounds.

[sfwusc]

Also for the price difference — I would buy CCI .22lr over bulk. It is like a cent or two difference a round.

My thoughts for what it is worth.

[sfwusc]

Also for the price difference — I would buy CCI .22lr over bulk. It is like a cent or two difference a round.

My thoughts for what it is worth.

[ghbucky]

I'd like to know where people are finding an option to even buy primers? Every place I check pistol and small rifle primers are not available.

powder valley
brownells
cabels

all show out of stock.

[seanc]

I bought both SPP and SRP made by Murom. I found a few good reviews and took a chance on them and they work well in both sizes for me. I got them from these guys, who I made an earlier ammo purchase from since I hadn't ever heard of them before:
https://cheapest-ammo.com/index.php

As far as 22lr, I've stocked up on Aquila high velocity. They shoot better out of my AR-15/CMMG .22 conversion than CCI mini mags and other brands, so I've stocked up at around $43/brick at

[Shadow9mm]

Both. I try and keep a 3yr supply of ammo on hand. set some money aside for primers so you can buy them when you can find them at a reasonable price. until them buy 22s until you have a couple years supply so you can keep shooting if there is a run on them.

[sfwusc]

Armslist and MeWe are good places for primers. $100-125 a brick though.

Set notify up for primers and move fast.

The limit of 2 bricks with haz mat And shipping make them $100-125 each though.

[tdrizzle]

Lucky Gunner often has some. Ammoseek lists availability by price, for ammo, that is.

[reynolds357]

Originally Posted by Smoke & Recoil

Just received an (in stock) notice for .22 LR ammo...wow, the price for a 500
round brick, getting comparable to the price 1000 primers now. I miss the days
of $12.00 for a box of 500 .22 ammo.

Way it looks now, buy both and skip buying food.