I was speaking relative to what current prices have been. I agree prices haven't gotten anywhere close to pre-Obama panic levels.VMI77 wrote:Not only were the prices much lower but even at a small Walmart you had a selection of several different types of 22.....CCI Mini Mags and Velocitor and AR, Winchester, Remington, and Federal. All I can say about the current price is that a couple months ago the same Walmart was selling a M22 1,000 round box for over $60....if they had one.The Annoyed Man wrote:I still swallow a little bitter bile every time I remember that, prior to Obama's election, you could buy a 500 round brick of .22 LR for $9.99. I understand that prices go up, and with panic buying, they go up exponentially sometimes. But they also tend to come down to something closer to normal levels when the panic is over......maybe not all the way down to pre-panic prices, but closer to that pricing than not. But the day when 1,000 rounds for $50 is considered a good deal ($25/brick of 500) doesn't sound like a good deal to me.VMI77 wrote:Last week they had 1,000 round boxes of M22 for $50.safety1 wrote:I agree the policy makes no sense, however the price on the 22lr is great. I'll be checking into that this weekend.
I'm fine with whatever policy they have, whatever it takes to keep them from taking any further steps......
I realize that in the context of today's pricing, it is a good price, but it is still overpriced by a factor of 2.5.
But yeah, about three years ago I was paying around $20 for a 500 round box of CCI 22LR for AR platforms and thinking it was worth paying almost double the price of standard 22 for that particular application because I had zero FTFs and FTEs.
Maybe one day!