What do you carry .22LR ammo in?

[hunter63]

Hunter63 saying Hey and Welcome.

Sounds cool......When you have 10 posts you can post up a pic.


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[kyratshooter]

I put my .22 shells in a safe with two locks on separate combinations guarded by fire breathing dragons and big bloodthirsty devil-dogs.

[hunter63]

Well yeah...this thread was from Jan 2010...before the "shortage".
I can see why you would want to put them is a box all sorted out and such........

[kyratshooter]

But don't you love to remember those days when you were a kid and a $12 single shot .22 and pocket stuffed with a box full of $0.39 shells would give you a day of fun outdoors and enough squirrels to feed the crew for two weeks?

And you never once worried over where you would find more shells.

[Rick]

When I was a kid I owned a hand me down SS 12 gauge That was nearly as tall as me and a whole lot meaner. I was pretty lucky if I could scrounge up a few shells.

[Old Professor]

Loose ammo I carry in a zippered tobacco/coin pouch that I had made of deer hide. Boxes of ammo for long term storage in a BOB I would vaccum seal in plastic.

[hunter63]

But don't you love to remember those days when you were a kid and a $12 single shot .22 and pocket stuffed with a box full of $0.39 shells would give you a day of fun outdoors and enough squirrels to feed the crew for two weeks?

And you never once worried over where you would find more shells.

My SS was $13 bucks at the hardware store.....and the .39 cent shells must have been Long rifles......the dump had rats to shoot at, and throw away beer bottles to throw an shoot out of the sky.....kinda a 12 year old jackpine savage skeet shoot.

The 12 ga SS was not a stop sign gun....kinda a toss up of who got up first you or what you shot at...and the two shell rule applied.
You got two shells....if you came home with something....ya got 2 more.....If not, meant yard to mow, garden needs weeding......

[Jager]

Well yeah...this thread was from Jan 2010...before the "shortage".
I can see why you would want to put them is a box all sorted out and such........

God, I better stock up before I move this summer. Bulk packs of .22 always on the Canadian Tire shelf since October last year. Hell there is a whole ammo display case full of it.

[hunter63]

Well, you are not in Wisconsin.......LOL

[Rick]

Gosh. He could always ship it to us. Just don't put any postage on the package, use your address as the send to and our address as the return. We should receive it in short order (wink).

[hunter63]

You know since this thread started.....I had been carrying the .22 in a box for the Single Six or the H&R 9 shooter.....
I still had the Ruger MkIII magazine pouch on the holster belt....so just strip them out for loading the wheel guns....each hold like 10 rds.

That worked better than I expected.

Didn't set out to do it that way....just too lazy to remove the mag pouch for the belt.

[crashdive123]

The local gun shows always have bulk packs of 22lr. I'm just not willing to pay their prices.

[aflineman]

Old coin purse works well. Small, secure, and easy to carry in the pocket.

[jaydendyck1]

Get some of those camel snuss poutches that tin is the best for 22's matches whatever

[TXyakr]

Several large chain discount sports stores plan to have large bricks and or ammo cans of .22lr for sale on Father’s Day, so if you need some at a reasonable cost (not like the old days of below 4 cents/round) then get there early. Some of the Dick’s Sports Stores will have 1400 round cans/buckets ($80 in TX) of Remington Golden Bullets, and Federal AutoMatch (325 brick) for about $20 neither is a great price, but if you have a $10 off purchase of $50 coupon it is better. (or price match with another store) Locally Academy has better prices and availability but not coupons, they had Rem-GB ammo-cans of 1400 rounds for $62 which I missed, but I have purchased CCI Mini-Mag Ammo Cans of 1600 rounds at Academy Sports Stores for $120, but at Bass Pro same for $110 and had discount on top of that made it even cheaper, Cabelas almost always has plenty of .22lr but for higher prices and my discount there is only 4% off. I call local Academy often where I can buy 525 round bricks of Remington Golden Bullets for $22 so cost per bullet is well under 5 cents per round, I have purchased several thousand of these in the last few months, they know me well. Rem-GB do not cycle as well in Sig pistols, but fine in most of my and friend’s Ruger firearms semi-auto rifles and pistols. Your experience may vary. Personally I prefer CCI mini-mag HP (7 cents/round at Walmart call often), but everyone has their own preference, I know people who swear by one brand or type over another like it was a religion. I sell Rem-GB to friends mostly, some like the cheapest .22lr round they can find for kids who enjoy plinking spinning steel targets with 25 round magazines like it was a video game and kids of all ages go through 500 rounds in a morning or hour. This seems silly to me, but it is basically cheaper than a movie and snacks, i.e. good clean fun. And .22lr is still the cheapest firearm round that I know of for a semi-auto, under 5 cents/round compared to about 20 cents or more for almost everything else. So happy plinking with your Ruger 10/22 or AR-15/22 OR careful paper target marksmanship training of youth and small game hunting for survival “practice” if you are more like me. Overall .22lr seems to be dropping in price some and getting a little easier to find locally but this IS Texas (not freaking Austin or big city TX), I am thankful for that.

Storage: film canister for very a few very high velocity like CCI Stinger just incase I need to take a longer shot. Also those little screw top 1-2 oz containers from Nalgene because top does not pop off as easily, if under pressure. But for larger magazines any good dry bag or dry box that fits will work. Best to have one that is just barely big enough because all the extra space fills up with moist air every time you open it if humidity is high, i.e. been raining etc. I have several ammo cans for travel and storage at home to put in safe. Each has its own seal to keep moisture out. Try to not open often and keep organized. Some are plastic, most are metal because plastic ones all seem to break eventually after so many years, the gasket needs to be replaced regardless of ammo can type.

I can posts some photos of my ammo cans and tiny containers with .22lr rounds, and dry boxes and bags but it is all very common ordinary stuff. Tiny rounds in common containers. IMO 2K -10K of .22lr rounds is not hoarding if you and your friends shoot 100-1000 rounds a weekend on a regular basis but perhaps 50,000+ rounds might be, but I would never judge someone for stockpiling that many rounds of any ammo, they may have their reasons, it is a free country. Go for it! Fire resistant safe PLEASE!!! That stuff burns HOT!

[TXyakr]

http://packagingoptionsdirect.com/20...-top-round-jar

These plastic Kilner Jars and round or oblong "TIN" containers from places like "packaging options direct" can be used for temporary or longterm storage of ammo in very humid conditions. Right now they have a 50% off shipping cost. But discounts on various items and shipping are common with this and other online retailers. Prices are a little less than your local "Container Store" about the same as Walmart but selection should be larger. I stay away from clear plastic because it tends to crack more easily the translucent Nalgene plastic which can take some more pressure of having the backpack crushed and still not crack as easily. Container Store, REI and many other places sell these, I prefer to only buy when they are on sale like 50% off.

8 ounce tin for $1.35 each not 100% air tight, also some much smaller here and at Container store and other places
http://packagingoptionsdirect.com/8-oz-round-tin-can

Same with roll top or heavy duty zipper top dry bags from "Aqua-pac" "Sea-to-Summit" and many more. BUY ONLY when on sale or you have a 20% off coupon etc. Pelican, Otter box, Plano Box etc.

Ammo cans at local Army/Navy store or online bulk discounts buy with group of friends, or wait for local sport store to put steel cans on sale, Large 20 mm rocket boxes under $30 are a good deal, if you need that much space, makes a good seat with pad on top in your tornado shelter, PITA after 2 hours. ha ha ha

[hunter63]

TXyaker....Good to see ya stop by.

Thanks for ammo heads up....still short here....

Buddy has an app on his phone that text him ammo specials...then he chases around and buys some.
He has been texting me....I don't text....but he's trying to help.

[Wildthang]

I use one of the plastic boxes that holds 100 rounds of stingers that has the plastic tray with all of the holes for each bullet. But I keep it about 1/3rd full of Stinger hollow points, 1/3rd full of Winchester HV's, and 1/3rd full of subsonic. Ammo for all occasions. I keep the plastic box in a zip lock baggy to keep them dry! I feel 100 rounds should do for any trip I take and more. I keep a few .22 mags in the bag with the box because my favorite camp gun is my Ruger Single 6 with the .22 mag cylinder.

[TXyakr]

I agree with Wildthang, it is a good idea to keep a small container of multiple types of .22 with you while hunting. There many types of each caliber of ammo (I typically have about 6-20 types of .22lr in safe, may carry 2-5 when hunting), each is ideal for particular types of shooting, even subsonic for closer and typically a bit more accurate but will not cycle/auto feed in most semi-autos. If your pistol or rifle can shoot .22 WMR that is a big advantage for long distance shots but as with all small-bore ammo wind is always a bigger problem (similar for .17 HMR). Also if hunting for food even higher velocity rounds like Remington Yellowjacket (I cannot find anywhere BTW) and CCI Stingers (occasionally at WM and Academy) can do a lot of damage to a squirrel or rabbit (if too close).

I have what for me is more than enough .22lr. If some local to North Texas Boy/Girl Scout Troop or JROTC wants some at my cost (see original sales receipt, plus sales tax, and might want to pay me a little for gas perhaps) I will meet at their local meeting or in parkinglot of a police station and sell them a brick or two. BUT!! I am very concerned about people reselling at 2-3x above typical retail cost online for a quick profit, this just makes the shortage worse and ticks me off. Shipping by ground as far as I know costs about $8/pound and jacks up the cost far too much, also not worth it because I don’t trust most people online.

In my personal experience there are NO strategies that work 100% of the time but as Hunter63 mentioned if you have a group of friends that work together and text each other such an “Ammo Pack” is a big advantage! Walmart is NOT always the lowest price or highest allowable quantity (retail not wholesale) but one of their biggest problems is that they are hit up the hardest. Also I noticed by checking online that at least CCI Mini-Mags are only $6.77/100 in Texas but $7.47 in almost every other part of the USA including where they are made in Lewiston, Idaho Zipcode 83501, go to Walmart dot com put in the info and verify for yourself. If checking stock for your local WM please be aware that just because the computer says some is in stock there does not mean it is true, call and ask. Then someone from a different department (toys or automotive) may see CCI shot-shells and say yes we have it, you drive down and are disappointed (personal experience, I was so ticked off!!!).

Sorry I have rambled on far too long, basically some local gun counter managers from various chain sports stores have strongly hinted to me that they have been instructed to hold back significant numbers of bricks and cans/buckets for father’s day of .22lr. This MAY be false information, if so I apologize, but I doubt it. It is sort of like the day after Thanksgiving “Black Friday’s” loss leader sales, only not an actual loss just a way for stores to increase traffic to their particular store. So “HINT” to those that "love you" fathers that another .22 firearm (or something bigger) and a bucket of bullets would be a great way to spend the day with the kids and/or grandkids out in the backyard, ranch or local gun range etc. Personally I spend far to much of my spare time at gun counters, looking at firearms getting to know all the sales people on a first name basis, at gun ranges and then when super lucky at family land going crazy shooting like it was a freaking video game (safely of coarse.) Some of my friends think it is funny to show off by shooting my wooden clothes-pins I use to hold paper targets on to cords between poles and trees in front of a dirt berm. That is NOT cool! Might only be 2 cents each but wasteful! Spinning steel targets for you fools! Ha ha ha. I even put a loop of rope on my leg, run around some stakes to jerk the skeet/clay pigeon thrower for shotgun practice when I am by myself. I'm a bit of a shooting freak. Happy shooting.

OH BTW I have seen temporary shortages of .38, .40 and people buying up all of the .22WMR on the shelf, and of coarse the .223 and NATO equivalent years ago but none of these persisted like the .22lr where the factories have not caught up with demand in over 3 years. Read what CCI has to say about it here at their Education FAQs, specifically, “Letter to customers” but also some of their other comments are here:

http://www.cci-ammunition.com/education/faqs.aspx

One of their sales reps told me he blamed it on hoarders, and I heard that some sports stores HQ send more to stores near areas with many rural customers with lots of ranch land where they can shoot it for free (not expensive gun ranges), because hoarders tick them off (i.e. make less available for other customers who may actually shoot it on a regular basis, especially with kids.) I don’t know for sure what is true, just what I was told.

[Wildthang]

I have a Wallmart about 10 miles from my house and the guy that runs the sporting goods department never has .22 ammo when I ask for it! Yet I saw another guy walk in and he unlocked a cabinet under the counter and handed him a 500 count brick! I want to choke this guy I really do!