All he had to do was ask!

**kyratshooter** · 08-16-2016, 01:22 PM

Got a friend that has gone into buying panic mode.

He has been calling and e-mailing for weeks; how about this? how about that? what do I need next?

Yesterday he calls and asks if I have any .22 magnum ammo? He has purchased a .22 magnum even though the store had no ammo for the gun. That should have been a clue right there!!!! You walk in to the biggest gun shop in town and they do not have ammo for the gun they are selling!!!

There is not a box of .22 magnum ammo in North Kentucky or most of the eastern U.S. and none of my regular suppliers has a single box.

He has bugged me to death about every firearm thought he had for the past month, but he does not call before buying this "had to have it" pistol.

I told him I do not have any .22mag, and probably will never have any since I quit doing the rim-fire thing a while back just because of the ammo shortages.

He is a good guy but I feel no remorse for not being able to supply him with ammo. It is like watching someone walk into a post while texting on their phone, you just have to laugh.

If he had asked BEFORE the spent $300 on an impulse purchase he could have had a nice .380 or 9mm which he could actually feed.

On top of that the pistol is one of those guns that if you had a top five list it would be #23 (NAA Black Widow).

**oldsoldier** · 08-16-2016, 03:40 PM

Kyra if you're having problems finding .22 mag ammo I can normally find it here. It ain't cheap but available. PM me and I can pick some up next time I'm at the gun shop. I'll be happy to send it to you just pay cost and shipping.

On another note wife and I went to Indianapolis Indiana last weekend. Since I had never been to Cabela's before decided to check them out. Glad I did! Actually found ( at least in my area) a rare endangered species there. .22 long rifle ammo! AND it was in 500 round boxes! NO LIMIT! and a decent price!!!

**kyratshooter** · 08-16-2016, 06:11 PM

.22lr is no longer scarce around here.

And thanks for the offer but as I said, I do not do the rim-fire thing any longer so I do not need a supply.

As for the friend in question, he is on his own with this one!

**hunter63** · 08-16-2016, 06:13 PM

I can feed mine...but haven't seen much out there....actually haven't even looked for a while.
The NAA Mini .22 mag is a EDC pretty often........

**natertot** · 08-17-2016, 01:08 AM

I find .22mag on occasion here and there. Usually about $10 per 50 (give or take a buck or two). I only have a revolver (Heritage .22s,l,lr and .22mag cylinders) that take it. I have half dozen boxes of the stuff for it and really don't need more. For feasibility sake, guns that have ammo available are the only route I go. .22lr has eased up in my area too, and I buy a little here and there "just cuz" whenever prices are reasonable. Still no bricks or 550 loose boxes, but plenty of 50rd boxes for 6.99...... no thanks!

I agree KyRat, if you don't know, ask before you buy.

**hunter63** · 08-17-2016, 01:35 AM

Well, I bought the H&R Sportster Rim fire version of the Handi......with a .22lr barrel on I...and added the .22 mag and .17 HMR....at the height of the shortage....
Was a good buy and now they don't make them anymore...but have found ammo a little at a time....so I'm good.

**Phaedrus** · 08-17-2016, 03:08 AM

I've got 500 rounds of .22 Mag although I don't recall at any point ever having a .22 Mag firearm.

I might have inherited it from my Dad. He liked the round quite a bit. And of course, he would sometimes sneak in a few boxes of a new caliber as cover for when he later snuck in a new gun!

**Seniorman** · 08-17-2016, 12:09 PM

KYRATSHOOTER - " ... On top of that the pistol is one of those guns that if you had a top five list it would be #23 (NAA Black Widow). "

Well you have to admit if he can find one box of 25 rounds, he'll be set for life, given that pistol.

S.M.

**hunter63** · 08-17-2016, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

I've got 500 rounds of .22 Mag although I don't recall at any point ever having a .22 Mag firearm.

I might have inherited it from my Dad. He liked the round quite a bit. And of course, he would sometimes sneak in a few boxes of a new caliber as cover for when he later snuck in a new gun!

Noooo....You don't say...Who would do something like that?......Tsk, Tsk, Tsk......