After nearly 10 years of no new gun purchases I bought another gun.

[alkemyst]

Is deep sea fishing a typical response to being middle aged? Most guys take up golf so maybe. :hmm:

My son likes to shoot this gun and I've been borrowing my friend's Ruger Mark III and since they aren't going to be available in California soon I figured I'd buy one.

Golf starts in one's 20's usually.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Golf starts in one's 20's usually.

Yeah, I gave that a try in my 20s. Not my thing.

 

[alkemyst]

Yeah, I gave that a try in my 20s. Not my thing.

me too.

 

[highland145]

What the heck happened that made the 22lr so hard to get. I can't see people hoarding them as the reason. The manufactures must has scaled back production, government probably had their hand in it. The last time I bought some over 5 years ago you could just go in wally world and pick up a 500 box for less than 10 dollars. A few months ago I got the brass badger app and had to constantly look at it to see when wally world would get a shipment in. I think I got 4 or 5 boxes, and 3 50 rounds of 22mag.

Yes, people did/do hoard and there's not much profit in them so the factories aren't going to open new lines just to alleviate a shortage.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Yeah, I gave that a try in my 20s. Not my thing.

I don't get it. A ton of young 20 year old coworkers at my job are taking up golf. I thought golf was just something rich white men did.

 

[LTC8K6]

What the heck happened that made the 22lr so hard to get. I can't see people hoarding them as the reason. The manufactures must has scaled back production, government probably had their hand in it. The last time I bought some over 5 years ago you could just go in wally world and pick up a 500 box for less than 10 dollars. A few months ago I got the brass badger app and had to constantly look at it to see when wally world would get a shipment in. I think I got 4 or 5 boxes, and 3 50 rounds of 22mag.

I don't know what happened. It just seemed like all of a sudden, it wasn't in any store near me, when it had previously been easy to find.

I use ammoseek and other sites to keep an eye on online prices and stocks for ammo. Ammoseek actually created a special direct link to the 22lr page.