Is there any ammo cheaper than .22LR?

phrogg · 04-27-2005, 11:06 PM

...Is there any ammo that's cheaper than .22LR? My local Wal-Mart sells boxes of 550 rounds for $10 or so in .22LR... Can you get .22 short for less than that, or anything milsurp?

BattleRifleG3 · 04-28-2005, 01:26 AM

Nope. 22LR is the cheapest ammo. 22 short just isn't bought in enough volume.

Milsurp is better priced than commercial ammo of the same calibers, but no army uses 22LR as a standard issue round.

Big Dog · 04-28-2005, 07:17 AM

Yep, the shorts are higher priced - just not many folks use them anymore.
There are literally billions of .22LR produced anually - mega volume keeps the price down. :right:
Cheapest CF ammo is probably handloaded 9mm Luger - buying the components in bulk is cheap. But you still can't load it for as cheap as buying .22LR!

jerry · 04-28-2005, 01:39 PM

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Habakkuk21 · 04-29-2005, 01:20 AM

I bought my daughter a Heritage Rough Rider that has the magnum cylinder as well as the standard. I bought a box of fifty 22 WMR for what I pay for a box of 500 22 LR.

rodekill · 04-29-2005, 07:50 AM

8mm mauser from yugoslav country in bandoliers, got some for 1.00 for 20

BattleRifleG3 · 04-29-2005, 09:18 AM

That equals $0.05 per round. 22 ammo is generally about $0.02 per round and it's newly manufactured and non-corrosive.

FutureMarine · 05-04-2005, 08:37 PM

how good is that ammo rodekill?

ShooMac · 05-05-2005, 12:31 PM

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04-27-2005, 11:06 PM	#1
phrogg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 107	Is there any ammo cheaper than .22LR? ...Is there any ammo that's cheaper than .22LR? My local Wal-Mart sells boxes of 550 rounds for $10 or so in .22LR... Can you get .22 short for less than that, or anything milsurp?

04-28-2005, 01:26 AM	#2
BattleRifleG3 Retired Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,721	Nope. 22LR is the cheapest ammo. 22 short just isn't bought in enough volume. Milsurp is better priced than commercial ammo of the same calibers, but no army uses 22LR as a standard issue round. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

04-28-2005, 07:17 AM	#3
Big Dog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 14,114	Yep, the shorts are higher priced - just not many folks use them anymore. There are literally billions of .22LR produced anually - mega volume keeps the price down. :right: Cheapest CF ammo is probably handloaded 9mm Luger - buying the components in bulk is cheap. But you still can't load it for as cheap as buying .22LR! __________________ "A bold spirit embiggens the smallest man!" Jebediah Springfield

04-29-2005, 01:20 AM	#5
Habakkuk21 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 174	I bought my daughter a Heritage Rough Rider that has the magnum cylinder as well as the standard. I bought a box of fifty 22 WMR for what I pay for a box of 500 22 LR. __________________ Greetings from Woodstock, GA, cultural center of the universe.

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rodekill Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: central Indiana Posts: 84	8mm mauser from yugoslav country in bandoliers, got some for 1.00 for 20 __________________ America began at the muzzle of a gun, I hope we don't have to do it again!

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04-29-2005, 09:18 AM	#7
BattleRifleG3 Retired Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,721	That equals $0.05 per round. 22 ammo is generally about $0.02 per round and it's newly manufactured and non-corrosive. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

05-04-2005, 08:37 PM	#8
FutureMarine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PRK Posts: 1,946	how good is that ammo rodekill?

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ShooMac Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 354	BBs? __________________ "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash