I am just curious how much per round is too much for .22lr ammo.
Pretty good deals happen, and the cost hasn't risen like some of the dealers would have you think. Cost has gone up absolutely, but 99% of the cost rise is purely supply and demand and gouging. I'd guess 99% of that is gouging. Personally I don't believe for a second that ATK is charging Walmart "yesterday's" wholesale price on a 100ct box of CCI, but is going to the local guys and charging them whatever ratio above that to get the local dealer to claim that they are "only barely breaking even". Bullshit I say. Gouging I say.
BUT that's not the question here..
The question is what cost per round is too high for you to not be willing to buy/shoot .22s anymore? Even if realistically they are still, on average, the cheapest thing out there to shoot.
For reference a 500 rnd brick at $.03 is: $15
.05 is:$25
.10 is: $50
.13 is: $65
.15 is: $75
Pretty good deals happen, and the cost hasn't risen like some of the dealers would have you think. Cost has gone up absolutely, but 99% of the cost rise is purely supply and demand and gouging. I'd guess 99% of that is gouging. Personally I don't believe for a second that ATK is charging Walmart "yesterday's" wholesale price on a 100ct box of CCI, but is going to the local guys and charging them whatever ratio above that to get the local dealer to claim that they are "only barely breaking even". Bullshit I say. Gouging I say.
BUT that's not the question here..
The question is what cost per round is too high for you to not be willing to buy/shoot .22s anymore? Even if realistically they are still, on average, the cheapest thing out there to shoot.
For reference a 500 rnd brick at $.03 is: $15
.05 is:$25
.10 is: $50
.13 is: $65
.15 is: $75