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winters wrote:i don't think its all hoarding. I think a lot of it is dealers buying ammo at walmart and such to resell at gun shows. Ever notice their is no shortage of expensive 22 ammo at the gun show?

very true also all over on guntrader and other sites -- i happened to get couple 500rd bricks from carters country in pasadena for $28 per brick they still had probably 20 boxes or more

AlaskanInTexas wrote:I've had some luck at Wal-Mart but more at Academy, where I was able to pick up a couple 1,400 round buckets. I think I am sufficiently stocked for my needs, so I have stopped even looking. Now powder on the other hand...

i havent seen a bucket for ages and ages, at least not around houston area unless you look at the trader sites where they want 150 bucks or so for one. wish i could pick one up that would set me for awhile since dont shoot a lot of 22lr

powder (well at least what i shoot and use) is fine down here no issues there

Oldgringo wrote:
I rather think it's employee chicanery rather than distributor favoritism......

this is true -- just so happen at walmart last night and noticed 5 federal boxes (325 rd boxes) hidden behind other ammo so finally got someone over in the department and to my surprise they dont sell ammo from 10pm to 7am -- it happened to be 11:30pm and i asked them whom they were hiding the ammo for, he just laughed and said what do you mean? -- i said well only managers and department manager for sporting goods has keys and with the ammo being hide behind other ammo it had to be done by one of them -- he just said i dont know what your talking about but be here at 7am and it will still be here cause thats when we will sell it -- so just happened to be up at 6 this morning and went there walked over to the ammo counter box and behold no more boxes in there and its 6:30 am -- so i asked them where they went and how come they were sold, they all acted surprised and as i was leaving i seen the same support manager i talked too at 11:30 and told him i knew you were lying and holding the ammo for someone cause its all gone and its 6:30 am so no ammo should of been sold but it has magically disappeared