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.22 Ammo is Always a Good Deal

May 25, 2010

I was recently given a nice old .22 automatic pistol with an unopened box of ammo. The ammo was Remington's Mohawk brand, made in the late 50s or early 60s.

A sticker on the end of the box proclaimed the price to be 84 cents-for 50 rounds. I don't shoot a lot of .22s, so I was surprised to find that.22 ammo is currently around $2.50 to $3 bucks for the same 50 rounds.

Apparently, inflation just didn't quite have the same effect on .22 rimfire ammo as it has on everything from buttermilk to building supplies. As a matter of fact, a few bricks of .22s put away in a clean dry place might make pretty fine trading stock in the event of some kind of disaster.

If nothing else, you could do a lot to feed yourself if the wheels really came off.

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