Thread 64151101

$12 bricks of dirty as sin 22 are never coming back.

Shooting after 2020 sucks.

>>64151101 (OP)
I blame the boomers

Everything is worse anon, get in line or do something about it

I still love guns, but fuck guns. Can't afford shit but to look at them propped against the wall

oddly enough i never had any issues with thunderbolt aside from it being dirty and inconsistent in terms of power.

but yes, noticeable decline the past 5 years. or maybe i'm just beat.

The price isn’t that much higher if you look online and buy in bulk. Adjusted for bidenflation this is basically the same price. Sentryammo.com if you actually want it and you’re not just bitching for no reason.

>>64151101 (OP)
>he doesn't remember 2012-2013
>he doesn't remember the boomers panic buying ALL the 22 because "the gubmint gonna ban small caliber salt rounds!"

>>64151171
I would also recommend Aguila high velocity 22s. Every 22 I have shoots it without problem.

>>64151101 (OP)
>Shooting after 2020 sucks.
LMAO newfag.

>>64151101 (OP)
Good thing i loaded up on like 10k of these bad boys a few years ago

Thunderbolt is my go-to 10/22 ammo.
It just werkz. Mostly.

>>64151121
Do a line about it.

>>64151301
Tell me you don't shoot without telling me you don't shoot.

>>64151171
Yeah how much is that after shipping? Don't you know how to filter by free shipping?

>>64151101 (OP)
you failed at life if you are crying about 22lr prices.

>>64152415
Ammoseek, it default lists by lowest cpr + shipping.

>>64151163
I had a case shear and blow out the extractor on my 15-22 but seems like thats pretty rare

>>64152657
OP needs to get their shit together.

>>64151171
>>64151186
Aguila is GOAT for me, works in all (3 of) my 22s and only slightly more FTFs than cci.
They are more greasy than others, so the gunk needs to come out more often during long range days, but you just cant beat the price for the function. Easily 2nd best behind CCI's quality stuff.

tfw .22lr costs more than 5.45x39 here (Russia)

>>64153645
Can you even buy 5.45 in mass quantities?

>>64151171
Prices should be coming down fast and soon though. Trump's economy is in full swing and it's going to be HUGE.

>>64153649
here

>>64151313
Yes sir.

>Snort
Kel-Tec better hire me now.

>>64153678
forgor about 9mm, it's 27 rub or 33 cpr for locally made tulammo

>>64153690
Shut up, libshit. The US is about to be wealthier than ever! MAGA!

>>64153678
>>64153689
btw buying in bulk isn't a thing but maybe LGS can offer you a deal if you buy in bulk
there are no easy peasy ammodealers or ammoseek.com because ammo is regulated and you need a federal license to trade ammo (in america ammo is unregulated)

>>64152405
Thunderbolt is fine stop burning ur barrel off tactilarper

>>64151101 (OP)
yeah

>>64151101 (OP)
dont worry it will get far worse

>>64153678
>look at pic
>see bottom right ("22lr standard", 31cpr)
>realize it's made by Vostok
Wow! We haven't gotten that brand since the 90s AFAIK. I actually have an old box of Vostok; it's the bottom box in this picture. Does Vostok still make steel case 22lr?

>>64151101 (OP)
you can still buy it for 5.8 CPR its not that bad.
5000 round buckets of white box for under $300 or 6.4 for Remington with free shipping.

>>64153690
I believe in the crash, I’m trusting the plan of the bubble will pop. Fuck boomers and their investment firm money and 401ks

>>64154737
Looks like a fun way to test the metallurgical properties of the pot metal your shitstick is made of.

why does the rossi rs22 shoot anything and everything

>>64154906
I've tried a box of this shit. Laughably bad ammo, horribly inconsistent

>>64155973
Pretty much what I hear any time I mention the stuff. There's a reason it's in the collection and I don't own bulk amounts of it (though I did have a chance to buy a 500rd brick of yellow-orange box junior once).

Trump shut down the last lead ore processing plant in the USA in Arkansas.

That means prices are only going up.

>>64154906
>>64156651
My dad was on the pistol shooting team at MSU in the 1980s and he had a story about this garbage. They used MCM pistols and the skinflint guy in charge of ammunition would only give them 10 rounds per session.

Then one day a pipe broke in the basement and flooded the room where they were storing this ammunition in wooden crates. That means they had to burn up all the ammo they had before it rusted, which wouldn't be very long.

Basically the range was open to everyone who wanted to shoot and they could do so as fast as they wanted. It turned into an open invitation 24hr long IPSC match. Clearing malfunctions became part of the course because at least two were guaranteed every 10 shots. Surprisingly the MCMs ran very well despite getting filthier than just about any handguns in history.

>>64156729
It definitely seems rust-prone even without the help of water; I'm not sure where my ammo has been stored since the 90s (I bought it recently) but it's rusted even though it was waxed at the factory. I've heard how filthy it is before; I can't imagine shooting it in a gun with a tighter match/target chamber goes very well even normally lol.
>having to burn through entire crates of this ammo
IIRC normally you got 5 (?) bricks (500rds/brick) in a crate when it got imported to the US, so about 2500rds per crate, but it appears they also came in 6000rd crates (brass cased in this pic which I didn't know was a thing). Either way there's no doubt they'd probably end up as one of the filthiest guns at the end of that day lol. No matter what you're easily above 3000rds/gun shooting ammo known to be filthier than any 22LR ammo I've heard about. I can't imagine shooting that much ammo out of my Ruger Standard in a day; shooting dirtier ammo out of a gun with much tighter tolerances must've definitely been something to witness lol.