Today I'm thankful...

I remember paying $21 for a brik back on the good old days, at least the are available now, but the prices are ridiculous insane!

$7.50 for 550 rounds, been a few years back

I remember 12 dollars a brick/500 rounds of winchester wildcat at service merchandise.....and Im only 36 years old!!! Every Friday my dad woukd get off of work and we would go get a brick. Head to the deer camp Saturday year round....and shoot the whole brick. Every weekend. I think I started when I was like 6 or something. Hell......we even skipped family functions like thanksgiving to do this. We had and still have alot of .22lr guns. The good ole days are over!!! I feel like the last generation of a dying breed. Hell......I will be telling my grandkids about all the shooting I use to do.....they will probably look bored and go back to their virtual reality simulator or some sh-t.

Recently found (FINALLY) 1000 rounds .22lr high velocity for approximately $70. When I was a teen (early 1970's) I paid $20 per 1000 rounds of copper plated hollowpoints.

Thurmond

GROAN!! You guys make me feel OLD! I shot a million rounds at 3.90 per brick of LR and 2.90 for long. Don't remember what shorts were. Do they still make shorts? PSA Armory has LR for 24.99 325 round brick. 

I bought tons when it was $10 a brick my kids kids will have plenty...it will get cheaper and more plentiful as it sits on shelves. 

If you think that's bad price a brick of Lupa X-Act or Eley Tenex... That assuming you can find any. 

Yes they still make shorts, but the price is LONG. I've got a Winchester pump that'll shoot the shorts, but I can't afford them.

I'm not as old as some, but I remember $5 bricks. Shot a lot of them over the years, but these days, who can afford $0.10 a round? A penny, a long rifle makes sense, but at a dime, it makes me think.

It takes me at least 2 cents a bullet to cast for my .25 these days.

Thurmond

Considering the economics of shooting, it's an expensive hobby. I live in a metro area, so driving to the desert costs $20+ in gas, so figuring it like this:

If you stick with .22 Long Rifle, at $.10 per shot these days, and go to the local indoor range at $15 per line, or local outdoor range at $5 per line, it adds up in a hurry. $$25 or $30 every time you go out. Oh, and the price of the gun! Some of the powder burners I see are really expensive!

Even air rifles add up quickly. I do it on the cheap with Crosman guns that shoot Crosman Premier Domes for under $.02 each for now (FX Impact is my goal for the future, two or three years out)

So, if you add Range fees of $15, pellets at $5, bottle refill for the day at $5, and all the other things, it still adds up to nearly as much as the .22 powder burner. And the price of guns! At least with the Maximus at $200-ish you can get a decent PCP for the same basic price as a Ruger 10/22. (pump extra of course)

Lets face it. We are addicts. We will shoot regardless of the cost. Maybe fewer shells or pellets, or maybe even adopt slingshots (British Catapults) or something just to send a projectile down range and test our skills. So many variables in shooting, one can never be perfect, only hone one's skills to the best possible for that person.

We will be responsible citizens, but, shooting gets in your blood and your day just goes soooooooo much better when you get a little group therapy, like half inch at 50 yards.

Long post, but I think you get the picture. Even my kids that I only took shooting a couple times, have all taken up the hobby. Sadly, while they were growing up, time pressures kept things like shooting to a minimum. Maybe it's genetic or something?

Air rifles are more challenging than powder burners in so many ways and give a whole lot more opportunities to shoot in my back yard.

Yes, I am grateful for the privilege of shooting and the technology of PCP's and springers! Soooooooooo much fun!

Today I'm thankful that I'm alive. I had triple bypass surgery in mid-September and am still recovering. Part of that recovery is spent shooting my air rifles and pistols --- a lot! 8^)

Glad to hear it, jaybo! I recently got a clean bill of health from my cardiologist. I attribute a big part of that to the exercise I get while airgun hunting, and the healthy game meat I eat. Airgunning has been a Godsend to me as well.

Today I am thankful that I live in the USA,
I can shoot air guns at full power, I can buy an AR 15 to hunt deer and protect my family,
There are less mass killings than 20 years ago, Please do not listen to the news they are all anti gun...
Look up the facts, I did ,
Mike

That's why We The People split from Georgie Trips.

"hasenpfeffer"...that I don't shoot powder burners. Got a Black Friday ad from Big 5. A 500 round box of .22LR is on sale for $85. Are you kidding me?!

The price of rim fire ammo has been crazy for the last four years. Its a supply and demand thing. As long as people will pay the high prices they will remain high. Part of the problem are the nut jobs who hoard over a hundred thousand rounds and don't shoot a hundred a year. Really all you have to do is go on You Tube and they boast of a "Score" cleaning out a store shelf. 

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When I was growing up in a sporting goods store during the late 40s and early 50s, a brick of 500 sold for $3.49, or about 7/10 of a cent. The price on the last brick I saw (local gun shop) was $39.95 on sale! That's 8 cents per round, or over 10 times as much. Such is inflation!

Me too. When you consider that the $85.00 22LR rounds are mediocre in quality and we can buy 500 of what are arguably the best quality hunting pellets made for $18.00 it even more attractive to shoot air rifles. Beside any thing I would do with a 22LR I can do just as well if not better with an .22 PCP. Without a doubt the LR is more powerful, I just don't need that extra power. However, some might. As a matter of fact several of the places I can safely and regularly do shoot my air rifles it would not be safe to shoot a 22 LR. 

Dan25 guess I'm more than a nut job LOL but the full autos burn some ammo. Jaybo happy you are doing well.

"DarrellTyler"Me too. When you consider that the $85.00 22LR rounds are mediocre in quality and we can buy 500 of what are arguably the best quality hunting pellets made for $18.00 it even more attractive to shoot air rifles. Beside any thing I would do with a 22LR I can do just as well if not better with an .22 PCP. Without a doubt the LR is more powerful, I just don't need that extra power. However, some might. As a matter of fact several of the places I can safely and regularly do shoot my air rifles it would not be safe to shoot a 22 LR.

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Inflation and a manufactured manipulated market to insure monopolistic profits. My bugaboo is 22 magnum. Luckily I had a thousand rounds put up before the insanity set in so I've been good. Good with having enough to get the job done but no plinking or target shooting. 22 mag is the perfect ... or it was ... round for dispatching pests and small predators. Read, coons.

Anyway ... I finally figured out why there is a shortage of 22 mag. It's those dang .17 _____ bags. Their cartridges are necked down 22 mag casings. So glad when this silly fad is passé. Crikey, my .25 Wildcat is a better killer than those little .17 pea shooters. Under 100 yards anyway. %^/