Paranoia among gun owners, many of whom believe (incorrectly) that the Obama Administration is preparing to restrict supply.
Why is there a shortage of .22 ammunition?
There has been an ammo shortage for over a year as a result of panic buying.
Because people have been buying ammunition in record amounts- because they are afraid there will be a shortage of ammo.
Panic buying by millions of gun owners. The ammo supply is slowly improving, but people are afraid they will not be able to buy ammo, so they are scopping it up as soon as it gets in the store.
Most gun shops can order it for you if they do not have in stock, but there has been a shortage of much ammo over the past 18 months in the US.
A few million people panic buying more ammo than they need. Sucked the supply pipeline flat. It IS getting better, slowly.
CCI .22 Long Rifle- or any standard .22 Long Rifle ammo (there has been a major shortage of .22 ammo for a year now)
Sporting good stores or Walmart
Sporting goods stores, gun stores, or gun ranges normally have handgun ammo. As an aside, handgun ammo is in short supply at the current time.
From stores, traveling peddlers, or ordered from the Sears catalog (no, really- you could order guns and ammo from the catalog)
Large gun stores, on line ammunition sales.
Catalogs, gun shops, sporting goods stores, etc..