In case you've been camping on Planet Whezix, we're price-rationing ammunition lately. And what a price.

Able's is one of the large sellers, and a search of "available products only"  for .22 long rifle gives you ten choices. No bulk packages, and the most economical 50-round box is Fiocchi subsonic at $12.95. Or 25-point-9 cents per round. Plus S and H.

It's the market at work, and the market will correct itself. It may take a while.  And Mr. Ammo Mill might get a friendly whisper from Mommy Dotgov that increasing the supply will be considered an unfriendly and even antisocial act. Then it will take longer.

The onsite stash of bunny rounds is reasonably healthy, and  no one living around here is about to buy much .22 at prevailing prices.  One fella, though, is on his way to WalMart to see if econopacks of 12 gauge are still on the shelves at no more than 1 1/2 x  the October price. If so he'll pick up a few more. If he does he'll write  Joe "Shotgun" Biden in hopes of getting a nice attaboy letter back.