No, there isn't a .22LR ammunition shortage. There's a hoarding problem. As in, gun owners with nothing better to do than sit at Walmart at 6 AM are buying it before anyone else gets ahold of any.
Which APPEARS to be a shortage, but in reality it isn't. Talk to the nice people at your local gun store and see if they can help you acquire a brick or two at reasonable prices. You shouldn't be paying more than $30-$35 per brick of 500.
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