My favorite store growing up was western Auto where I got my first BB gun and my first 22Fortin Hardware in Hamel MN had everything I needed as a 16 yr old kid: baseball bats and .22 shells (for about 70 cents for a box of 50). I remember back in 1975 a brick of .22s could be had for $7.00 - seems too good to be true? Well, that is $31.35 today, and you can often find bulk packs of 500 for less than $31.35.