I noticed the price of lead pellets have jumped 25% in the last month. If you use air guns and don't have a good stock of pellets you may want to stock up before they go up any more. The price and demand for lead is driving the cost up on lead pellets. Wal-mart has Crossman 500 count HP hunting pellets in .22 for 9.97 they also have .177 in 500 count for around 8 dollars.