There is always a run after Christmas on .22lr, all those Christmas rifles. Compound that with the price of other calibers of ammo, people are running to .22 pistols and rifles just to keep shooting. I know I personally purchases a new .22 rifle to keep shooting, my .223 is parked for now.
I contacted Cabelas and was told theyd get a shipment in in about a month. The problem is that they are on backorder to the point where theres a huge chance that none of the ammo from that shipment will be available for purchase.