Posted on 01/12/2009 8:04:08 PM PST by George from New England
Wal-mart Ammo Stock is not being replenished from their warehouse. Is seems that corporate Wal-mart does not want to have it's warehouse stocked with new ammunition merchandise after Obama takes office. If Obama issues an executive order halting, restricting, or banning ammo sales, wal-mart and other retailers maybe left with stock they cannot sell at retail or return to their supplier.
It would probably be a good idea, especially your preferred household defense and tactical types. When on sale at least. You just never know when somebody’s going to decide you don’t need it.
“Should anybody be stockpiling shotshells (of any sort) about now?”
....if I had to choose just a single firearm to own it would be a 12 gauge pump action shotgun....simple to use and inexpensive to buy, it’s a great gun for both hunting and home defense....I have a number of broken boxes of ammo left over from hunting trips and always pick up an extra box when on sale....I keep shotgun ammo because I expect the day will come when it will be a hassle to get it....if at all.
I have visited 3 stores in FL and one in Nebraska. Everytime I go in the shelves are emptier and the clerk says nothing is coming in to replace the shelf stock.
Yeah, noticed that too. I asked and the guy in the sporting goods section said he thought it was because of all the first-timers who buy guns get these calibers. Then, they have to get their CCW permits, so.....
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That's the place, and unfortunately, the only sales on-site they do are employee sales (and even that is either SI ammo [Slightly Imperfect] and what they call "WIP" sale firearms - Work In Progress - these are guns that have been sent to outdoor writers, used for testing, used for proofing, used in special events, gun displays, etc).
I wish they had a public store!!!!
AS far as firearms are concerned - there are many factors playing in to WalMart’s phasing out of the sales of guns in some markets.
I actually contacted WalMart when the trend got started. The official statement was that they were pulling them out of markets that did not result in a positive bottom line.
Having spoken with some WalMart employees, I found that the issue is/was far larger - apparently in many stores, there were issues with the paperwork and who was authorized to actually sell firearms. Some stores got in trouble with the BATF for selling firearms with no or improper paperwork and/or no background checks done! The stores that kept firearms had to have special training for those working in the sporting goods departments that kept firearms.
One of my friends from the Lonoke Remington Ammo plant responded to my question about the ammo deal. He said he actually wouldn’t be surprised by such a move. Apparently WalMart is changing their inventory methods a bit - cutting WAY back on stock of many things - including Ammo.
Yes, I have heard, observed, or inferred all the same things about WalMart.
I always was skeptical of the bottom line arguments also, because other sporting stores do a very good business in this area with firearms.
WalMart’s stocking and inventory policies have infuriated me in the last couple of years in many departments, not just sporting goods.
In hardware and auto, for example, various specialized little dohickies that I used to find have disappeared and been replaced with common items with broader appeal. I sadly watched a lot of the neat things go onto clearance aisle-end displays and that was the last of them.
Unfortunately, this means one has to go to a real hardware or automotive store which might be much further away in my case. It seems that WalMart does not want to stock any item in the entire store that does not sell every single day. I guess I understand the business policy in a strictly profit-optimization way but it doesn’t serve the customers as well.
“You can still try building your own.Yeah, I'd like to. (I enjoy building things...)
While the component parts have gone up, for the most part it is still considerable less expensive than buying one NIB.”
For the last two years the price has been going up, up, up.
Add in the prospect of an Obama Tax on ammo and you have manufacturers working six days a week.
Where did you learn that?
A local manager told me that "they were cleaned out within a week after the November election.
Shipments of ammo received for restocking had been slow and spotty."
Supply and demand?
My fault.
You need some range time if you’ve had it for that long. I go through 1000rds a month easily, but I’m cutting back a little.
Yes and it's a regional thing, some areas still have plenty while others are low on stock. Regional distribution centers can't keep up with demand.
My dad bought me a stripped lower for $210 at a gun show.
Expensive compared to just a year ago.
I bought my 870 for $239 at Dicks about 2 mos ago.
Link please.
Note to self: don’t shop at Gander Mountain
Read HR 45 (introduced last week) and come back and talk.
Curious if anyone here does their own reloading?
I handload .45ACP, .223, .308, .45/70, .475 Linebaugh, .38/.357, 12GA, and .338 Lapua Magnum
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