Florida gun sales on track to break records

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[Red in Blue PA]

There will be a record numbers of gun sales in Florida this year, according to background check figures recorded by the state.

[wastedyears]

A pizza parlor that sells ammo?!?!?! What place in heaven do you live!?

[Rockpile]

What the heck are you talking about re: Walmart? The ones around here ( in my part of Texas )have the problem of being cleaned out by lots of customers. They are fairly well stocked with shootin’ irons but the ammo gets gobbled up fast.

One thing I really have to respect about Wally World is that they did not skyrocket the ammo prices like nearly every one else did.

Another thing I’m near certain of is that the Walmart district mangers have a lot of pull regarding what is stocked and sold in the stores under their command.

[Tail Gunner John]

I agree about walmart. Bought a
Colt and Windham at the height of the frenzy for normal price. Was even tempted to near double my money by selling them on gunbroker.

I have bought firearms from Buds over the years but lost all respect for them when they began auctioning their ARs for ridiculous prices during the run.

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[trebb]

.22 still kinda hard to get , but most everything else is available around here. Forget Walmart. They aren’t even trying to sell guns or ammo anymore. Hunting season, and their shelves are empty with only about half the guns they used to display. Fortunately, our local Rural King farm store put in a new gun section that that is a huge success. lots of guns, lots of ammo. Still short on .22 longs though.

Walmart in my area is starting to get a better supply - saw a couple thousand rounds of .22LR the other day and some other "rare" rounds. No 9mm yet though.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“A pizza parlor that sells ammo?!?!?! What place in heaven do you live!?”

Careful now. This is in California. I don’t want everybody movin out here and muckin up our politics.

[digger48]

our Walmart has some shotgun shells, but their handgun and rifle ammo shelves are always empty.

I mean, like 2 boxes of 7mm, maybe 2-3 boxes of ,270 or something and some .22 bird shot. Yesterday, they only had about 12-15 long guns. Mostly shotguns and beginner .22 rifles

Our Rural King has almost fully stocked ammo shelf at a price comparable to WW.

And their many guns (and handguns) are lots cheaper than almost all of the competition.

[Rockpile]

Hi digger. I never get into town early and see WM soon after they have restocked but have heard about guys who show up every morning with wallet in hand.
Our area stores have guns but the ammo gets cleaned out fast. Whomever does the purchasing for the stores has an effect on what’s available I reckon.

As I mentioned earlier, the District managers can have their own policies. I encountered a guy working here who tried to buy a Remington 700 and WM wouldn’t sell to him because he was from Arizona and the manager’s policy was to sell to people from contiguous states to Texas
only. However in a different store out of this area they WOULD have sold to this Arizonan I discovered.

[wastedyears]

LOL A little too late for that! I’d be a boon, anyway.