Buying ammo question

One way I buy ammo is to patronize the store which fill a certain supply need.

If "XYZ guns" has the part or gear I want, I reward that store with the purchase

of a couple extra boxes of ammo.

I found a shop which had some specific 410 shells I was looking for, I got some

special cleaning oil, and a sling which I wanted, but didn't particularly need

at the moment ...

IMO this helps the shops in the area stay open to serve our needs in the future.
 
If "XYZ guns" has the part or gear I want, I reward that store with the purchase of a couple extra boxes of ammo.
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Exactly. I support the local gun shops that carry the less common cartridges. I usually pick up a box of something more common while I'm in there because I need them to stay in business. I also like someone behind the counter who can tell a shotgun from a 22.
 
i shop from anywhere that has a low price to help MY personal economy. I love supporting my LGS but i will not pay $16 a box over $10
 
I will continue to buy all the Tulammo Russian ammo that WaL Mart sells. My Glocks just love the stuff.

I will never buy a Smith and Wesson product because of this:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/smith-wesson_dark.htm


Every man has to do what he thinks is best for him. Thank God we live in a country that permits that!
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Sounds like typical Chuck........sorry, but he is over rated and not the best to rely on.

As for ammo, buy it wherever you can find what you like - personally, that means my reloading bench or several places online
 
I don't know where the OP lives, or if he has the same concerns about all large stores, so this might not help him. I am fortunate to live in an area that has both a Cabala's and Bass Pro Shops within 20 miles of me. I watch their adds mailed to my home, and check in whenever I am near one. Cabala's usually has better sale prices, and inventory than BPS, but sometimes good prices can be fund at ether. I'll just stock up on what ever is on sale that I might need. Even if I have plenty in the locker at home.
 
SW and Buying local

"" I will never buy a Smith and Wesson product because of this:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/smith-wesson_dark.htm ""

Sounds like a unfocused rant.

About stealing ideas from other makers, gee I guess the first car company that installed a automatic transmission is the only one that should still be selling them, or electric starters, or pneumatic tires, . ..

As for the QC issues, how many gun stores really would let chuck and friends inspect inventory knowing he will lambaste the brand? ( or even if they didn't know them, would your LGS pull 12 of the same guns from stock and let a unknown paw through them? )


As for the value of buying local.

Every town needs local manufacturing industry to generate $, manufacturing is what generates wealth not retail or service that more or less slowly pulls money from the town. Retail and service are there to allow the manufacturing worker a place to buy items.

Example, I work at a the local shoe factory, you at the sock factory. We've both got a pair of shoes from my factory and a dozen socks from yours. While we aren't rich, life is moving along with a spare $ or two.

Suddenly Whatever mart shows up in town. Shoes and socks are 1/2 the cost of what our factory sells them for. Now we have 2 pair and 24 socks, wow! Does not matter the 1/2 off stuff is made out of country and isn't the quality of local stuff, but hey, I gots mine!.

Slowly the orders at our factories dwindle, layoffs occur and the factories close. Now retail and service areas shrink / close because no new money is coming in. " That %$@#%$@ factory cut my wages then let me go, greedy ^%%^$ ! " Too bad this person is so short sighted to realize _they_ are the
cause of their job loss by being greedy them selves.
 
"Whats wrong with WalMart...."
We are not supposed to discuss this point made by the O/P so I can't say other than the "movie/show" the O/P watched. There are numerous places to buy ammunition and as I stated I buy Winchester Super X slugs and buckshot from Walmart.
 
I say if you're not going to shop at Wal-Mart anymore you'll probably be paying a little more for most things so while you're at it you might as well support your local gun shops.
 
After an eight year break, I started shooting again in 2009, during the last of the ammo shortage. So I have been in the habit of ordering my ammo on line, so that is still my main source of ammo. Whenever possible I avoid Wal-Mart like the plague. If and only if I’m close to one late at night or in the early morning will I stick my head in and check for ammo. In my limited experience I can find better prices and a wider selection of ammo on line than Wal-Mart offers. I will continue to do business with Ammo To Go for name brand ammo and Georgia Arms for range ammo.
 
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