My Walmart is now selling Rifles!

I remember poring over Western Auto, Sears and JC Penny catalogs looking at pistols.
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Shoot son, when were you born? I remember them selling Harley Davidson Snowmobiles and golf carts. LOL

Don't get me started!
 
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I have a Winchester 94 Golden Spike that I bought at Western Auto in 1969 the price is still on the box $119.98 .:eek: The wal-mart here carries rifles and shotguns plus reloading equipment from powder & primers to dies & presses.:D
 
A while back, all Walmarts carried long guns in my area (roughly pre-Obama time period). Walmart decided to choose a couple stores in each region to sell firearms and the others would only stock ammunition. In some markets they sold no firearms. That happened and continued for a couple years.

Then Walmart changed their mind and chose to stock firearms in most stores again. I would assume that Walmart saw the national sales figures and decided they wanted a larger piece of that action. This included AR's and other similar rifles if the manager wanted to carry them. It is all about sales.

If WM really wants a larger piece of the firearm market, they will have to carry handguns. I have heard that they are considering selling handguns as well.

Having never worked at a Walmart, I suspect they might have to take more substantial security steps for handguns in their warehouse and storage areas of individual stores unless all of the stock is "on the shelf". But since most stores are open 24hrs, they don't have to move their inventory back and forth from the safe to the sales area daily like places like Bass Pro currently do.

In the past, places like Western Auto and other similar stores, Sears, JC Penney, and Montgomery Wards sold guns. Their sales volumes were high enough that some carried their old "brands" such as Sears (Ted Williams). My first 22 came from a Western Auto.
 
My local wal-mart carries shotguns, rifles, and pistols.
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Have not seen that in years in the lower 48. Truth to tell it was disappointing to see the low prices go away at the time. However these days the used market has been so good there is little reason to shop retail.
 
I almost forgot Walmart sold guns. I remember they sold guns here just outside Kansas City, KS. That was maybe 12 years ago. I never considered buying there back then. I am sure the prices were fine.

I too remember all sorts of stores selling guns in the past. I had my favorite places and never really looked around much.
 
Years ago I bought a Remington M870 20 ga at a TG&Y. I find that kind of funny actually. Have not bought any firearms at WM.
 
So many replies with "around here" and no indication of where that is! Not exactly negative info but we don't learn much from such a reply. Was that inside Chicago city limits or was it American Samoa??? Your guess is as good as mine.

OK, enough bitching from me. :p

Now, I know that somewhere in the Seattle or Tacoma (Washington State) [see, that is how it is done] there is a WM that sells DPMS Sportical AR evil black carbines. I know this since a friend bought one there not long ago.

Bart Noir
 
Ours didn't for a long time and then all of a sudden one day I saw rifles and shotguns in a glass case behind the counter!
I wouldn't ever buy one though at a Walmart. Made that mistake one time with buying a shotgun. It was a royal pain.
 
Kingsford MI

THe Wal Mart here has just started to carry AR's and Mini 14s. they have carried shotguns and hunting rifles since they opened. Ammo is spotie at times, now if they would carry hand gun and MORE ammo I would be a happy camper.
 
It's just to much work.

So many replies with "around here" and no indication of where that is!
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I guess poeple are ashamed of were they live, or are just being secretive. I know, they think everybody can read there minds.

That bothers me too sometimes.
 
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