The Walmart Ammo thread

things look worse in Columbus,ohio and a bit south.
The local gun store in Columbus,Vances just instituted a 2-3box limit wich was just a 10 box limit last week.thank god they arent guaging,i dont mind the limits.
Ive seen ammo in WM 1 time out of about 10.
To me the ammo issue is worse here than it has been previously.

Edit-things look bad in Columbus,really...
The largest gun store in town has no .45acp hollowpoints,just target loads.and 2 box limits on everything they do have.
Of course WM and Dicks are empty and i had to drive another 20 miles to pay $35 for a box of 20 hollow points.
i did also see limits of 1k primers for centerfires.
 
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Really feeling good now. Been able to pick up eight boxes of 45 ACP FMJ locally over the past three weeks, plus another four boxes online. I already had plenty of SD ammo, just not much target ammo. Also copped 15 boxes of 9mm locally, plus another four online during the same time period. Today I picked up another two boxes just as the salesperson was stocking the shelves at Wallyworld. I did not take the full six as I have plenty of 9. Now Wallyworld was still selling Blazer Brass for $8.97 per 50 (that's why I bought it). The same box at my local GS was more than $12. I won't tell you where I saw a GS salesman. :D Also picked up four boxes of 380 ACP (:eek:) recently. Every now and then I get my dander up and just cruise all the local Wallyworlds, GM, Dicks, and Bass Pro just to see what's out there.

I think the ammo is coming in, but friends call friends, and it's gone when the rest of us get there. My question is, "Why does one Walmart get ammo and the others don't?"

edison
 
Gouging is occurring.
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and you know this how?

Are you the buyer for Wally World or the GunShop? Do you know what they pay for it? How can you make such a broad statement without any of the pertinent facts? Wally World, because of their enormous buying power usually buy enormous amounts of product - any product. Because they can do this, they get a significantly better price than the guy who can only buy a smaller amount. The guy who has to pay a higher price, must sell it for a higher price in order to pay his bills and put food on his table.

Before you make a statement like above, engage your brain before engaging your tongue (or in this case - your booger pickers).
 
local gouging

One of the local gun stores has a handgun counter with ammo on shelves back behind. As I was looking over the stock the owner and one of the employess were discussing how much 'extra' to mark the ammo up they had just gotten in given the scarcity factor. They had to know I was just behind them but did not care. Oddly enough, I don't buy ammo there.

To Deaf Smith: You are aware that a case of Winchester .45 auto handgun ammo is 5 whole boxes, right?
 
and you know this how?

Are you the buyer for Wally World or the GunShop? Do you know what they pay for it? How can you make such a broad statement without any of the pertinent facts? Wally World, because of their enormous buying power usually buy enormous amounts of product - any product. Because they can do this, they get a significantly better price than the guy who can only buy a smaller amount. The guy who has to pay a higher price, must sell it for a higher price in order to pay his bills and put food on his table.
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I'm sure they do pay a higher price than Walmart pays because many of these local shops have been buying it from Walmart for $20/box, wiping them out, and then trying to resell it in their shop for nearly $42/box. So I guess the shops that do this need to charge double what they paid in order to pay the bills and put food on the table?
 
The local WalMarts have been getting sporadic shipments of ammo and have not been marking up prices. Another local sporting goods store drastically marked up their ammo. I asked why a box had quadrupled in price in one week. I was told it was supply and demand and that if I didn't like it I could go somewhere else. I did. WalMart had the very same ammo for 25.95 a box. The sporting goods store was $99.00 per box!
 
It pays to be nice

OK. Went into my local WM this AM and lo and behold: 7 Boxes 9MM, 2 boxes .357 Mag and 2 boxes .45 ACP Personal Protection. 11 boxes available, 6 box limit. Imagine the dilemma? So, while waiting for the on-duty ammunition specialist to wipe the excess egg McMuffin from his mouth and find his keys to open the case, and elderly gentleman (I am 45, so no offense, but he was about 65 or 70) approached me from behind with the look of a 6 year old at Christmas; I knew what he wanted. I told him to go first as I didn't know how to divide up my choices for my six box limit and would take what was leftover as long as he only took 5 of the 11 boxes. He chose, 1 box .45 ACP, 2 boxes .357, and 2 boxes 9mm; left me with 5 boxes 9mm, and one .45 ACP. A good morning, all-in-all.

Now the moral of the story; get your tissues ready. As I walked away from the counter, he approached me and said he really only wanted one box of 9mm and 1 box of the .45 ACP and since I was so nice to him, offered to sell me the rest at the price he paid. So my bonus was one more box of 9mm and 2 of the .357MAG. Christmas can come in July (or in June as the case may be)

OK ladies and gentlemen, dry your eyes.
 
Local Walmart to day had 3 boxes of Win white box 100rd value pack .45acp $31.95 and 5 boxes Win white box 100rd value pack of 9mm. I bought the .45acp but dont have a 9mm so I left it.
 
I'm sure they do pay a higher price than Walmart pays because many of these local shops have been buying it from Walmart for $20/box, wiping them out, and then trying to resell it in their shop for nearly $42/box. So I guess the shops that do this need to charge double what they paid in order to pay the bills and put food on the table?
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That is not 'supply and demand'. That's GREED.
 
Deaf Smith

That is not 'supply and demand'. That's GREED.
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If that's greed, retailers are greedy.


SnowNCycle


Now the moral of the story; get your tissues ready. As I walked away from the counter, he approached me and said he really only wanted one box of 9mm and 1 box of the .45 ACP and since I was so nice to him, offered to sell me the rest at the price he paid. So my bonus was one more box of 9mm and 2 of the .357MAG. Christmas can come in July (or in June as the case may be)

OK ladies and gentlemen, dry your eyes.
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Yeah, I would have got a little irritated that he took all two box's of the .357mags. But I think I would not have let him go ahead of me anyway, but I would have discussed what he wanted, and or needed. And worked with him. At least with the .357s

PS: Tonight my WM had 10 WWB box's of .357sig's, and nothing else in popular cal's. I E-mailed one of my .357sig buddies.
 
Are you a wally world advocate or what?
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Nope. I just understand business. Wally World prices 50 round boxes at $8.97. The local gun shop near me prices it at $11.97. The shelves at Wally World are almost always empty. The local gun shops supply is low, but they almost always have some.

As to understanding business, if Wally World, because of their buying power can get the ammo at $8.15 @ box, they can sell it @ $8.97 @ box, but the gun shop has to pay $9.75 @ box, why would he even consider selling it @ $8.97 @ box? He wouldn't.

It is not gouging to make a profit to pay the bills, pay employees more than $5.75 @ hour and put food on your table. Have any of you ever owned a business? Have any of you ever managed a business? Think about the whole picture and not just your own little box of ammo.
 
I could find more ammo in the middle of the Mohave desert than the Walmart here has had. They haven't had any 45ACP for months and months.. they got some 40S&W in which doesn't do me any good!
 
3 Box Limit!!!

What genius came up with this? Are they trying to create an artificial supply? Never have I been able to see something on the shelf and not be able to purchase it. Unbelieveable!
 
What genius came up with this? Are they trying to create an artificial supply? Never have I been able to see something on the shelf and not be able to purchase it. Unbelieveable!
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Actually alot of WM's and big box sporting goods stores are putting these limits on ammo FOR the customers. This is preventing (or at least slowing down) the profiteers, ie: local gun stores and gun show resellers from buying every last box when it comes off the trucks then reselling it at double and triple the price.
 
I was told by one of the managers at a local WM that the limit was placed on ammunition as a direct result of shopper requests to do so. They receive 2-3 dozen phone calls each day from purchasers who check on inventory.
 
I am going to start going by every morning on my way to work and pick up my daily three. There are four walmarts in my area so on a good day I will end up with 12. Who's laughing now?
 
And not that I care; because I don't have as much of an ammo shortage that many of you do; but with your 4 walmarts; so tell us why you "WANT" 12 boxes per day of ammo? Notice I didn't say NEED. If you were someone who shoots 500+ rounds a week (Which for some of us is easy); then you'd probably be buying online in bulk, (Like we do) and places like Walmart would be where you go to replenish the occasional box or two of ammo that you shot and isn't part of your normal hobby. You're talking about 12 boxes; 600 rounds; of ammo a day. Sorry, but it is people like you that are causing the ammo shortage. Now I am 100% a capitalist. You are free to buy as much as they will sell you. I won't try to stand in your way or anyone else at the walmart in my town. But the topics get old when people whine about ammo availability, and yet they are the reason for the ammo availability. Too funny. And I am all for Walmart limiting the number of boxes they sell. I would say that the vast majority of people who are buying up their 300 rounds at a time; probably don't even shoot that much in a month. I've been shooting too long and been to too many ranges. If I see 50 people at a range in a day; there's probably only 2-3 that are somewhat regulars. Meaning, they probably do shoot 200-300 rounds or more at 1 time; and numerous times a month. But hey; if you are shooting 500+ rounds a weak; $150-$250 minimum; then more power to you. If not; then you're part of the problem.
 
If not; then you're part of the problem.

Respectfully, I think that the problem is with our current administration, and many people are afraid that in a few years ammo either won't be available at all or will be priced several times what it is today...if that fear goes away, then things will get back to normal, but until then many people will keep stockpiling it...jmho
 
Nope. I just understand business. Wally World prices 50 round boxes at $8.97. The local gun shop near me prices it at $11.97. The shelves at Wally World are almost always empty. The local gun shops supply is low, but they almost always have some.

As to understanding business, if Wally World, because of their buying power can get the ammo at $8.15 @ box, they can sell it @ $8.97 @ box, but the gun shop has to pay $9.75 @ box, why would he even consider selling it @ $8.97 @ box? He wouldn't.
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Well that isn't the issue. I have no problem with local shops charging $3 - $5 more than Walmart, that's understandable.

This issue I have is when Walmart sells a 100 round box at $20 and a local shop sells it for $42. That has zero to do with Walmart's buying power or the shops lack thereof. It has to do with gouging and greed, especially when the shop went and got their inventory for $20/box at Walmart and then more than doubled the price. Now I know it's perfectly in their right to do so and it's perfectly in my right to call it greed and hope people remember these shops that do this and they take a financial beating in the future.
 
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