Wal Mart Guns

How would you rate Wal Mart Guns

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Does anyone really believe that a Wingmaster from Walmart is somehow inferior to one from Cabelas?....Companies revising their specs for Walmart? Walmart coming up with its own specs? What is this nonsense?
 
I bought a .270 Weatherby Vangaurd for $200 at Wal*Mart when the one in my town was switching from old style to Super. They had a bunch of guns clearanced so I picked up a pair of them. (I also bought a 30-06 and gave that to my dad)
I'm pretty happy with Wal*Mart guns


Smith66
 
Interesting forum! I find all this quite amusing because here down under the typical things we find at the stores similar to your Wal-Mart are clothes, toys and entertainment. If we need to buy a gun we need to go to a firearm distributor. If we want to buy a drill we go to the hardware. I personally would not feel confident in leaving a store with a gun, drill and food in my shopping trolley where the prices are considerably cheaper, when on the way out I notice the return of goods line out into the car park. Spend that extra buck people and support your local firearms dealer and feel confident you have bought a quality firearm.:)

Steve

Beretta SPII
Miroku 9000
 
the wood is cheaper among other things. some of the stocks actually look totally different than from the local ffl.
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That's one difference that may or may not be true in all cases. You might get a synthetic stock rather than a wooden one for example. Back in the day when Sears sold guns, (and Western Auto, and a lot of other large retailers) they got guns made with their own name on them. In the case of Sears, you could a lot of time look at the "Sears" brand gun right side by side with the "Brand" name and see the difference. I bought a Winchester Model 70, 30-06 at Sears after comparing it to the same model "Ted Williams" gun. The Winchester had a Walnut Stock, the Ted Williams had a "hardwood stock." (It was plainly stated on the literature.) Nothing wrong with the Ted Williams gun, the Winchester just looked nicer, and it was worth the difference in price at the time to me. Sears sold "Ted Williams" Shotguns that were identical to the same model Winchester except the stocks were a little different, and had pressed checkering vs cut checkering and the Sears Gun would have an adjustable choke.

Mechanically the guns were identical. There was a pretty decent difference in the price of the "house gun" vs the "name gun", I forget how much, but it was enough to get you to go with the house brand if money was a problem. As a matter of fact, Sears had an even less expensive line of just "Sears" brand too. So you had Sears, Ted Williams, then the brand name.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Wal-Mart didn't do the same thing. I just got a Ruger 22 there that has some kind of hardwood stock. I don't know if Ruger puts hardwood stocks on the 10/22's that go to other dealers or not. Nothing wrong with it. It looks nice, and I'm sure it will shoot just fine.
 
Returned a Remington 7400

Purchased a Remington 7400 in 270 caliber from Walmart and it would not feed without jamming using Remington ammo. Returned it last week to be repaired by Remington.
 
wally world guns might be as good as any other and the are cheaper but think about this. I went in to wal mart to buy a ruger 10/22(i decided not to after this for other reasons), filled out the paperwork, the ran the backround check and the results came back pending(they said it was too late to process)and they would call me when the results came in I asked if they wanted a deposit to hold the gun they said they werent allowed to take deposits and that they wouldnt sell the gun anyway Two weeks go by no call so I had to go in there for some blank CD's anyway figure I would stop by the gun counter. I looked around the gun counter and saw my 10/22 was missing. They then told me I was approved to buy the gun but the sold it and they would get another one in by next week, great fine. I went into Wal mart the next week and the gun still wasnt there when I asked about it they said they hadnt received guns in their last delivery but another wal mart in the area had one and they would get it transfered over in two days. I went back in two days and they apoligized refusly saying that they couldnt transfer but they would call me as soon as one came in. About 5 weeks went by since i first filled out the paperwork and i just happen to be around the gun counter and see the gun was there i went up asked why they hadnt called me they said i wasnt on record to be called. Finally they found my APPROVED paperwork then proceeded to tell me that the application had expired that its only good for 29 days I told them the story they appoligized and said that i shouldve put a deposit on it and i could refile the paper work if i wanted. I told them to take the gun and the paperwork shove it where the sun dont shine. So wal mart may be cheaper but it isnt worth the hassle and you should support your local gun shop anyway.
 
my brother had a buddy that went to walmart to buy a firearm when he filed out the form he had a question about the paper work they just filled the rest in for him and guess what when they called into the nics bingo they filled the paper work out wrong and he got denied the sale would this disqualify him for futer sales? another thing is that all firearms sales are final
 
Loyalty to local gun dealers. Screw them. They sure did me when I was a novice buyer. As far as Wally world is concerned, I am of the opinion that they buy the same stuff that the butt wipe GDs buy. I got my Rem 300WBYmag there and I can put a bullet in a flys a$$ at 200 yards. How much better do you need? Also it cost less than $400 at wally world and the local GDs wanted $500 or better for same "exact" model. I buy all my pistol ammo there and have never had my liscence looked at and the local GDs can't or won't touch $16 for a hundred rounds of federal. Before buying from WM though you might want to check prices from CDNN.com or gunsamerica.com.
 
I just don't buy into the "stories" about Wal-Mart guns being lesser quality than any other guns. I do know that they sell a Marlin 60 with SS barrel and regular wooden stock that is a WM exclusive, but that doesn't mean it's made from any lesser quality parts than the rest of the guns that are made. I believe that this particular rifle normally comes with a laminated stock, but the put the reg stock on them for WM.

I believe that all this started from private shop owners because WM can sell for so much less than they can. I have owned several guns from WM and I believe that there is no difference in them and the guns that Mom and Pop sell down on the corner. Well, there is a difference; they are a lot less expensive!

Crow
 
well its been a while since ive posted this thread and im glad to hear from everybody on what u think. i posted this right after i got a remington 870. well ive used the 870 and it works great. about the stocks tho, i was a little curious about the walnut and hardwood so i went right to the remington website and all the base model express 870s have the "hardwood" stocks. they arent listed as walnut. so that would mean they have to be "hardwood" everywhere they are sold.
 
Crow got it right... Private companies, hate Walmart... But the truth is that most of the time the private companies sell same merchandise at a higher price... Which produces less sales. So go figure out... Other than that LONG LIVE WALMART :D I got both of my rifles there. As a matter of fact Im getting my Savage Arms today :D
 
Ghettoestl glad to hear your having a good time with your new gun. Don't listen to the BS in regards to WalMart selling seconds or lesser quality firearms or any other items. Those that make such claims are simply wrong and often haters fools or outright liars. Like others have stated take a look at the firearms catolog (usually sitting right on the checkout counter next to the guns) they are the same distributors that the local gunshop order from.
Walmart is the largest retail buyer of long guns in the USA. So they of course can buy and sell for less. My local WalMart sells guns such as the Ruger #1, Remington 700, Winchester model 94, Weatherby Vanguard and Marlin model 336 among others just like my local gunshops do. Only WalMart is anywhere from $50.00 - $100.00 cheaper.
As much as the unions and other less successful retailers hate the success story that is WalMart if there was one ounce of truth to this internet myth it would be all over the nightly news and on the front page of every newspaper in the nation. As soon as the local gunshops or any other business start worrying about my financial bottom line I'll start worrying about theirs. Until then I will continue to purchase from the one that gives me the most for my hard earned dollars.
 
I buy from the local gun shop when I can. I don't want walmart being the only place selling guns as it would take only a few weeks for them to just stop. Then where do I buy from?

Also the guy that owns the gun shop here lives in the same town as me and may one day pay me to do work on his house or store. Wal-mart will never do that, they have their "people" (under paid/slave labours) that come in from another state to do their work.
 
The guns from Wally world are made by the gun company not walmart so they should be good working guns without any problems.. But the guns they have could be made by better compinies like Browning instead of mossberg but the guns they have should get the job done. But they do have very good guns like a Henry
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If you look at there special order book or website special order section you can get high end models too. Weatherby, Browning, etc. I just received my special order Ruger M77 mkII 30-06 stainless with black laminate stock. The only difference I noticed was the nearly $200 I saved over buying it from my local dealer. I feel for them and know they have families to feed etc. I do also and $200 buys alot of food or ammo to bring food home.:D
 
im with Csspecs.
i live in a community something most people will never know the meaning of. a lot of small businesses dont get the benefit Wal-Mart does from manufacturers because they dont buy in bulk. I dont mind paying more going to the local bakery or gun shop or homemade funiture place cuz i know there is a good chance i can pawn some candy bars from my little brothers litle league team on them or have a conversation about them and shooting the **** on there down time. I like knowing that when i go to a small business its made by Americans and people that are my neighbors.

i just feel this way about Walamrt in general so
 
The local gun shop owner is very helpful, he aways seems to have a new hot hunting area that he knows of, and has deals on stuff. He really helped me get started duck hunting and muzzle loading hunting. So I go there when I can.

Wal-mart just never has that much depth to it.
 
This has been a hoot to read!

I have been involved in the sale of and purchasing of firearms for well over 30years. I worked at the Rod and Gun Club at Camp Darby, Italy back in the early 70's. We got Beratta's directly from Beretta and sold them a lot cheaper than anybody here in the states could do to no importation taxes.
I wrote gun articles for about 7 or 8 years and found that some manufactures hand picked the handguns I was sent and several did not I got them right off the assembly line.
I bought a 10/22 from Sunset sports in Burley Idaho in 1974 when I got out of the Air Force and the gun was a piece of junk. Haven't had once since. I do own a Ruger #1 and love it. That was back when Ruger used walnut stocks, now they are Hardwood, "usually Birch".
Wal Mart I can tell you does not make a lot of money on there guns. Just like most grocery stores do not make a LOT if any money on MILK. And as far as Wal Mart hurting local sporting goods stores. I don't buy it. I would be more than happy if I had the money to open a good sproting goods store next door to a Wal Mart. I would just make darn sure I did not carry the same items they do. The space is limited in any Wal Mart I have been in and they can't and do not carry the variety of items that a good local store can. As far as Cabela's is concerned I went to the one in Lehi and they had kids binoculars in the same package as Wal Mart did but for $25.00 instead of around $13.00. Also a local shop that I use about 20 miles away one time teased me about what was I doing to them. I had them swamped with customers cause they carried the things that the local Wal Mart did not have and they did not want to wait for a special order.

And as far as the guy who had the screwed up and then put into research background check. Complain to your states agency for doing background checks! They tell any retailer if they can make the sale or not, not the store! Yes the people behind the counter screwed up, and you have never made a mistake in your life?

Oh and have you heard that Browning shutdown Winchester and put it out of business because of the competition, that is another of those I heard it at Wal Mart from the customer stories!
 
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