Yea, no more being nice for me....When it shows up in stock I will be camped out 2 hours early at the sporting goods desk with friends right behind me..

I was at my local WM at 9pm. I cruise by the ammo (like I usually do) and I find 3 100 round boxes of federal 9mm sitting there in the case. I took 2 and left one. I checked the WM app and it showed out of stock. It shows that the App/website are not in sync with actual in-store stock so I wouldn't rely 100% on the their online inventory tracking.

-jag

Also saw 762x39 at the store. Checked my phone. "Not in stock" seems the app is working less and less

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I the "W" was being fair, they would trickle out the ammo at different times of the day and give everyone a shot at some...I am a little taken back by some of the posters that say the have "10k + rounds" and don't feel guilty..wow. I have under 700 rounds and am just looking to get about 1k rounds that I can shoot in my local competitions over the next couple months. Come on people...a 10k stash is a bit overkill...get a hint.

I was told by the local "W" ammo clerk, that there is a line everyday with over a 100 people waiting @ 6 am...and most go home with zilch! He said he knows that most of the 1st people in line are buying it and reselling it online, but what can he do.

I mentioned before that i have 6000 rounds. Sounds like Alot but my girlfriend and i can shoot around 1500 a week. So do the math. Id run out by the end of June. Not everyone is like u. Some people shoot Alot, some people not so much

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Ill tell you what Wal mart can do....

They can limit everyone to 1 box a day and at least what comes in will get spread out a little more....Dont get me wrong, I am as guilty as the next guy for getting 3 of whatever I can get my hands on but I have never cleaned the shelf off with someone standing right behind me wanting it....

Exactly!, I always ask everyone standing there what they are wanting to buy so that we can try and divide everything up between all of us... And from what I've experienced- when I do that usually more people are open to share versus the first guy buying up all the ammo in any certain caliber and leaving people behind them empty handed.

compshootfl..

There is no overkill if you shoot what you are buying, or buy it when available to help others. I have 10K rounds in my cabinet, but only because the weather hasn't been fit to shoot much in the last few months here in NC. You know as well as I do that 3-5 people shooting 22's can easily burn 1500 rounds on a Saturday afternoon in a matter of hours.

I have sold 20K rounds to friends and family in need (as well as about 6-7 forum members). I have been fortunate to have an early work schedule that allows me to go to WM early (no lines here yet) and get what I want when it is in stock. Does that make me a hoarder, possibly. But at least I am either shooting it myself, or selling it at my cost to others in need. If nothing else, that will hopefully frustrate the gougers and keep it off of Gunbroker.

Sonjason has sent me ammo at cost plus shipping. I'm very thankful for it. It's hard to find ammo here. We have three Wal-Mart's and each one is hit by people selling it on armslist or gunbroker. Occasionally I find 9mm and 762 and buy as much as I can

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I was not aiming my comments on the truhful folks on here, I was merely making an observation...I can't even buy 1000 rounds...very frustrating to say the least and I refuse to pay the scammers on GB their outragous prices. I do shoot alot, unfortunately, if I can't even replace what I am shooting, then I am out of luck. I find it hard to believe that someone is shooting 10k rounds a month in the dead of winter, but oh well.

I just tried the WalMart app and have good news / bad news. Indeed, the 9mm was available just as the app showed even though the sales people didn't know it was on their truck. However, $21.50 for a box of 20 was to much for me!! I'll just continue trying to locate the necessary components and load my own. I'm afraid that just as pricing was used to control cigarette usage the same will happen to ammo. Thanks for the notice about the app; that seems to really work well

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I can't wait til my local walmart stocks some .22 ammo. I have hit it up all this week since the app isn't working too well and no luck. I am really hoping tomorrow I will score. I scored 50 rounds at academy the other day but if I could get my hands on a value pack I would be happy. I did get 2 50 packs of federal .40 today though. I hope they don't stock Saturday as I work that morning I usually go right at 7am too

Edit: I have around 700 rounds of .22 but ideally I would like double that. and for my .40 I have 200 rounds and I am fine with that since I don't shoot it as much due to it being more expensive to shoot.

Anybody notice the WM app and website has crapped out over the last 2 weeks? Nothing shows in stock in any of the stores in my area and I've seen stuff at stores that wAsnt there but is now and still shows oos?

Well, after learning my lesson last night and watching two guys buy everything right in front of me I seen it show up at a store 30 miles from me this afternoon and called....

We don't have it they said....I said OK then lets say it would happen to be in then back, what time would you put it out?

He said 9:30 or 10....(Hmm yea right, I heard that before....)

So I went bee bopping in the store at 7:15 tonight and GUESS WHAT... They had already SOLD 8 boxes of the 555 Winchester ON THE PALLET and I got the last two and luckily two M22 boxes were still on the pallet....The guy didn't even know they were 22 till I pointed it out....

So I guess I finally scored...

You literally have to learn the quirks and mentality of the people working in sporting goods to catch some of this stuff...Every store is different and I can guarantee some workers are telling you one thing on the phone and doing another...

And the way we are bugging the **** out of them about ammo, I cant blame them.

Was at Walmart tonight for other items and took a walk past the empty ammo shelves.....but to my surprise federal .40 cal. There were 15 or so boxes. I picked up three and promptly checked my Walmart app, it said out of stock. Oh well guess I survive to shoot another weekend.

How are you guys actually seeing how many boxes are in stock? Mine just shows In Stock, Out of Stock or Limited Stock

It does that with the Winchester white box 100 round value packs in my area.

You can even scan the upc code when they are on the shelf and it shows nothing....

I cant for the life of me figure out how walmart cant track sales of it like that.

We cant see the box count, I figured out that cases of WWB 100rd 9mm are 20 count, Cases of Winchester 555 are 10 count, and those M22 Winchesters like someone posted earlier are only 2 to a case, so when you see them listed as limited stock, that means they only have 2 1000 round boxes in the back to bring out.

What I have been doing is looking at the cases when they were unloading them off the pallet.

Seems to be a pattern developing with what shows up at what time at certain stores each week.

I noticed this week we are seeing a lot of TULA ammo that does not show up in inventory hitting the shelves also btw.

WM showing winchester 333 in stock. I will check first thing tomorrow. I hope they have something as so far this week they have had none.

When did it show up? I would call and see if its on the shelves right now...If it is there wont be any left in the morning.

If its still in the back then I would try getting them to bring it out. A couple stores in my area will do that but some wont. You have to go the extra mile to get it because I am telling you if you listen to them, and show up when they tell you to all you will see is empty shelves or people carrying it out of the store as you are going in lol.

I know some of you still say the app doesn't work but once again I got a decent score. At 4:30pm yesterday the 555 WC and 225 Remington showed to be in stock. When that happens, I know its on the truck and will be put out at 7am. Get to the store at 6am this morning and already 3 ppl there. Well I knew there was 10 boxes of 555 and 20 boxes of 225. Simple math says I'm getting 1 box of 555 and 2 boxes of 225. Well after this nerdy kid passes by and tells us there is no ammo for the 3rd time, here comes all the ammo on a cart. The first 3 guys took each a 3 555 boxes. So I was left 1 555 and got 2 225. The lady rings me up and says "oops I rang u up for 4 boxes and u only have 3". So she takes a box off, rings me up, and I leave. My buddy bought 3 boxes of Remington 225 and our prices were the same. I checked my receipt and the box she took off was the 555 WC. She charge me for 3 boxes of 225 Remington which saved me 14 bucks. I guess it is good Friday.

In the last two weeksI've picked up 3000 rds using the app. It works. My last score was a brick of Rem. Subsonic. It had been showing in stock for 2 days, but was never there when I went. I just kept going every morning to check. On the third day, there it was - 2 bricks. I grabbed both, then gave one to a guy who was late to the party. So even if it saying "in stock" and isn't on the shelf, it is either in the back or on its way.

Also there is about a 2 hour delay before the app will show out of stock. Anytime I buy the last bit, it will show in stock for about another 2 hours.

So just to clarify, when you notice it change from Out of Stock to In Stock or Limited Stock... that means it should be out around the next morning?
So it just means that the truck dropped off the shipment and it's not in real time? Just want to make sure before I start driving, I drove out to a different Walmart and he said none in stock. The app said some in stock and has said that all day. I'm sure they were hiding it for other employees as I heard another employee swing by and ask if he was still holding something for him.

Maybe it wasn't ammo, maybe it was. But it was definitely something people wanted to buy. The employees have an advantage, they can hide ammo and call their friends to pick it up. I've had very bad experiences with Walmart.

From my experience "In Stock" means it is either there or on it's way there. Sometimes, there is a delay, but for me that has only happened once. I usually check the app around midnight. My walmart puts out ammo between 7:00-8:00am. I've heard stories about employees stashing it. I've also heard stories of managers having to lock up the ammo in their offices to keep that from happening.

I think it's going to boil down to Walmart writing names down of everyone buying the ammo and then rationing it out to once a week for each customer. I know I'd do this if I was in charge of it all. All the complaints from every customer (like myself) and the people sitting there waiting on it are just bad.

Earlier this week I watched the poor old Dept Mgr lady wheel out a cart full of ammo to a bunch of people hovering around the cabinet. They literally were 3ft from her cart the whole time, like dogs begging for scraps. I personally would want to scream get the F#$% away and give me some space and quit staring. That was about the crappiest thing I saw this week.

Anyway, just go to the Store Manager, not the Asst.Mgrs and tell them you want to file a complaint with their District Manager and/or the home office.

Tell them that you would like to know how the freight gets logged in-stock, what happens to the ammo once it's unloaded, and when it gets stocked to the shelves. Talk to them about the Walmart App, show them how it works and explain to them your theorys/stories/personal accts, on how the employees and preferred customers are being sold the ammo, leaving you with a bare shelf.

We should come up with solutions to their problem of getting it stocked. Not just yelling/sulking about not getting any.

1. Post times that it gets stocked, when/if they get it and what they received.
2. Have a manager account for the truck's inventory/manifest versus what they have on-hand before it gets stocked.
3. Ask that no Ammo gets sold before it's placed in the ammo cabinet on the sales floor.
4. Ask that management look into who is buying ammo each week with an associate discount. (this might scare some associates there and they might stop using their discount cards at the least).
5. Ask them to not sell any ammo from 9pm to 7am. (don't see this happening).
6. Ask that no associate can buy any ammo during their work shift, regardless if they are on breaks/dinner/lunch etc..
7. Have random stocking times, which sucks, but this will throw off the re-sellers quite a bit.
8. Ask that only Management can physically sell the ammo to a customer. Managers should also ask to see a photo ID as well.

#8 will piss off some management teams BUT it will scare any associates that are buying/hoarding it AND the managers will start seeing regular faces coming in all the time. Plus asking to see a photo ID, the manager will see names like Mr. Badonkadonk who shares the same name as a sales clerk or overnight stocker/unloader.

The Federal and CCI show "Store information not available" for me now. I can only see stock on Winchester stuff.

I just downloaded the app & selected the Wally World I normally go to. I can't figure out how to see their inventory, though. Will someone please help an old muggle out?

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Once you select the item, there is a see inventory button.

Is it true they can't sell ammo after 10pm?

Several of the local WMs close their Sporting a goods counters at 10pm.

Ask for the manager, explain the situation (ammo listed in stock) and ask what time they will stock the ammo.

I've been able to obtain ammo this way.

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Thanks for the heads-up about the M22 limited stock. I still think employees are taking it at my local walmart. The app has worked for me and I was able to help my brother score with it too. My closest walmart (Christown for those in the phx area) has a limit of no more than 1 box of 1 caliber and only 3 boxes total. It sure does make it rough but at least it gives better odds to those who go.

Not shooting anywhere near 10K/month but having 10K in reserve has kept me away from all this hubbub.

Well I tried it and it is pretty much a waste of time as there are 30,000 other guys monitoring the app. I'm sorry but my life can't revolve around the pursuit of ammo.

I've been using the WW app for the past 2 weeks every day - morning, noon, and night - for 38, 45, and 357 and nothing in stock and nothing changed. I was in the Warren PA one yesterday for some groceries and I stopped in just for fun, looking in the glass cabinet I see a lot of empty space, one box of Tula 45, some rifle and shotgun ammo. The kid asked me what I was looking for, I said 45, 357, 38, 22 and he pointed to the only box of Tula, I left that for someone else.
Got any 22 anything?
Not a single box.
Do you have any 38's?
He reached under the counter and put one box of Winchester white box "target" 130gr FMJ on the counter.
Can I have more?
Nope, one box per customer.
I took it and left.
As I walked away I looked at the Walmart app again and it shows no 38's in stock......

Very frustrating times...

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22 and 9 mm just showed up today. I'm going there with full intention of getting 22. I'm going to ask if he has any if he says no ill show him the app. We will see how it goes

Walmart's online app no longer works for me. I now get a message that no store information is available.

Restart your phone.

And I'm 100% sure there is a lady buying 22 under the table. She is always there when they put it out and lets people go in front of her but always seems happy. I have a few friends that work there and will be asking. I did however FINALLY get one box of golden bullets. Also got 2 9mm boxes

Edit. Sure enough my friend went to get 9mm and saw the lady pull out a 555 box from behind the counter for a guy. Time to get corporate involved at my store.

I've been monitoring the app since January after a close friend who managed a superstore for years turned me on to it soon after the crunch set in and explained how it functioned. Until it went viral I did very good (January to mid-March) with it. Was monitoring some 11 stores within a 50 mile radius.

The app was always spot on until recently. And even then, some 9mm and .22 was not being brought out between the 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. time slots that they were scheduled. The trucks come in during the night and it shows up as limited stock (less than 1 case) or in stock ( 1 or more cases) when it reaches the store warehouse. If it doesn't come out when it is supposed to be stocked, something has happened to it within the store.

If you don't see it and the app shows it in stock after the time it is supposed to be brought out, make the clerk run the lot number. If they refuse or give you a runaround, go to customer service and present the lot number to them and request the manager if necessary.

I've found some stores to be straight up and bring the inventory posted and I've found others that weren't. Especially with .22 cal. it is too lucrative not to have some shady things going on.

I've got no dog in this hunt. Did alright before many others caught on and I'm not selling anything anyway, but all I can say is that up until the past two weeks this app worked for me every time at the honest stores where the manager had personal control. I found that one store has much ammo that is still unaccounted for and management assured me that some heads will roll as soon as they gather enough evidence.

When you show up for the time when the ammo is to be brought out, and the app shows its there, I will reiterate, make them run the lot number. They have to. If there is a problem, go to customer service. You can use your smart phone to download the numbers on the shelf even if it is not on that shelf.

With the great disparity existing between Walmart's prices and the profits that can be made by rolling it over, you should be able to see what can happen. Its too enticing right now to not get corrupt and caught up in a ready made opportunity.

On the flip side, if you are fortunate to be dealing with a store that is stringent about its rules for employees and customers, show your support and stand behind them. Put in a good word to management about the associates working the sporting goods department. They are dealing with people who are literally camping out in the sporting goods aisle all night in some cases.

These are truly historic times we're living in right now. I've taken photos of the lines at Walmart and Gander Mountain to pass on to my grandkids as a lesson.

Lets learn that lesson or else we will continually be fools at the mercy of others. Just be glad this isn't something vitally essential at the moment or, looking at what's happening here, you'll need the gun and the ammo to get it... and that may still happen yet if things don't straighten up real quick in this country. Things have change since the 1930's and not for the better.

Personally, not something I would brag about.

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If anyone here cares to, I would like to know the upc or item numbers of the stuff walmart carries that doesn't show up on the Walmart App. There is quite a bit of ammo that doesn't show on there.

Earlier tonight Tennreb posted that we should ask the clerks to run the lot numbers to see if it's indeed in-stock or not.

By lot number, I assume he means Item number which you can find in the description part on the app. UPC number however I can't see that on my app anywhere.

However I know Walmart sells Federal brand 22lr but it doesn't show on my app at all. Anyone know the UPC or Item number for it?

For some reason Federal quit showing up in the app a few days ago. UPC codes can be found if you look at the website (full site, not mobile). But, since I'm standing right in front of the case:

325 count: 0002946505735

550 count: 2946505674

You may have to add the leading zeroes to the front of the second number, that's how they appear online.

My Walmart on they way to work showed the 1000 round m-22 boxes in limited stock on Friday so I stopped at the lady said we haven't seen any she said try back tomorrow it might be on the truck they are unloading today. So I call on Saturday nope it still isn't here. So I go this morning to get the wife an Easter basket at around 6:30 and just do a walk by and low and behold there are 2 boxes of the 1000 count m-22 just laying on the counter. After about 10 min I rechecked the app and it now shows out of stock. Both times I have actually been able to find the m-22 I've been at the store before 7am and its just laying on the floor or on the counter I've never had any issues buying ammo before 7am it may just be the local walmarts don't care about only certain times they can sell ammo

I was checking ammo stock for my local Wally World this morning online and lo and behold they showed some common calibers in stock including .22lr. Was able to get 2 boxes of 333 each Winchester jhp for around $15.50 a box including tax. Not too bad considering what the gougers are trying to sell this stuff for. They also had some 9mm, .223, 7.62x39 and quite a bit of .40 S&W in 50 and 100 round boxes. I also saw some .38 special and .357 mag in 50 and 100 round boxes. From what I've seen over the last few weeks, things might be starting to loosen up and at least Wal-mart has not raised their prices much.
Happy Easter to all!

JimZ

Using the app I scored my 3-box limit of Remington 225-ct boxes at two local wal-marts this morning for a total of 1,350 rounds. Both were showing in-stock last night, one wouldn't pull ammo from the back to sell and the other I won't go to at night, but was able to buy after 7 AM today. The guy at the first said its the first 22 he's seen in a long time, and its the first I've seen it in stock there since I started looking at WM for ammo about a month ago.

Just got back from Wally World. I did my normal quick check of the ammo cabinet in hopes of some 9mm. showed out of stock on app. low and behold, they had one box of 9mm on the shelf. It was Remington. I grabbed it and the clerk asked if I wanted any of the Remington 225 count .22. He had four boxes. Instead of buying ammo I didn't need, I left it for the next person. The clerk looked at me like I was crazy. Lol. Also, the app is only good for federal 9mm. No other 9mm Wally World sells shows up.

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I checked the Walmart app last night and it showed my local store had Federal 9mm 100rd in stock. I got there at about 7:30am Easter Sunday and they had 9mm....380....223.....45 So I grabbed my 3 box limit of the 9mm. I was the only one in the store looking for ammo. I had to go find someone to open the showcase to get me the ammo. I figured I'd stop by tomorrow morning on the way to work and get another 300rds, but I just checked the app and it shows "out of stock". Oh well......I'll have to wait till next week. I by ammo for the range, not to resell.

I would have gladly paid you to ship me the 22! Hopefully my Walmart takes care of the employee problem

Same thing is happening in my area too. It winds up at the local flea market for 3 - 4 times normal price.
I called and complained to my local Wal Mart, talked to a manager, didnt do any good.

We all know its happening, we know some employees are hiding ammo and selling it to friends and/or buying it themselves when they go on break. But of course up till now, its just mostly been suspician and speculation. But I can now tell you with 100% certainty that a sporting good clerk at a store in south central KY was doing it with .22s and got caught! The sporting good manager admits that it happened, and I know someone who works in another department who told me about it says all the employees are talking about it. They fired him!!!!!!!!!! So while I've been frustrated with walmart's handling of the shortage, I must give them credit for taking this serious enough to fire the guy.
As it turned out, the group in line one morning waiting for the 7 pm ammo to be brought out knew that the app and site showed "limited" m-22, which usually means 2 of the 1000 round packs. But when the guy brought ammo out, guess what? It wasn't there. While we all know the app/site isn't 100%, those there that morning apparently felt it was and they just went crazy and went and got the store manager. The store manager comes back and goes through the actual list showing what was unloaded into the store durring the night, and there it was....2 of the m-22 1000 packs. SO the store manager himself goes back and starts looking. Well, guess what? He finds it....and guess where? OK, picture a wooden pallen. You know how there are slats on the bottom, then a 8-10 space where a fork lift can put the forks in, then slats across the top? WEll, the ammo was INSIDE the pallet---in that area where the forks go. Apparently the crooket clerk had hidden it there so he'd have a chance if he got caught.....because as soon as the manager found it and ask the clerk about it he said "I turned the cart over when i was loading it and several boxes fell and that one muse have fallen in there". Fortunately the manager was smart enough to realize something as heavy as 2,000 rounds of ammo couldn't just fall INSIDE a pallet. Op top or behind maybe, but this ammo was in the hollow part of the pallet and apparently pretty far in there. Whatever the case, it was obvious enough to the store manager that he felt confident enough to fire the guy. He took the ammo to the waiting crowd and appologized and told them he was going to have to figure out what happened (he didn't tell them he was firing the guy) but in reality he took the guy directly to his office to do paperwork to terminate him. GOOD FOR THAT MANAGER! My understanding is that the same employee had already been undersuspician for this before and had been told to make sure it didn't happen. I cant prove that part or that he had done it before, but the rest of the story is a well known fact that I was told by both a co-worker and the sporting goods manager on the evening shift. So no more just suspecting employees are doing this....it happened for a 100% fact at my store.

Since I am a wholesaler,I buy my ammo from Hornady and load my own up in .38,357,and,.45. Hornady has been price cautious all the time since the fumbolt peoples in D.C. staarted out with this ridiculious gun control rant. WalMart,well this is the way they are told by corporate to do. or else,they aren't working for wally world no more.

Didn't post this to brag, just to show that the app does work. I will admit, I was happy to finally find some so that I could target practice with my new 22 pistol in hopes of getting my concealed carry permit soon.