I was in walmart today to pick up some of the 50 packs of Federal Lightning 22LR and the associate in sporting goods limited me to 6 boxes. They said they were new but they were trained there was a policy of no more than six boxes of ammo per customer.

Has anyone else run into this? As recently as a couple weeks ago I had been able to buy 10 - 20+ with no one so much as batting an eye.

Apparently the limit is simply the number of boxes, so you could get six 50-packs or six 550 packs.

Maybe this is a response to me buying all of the stock from the local Walmarts then going to the range and shooting it in one big M&P-15-22 binge.

If it's a policy change it new because I have bought more the 6 boxes numerous times at my local walmart and not all that long ago. I'm not sure where you live but if it's in a non gun friendly state it could be a new local law that they are forced to comply with.

A year ago my local wmart started this. We can only get 2 boxes at a time, of each box. For example I could get 2 boxes of 525's, 2 boxes of 50's and 2 boxes of .45.

My Wal-Mart took their sign down over a year ago. I have not bought over 6 but I've seen others, I go every week. In my area they are the cheapest game in town.

Paul

I'll ask on my next trip in (some time today). I've been stocking up but kind of dollar cost averaging, four boxes ever trip. Not that prices change but they are asking if the ammo is for a handgun or not. They are walking a thin line. They dropped guns so they could sell more al-k-hall, more money in it. I'm sure they are concerned about the number of bad folk getting bad press having bought their ammo at walmart but 3300 rounds is well north where I would think. Perhaps it's a balance between being able to say they are doing something and getting folks like us pissed enough to go elsewhere (online?).

Saddly Super Walmart is our main store for almost everything so it's easy for me.

B2

I suspect this is the reason. My Walmart has strangely (sarcasm) not carried the 9mm 250-rd bulk pack for ~3 months.

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So that is why they dropped guns? I had wondered why since their sales seemed pretty good. My local WM dropped guns then about 6 mos later moved and became a Super WM with groceries and beer / wine.

Unfortunately, it takes my local WM about 10 minutes to get someone to unlock the ammo case. If it were easier, I would tend to make more smaller purchases.

Interestingly, the Walmart here just started to sell long guns a couple weeks ago.

That would be a good day for me. After about 10 trips well over 10 minutes waiting (including calling the front desk to overhead page someone with the key several times) I called the manager. He appologied and sent an assistant manager who gave me 20% off the three boxes I bought (22WMR). It was a nice gesture that helped.

On the postive side the guy running the case has kept it well stocked compared to every other walmart I've ever been in.

I picked up some hard cider the other night and some ammo at the same time. The computer asked if I was over 40, by 10 years I answered. Again, something simple to start making things better as drinking and gunpower never mix well.

B2

Our Walmart dropped guns about 2 years ago, but just 3 weeks ago put them back in. They also in the past year started actually stocking ammo, and keeping it well stocked. In years past the Winchester 50 and 100 rd packs for 40 S&W were all they carried (suits me, its cheap and what I buy), but now they have Federal and UMC as well as another Remington line. Strangely, .223, they only keep one brand.

Good sign, fingers crossed. Do they sell more than beer in the adult beverage section? What state?

B2

Kansas, I believe I've seen mixed drinks near the beer.

Ammo and beer I can always buy no problem. When I try to get some spray paint or carb cleaner, whoa, hold on, two forms of ID please.

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lol, I had my boys with me, one of them was holding a DVD with an R rating to put on the conveyor, the clerk asked me who the movie was for.

That's probably because nobody will unlock the case to *sell* any of it.

So, as far as WM is concerned it's okay to mix drinking and firearms so long as one is over 40?

That age limit of 40 new one for me. I knew you have to be 26 to rent a car and 35 to be president. Didn't know you had to be 40 to buy ammo and alcohol. Learned something new...

There are several items I've bought and saw the screen pop up to ask if I am over 40. I always wondered what that was about.

A little over a year ago, the WM around me started the 6 box limit, and sometimes was even lower. One manager told me it was because they sold out so fast, they wanted to give more customers a chance to buy, rather than sell all 100 boxes to the first guy through the door after they restock. I'd call and they'd say they had what I needed in stock, then get there and they would be out. Until this I always picked up my ammo for the weekend at lunch on Friday. But since I could no longer buy that way, ..

I gave up on buying local, and started ordering in mass quantity online form large reputable vendors. Get fresher ammo cheaper. Have not been back to WM since, so I don't know what current policy is. And the best thing is, this way I "have" to buy surplus ammo cans to store my ammo in. I have a thing for surplus ammo cans, you needs at least 2 dozen, or well, maybe 3 dozen.

this is a huge talk over in the 1911 forums

I myself last week bought all this at my Walmart (besides the Kimber)



These are from my understanding:

Walmart Super Centers will not carry ammo

Walmart is the distributor for Winchester reason why it is so cheap there

6 box limit goes for certain Walmart, reason unknown.

I've talked with the Store manager bout this and he believes it doesn't matter who has the money. It's not like they sell it to anyone. Must be a FOID card carry. He also understand the price hike coming May 1 of it being 5%-15%. If for some reason the system only allows 6 boxes, he said he'll just ring it up different transactions.

The only issue I have is that .45 Auto is very hard to get and rarely restocked. I take what I can and leave no box behind.

As for 9mm, plenty and always restocked.

I stop by everyday home from work only to catch if they have .45s, especially the Value Pack 100 rounds 230gr for $32.00
the 9mm 115gr VP 100 rounds go for $20.00

Prices really can't be beat unless I shop internet bulk

I use to get the CCI mini Mags there for $6.00

one guy in Texas got these at his Walmart... if only they stocked like this at mine

All of the WalMart Super Centers around here sell ammo and guns. Beer and wine as well.

the 6 box limit is not a corporate walmart policy, but the sporting goods manager and if you call corporate office and let them know there doing this you might find the limit of 6 gone.

and atleast at my walmart they store ammo under the counter which again is not a corporate walmart policy, they have a locked cage in the back where it most be stored if its over stock.

Our Walmart also dropped guns a couple of years ago -- but put them back in last week. As for ammo, they rationed it back during the ammo shortage but are now back to, "How many you want?" Seems that during the shortage an employee was tipping off a couple of buddies whenever a truck came in overnight. Next morning, the buddies would come in first thing, buy cases, and resell it at inflated prices in their own shop.

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The Walmarts by me limit customers to (2) boxes of ammo, period.
So, you can pick a box of 9mm and a box of .22.....or, (2) boxes of .22.

Their policy must vary store-to-store. Our locals have had a 6 box max policy for several years. Here they almost never have .45 ACP in stock, but always have plenty of .22.

Super Wally World in Beaver Dam Wisconsin quit stocking the 250 pack of .40 UMC. A couple weeks ago they got their long guns back. I haven't hit a limit on ammo, but I normally don't buy 6 boxes of anything. Maybe 2 500 packs of .22.

I buy 15 boxes of 50 every time I go there. Im gonna start buying the 500 round brix.

No limit at my local. Or as far as I can tell. Bought 20 fifty round boxes of Fed. Lightings.
They were on sale.
Guy22

My Walmart, in a small town in a rural county is lucky to have six boxes total of all calibers. They don't carry guns and keep very little ammo in stock. About the only thing you can count on them maybe having is a couple of boxes of 22RF, sometimes a box of 9mm and maybe 40S&W. What is amazing is that dove, duck and goose hunting is big here and the store seldom stocks more than a box or two of shotgun shells

Hardly anyone bothers buying any ammo from them because they usually don't have any to sell. I guess the manager likes it that way.

Of course the towns one tiny gunshop doesn't have much in the way of ammo either. I think he keeps the place open as a tax write off, because he seldom has more that eight or ten guns of all kinds in the whole store, and doesn't want to be bothered special ordering anything, or acting as the FFL for something bought off gun broker. If you want anything related to guns you have to drive about 50 miles to Corpus.

Sounds like you have a calling!!!!

Some of you younger guys might not remember, but at one time Wally was the biggest Retailer of guns in the US. Same with ammo.
Then the PC Washington crowd jumped on them, and sent the ATF after them. Arrested some of their $10.00 dollar help etc.
Wally caved into them.
My local Wally still carries a pretty good selection of ammo, but no guns. I was looking over their .22 ammo the other day and was suprised to see so many Shorts. I have not shot a Short in many years! They had many brands, etc.
They also had some longs. Again I have not shot any of these in years.
Just kinda suprised me, so a bought a box each. The shorts I got are rat shot. Didn't even know they still made them!

It makes me sleep better knowing if Ben and his friends attack I have the prefect ammo!!!

Guy22

Months ago, while scouring the net for the best deal on ammo that I could find, in bulk or not, I came across an article quoting Wal-Mart representatives as saying that about two thirds of their stores carry guns and/or ammo. They also said that it was solely based on local demographics, meaning that it the stuff doesn't sell then they don't stock it. Seems to work along those lines in my state, for example in Seattle or Bellevue they don't usually carry either item. In Federal Way they carry ammo but no guns while in Super Centers in Auburn and Puyallup carry both presumably because they are both closer to the countrysides?

Anyway, I hope is has nothing to do with caving in to politics or the FEDs because those issues seem to continually erode our collective rights and privileges.

For the last year it has been hit or miss if the sales clerk limits me to six boxes. so around Philly, I'm seeing the same limit as others.

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Our three Wal-marts here all sell Ammo, but only one store has limit, cause according to the Dept. Manager someone came in and bought out entire stock of cal., so he being a shooter didn't think that was fair to others that wanted to go shooting.

I have to say at first I didn't like the 2 box limit, and I still am not a fan. But the other side of it is for a year now I can count on getting some ammo there where as before I went in every other day and would rarely see any on the shelves. Plus, if I'm just plinking I can get, say, 2 boxes of fed 525, and 2 boxes of cci's and so forth. But that's just here, not sure about others. Oh, and we had the problem of employees telling the friends when it came in so probably has something to do with it.

the wally world's around here all carry ammo, firearms, and hunting gear, but it varies from store to store, but then I have like 8 stores in 30 minute drive.

Most Walmart stores in CA used to only allow 6 boxes per transaction. However, about a year ago they removed this from most of the stores. The only time I pick up more than 6 boxes at a time is when I get CCI Mini Mags for $6 each, or Federal 9mm FMJ for $10 each.

All CA stores no longer (and haven't for years) sell any long guns.

Walmart dropped guns because ATF required that gun managers have a minimum of a high school diploma or GED. My local super center has a manager that has a certificate of completion for the 8th grade.

I went back again today to see if any .45 cal came in...

and this was just put up in past couple since my last large purchase



I asked lady behind the counter when it was put it...

she told me it was a "State Law"

I told her, "oh really.... so I can't go anywhere and buy more than 6 boxes in this State huh??? who's the MOD right now?"

it wasn't the same Manager I talked to the other night but told him what she said.

Walked out with another 12 boxes of Winchester 9mm and 2 boxes of 44 mag.

I am the only customer that buys them, if it's 6 today, 6 tomorrow and 6 the next if they really enforce it.

but they don't carry 22LR.. would be nice

I think its depending on the store management really my wife is a Walmart manager and has never heard of the limit, just to test it I bought more than 6 boxes yesterday and no problems???Different managers will say different things though

Here the supercenter is the only walyworld that cary's guns and no limet on ammo. And thay sale bear&wine and also have a liqure store

Exactly, each store can set its own policies.

The WalMarts are weird. At the peak of the ammo shortage they had a 5 box limit. Strangely the WalMarts do not all carry the same ammo lines. Some places have the big 250 packs, others do not.

I deal with the manager and usually the limit is not enforced if the stock is good. It remains on the books and a new employee may be working "by the book."

Geoff
Who notes Academy Sports is cheaper by about $1 -$3 per box depending on quantity. But for me Academy is further away...sigh.

I think that the limits some Walmarts put on ammo purchases is to please the greatest number of customers. There are too many like the guy I saw at my local Walmart Supercenter gun counter:
"Got any 9 mm in?"
"Yes, sir. We just got four cases in."
"OK. I'll take it all."
That's the reason why they are usually out of ammo when I need some.

I was gald to see my walmart carry the 250 packs of ammo for 9 and 40. Then I compared the price and found for 9, its cheaper to buy the 50 pack federal, and for the 40 its cheaper to by the 100 pack winchester.

In my area several "basement" gun shops buy their ammo this way and re-sell it for $4-$5 a box more. I hate those guys, as they buy up ALL the 45 ACP and 44 Mag as soon as it hits the shelves.

I know of 5 Super Wally Worlds all with in a 45 minute drive from my House,and they all sell Guns & Ammo.And the one I go to the most always has a very good supply of Ammo in all Cal' with no limits,and they even stock the UMC 250 rnd packs.I've really been stocking up on the 115gr HP Remington 100 rnd' packs for $24.

At my Wally World they sell the hundred packs for $30 and the 250 packs for $72.

Well they did anyway, the 250 packs were gone last time I was there and there was no tag where they should go. Maybe they won't stock them....

Yesterday my order came in from Tactical Ammo though... 1000 rounds of .40 for $265 shipped, no tax.

Oh, and it's in a really nice metal military ammo can!!!

I believe WM is doing a service so all of us can enjoy their lower
prices.If one or two people buy the entire stock of a particular caliber the rest of are SOL! Also I've noticed WM ammo at gun show tables at elevated prices of course. Sid V.

Mine limits us to 6 boxes at a time also.

No limit that I'm aware of for the Wally World by me. Lately they haven't had any of the Federal .22 550 bulk packs in stock. I asked one of the clerks if he knew when they get them in and he said that they don't control the orders and that they are shipped random ammo on a daily basis. I also have issues sometimes finding a clerk to get my ammo because sometimes there is nobody there working the guns and ammo section and not everyone has a key for the ammo.

I pretty much have to run someone down who has to run someone else with a key down to buy my ammo.

On a positive note, I bought a 100 rnd, 9mm winchester. It came with 101 rnds :-)