A change in Walmart's 22 ammo?

[pownal55]

A fellow shooter told me some Walmarts are no longer stocking bulk boxes of 22 ammo. So I ask the guy behind the gun counter at our local Walmart and he tells me no bulk boxes in a couple months, only boxes of 50 or 100 rnds. Could this be due to the hoarders, gougers,and such or just a coinsidence?

 

[Maddog 521]

I can't answer your question. FWIW I haven't seen a box of 22 ammo for sale in a store for over a year.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Market forces are a bitch. Bricks are now shrinking to about 350 instead of 500 or 550. Prices are way, way up. My guess is that the suppliers are shipping smaller boxes because they get a better profit.

 

[shakyshoot]

Every time people don't see .22 at Walmart, rumors start about how they won't be carrying ammo. They will be carrying ammo. You just have to be there when they have it. Check ammo-can.net for inventory before you go. Or the Android app.

 

[pownal55]

Every time people don't see .22 at Walmart, rumors start about how they won't be carrying ammo. They will be carrying ammo. You just have to be there when they have it. Check ammo-can.net for inventory before you go. Or the Android app.

I use ammo-can regularly and that's how I know this is not just a rumor as well as hearing it from others. Last summer they seem to have bulk boxes quite often. Thanks for the tip anyway.

 

[shakyshoot]

Not really sure how the fact that none has appeared in a while proves that they aren't carrying it. I haven't seen .22 ammo in a long time at a lot of other stores. So I guess they've all stopped selling it.

 

[shakyshoot]

By the way "I've heard it from others" kind of defines "rumor" doesn't it? These stories have circulated about Walmart ammo for years. And yet they still sell ammo.

 

[GypsmJim]

My son is a Manager at my local WalMart. They receive a shipment of Fed 550 bricks almost weekly. They put them out at 8:00 AM and they are gone by 8:15.

My philosophy is that anything "heard from others" is never true.

 

[johnnymg]

A fellow shooter told me some Walmarts are no longer stocking bulk boxes of 22 ammo. So I ask the guy behind the gun counter at our local Walmart and he tells me no bulk boxes in a couple months, only boxes of 50 or 100 rnds. Could this be due to the hoarders, gougers,and such or just a coinsidence?

I can confirm that the two Walmarts in my town have NOT had any BULK 22 in ~3 months.

JohnG

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

I visited a semi-local Walmart yesterday around 8:00PM, and found 17 Federal bulk boxes on the shelf.

The ones in stock at this particular location were the "Champion" 525 boxes, and not the 550 boxes that I've bought at Walmart in the past. Even so, it was nice to get 1575 rounds of 22.

 

[thebeamanater107]

I can't answer your question. FWIW I haven't seen a box of 22 ammo for sale in a store for over a year.

I found two. When I was new to buying guns (this past august) I bought a 22 and the store had 3 525 count boxes of 22lr, so I bought one. I didn't know there was an ammo shortage. Now that I've learned up all the political anti gun stuff, and the great ammo shortage, I ask every time I go in the gun store and last month I found one 100 count box of 22 shorts. Other than that, nothing

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[thebeamanater107]

Every time people don't see .22 at Walmart, rumors start about how they won't be carrying ammo. They will be carrying ammo. You just have to be there when they have it. Check ammo-can.net for inventory before you go. Or the Android app.

I believe an intelligent company will sell whatever they can legally make money with... So I'm with you here. I don't think Wal-Mart is political. My local one is selling ar-15s, but a different Wal-Mart that is in a more left wing area doesn't even sell paintball guns.

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[shakyshoot]

I believe an intelligent company will sell whatever they can legally make money with... So I'm with you here. I don't think Wal-Mart is political. My local one is selling ar-15s, but a different Wal-Mart that is in a more left wing area doesn't even sell paintball guns.

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I have no idea how they decide where to sell guns and where not to sell guns. People try to make them out as "anti-gun" and yet they are the largest gun dealer in the US and the world.

 

[pownal55]

By the way "I've heard it from others" kind of defines "rumor" doesn't it? These stories have circulated about Walmart ammo for years. And yet they still sell ammo.

When I hear it from the guy that works the Walmart ammo counter in the morning I consider more than just a rumor. I know they still sell ammo but neither he nor I have seen bulk boxes in months, other stores may be different.

 

[thebeamanater107]

When I hear it from the guy that works the Walmart ammo counter in the morning I consider more than just a rumor. I know they still sell ammo but neither he nor I have seen bulk boxes in months, other stores may be different.

I'd label that a strong rumor, probably a fact if the proper sources and research was given. But still, a rumor.

I don't tell rumors unless they're strong rumors, like what you did

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[J. R. WEEMS]

Can't tell you when I last saw any 22 ammo at WM-- I stopped looking unless I am in the area, then I might glance that way. Just glad I have enough.

 

[shakyshoot]

When I hear it from the guy that works the Walmart ammo counter in the morning I consider more than just a rumor. I know they still sell ammo but neither he nor I have seen bulk boxes in months, other stores may be different.

Really? A minimum wage employee at the ammo counter is your go-to source for corporate news? I can go to google right now and find virtually this same discussion from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Joe sporting goods manager told all us employees this is going to be the last of the ammo. Once the warehouse is cleaned out, no more ammo. They aren't ordering any more ammo. If you believe this, then why not just stay out of Walmart and leave the ammo for those who aren't privy to this inside information?

 

[shakyshoot]

Same discussion, same time last year: WalMart will no longer sell ammunitions and Firearms - SIG Talk

 

[pownal55]

Really? A minimum wage employee at the ammo counter is your go-to source for corporate news? I can go to google right now and find virtually this same discussion from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. Joe sporting goods manager told all us employees this is going to be the last of the ammo. Once the warehouse is cleaned out, no more ammo. They aren't ordering any more ammo. If you believe this, then why not just stay out of Walmart and leave the ammo for those who aren't privy to this inside information?

First, I NEVER said Walmart would stop selling ammo. That minimum wage employee, as you like to call him, is a lot closer to the situation than you are. I heard all the same talk you heard in 2008,2009,2010,2011, and 2012. This is a different subject. This is about bulk boxes of ammunition, nothing more. Don't let your imagination turn it into anything else.

 

[Engineer1911]

What shortage?

I have not been able to buy 22 LR for four years , but personal conditions allowed me to buy 5 cases in 2005 so there is no shortage on my shelf .