Almost empty shelves at Wal-Mart
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bogman
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My friend in Tn. said his Walmart said that they were not going to restock ammo. the Walmart by me is almost totally out of any ammo except shotgun shells
You can talk about us vs. them all day long, lay blame whereever you so desire, and talk about how we need to slow down. None of it is happening like we would love for it to happen.
...just like the National Parks thing. People keep saying it's not really that bad.
I bought $140.00 worth of ammo today from two different stores simply b/c they had it on the shelves, it was marked up as old pricing, and one of those was Wally World.
You do what you feel you need to do. That is what we are doing.
...just like the National Parks thing. People keep saying it's not really that bad.
I bought $140.00 worth of ammo today from two different stores simply b/c they had it on the shelves, it was marked up as old pricing, and one of those was Wally World.
You do what you feel you need to do. That is what we are doing.
My Walmart is extremely low on 22LR and most centerfire. Completely out of the common handgun calibers last time I was there, except for a few boxes of CCI Blazer 9mm.
Take this with a grain of salt: On another forum I frequent, one of the members reputes to be a Walmart sporting goods department manager. He claims that they have been told that the ammo makers are trying to push through a big price increase, and Walmart is balking at restocking at the new prices. The result is a staredown between the manufacturers and Walmart's buyers.
Don't know if it's true. I would think a manufacturer would be nuts to get into a pissing contest with Walmart.
Take this with a grain of salt: On another forum I frequent, one of the members reputes to be a Walmart sporting goods department manager. He claims that they have been told that the ammo makers are trying to push through a big price increase, and Walmart is balking at restocking at the new prices. The result is a staredown between the manufacturers and Walmart's buyers.
Don't know if it's true. I would think a manufacturer would be nuts to get into a pissing contest with Walmart.
I think there may be another buying window soon. Raw material costs are down and people are losing their jobs. Plus while I know obama and crew are anti guns they have bigger fish to fry, FOR NOW.
I am pretty well stocked. I only took the end of the AWB in 2004 as a buying window and concentrated on guns and mags made available that had been banned under the AWB. When the 2006 election put in a lot of democrats in Congress I concentrated on ammo.
Now I am thinking about buying reloading components, esp cast bullets made by quality independent makers. They can still be had at a decent price.
I wonder if a lot of the people crying about all the panic buying and how it is making them pay more will start to buy ammo, even if the prices go down. They did not stock up when they had the opportunity in the past.
I am pretty well stocked. I only took the end of the AWB in 2004 as a buying window and concentrated on guns and mags made available that had been banned under the AWB. When the 2006 election put in a lot of democrats in Congress I concentrated on ammo.
Now I am thinking about buying reloading components, esp cast bullets made by quality independent makers. They can still be had at a decent price.
I wonder if a lot of the people crying about all the panic buying and how it is making them pay more will start to buy ammo, even if the prices go down. They did not stock up when they had the opportunity in the past.
tripledipper
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At 5 local Walmarts in S/E Va. (Hampton Roads area) shelves are just about bare. Nothing available on .38,.357, .380, 9mm. Small amount of.22lr, no bulk. Its gun shop heaven.
Just stopped by my local Wal-Marts, and they are beginning to slowly build stock back up. The other day capped off one of several attempts to obtain some of the 550 round value pack Federal .22LR ammo to play with. Finally tonight I went in and they had 6 boxes so I picked up 2. I even left some for the next guy.
bgs210
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More boxes on the shelves here...
40S&W and 9mm UMC (250 rounds)
550 Federal and Remington .22LR
325 Federal Target .22LR
.38, .357 and .380 9mm 50 rounds in Winchester, Blazer or Remington
a little something for most everyone. But a few with extra cash to spend would turn the inventory around.
40S&W and 9mm UMC (250 rounds)
550 Federal and Remington .22LR
325 Federal Target .22LR
.38, .357 and .380 9mm 50 rounds in Winchester, Blazer or Remington
a little something for most everyone. But a few with extra cash to spend would turn the inventory around.
Andy Griffith
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I remember my father telling me about the hardship about getting ammunition even in the mid-1930's...
Even if you had the money, ammunition was very hard to obtain in certain areas.
I can still remember some old timers buying shotgun shells by the shell- I think that practice started during the depression.
16 gauge was by far, so I am told, the hardest to come by for any price. When WW2 arrived, all ammunition was non-existent for the hunter. However, if you knew someone locally on the Draft board, Law Enforcement, or happen to know your local federal Senator personally, obtaining ammunition became much easier.
Anyway, I said this to say, that if you look down through history- when economies/cultures have hard economic times, people tend to be more defensive. This fact seems to know no limits to cultures, continents or times- just a fact of life.
Whether it is right or wrong...I don't know.
Anyway, tell me a reason not to buy ammunition if you have the money to do so without hurting your livelihood or lifestyle? If you don't have the money to buy the ammunition, don't worry- spend it on the ammo anyway...the bailout is on it way.
Even if you had the money, ammunition was very hard to obtain in certain areas.
I can still remember some old timers buying shotgun shells by the shell- I think that practice started during the depression.
16 gauge was by far, so I am told, the hardest to come by for any price. When WW2 arrived, all ammunition was non-existent for the hunter. However, if you knew someone locally on the Draft board, Law Enforcement, or happen to know your local federal Senator personally, obtaining ammunition became much easier.
Anyway, I said this to say, that if you look down through history- when economies/cultures have hard economic times, people tend to be more defensive. This fact seems to know no limits to cultures, continents or times- just a fact of life.
Whether it is right or wrong...I don't know.
Anyway, tell me a reason not to buy ammunition if you have the money to do so without hurting your livelihood or lifestyle? If you don't have the money to buy the ammunition, don't worry- spend it on the ammo anyway...the bailout is on it way.
Sargeyork
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People here are contributing to this panic because I read this thread and went to 2 wal marts and all I could get in handgun ammot was 1 box of 9mm so I took it, for you Michiganders I will save you some time, Walmart at 23 mile and M53 only had a 100 pack of .357 JHP for 44.00 on the shelf for handgun ammo and 14/Van Dyke only had 1 box of 9mm which I bought and some 38 special 130 grain Winchester target loads, no other centerfire handgun ammo so don't bother, I was schocked to see how bare the shelves were. PANIC PANIC PANIC!!!!!!!!
Spotteddog
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Only shotgun stuff at W/W this Sunday.
(N of Seattle)
(N of Seattle)
22 bulk back in stock at my local ww lv nv
Spotteddog
Member
Same as last week,
ZIP!
ZIP!
tripledipper
Member
After checking 3 Wallyworlds finally gave in and bought a few boxes of .38sp at Dicks Sporting Goods ( supposedly on sale- HA!). One Dicks was sold out already at 10:30AM, sale started at 9AM, the other one only had 6 boxes so the case price for 10 boxes didn't matter anyway.
Spotteddog
Member
Seattle area FWIW 2-10-2009'
BIG 5 Sporting Goods (Everett)
Just (2-9-2009') got a shipment of W W/B 9 MM in 100 round bulk box. $26 per.
BIG 5 Sporting Goods (Everett)
Just (2-9-2009') got a shipment of W W/B 9 MM in 100 round bulk box. $26 per.
38-44HD45
Absent Comrade
Interesting story: One of my clients who operates an indoor range and gun shop told me last week that a fellow who had never owned or fired a handgun went into our local Academy and bought ALL the handgun ammo in the store. Cleaned 'em out! Then, he showed up at the indoor range to sign up for shooting lessons.
Our Wallys are mighty short on ammo, too.
Our Wallys are mighty short on ammo, too.
Spotteddog
Member
Yup!
Anymore it's like having a 55 gallon drum of Evian in the middle of the Gobi?
I'm trying to look on the bright side. If 3 trillion $ isn't enough, perhaps we can revert to the reloadable metallic cartridge standard for barter!
Anymore it's like having a 55 gallon drum of Evian in the middle of the Gobi?
I'm trying to look on the bright side. If 3 trillion $ isn't enough, perhaps we can revert to the reloadable metallic cartridge standard for barter!
460v LAC du FLAMBEAU
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Everyone in my area is uptight about possible civil unrest in the near future which can start & spread in a heart beat across the country.
As noted by "38-44HD45" above post, my 3 local gun shops have been selling guns/rifles to "first time" buyers as never seen before.
I doubled my normal quarterly ammo order from MidwayUSA.com just for the hell of it and just received it 100% complete. However, I had to buy some very expensive selections because most of my normal items were on backorder.
Midway.USA has approximately 250 SKU's of "223's" and 92% of them were on backorder. Had to settle for Cor-Bon 53 grain Barnes Triple-Shock @ $1.48/round!?!
Olin Corporation (Winchester Ammo) had a record quarterly profit increase of 268%...nice to see a "Made in the USA" company having record sales/profits however we are paying for it!
As my buddy stated regarding the current ammo shortage..."it's not a question of price-it's a question of availabilty."
As noted by "38-44HD45" above post, my 3 local gun shops have been selling guns/rifles to "first time" buyers as never seen before.
I doubled my normal quarterly ammo order from MidwayUSA.com just for the hell of it and just received it 100% complete. However, I had to buy some very expensive selections because most of my normal items were on backorder.
Midway.USA has approximately 250 SKU's of "223's" and 92% of them were on backorder. Had to settle for Cor-Bon 53 grain Barnes Triple-Shock @ $1.48/round!?!
Olin Corporation (Winchester Ammo) had a record quarterly profit increase of 268%...nice to see a "Made in the USA" company having record sales/profits however we are paying for it!
As my buddy stated regarding the current ammo shortage..."it's not a question of price-it's a question of availabilty."
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