Walmart prices shooting up?

[gumpys]

Wal-Mart has kept their prices the same since last December instead of raising them to reflect the prices every other ammunition seller in the country was charging. They could have greatly increased their profit margin by increasing prices for the product they sold during the time of massive shortages in this country, but they did not.

Now you begrudge them for what seems to be a totally reasonable price increase inline with standard business practices. They have been more than fair. If you don't like their business practices, shop elsewhere.

Funny, over the last 4 months, price's at my local wallychina have gone up quite a bit on ammo.

Eric

 

[MattLarmore]

my local walmart literaly has nothing in stock but some shotgun shells(and even then only birdshot) and some 30-06 and 270

 

[Manhattan]

Here in my neck of the woods, South Eastern KY. "London" getting any 22 LR at Wally World within about a 50 mile radius has been nearly impossible since Dec. The few LGS that I have found some in have raised their prices from 50% to 100% of the pre-panic prices. I personally thought things would be better by now. IMO the problem might get worse. If the Reps. lose the house in 2014 the stuff might really hit the fan all around for us shooters, and if Hillary gets in The white House in 2016......that will almost surely be bad news. As crappy as it is if I see 22LR that I can buy right then and there for 20-30% higher that it was a year ago I buy what I can while the getting is good. Just my opinion folks. Bob

 

[pownal55]

Price doesn't much matter when the shelves are stripped almost all the time. I've stopped bothering with Wally-World. Store employees hold back a lot of the ammo for themselves and their friends, the rest is snatched up by the same dozen guys who come every morning at 7:00 to grab what's put out in the case, then list it on the internet. I buy from Cabela's and Palmetto State and save myself the aggravation.

I asked the guy at the gun department at Walmart about "holding back ammo for themselves and their friends". He told me that would result in immediate termination if they got caught. The employees where I go seem to take the situation very seriously, maybe it's different where you are.

 

[Rgoodwin]

I know of one that was caught. Bingo-gone. I think in some places it happens still though.

 

[mbullism]

Central MA...I've been looking for .22lr pretty hard for 8-10 weeks. I finally found two 18.97 325 packs at one WM on Monday and was happy to buy them... the clerk said they had gotten 15 in that morning...I bought the last two that evening (not sure why two, with a three box limit )

On a hunch, I hit another local WM the following noontime. they had two 325s in the case... I went to the dept next door looking for a clerk, was back in like three minutes and there was another guy ogling them, lol... we were going to split the two boxes, but the guy with the key shows up and produces five more boxes from under the counter We each bought three, leaving one I the case.

Things may be on the mend, all I know is this is the first .22lr I've seen in months so the 18.97 was hardly an issue. I also know in things of this nature you have to buy it when you see it. There is nothing on the horizon that tells me it will be cheaper or more plentiful in the future

 

[CatSnipah]

What a lot of the people waiting for the "good ol days" to return fail to realize is that manufacturing prices for the materials used in ammo have went through the roof the last few years.

Lead, copper and brass = $$$$$$

Bingo. Its not just demand. Its materials.

 

[spad124]

In northern Illinois the WMs are starting to have some supply. Also the Cabela's in the Chicago burbs. Yes, prices are up some-except for Tula it seems. I think the supply was drained by a lot of first time gun buyers during the post shooting panic - but, if you just bought a new gun/ caliber you need ammo- so I don't begrudge the new people in the sport.

What frosts me are the friggin speculators. A WM clerk said he has a regular crowd at 7:00 am the morning his shipment comes in. All with their cell phones calling the shipment inventory into their buddies - who show up 15 min later as soon as the drive over from the next WM. At a recent gun show there were guys with ammo only and .22lr at $55-$60 a brick. No one was buying. I hope they get stuck with it.

Personally I just buy what I need. So, instead of buying 3 bulk packs of .22 I buy one. I figure leave some for the guy who might want to teach his son or daughter to shoot.

 

[elm_creek_smith]

I'm still operating off the two 550 round boxes of .22 my mom got me for Christmas about 2 years ago. I've just been using it for my grandkids, but now that they like shooting the Mini-14 I've been going through lots of Monarch (made in Russia) .223Rem/5.56X45mm. Luckily, Academy has gone from one box per caliber per person per day to two boxes, and I can get two boxes of Monarch for $13.00 after taxes.

ECS

 

[Harrison]

I have not seen any 22lr or pistol ammo at any of the three localish Walmarts since before Christmas. I guess a price increase on something that is unobtainable doesn't make much difference. I heard yesterday that a LGS in Corpus is selling Federal primers for $6 a hundred.

 

[ladyT]

Over 30% increase in only a month or 2 is huge. Im just pointing out the increase.

A change in Wal Mart pricing indicates an increase in price from the manufacture. Academy got hit with the same increases a month or so ago. Their CCI also jumped 20%. It all depends on when their contract expires with the manufacture.

 

[2s&w's]

Got it wrong

I don't ever think prices will ever return to pre election prices in the future and right now it's very difficult to find any ammo and especially 22LR. I paid $24 a 325 pack a few months ago and I was just happy to get it and I got 3.

Stop blaming election and Obama for high prices and short supply. You nra/hoarder-prep people tend to make that mistake all the time. Blame it on the wacko guys running around killing mass amounts of people and children. If not for that we would still have cheap ammo and any gun at hand.

2s&w's

 

[str8liner]

Stop blaming election and Obama for high prices and short supply. You nra/hoarder-prep people tend to make that mistake all the time. Blame it on the wacko guys running around killing mass amounts of people and children. If not for that we would still have cheap ammo and any gun at hand.

2s&w's

Nice first post.

 

[blujax01]

Stop blaming election and Obama for high prices and short supply. You nra/hoarder-prep people tend to make that mistake all the time. Blame it on the wacko guys running around killing mass amounts of people and children. If not for that we would still have cheap ammo and any gun at hand.

2s&w's

2s&w's, you are right in that if the wackos had not acted out, there would not be a problem. But, it was not the incident rather the Anti-second Amendment Crew reaction to the incident that put us in this place. They want to treat us all like we are wackos and use the opportunity to disarm the American population. For reasons entirely unrelated to Sandy Hook.

 

[Rgoodwin]

Bluejax has nailed it.

 

[Manhattan]

2s&w's, you are right in that if the wackos had not acted out, there would not be a problem. But, it was not the incident rather the Anti-second Amendment Crew reaction to the incident that put us in this place. They want to treat us all like we are wackos and use the opportunity to disarm the American population. For reasons entirely unrelated to Sandy Hook.

Bravo !!!

By the way did I mention the fact that I think this is an excellent site....Tips my hat.

 

[Manhattan]

Stop blaming election and Obama for high prices and short supply. You nra/hoarder-prep people tend to make that mistake all the time. Blame it on the wacko guys running around killing mass amounts of people and children. If not for that we would still have cheap ammo and any gun at hand.

2s&w's

NRA/hoarders-prep people that make mistakes....Heck I,m one of those.
You didn't mention 2nd Amendment supporters. Did you forget you were on a pro-gun forum?
Bob

 

[private pile]

Went to Wally-World yesterday morning and found a box of Winchester .38 special 50 rnd box. Yes, it was a dollar or two more than the last time I purchased .38 spec. ammo, (which is the first box I have seen on the shelve in about 9 months), but I was sooooooooooo dam* happy to see the ammo, I didn't care that the price creaped up a little. I didn't have to pay GB prices or inflated gun show prices!!!

 

[2s&w's]

second post

NRA/hoarders-prep people that make mistakes....Heck I,m one of those.
You didn't mention 2nd Amendment supporters. Did you forget you were on a pro-gun forum?
Bob

Does being on a pro gun forum mean you lose your sensibility about life. I'm pro gun and will never join the nra and i will place blame properly. How else are people supposed to react to the gun violence out there

 

[flat_topp]

Back to the subject of this thread ...

In my area, Walmart prices for 40S&W are inching up, not shooting up. Back in May I found and purchased Winchester FMJ 100 round value packs for $35.77. Never saw any of the stuff at WM in June or July. Now it's August and I have found and purchased 5 boxes at WM for $36.57 each. That's a "whopping" 2.2% increase since May. Still a pretty good deal. I'll probably buy some more at that price if I can find it.