where is all the federal bulk ammo??

revjeff said:
I'm in my local Wally regularly and always check the ammo - or lack there of. Last week I caught the manager stocking shelves and she told me that they don't re-order anything until it's completely out. Then it's usually two weeks before it comes in. She went on to tell me that "some guy" usually comes in and buys all the Fed bulk boxes. I get my ammo at the big private shop an hour away or at one of the three Dick's that are near by, but only on sale there.
For $590 cash I walked out of the private shop with a new 15-22, three extra mags, a TAA front grip and seven boxes of 525 Fed Champs..............the Rev
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This is typical of WM managers - and they seldom order more than 10k of .22LR at any one time - that's TWO cases of Federal 525.
 
One thing I don't hear a lot of people talk about is online ordering or gun shows. I got a case of CCI Blazer (5000 rounds) for $170.00+tax at a gun show and I watch gun-deals.com for deals and got a case of Federal 36gr HP copper (5250 rounds) for $169.99 to my door. If I could find anything even close to the same price locally I would love to support mom and pops, still looking.
 
Majorlk said:
The Cabela's here uses a take-a-number machine. They are still slow, though, most of the time. I think it's newby customers 'window shopping'. :)
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That's why I skip Cabelas. It reminds me of the DMV:(, and the employees act about the same.

Around here, WM has all the garbage ammo that I refuse to buy. The Fed 525's are nice, but they are always gone.

Luckily, there's a large general store down the hill from me that got busted skipping paperwork :eek:. They can't sell firearms anymore, but they have some awesome ammo prices now.
 
Gopher Slayer said:
That's why I skip Cabelas. It reminds me of the DMV:(, and the employees act about the same.
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Thanks for giving me the laugh of the day. :)

For the most part, when I buy stuff at Cabela's I skip the firearms checkout counter and just go straight to the downstairs check out registers. Not with firearms, of course. :)
 
Just a comment ...

There is no such thing as free shipping. Someone ALWAYS pays; 99.99 percent of the time it is the customer; the company just adds it to the cost of the ammo.
 
Down here in south Louisiana our wal-marts are always stocked with both the federal bulk and the cci. No sure why ANY decent department manager wouldn't stock something that is leaving the shelves unless they are getting away from carrying it. In that case, what would we do for all the federal!!??
 
Someone needs to talk to their advertising department. It's the bullet that's copper plated, not the case. The cases are brass.
 
16,000 rounds of Federal bulk in my ammo closet, which I bought when it was $11 a box. I seen the hand writing on the wall at that time. Most of it I emptied boxes into sealed ammo cans and placed desiccant on top of them. Should last forever.
 
Majorlk said:
Someone needs to talk to their advertising department. It's the bullet that's copper plated, not the case. The cases are brass.
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I think they mean ...... Federal 745, .22LR, 36 grain HP, Copper plated, Case.
As the ad is for these rounds in a case package only.

But yeah .... I agree, they need to add some punctuation to avoid confusing anyone that would not deal well with the military version of the English language. ;)
 
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photoracer said:
In my area the only dealer with CCI-SV is Dick's SG and they have it all the time. As for Fed 550 I can find none in any of the 4 WMs I can get to including the one store that usually has it all the time. As for the Fed 525 Champion I found my PC model does not like that. Apparently the 525 Champion has a slightly longer OAL than the WM supplied 550 bulk.
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Strange. I have M&P 15-22 PC. Today at the range one of the staff recommended I try Federal 525 Champion Value Pack (36 grain, hollow point, 1260fps). He even gave me 10 to try it out. So I ended up shooting about 120 rounds of Federal and 100 pack of CCI Mini-Mags. They worked about the same, no problems/failures whatsoever.

As for availability they had a stack of these on the floor for $19.99 a box which comes to be 3.8 cents a bullet, still much cheaper than CCI Mini-Mags that are $7.99/box - 8 cents a bullet.

Compared to Mini-Mags, Federal are louder, make more smoke, and were slightly harder to put into a magazine. I haven't noticed any difference in accuracy but this was my first time shooting this rifle. I was shooting at 25yards and my groups after I zeroed my sight were maybe 5 inches (yes I know I have a lot to learn).
 
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boykinlp said:
I recently bought 2100 rounds and it came with a dry box from Cabelas for $85. Shipping was free!!
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i saw that deal but it still came out to about $20/box of 525. there are better deals elsewhere and i didnt need the ammo box really.
 
I bought a case of Federal Champion copper- plated hollow points last week. 36 grain, 1260 fps for $209 OTD, from a local fun shop.
Ordered on Friday, delivered on Tuesday. No problem.
Guy22
 
Just checked walmart here and we are out. Checked the on hands to see if any one being shipped none. Checked the warehouse and its completely out right now
 
BP_Z28 said:
Just checked walmart here and we are out. Checked the on hands to see if any one being shipped none. Checked the warehouse and its completely out right now
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Ditto. Local stores are out & when they scanned the barcode it showed the warehouse was out. :eek::eek:
 
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