no ammo at walmart

[MW surveyor]

So this afternoon I go by the local Academy. The only 22 lr they had were about 12 boxes of the 375 round mini mags at $23.99/box. Bought 1 box.

They did have some 17 HMR, 22 mag, 9 mm SD ammo, 380 SD, 38 spl, 357, 40 and 45 ACP.

They did have some rifle ammo but no 223 or 5.56

[Scoundrel]

Discount Gun Sales in Everett is completely out of .223 of course.
They have a few cases of 9mm, I didn't ask for the price.
They're rationing it. 100 rounds per customer per day.

[wayne100]

went by local walmart in Hickory,nc all they had was some 25 06 and 300 magnum and some 410 pistol rounds. Everything else was gone.

[Scoundrel]

Went to a WalMart in Everett, WA today. No 9mm, no .22lr.
Other stuff was also absent but I was only looking at those two.
The shelves were pretty bare.

Interestingly, about a block away a LGS/Range (Everett Branch of West Coast Armory, just opened) had many cases of pistol ammo available, and they were selling by the box too.

The prices weren't unreasonable. For Federal 9mm 115gr FMJ range ammo, they wanted $270/case (1000 rds) or $13.99/box. Basically, the same prices you'd pay at the range before the freakout.
I'm used to paying $0.19/round when buying bulk online, but in this crazy market, I thought $0.27/round was not outrageous, so I bought two cases.

I was sitting pretty good with 9mm before, but now I'm all stocked up to weather this market.

[Pukindog12]

The 3 Walmarts close to me for the last two months have been running empty of 22LR. My wife and I went to one this afternoon and I figured they would be out again. I didn't look awfully hard because where they usually have the CCI 22LR was bare. Was about to ask for the last box of .357 and my wife points something out. There sat 11 boxes of CCI Stingers! I told the guy I wanted them all.

Maybe I should go play the lottery.

[pinetopfirefighter]

Last Sunday the closest Walmart still HAD a few boxes of 7.62x39 and 1 last box of .223. Pistol ammo was hit and miss. They have not had a shipment of ammo in a week now.

[JustinN]

Local Bass Pro (Springfield MO, so the HQ) had quite a but of ammo yesterday. It wasn't lasting long but they had bulk packs of almost everything but 223 and 9mm. I was able to get some cheap 38 and some PDX1 357. They had tons of 40 and 45, but it was getting carried off pretty quickly.

[outerlimit]

You know what's sad is, I actually haven't really shot any .22lr since the last ammo crisis except for the one time last winter I took my mom out shooting. I have a mountain of .22lr in my closet, I would have thought most of you would have the same by now lol.

[Bawanna]

We went to Cabelas yesterday because a friends father works there and said they have bulk 22 they just got in. It was all gone of course when we got there. They had lots of 17HMR, a lot of 7.62x39 Herters, not sure thats any good or not. Had two shelf sections usually brimming with 22 and most of the bulk deals on display in the aisles. None to be found.
Had several boxes of 22 short but I have quite a bit of that.

I usually shoot at least one of my 22's every trip so the meager stock I have won't last long. I'll have to conserve until I score some more.

[RRP]

I just returned from Walmart. This evening, they had one case of Federal 9mm FMJ, and 2 cases of PPU 9mm. Stock is still trickling in.

[Craig1056]

I went to Walmart early this morning and was lucky to get a couple 50 round boxes of Remington 115 grain and 1 box of Federal. I found a couple of boxes of Remington steel cased ammo on the shelf but didn't get it because did not know anything about steel cased ammo. Have since Googled it and found varying opinions about it. Surprise Surprise.
Some say the only thing wrong with it is you can't reload it which I don't do anyway but others say it runs dirty and can be hard on your extractor. I have learned to trust you guys and your opinions. I believe it was only about 50 bucks for a box of 250, which sounds great if the ammo is ok. So what say you experts?

I'm confused! I have a couple of the exact same UMC boxes and the cases look like brass to me?

[JustinN]

My experience with UMC has always been brass cased. It is decent ammo. Weak/slow/dirty but for range fodder works fine. I've had some with bullets pushed too far or primers missing/wrong, etc. But overall I'm talking about 10 rounds out of 1000.....

[Popeye]

All this ammo business with Walmart is getting confusing to say the least. A friend of mine just picked up 6 Value packs of 22's that were not in the store the other day. He talked to the manager about future ammo sales and he says he should have a new shipment in in a couple of days. I gotta tell ya,This leaves me more confused than a breast fed baby in a ***** bar.

[IP32sailor]

Stopped by my local Walmart this am. Found them remarkably well stocked, shelves were full. ( they were bare last week). Had Federal and Remington 9mm FMJ. Saw .45, .40, 380. Lots of various rifle rounds, though no .223 or .22LR. Hope this is a sign that things are calming down.

[RRP]

I was told by the department manager, that Walmart is discontinuing Remington UMC 250 round Mega Packs. They are clearing the warehouses of the stuff. Too bad, because it's a decent value. Buy it if you see it, cuz it will be gone soon.