WalMart Suspends Ammo Orders

[Craig1056]

Hmmmm. I stopped at the WM yesterday where I typically purchase my practice ball ammo. Case has always been well stocked with an occasional shortage of specific brand or mm. Case was completely empty - not a single box of anything. I asked the sporting goods clerk and he told me they had so little left they moved it to the small glass case in the front of the department. Went there and I thing there was probably about 6 of so boxes of shotgun (birdshot) shells and that was it. Then ask him why so little and he told me that any new ammo orders were not being filled and he had no idea why or when they make start getting new supplies.

Sure - back a few years ago there was a real shortage of ammo but this time it appears to be a "self imposed" shortage.

Say what you want but something is going on with Walmart.

[JustinN]

PEOPLE - I can't find ANY STORES in my area that have ammo. Ammo orders not being filled doesn't mean Walmart isn't filling them...They can't get any. I have a buddy who orders stuff for his bow shop from the same distributor Bass Pro uses...they have NO handgun ammo. I guarantee you Bass Pro isn't purposefully not carrying 9mm ammo. You just can't get it. Online retailers don't have it. It's not available.

How does anyone expect Walmart to have it when NO ONE HAS ANY? They can't get any. My local store still has a decent supply of Rifle ammo (other than 223) and keeps getting new handgun stuff, but in revolver or .40 or .45. No 9mm or 380 that I've seen, or it sells so fast I've just missed it everytime. They get what they can. Just like every other store.

[KoolBreeze]

Ammo is short everywhere, not just Wal-Mart. Two weeks ago, all of the LGSs here had plenty of ammo in just about every caliber. This week you'll have a really tough time finding much in the way of handgun ammo around here, especially popular calibers like 9mm. About the only places that still have some are some of the smaller pawn shops and then it's very limited in what they have.

[MW surveyor]

Went by my local Academy here in northwest Houston last night. They had plenty of handgun caliber and rifle ammo (except 223/5.56?). However in the 22 department, only had 2 boxes of 22 shorts and a couple of boxes of 22 shot.

[jocko]

gonnatake awhile for the challens to fill back up,gotta remembersome of these big ammo makers are under military contracts and that doesn't stop. Gonna be a few months and it looks to me like it was back when the great one first got elected.Everyone cleaned out the stores. My wal mart back then had some ammo's but 9 and 45 were very scarace and at that time was even limited to 6 boes per sale at my local wm..

[MikeyKahr]

My local Walmart had ten WWB boxes of 230g 45ACP and 12 and 20 gauge birdshot. Random box of 7mm, 32 and 25, one box each and that was it. Everything else was completely barren.

[Bawanna]

So you got the 10 boxes of 45 right? Tell me you got the 10 boxes of 45?

[MikeyKahr]

I ain't got no 45 so I left them where they were. You want me to go back and buy them for you?

[GROTMAN]

Couldn't find any ammo locally but managed to find some online. Kind of panicked the night before obama's speech and ordered a case of blazer brass 115 grain at 18.95 a box. Arrived today. Just for the heck of it I checked the same place and they are now charging 29.95 a box

[Barth]

I've got;
SSA 5.56mm 70gr Barnes TSX BT
SSA 5.56mm 77gr Sierra OTM
5.56 Hornady TAP 75gr. BTHP T2
arriving early next week.
Adding to my;
Winchester Ranger 223 64 gr Power-Point
Winchester Ranger 223 69 gr Hollow Point Boattail
Federal 223 55 gr TRU (Tactical Rifle Urban).

All of my online distributors are completely sold out of 5.56/.223

[ltxi]

It's become quite obvious that my spending somewhere not too far under $10K on ammunition last summer wasn't as paranoid as I thought it was.

[Bawanna]

Quite obvious. Not paranoid at all!

I had the same thought, just didn't have the loot. 10k, that's a lot of loot, well to commoners like us. Horrors da Ovaries to Obummer and screw.

[ltxi]

Quite obvious. Not paranoid at all!

I had the same thought, just didn't have the loot. 10k, that's a lot of loot, well to commoners like us. Horrors da Ovaries to Obummer and screw.

Yeah, it was a lot of money, but spread over quite a few calibers not as insane as it may first appear. I just decided I was never going to let myself get caught short again and have the good fortune to be able to afford that, albeit with trade offs elsewhere.

Nonetheless, at the end of that three month buying spree I was beginning to question my sanity. Now I'm not.

[steveschu]

I know a lot of people are doing this, and I applaud the effort...something is better than nothing. But I have heard more than 1 gov't official say on camera that a personal email at a MIMIMUM or a hand-written/typed USPS letter go further and get more recognition than this robot generated stuff.

Not saying its bad, just saying those guys have said they toss the form letter stuff aside like junk mail and READ letters from constituents. True or not, that's what they said.

I did receive one email reply from my Congressman as a result of Ruger's efforts.

[Longitude Zero]

I managed to stock up about 1500 rounds per caliber that I shoot and almost 5K of 22LR. I am afraid to go shooting for fear it could be months or at least a year before I can resupply.