Walmart! It's officially announced

[downtownv]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...tml?1359586930

Limits of all ammo!

[JustinN]

Not surprised. Everyone has reported the same thing at all the stores. Once all this frenzy ends, I bet they'll go back to letting you spend all the money you want.

[dkmatthews]

The Walton family is from Arkansas and I've never heard them (or Walmart corporation) speak out in favor of gun control. I agree with JustinN that they are probably doing it to keep one or two customers from scooping up all the ammo and will go back to unrestricted sales when the supply comes up to meet demand.

[Ljutic]

The Walton family is from Arkansas and I've never heard them (or Walmart corporation) speak out in favor of gun control. I agree with JustinN that they are probably doing it to keep one or two customers from scooping up all the ammo and will go back to unrestricted sales when the supply comes up to meet demand.

Walmart has millions of customers in their stores every week and these limits are nothing new. The WM store I visit most frequently is right across the street from the WM corporate office and the 4 box limit that was put on in 2009 (last ammo rush) has never been taken down. They do it to keep one or two people from sweeping the shelf clean and then reselling the ammo in their retail location or at gun shows for a big profit. Also, they want to give all their shoppers a chance to spend their money and not just one or two.

[mcbowflex]

The walmart near me has had a limit of 3 boxes per customer for about a week now. Not doing much good because the stuff people want isn't even on their shelf. It was about a month before they got 9mm on the shelf and it was gone in less than 24 hours. I bought 2 of the 5 boxes, though. .223/5.56 has been out even longer, and now they don't have a single box of 22lr on the shelf either. Only 22mag and 17HMR.

I was at a Cabelas about a week ago, and they had a 10 box limit there. They did have quite a bit of 9mm and a decent amount of .223/5.56 considering what has been going on lately. I suspect if there was no limit some people that are well off financially would just come in and clean out a retailer in no time. I honestly can't say that I have considered busting out my credit card that doesn't have a balance and buying up a gratuitous amount of ammo with it....

[Cokeman]

Like Wal-mart ever has ammo, let alone three boxes at once.

[JustinN]

I was just at Bass Pro and they had PILES of 380 ammo, 40 S&W ammo, and a few other calibers. They also had a good amount of PDX 9mm and .223! They too have signs up limiting your purchase to 10 boxes of ammo, a case of shotgun shells, 2000 primers, etc etc.

[wyntrout]

I look every time I go... I have been surprised and bought MY three boxes... 3x100-rd Value Packs of Federal .45 FMJ @ $32.17 each. 9mm was too high at $13.97 a box of 50!

Wynn

[MikeyKahr]

Must be nice

Must be nice living so close to Bass Pro HQ!! Wish we had that amount of selection in the rest of the country.

[wyntrout]

We have Gander Mountain, but they have been outrageous in normal times with prices!

I would hazard a guess that they haven't LOWERED their prices to compete with the high "shortage" prices!

Wynn

[Cokeman]

I haven't seen .223 anywhere. Cabela's has a shelf that extends the whole length of the aisle that has .223 across the top shelf and continues onto the second shelf. It's been 100% empty. Sportsman's has had none and Wal-mart doesn't have any ammo.

[Tinman507]

Here's the solution to the 3 or 4 box limit at WallyWorld

Walk in and buy your 3 boxes. Go pay. Go to car, put this on and go back in and get 3 more boxes. Repeat as necessary

[RRP]

The panic buying will slow down significantly when credit card statements begin to arrive.

[ESAFO]

The panic buying will slow down significantly when credit card statements begin to arrive.

some people will be in a panic on trying to figure out how to pay there bill....
the last few times i've been in wally's to check on ammo, the sales person asked if thats all i wanted & smiled so i went & grabbed more..

[MikeyKahr]

Re: Walmart! It's officially announced

Went back to Walmart today. >10 boxes of 410 PDX1 and >10 boxes of 7mm. That's it. Empty other than that. 3 workers behind the desk bored out of their minds.

Then JACKPOT! Stopped by Academy and they had loads, relatively speaking. Most Ive seen in months. 150+ boxes of 9mm FMJ. 100+ Monarch, 40 Gold Dot Lawman, 10 Remington. About 30 boxes of 40cal. 20 boxes of 45. Same of 308, 223, lesd of 10mm, 357, etc. Only one I didn't see was 5.56, haven't seen that since November, at least.

Hopefully we're seeing a flicker of light and the end of this ammo shortage. Maybe not. Still only allowed one box per caliber, three boxes total. Ugh.