Heartbreak at Wally World...

[gandog56]

50 bucks a box makes me darned glad I reload.

[TDH]

time to time at Walmart around here but at nearly 50 bucks a box, a dollar a round, it will sit there too. I load my own. Brass is pretty easy to come by at the gun shows and bullets are not that pricy yet. Primers are becoming easier to find too.

The Wally's near me has a big stack of 40 S&W hardball. I just can't justify buying any when I have two 30 cal ammo cans full of reloads. The wife would kill me.....chris3

I won't say how much I have set back in ammo but it's significant. I had over 700 rds of Carbine and bought a case from the CMP. It's a fun rifle to shoot but it's not the first I would grab in most case scenarios. That would be the M1A or the AK. Like the other gentle man said I shoot reloads till the brass dies and then get out some new and start the process over. Gun show brass for the carbine around here is very rare, bullets are around $15 a hundred.

When bringing a new rifle home use the Patrick McManus ploy. Keep an old lamp shade in the truck or car and before you bring it in pop the lamp shade on it. "Honey look at the new lamp I bought.."
"Take that ugly thing back to your hole and I never want to see it again

[Tired Retired]

When bringing a new rifle home use the Patrick McManus ploy. Keep an old lamp shade in the truck or car and before you bring it in pop the lamp shade on it. "Honey look at the new lamp I bought.."
"Take that ugly thing back to your hole and I never want to see it again

A bit OT but....

I wonder if that technique would work on bringing hope a girlfriend?????

[robertb6112]

Ammo supply isn't to bad in Pennsylvania. I have a dicks, Dunhams, and 2 wal marts and about 4 gun shops. Some have better prices then others Dunhams is best they usually have surplus. Wal mart never has anything i think people around here camp that section.

[Tired Retired]

For those that may not know walmart's stocking procedures... The store gets a printout of what will be delivered 24 hours in advance. So all you have to do is ask the employee "what is scheduled to come in tonight". If you are hooked up with a sporting goods employee, they only have to check the list for you ahead of time and call you - no camping out required. I have "heard" of a couple of instances where employees call certain "gun show sellers" when a shipment was coming in. The employee would then set the stock aside and not put it on the shelf, but sell the whole shipment to to the dealer for a cash kickback... "heard" a several employees got caught and fired and that was a contributing factor to corporate policy of limit of 6 boxes... but remember, I am old, senile and I "hear" things all the time...

[TDH]

Tired I haven't figured out one to sneak the girlfriend in yet but if I do I'll pass it on. I stocked up on .22 by speaking to the head associate in our local sporting goods department at Wally.

My latest misadventure is to convince them certain things need to be carried year round. We need archery gear and slugs in the summer to practice not two weeks before season. But alas it's probably just tilting at windmills again. On to La Mancha

[limpetmine]

I hear you. I bailed out of retail as soon as I got my notice of graduation, many moons ago. Always glad I did, too. Took a while to find a job, but I knew I'd be in a trap if I stayed there. I pity retail workers, except those that show up at Home Depot. Notice I don't say work. They actually run from customers in my town.

Corporate management wants to put a warm body out on the sales floor, never mind their ability or knowledge. Young teenagers & early 20's people work for less than people in their 30's, 40's & 50's. Of course, they don't stick around more than a couple of years (to gain knowledge & experience). Corporate philosophy is "do more with less". I worked in retail for over 20 years and saw less and less "associates" on the sales floor during my career. Consequently I, as a manager, was expected to work longer hours and more days. During November, December & January we were expected to work seven days a week. Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years, too. I hung it up after that.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I hear you. I bailed out of retail as soon as I got my notice of graduation, many moons ago. Always glad I did, too. Took a while to find a job, but I knew I'd be in a trap if I stayed there. I pity retail workers, except those that show up at Home Depot. Notice I don't say work. They actually run from customers in my town.

Same thing here! I mostly know my own way around the local Home Depot better than the employees. I certainly know more about how to use most of the products they sell. My Dad was a contractor, and I worked for him helping with almost every trade while growing up and going to college.

You have to run after Home Depot employees when you need to find something.
If you catch them, they NEVER show you where the product is. They just spout out an isle and won't budge from where they are to help you find it. The product is seldom where they say it is. I've often wondered if NOT going with a customer to look for a product asked for is a company policy.

I still miss the smaller local hardware stores that Home depot ran out of business. They'd take you to the section of the store, find the RIGHT part (That Home Depot doesn't carry) and then tell you how to install it.

Sam Walton killed so many small businesses in small towns and even large cities. Home Depot, et al, followed his model.

[TDH]

I can actually remember a time when you could find what you need at Wally world. Now they just have a whole lot of everything and never what I need.
Our local had the complete series of Battlestar Galactica and I had one more season to buy (buying one a week) when I went in to get my fix most everything was gone. When I asked a clerk I was informed they were now only carrying a small collection (4 foot of space). Even after I asked no one would go in the back to check and see if what I wanted was still in back.
We still have a k-mart in our small town. At one time it had one of the best sporting goods departments around. Today they might as well not have one for what they carry.

[Tired Retired]

You guys reminded me of one other thing - when Wally opened, they stressed that everything they stocked was Made in America.... now everything is Chinese or Korean made with cheap material.... I don't mind imports as much as I mind the really REALY cheap material and workmanship...