WallyWorld ammo question

[Raoul]

Why has WalMart started asking if the .22 ammo I buy is for a handgun?

[Garufa]

They do that sometimes. If you say yes they might ask for ID.

[gregintenn]

21 for handgun. 18 for rifle. I usually tell them I eat them.

[mikegideon]

21 for handgun. 18 for rifle. I usually tell them I eat them.

[Raoul]

21 for handgun. 18 for rifle. I usually tell them I eat them.

Ahh. Thanks. That makes sense.

[McAllyn]

Just tell them you're gonna use them as spare fuses in your truck.

Mac

[bigwakes]

21 for handgun. 18 for rifle. I usually tell them I eat them.

I needed a good laugh today.

[perstare]

Just tell them you're gonna use them as spare fuses in your truck.

Mac

That was good! I did LMAO!

[luvmyberetta]

My wife is a manager at our local Walmart and said they are considering doing away with ALL handgun ammo...at least at our local store (which sucks)! Not company wide, just at stores where handgun ammo sales are down. Right now about all you can buy at our store is rifle and shotgun ammo. They ask because you have to be 21 to buy handgun ammo and 18 to buy rifle & shotgun ammo. Company computers count number of handgun to long gun ammo sales and corperate decides how to adjust store inventories. I guess money talks. I think it's rediculous!

[Sidinman]

I stopped in the local wally world last weekend, the cashier ask me if it was for a handgun. I said yes at first then I said both, I told him I had 5 of one and 4 of the other and to pick which ever he chooses.

[Mdunntn]

Everytime I have ever got .22 at walmart they always ask everytime. Except for the guy in sporting goods, but he even sold me ammo when I was 16. I didn't look 16 but still could have gotten him in big trouble.

[-Bristol-]

I expect Walmart will eventually go away from handgun ammo. That's what Kmart did in most stores. Rifle and shotgun ammo is somewhat seasonal but handgun can not be tied to a season. Unless you consider "election season"

[walton6467]

If I'm asked that questions, I think I'll answer "suppositories".

[McAllyn]

My wife is a manager at our local Walmart and said they are considering doing away with ALL handgun ammo...at least at our local store (which sucks)! Not company wide, just at stores where handgun ammo sales are down. Right now about all you can buy at our store is rifle and shotgun ammo. They ask because you have to be 21 to buy handgun ammo and 18 to buy rifle & shotgun ammo. Company computers count number of handgun to long gun ammo sales and corperate decides how to adjust store inventories. I guess money talks. I think it's rediculous!

Every WalMart I go to is only down in handgun ammo sales for one reason, there never is any to buy. Admittedly, it's gotten much better, but for the most part, most of the people I know that used to buy their ammo there have stopped checking because they were out for so long. Oh, and because just about all the stores have remodeled and the ammo isn't behind the counter anymore.

Mac

[mousegunner]

I guess the ammo shortage is over an done, but WalMart still limits you to six boxes at a time. I got some 7.62x39 today at WalMart, $4.97 per box of 20. Nothing on the box about country of origin. It's nice to see reasonable ammo prices again.

[Oh Shoot]

I guess the ammo shortage is over an done, but WalMart still limits you to six boxes at a time..

Last three I've been to no longer had the 6 box limit, 2 down your way in 'Nooga, one here in Knoxville.

I got some 7.62x39 today at WalMart, $4.97 per box of 20. Nothing on the box about country of origin.....

Tula, right? "Tulammo"? Should say "made in Russia" pretty prominently on front wide part of box, lower left corner?

- OS

[daddyo]

21 for handgun. 18 for rifle. I usually tell them I eat them.

Just now read this. LMAO.

[Raoul]

Wicked gas I bet.

[leroy]

...I expect Walmart will eventually go away from handgun ammo. That's what Kmart did in most stores. Rifle and shotgun ammo is somewhat seasonal but handgun can not be tied to a season. Unless you consider "election season"....

I think you are exactly right. Those that worship the "god of money" worry the most about offending any potential customer, no matter how nutty or foolish.

My guess is that they figure the loss in revenue from a relatively small group (...hunters and gun owners...) is offset by the "political correctness" and gratitude that it engenders in the weenies that may like the idea of "no guns and no ammo".

Leroy

[mousegunner]

No, it's a white box with something like a circle with crosshairs....not a black box at all.

[Garufa]

No, it's a white box with something like a circle with crosshairs....not a black box at all.

That is also Tula ammo. Same stuff different box....

[Bubbatn]

I was just about to post a thread about that Tulammo stuff. Just spotted it today at my wally world. Anyone tried it yet?

[Raoul]

I've been using the .223. No problems at all.

[mousegunner]

Yup, that's it. Here's another photo of the white box stuff. "Hunting cartridges" my left foot! These are just fmj, and no sealer on them either.

[Oh Shoot]

Yup, that's it. Here's another photo of the white box stuff. "Hunting cartridges" my left foot! These are just fmj, and no sealer on them either.

Note "made in Russia" under the TN tax stamp.

Ulyanovsk is a Russian city. Matter of fact that ammo plant or another one in same city had a fire a year ago, killed some folks there.

- OS