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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Wal-mart and reloading.... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/21/2012 6:01:16 PM EDT
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Not sure if anyone elses Wally World stocks reloading stuff like mine does, but I have a pretty decent selection here at mine. Pretty much all the common powders, full selection of primers, popular sizes of RCBS dies, and most of the other basic RCBS stuff. Decent amount of new brass too.
I even priced the rock chucker supreme kit I'm looking at, and it was only $297, a whole $20 less than my dealer price at Midway... They also had the rock chucker by itself, and the beginner kit also. Best laugh of the day was when I took a couple of the 50rnd plastic rifle cartridge boxes to the checkout, to pay for them, the guy scanned them and it beeped requiring ID, he looked and said "You have to be 18 for a damn plastic box??" He laughed, and I laughed,shook his head and he put it in the bag 
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Wal-Marts carrying reloading supplies I've seen are in remote communities where demand is good.
Last one I visited was McCook, Nebraska. I recall seeing CCI primers, Hodgdons powder, Sierra bullets and lots of RCBS equipment. Back home in central Missouri we are JUST NOW seeing rifles and shotguns on display racks. We've never seen a Wal-Mart around here carry anything but Pyrodex for rifle. |
For my area, wally mart has a basic, but good selection, at good prices. As far as guns, my wal-mart has pretty much any AR, shotgun, rifle wal-mart stocks normally, hell they have a big wall case, and 2 turntable cases for guns. The ammo selection, is basic, but good, and it's in a aisle right next tot he reloading stuff, so you can see what the hell you want when you have them unlock the case. Actually they have remodeled the gun section in my store twice in the past 5years it has grown so much
There's only one real gun shop that is within a 1.5hr drive, that has a big selection, of just about anything you want, but his prices are all over, from decent to so insane you almost shit yourself. Hell, some of the stuff I was looking at on Midways site with my dealer discount, I can get at wal-mart for cheaper 
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Not sure if anyone elses Wally World stocks reloading stuff like mine does, but I have a pretty decent selection here at mine. Pretty much all the common powders, full selection of primers, popular sizes of RCBS dies, and most of the other basic RCBS stuff. Decent amount of new brass too. I even priced the rock chucker supreme kit I'm looking at, and it was only $297, a whole $20 less than my dealer price at Midway... They also had the rock chucker by itself, and the beginner kit also. Best laugh of the day was when I took a couple of the 50rnd plastic rifle cartridge boxes to the checkout, to pay for them, the guy scanned them and it beeped requiring ID, he looked and said "You have to be 18 for a damn plastic box??" He laughed, and I laughed,shook his head and he put it in the bag Yup. All the reloading supplies, guns and ammo. Smalltown, USA. 
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Local WallyMart still has the 3-box limit on ammo since the election of O'Bummer....
Wal mart as a company does NOT in any way have an ammo box limit. If they did it would be programmed into their register and have official signage. I have on numerous occassions bought between 20 and 50 boxes of 223 or 7.62x39. This is some jack ass counter jockey that you need to be very polite with, but i ask to speak to the manager. Explain you know there is no corporate limit and that you intend to call 800 wal mart and get in touch with the regional manager to formally complain about said counter jockey and management. Do it profeossionally and properly and youll never have to deal with that crap again. Edit fixed quote... |
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That's about what the W_M in Harrisonburg VA has. Danny 
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That's funny. That photo could have been taken here in north central WV too. I've talked to our "counter jockey" a few times (who also reloads) about the "corporate control" of what gets stocked and he is as frustrated as I am. There is some out of stock spaces in the photo when it comes to powder but it looks like the same MO. I was told that the people who work the area used to have some say in what was stocked but enough of them did a poor job of it and the stuff did not sell so corporate took control. I have worked up new loads for a couple of my rifles with a powder they carry just because I can get it there. Back in the early 1990's the Walmarts here and in south west PA sold hand guns too. Now it's only long guns. My local Walmart has 3 AR-15 type rifles and a DPMS (I think) AR-10 in .308Win. |
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You guys buy all you can from Wally World, you'll have your local gun stores ran out of business in no time. Then soon you will have only one place to shop, and only get to choise from what they decide that you need. I hate wally world too. But they are $10 a pound cheaper on powder and usually have it when the local place doesn't. Yes it is destined to go out of business. But not because of me, but because of how they ran it. 
Wally world today was fully restocked on everything. I got a bunch of 69 SMKs they havent had in awhile... and again, there is no corporate limits to talk about. Anyone who tells you that is a liar. I've flat out asked and been told, no of course not.. buy as much as you want....and I do... and I bought WAAY more than many folks claim is the "corporate limit." |
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Yeah, what he said.
I do buy what ever I can locally but refuse to pay $35.99 for a pound of powder I can get for less than $25 3 miles from my house at wally world. I've been to many "small shops" that are close in price to Walmart but unfortunately the ones that are closest to me are asking way too much. Fortunately for them they have other products that keep them in business because it's pretty obvious they are not interested in selling their reloading supplies. |
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You guys buy all you can from Wally World, you'll have your local gun stores ran out of business in no time. Then soon you will have only one place to shop, and only get to choise from what they decide that you need. When Joe Gunshopguy pads the cost of powder (the ones he bothers to stock) an extra $4 over what Bass Pro Shops charges, lies to uneducated people about what they can and cannot do with guns, reloading, etc., and steadfastly ignores educated customers who want him to actually do something, then I'm fine with Wal-Mart driving them out of business. The local shops here that actually give a crap are in no danger of problems from Wal-Mart getting into the reloading game. Not likely though; the market here just isn't right for it unless they work at building a customer base, and I do not see that happening. |
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Hell, you have to have a local shop to run out of business first. Like I said we have one in town, and he's not really worth going to as his prices are
I hit up another wal-mart near here, and I found the rock chucker kit even less, $279 Now where are you going to get it for that price online??
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Average here is $25 a pound (with tax.) Primers are around $34 a thousand (with tax.) unless they went down some. I bought my last bunch of primers at a gun show. Yeah, the Fairmont show has a vendor with a HUGE selection of reloading stuff. I plan to hit them up in Oct. when I get things up and loading.... |
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Not sure if anyone elses Wally World stocks reloading stuff like mine does, but I have a pretty decent selection here at mine. Pretty much all the common powders, full selection of primers, popular sizes of RCBS dies, and most of the other basic RCBS stuff. Decent amount of new brass too. I even priced the rock chucker supreme kit I'm looking at, and it was only $297, a whole $20 less than my dealer price at Midway... They also had the rock chucker by itself, and the beginner kit also. Best laugh of the day was when I took a couple of the 50rnd plastic rifle cartridge boxes to the checkout, to pay for them, the guy scanned them and it beeped requiring ID, he looked and said "You have to be 18 for a damn plastic box??" He laughed, and I laughed,shook his head and he put it in the bag Where in WV was this walmart, i've never seen one that actually has presses before |
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Not sure if anyone elses Wally World stocks reloading stuff like mine does, but I have a pretty decent selection here at mine. Pretty much all the common powders, full selection of primers, popular sizes of RCBS dies, and most of the other basic RCBS stuff. Decent amount of new brass too. I even priced the rock chucker supreme kit I'm looking at, and it was only $297, a whole $20 less than my dealer price at Midway... They also had the rock chucker by itself, and the beginner kit also. Best laugh of the day was when I took a couple of the 50rnd plastic rifle cartridge boxes to the checkout, to pay for them, the guy scanned them and it beeped requiring ID, he looked and said "You have to be 18 for a damn plastic box??" He laughed, and I laughed,shook his head and he put it in the bag Where in WV was this walmart, i've never seen one that actually has presses before Elkins, and Buckhannon stores both have RCBS rock chuckers by themselves, and the master kits, also have the beginners kits. There could be more that is all I have checked out though. All for better prices than you'll ever order online. |
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Quoted: Quoted: shit powder/primer/bullets selection, but everything else is pretty good. Hornady V-max, Hogdon powder and RCBS dies are a shitty selection?? Good thing i still have my receipts. For my location, they have about 3 different powders in stock at any given time, and overpriced 100 pack CCI primers (sorry, don't remember prices, I looked one time, laughed and walked off). Granted, they do have Hornady and Nosler bullets, but a small selection and stock. I do use them for random parts, as most of my gear is RCBS (all they carry).
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Quoted: You guys buy all you can from Wally World, you'll have your local gun stores ran out of business in no time. Then soon you will have only one place to shop, and only get to choise from what they decide that you need. If the local places carried powder at less than $30/lb I would. |
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You guys buy all you can from Wally World, you'll have your local gun stores ran out of business in no time. Then soon you will have only one place to shop, and only get to choise from what they decide that you need. Odd enough WM carries what every gun shop (EXCEPT 2) does not carry, reloading supplies. The 2 that offer reloading items, offer items WM does not. Berry bullets, lead bullets and #2 is my local go to dillon dealer. The other shops would rather offer accessories than reloading equip. To me it's a fair trade off. |
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You guys buy all you can from Wally World, you'll have your local gun stores ran out of business in no time. Then soon you will have only one place to shop, and only get to choise from what they decide that you need. If Wal-Mart didn't sell guns and ammo I would have only one place to shop and only get to choose from what they decide I need. My "local" shop is 30 miles away and Wal-Mart is .5 miles. I get primers from Wal-Mart, powder from Bi-Mart and projectiles, brass and loaded ammo on-line. I buy guns from my "local" gun store at a ten to one ratio with Wal-Mart, but I don't "owe" my local gun store anything. |
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I'm jealous. No Wal-Mart I have ever been to has had reloading supplies. NOWHERE in Texas (Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, rural Southwest Texas) have I ever seen even the slightest hint of reloading anything. It's pretty sad... Abilene Huh. That's part of Texas I've never gotten to... |
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that's about what mine has. I must be spoiled because I wouldn't consider that decent. there are 4 stores within 1 mile of WM that have 5x that much....at lower prices. |
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i bet walmart would special order reloading stuff as they do with many things.
my lgs' are in no danger of going out of business apparently. they jack up the prices on everything and there's such a population here and soo many newbs that they keep it going on that. All the local shops around here apparently get everything at about the same prices i could online and then charge for shipping and stocking on top of those prices. It's a shame our economy has to work in this way small business owners can't get anywhere near the prices as the big chains simply because of the volume they deal in. I buy my stuff wherever it is the cheapest and or most convenient for me, I don't care if your a mom and pop with 12 kids unless one of those kids is my lover, mother, sister, brother or has the lead to the next big thing in my life. I will be bugging the guy at the gun counter at my local walmart the next time I'm in to see what they can do for special orders for me |
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