CNYCacher
July 18, 2006, 11:58 PM
With all the talk recently about Walmarts around the country who are suddenly getting out of selling guns, I thought I would share some happy news I discovered today:
My local Walmart is actually ADDING guns. Black powder stuff to be precise. They have never carried anything but shotties and .22 rifles (and of course air rifles and pistols). Today I walked through the sporting goods area and noticed a 4-foot section of gondola had been cleared out and what used to be there had been shifted over and kinda compressed onto less shelving. The shelving was mostly empty, but one thing caught my eye and that was a BP rifle "starter kit". You know, the rifle, some cleaning supplies, some bullets, various BP-related tools, etc all inside a plastic clamshell package hanging on the rack. I looked around and there were two more sets of racks which were still empty but labeled for different model rifles. There were also 4-5 shelves where the ticket strips were full of labels for all kinds of BP stuff. . . tools, cleaning stuff, accesories, bullets, sabots, etc etc. Only a few items were actually in place. In one spot was a folder of papers with a planogram for where all the products were supposed to be going.
I hope this doesn't mean that the .22s and shotties are going away though. If not, then this is a little bit of good news from Upstate NY :o
Note: A Bass Pro shop opened up here about 1.5 years ago. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Could my Walmart be not only keeping guns around but actually FIGHTING to have a better selection?
My local Walmart is actually ADDING guns. Black powder stuff to be precise. They have never carried anything but shotties and .22 rifles (and of course air rifles and pistols). Today I walked through the sporting goods area and noticed a 4-foot section of gondola had been cleared out and what used to be there had been shifted over and kinda compressed onto less shelving. The shelving was mostly empty, but one thing caught my eye and that was a BP rifle "starter kit". You know, the rifle, some cleaning supplies, some bullets, various BP-related tools, etc all inside a plastic clamshell package hanging on the rack. I looked around and there were two more sets of racks which were still empty but labeled for different model rifles. There were also 4-5 shelves where the ticket strips were full of labels for all kinds of BP stuff. . . tools, cleaning stuff, accesories, bullets, sabots, etc etc. Only a few items were actually in place. In one spot was a folder of papers with a planogram for where all the products were supposed to be going.
I hope this doesn't mean that the .22s and shotties are going away though. If not, then this is a little bit of good news from Upstate NY :o
Note: A Bass Pro shop opened up here about 1.5 years ago. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Could my Walmart be not only keeping guns around but actually FIGHTING to have a better selection?
