[k9870]

my friend was at wal mart and they scanned the 300winmag he was buying, and said "sorry this is a handgun round we cant sell it" he called the manager who sold it after he said it was for a winchester mod70. the manager said "theres a handgun that uses it so the system flagged it" a new cashier with no common sense also. but it got me thinking, what handguns are in 300 mag? the wristbreaker model 1?

[orchidhunter]

I think Taurus might make them, or it might be Ruger as they have come up with some real dandies of late. orchidhunter

[k9870]

revolver, break action, bolt pistol?

[MMCSRET]

Encore!!!!

[crushbup]

Encore!!!!
Yeah, but then almost every "rifle cartridge" could be called a "handgun cartridge" and no ammo could be sold to people under 21.

[PotatoJudge]

Yep, it's the leftist liberal communist socialist evolutionist Wal-Mart scheme to take away our second amendment rights. Or it's the mistake of some idiot working at Wal-Mart. They seem equally likely from where I'm sitting.

[k9870]

i fooled the clerk into selling me "45 auto rifle rounds"

[tango2echo]

I just bought a WristBreaker Model 2 in .50BMG!

[RDF]

Reminds me of the time I tried to buy tires at COSTCO that were larger than the OEM recommended. Mechanic said they couldn't sell them to me because they were not OEM size. I went across town and bought them at an independent dealer not run by lawyers.

[foghornl]

The T/C single-shot handguns have been sold in some ahhhhh not conventional handgun calibres...but one of those in .300Mag? ? ? EEEEEEEK!!!!

[Jorg]

I suspect it was simply coded wrong in their computer.

[SavageMOA]

Walmart's policy is that whenever ammo is scanned they have to ask whether the ammo is for a pistol. Most cashiers will automatically just hit the "yes" button because that's what most of them were taught to do when in doubt.

I got in an argument with a cashier when she wouldn't let me buy .22lr ammo.

Same situation I just told the guy behind the counter the .45auto ammo I was buying wasn't for a rifle since I'm 20 and still can't buy it.

[Jim K]

It is not Walmart; the law prohibits a dealer from selling handgun ammo to anyone under 21. Walmart may have flagged it wrong but chances are that some nut makes a pistol for it, so it is a handgun cartridge.

Everytime some lunatic wants bragging rights and makes a handgun for rifle cartridges (most powerful handgun ever!!!!) one more cartridge is put off limits to people under 21. Of course the maker doesn't care about anyone else.

Jim