Cabela’s Not Selling Primers/Powders Online?

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Being fairly new to the area this is still helpful as i dont know all the places to shop. Been to beckwiths a few times. And done ok with ammo there until last weekend there supply was thin. Bass pro is easy for me right up the road from the house have lucked out on a few things just walking in but thats rare now days. I often stop other places when traveling around the state for work also

I was there last weekend too. Around noon. Rented a lane to try out some new 9mm loads: 3.7gr TightGroup under a 115gr. bi-metal steel round nose. It was accurate but wouldn’t cycle my Star BM reliably. It was also kind of flashy so I think I’ll stick with HS6.

 

[Dunross]

Being fairly new to the area this is still helpful as i dont know all the places to shop. Been to beckwiths a few times. And done ok with ammo there until last weekend there supply was thin. Bass pro is easy for me right up the road from the house have lucked out on a few things just walking in but thats rare now days. I often stop other places when traveling around the state for work also

Keeping in mind that EVERY gun store is hammered now and not knowing what you are interested in here are a few places in the greater Gainesville/Ocala area you might check out if you should happen to be in their respective areas.

Newberry has Pawn Pro, Picketts Weaponry, and Archangel Armory all within about three blocks of each other on the main drag. Always worth a look see.

Ocala has Ocala Armory that I've mentioned, but I'd also check out Jerry's Pawn Shop, and especially CORE Rifle Systems (up on c.r. 326, they build airboats as well). There are others in the area, but some may be gone by now.

You probably already know the ones in Gainesville, but I'll mention M&C Army Surplus on 13th st just north of the university and Gainesville Pawn up on north 34th St. I occasionally have luck at both places. There's a shop out on Tower Road, but I can't bring their name to mind. Oaks Pawn on south 34th St doesn't usually have much, but we've sometimes had luck there. A buddy recently bought a Mossberg pump there at a really good price.

Further out the list starts getting really long so I'll only mention a couple I have dealt with recently. If you're in the Mt. Dora/Leesburg area then A.W. Peterson's is the place to be. They've been there decades, have some nice historical stuff on display, and always have something worth looking at.

In the Citrus county area HNR Gunworks in Inverness has nice gunsmith services and had a fair selection of ammo the last time we were in there. Wyoming Guns in Homosassa is good as it Patriot Sporting Goods in Citrus Springs.

There's a shop in Branford northwest of Gainesville named Flying D that had some nice stuff the one time we stopped in there. I rarely get up that way any more, but mean to go back if things ever get back to something approaching "normal" again.

Every once in a great while a buddy and I will pick a direction and go on a multi-county road trip stopping at every gun store we happen to come across. Never know what we'll come across but we always have a good time.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Keeping in mind that EVERY gun store is hammered now and not knowing what you are interested in here are a few places in the greater Gainesville/Ocala area you might check out if you should happen to be in their respective areas.

Newberry has Pawn Pro, Picketts Weaponry, and Archangel Armory all within about three blocks of each other on the main drag. Always worth a look see.

Ocala has Ocala Armory that I've mentioned, but I'd also check out Jerry's Pawn Shop, and especially CORE Rifle Systems (up on c.r. 326, they build airboats as well). There are others in the area, but some may be gone by now.

You probably already know the ones in Gainesville, but I'll mention M&C Army Surplus on 13th st just north of the university and Gainesville Pawn up on north 34th St. I occasionally have luck at both places. There's a shop out on Tower Road, but I can't bring their name to mind. Oaks Pawn on south 34th St doesn't usually have much, but we've sometimes had luck there. A buddy recently bought a Mossberg pump there at a really good price.

Further out the list starts getting really long so I'll only mention a couple I have dealt with recently. If you're in the Mt. Dora/Leesburg area then A.W. Peterson's is the place to be. They've been there decades, have some nice historical stuff on display, and always have something worth looking at.

In the Citrus county area HNR Gunworks in Inverness has nice gunsmith services and had a fair selection of ammo the last time we were in there. Wyoming Guns in Homosassa is good as it Patriot Sporting Goods in Citrus Springs.

There's a shop in Branford northwest of Gainesville named Flying D that had some nice stuff the one time we stopped in there. I rarely get up that way any more, but mean to go back if things ever get back to something approaching "normal" again.

Every once in a great while a buddy and I will pick a direction and go on a multi-county road trip stopping at every gun store we happen to come across. Never know what we'll come across but we always have a good time.

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Good list! Some places I never knew about.

West of I-75 and closer to the SR-19 corridor are Chiefland and Old Town. Lots of good places out that way, too. There's an FFL finder app on the interweb: http://fflgundealers.net/transfer/florida/ Put in you ZIP and how far you're willing to drive and it gives you a list of active shops. It gets updated "often" but it's not perfect and is mostly volunteer. They don't rate or arbitrate, strictly neutral, which is nice. Hope that helps.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I had two great uncles who were hog farmers in southside Virginia. Pig roasts, pork rinds, bbq, heart attacks, and strokes...main features of our family reunions.

Some very pricey firearms collections as I recall too.

if I was a hog farmer, I wouldn’t eat too much pork, hog farms stank. That’s like a ammo line worker going ammo shopping after a long days work

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

if I was a hog farmer, I wouldn’t eat too much pork, hog farms stank. That’s like a ammo line worker going ammo shopping after a long days work

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Cattle ranchers eat beef, chicken farmers eat eggs, and pig farmers eat pork. Corn farmers eat popcorn, too, believe it or not... but only during their favorite novellas.

 

[Mark_Mark]

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Cattle ranchers eat beef, chicken farmers eat eggs, and pig farmers eat pork. Corn farmers eat popcorn, too, believe it or not... but only during their favorite novellas.

I know lifetime fisherman who don’t eat fish, deer hunters that don’t eat deer, and gun collectors that don’t like shooting

 

[Scbadvr]

Keeping in mind that EVERY gun store is hammered now and not knowing what you are interested in here are a few places in the greater Gainesville/Ocala area you might check out if you should happen to be in their respective areas.

Newberry has Pawn Pro, Picketts Weaponry, and Archangel Armory all within about three blocks of each other on the main drag. Always worth a look see.

Ocala has Ocala Armory that I've mentioned, but I'd also check out Jerry's Pawn Shop, and especially CORE Rifle Systems (up on c.r. 326, they build airboats as well). There are others in the area, but some may be gone by now.

You probably already know the ones in Gainesville, but I'll mention M&C Army Surplus on 13th st just north of the university and Gainesville Pawn up on north 34th St. I occasionally have luck at both places. There's a shop out on Tower Road, but I can't bring their name to mind. Oaks Pawn on south 34th St doesn't usually have much, but we've sometimes had luck there. A buddy recently bought a Mossberg pump there at a really good price.

Further out the list starts getting really long so I'll only mention a couple I have dealt with recently. If you're in the Mt. Dora/Leesburg area then A.W. Peterson's is the place to be. They've been there decades, have some nice historical stuff on display, and always have something worth looking at.

In the Citrus county area HNR Gunworks in Inverness has nice gunsmith services and had a fair selection of ammo the last time we were in there. Wyoming Guns in Homosassa is good as it Patriot Sporting Goods in Citrus Springs.

There's a shop in Branford northwest of Gainesville named Flying D that had some nice stuff the one time we stopped in there. I rarely get up that way any more, but mean to go back if things ever get back to something approaching "normal" again.

Every once in a great while a buddy and I will pick a direction and go on a multi-county road trip stopping at every gun store we happen to come across. Never know what we'll come across but we always have a good time.

Nice list some i didn't know about yet. I get around a bit with work have customers all over the southeast so randomly drop in places im not familiar with never know what you will find

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

Cabela's is very apt at stocking ammo cans. Went in the other day, never seen such bare shelves of everything.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Cabela’s lame response this AM to my inquiry re: change in policy:


“Thank you for contacting Cabela's. Your business is truly appreciated. Many types of Ammunition are in high-demand, and we are not able to accept online orders for some products, as inventory availability changes faster than any real-time inventory system can keep up with. If possible, please check your closest store for availability of this ammunition.”

 

[Mark_Mark]

Cabela’s lame response this AM to my inquiry re: change in policy:


“Thank you for contacting Cabela's. Your business is truly appreciated. Many types of Ammunition are in high-demand, and we are not able to accept online orders for some products, as inventory availability changes faster than any real-time inventory system can keep up with. If possible, please check your closest store for availability of this ammunition.”

They are taking the safe bet by keeping customers happy by not promising anything they can fullfill. Probably a bunch of male Karen’s harassing the online sales people manager

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Cabela’s lame response this AM to my inquiry re: change in policy:


“Thank you for contacting Cabela's. Your business is truly appreciated. Many types of Ammunition are in high-demand, and we are not able to accept online orders for some products, as inventory availability changes faster than any real-time inventory system can keep up with. If possible, please check your closest store for availability of this ammunition.”

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Well, as someone who works with programming and data I can tell you, that's a pretty honest and truthful response. I know it seems kind of lame but, it's being honest. Real-time inventory systems are not really real-time, they're snapshots in time. They show what was available a few seconds, minutes, hours or days ago, depending on the refresh interval. The costs associated with keeping national inventories sync'ed in real time when every register interaction changes that inventory are too high to make it practical when you know a certain product line is going to be absolutely fluid. It doesn't seem to me like they were blowing you off, they crafted an honest, polite response hoping to let people know, they're aware they have dissatisfied customers but there's not much can be done about it. Sorry.

 

[CQB45ACP]

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Well, as someone who works with programming and data I can tell you, that's a pretty honest and truthful response. I know it seems kind of lame but, it's being honest. Real-time inventory systems are not really real-time, they're snapshots in time. They show what was available a few seconds, minutes, hours or days ago, depending on the refresh interval. The costs associated with keeping national inventories sync'ed in real time when every register interaction changes that inventory are too high to make it practical when you know a certain product line is going to be absolutely fluid. It doesn't seem to me like they were blowing you off, they crafted an honest, polite response hoping to let people know, they're aware they have dissatisfied customers but there's not much can be done about it. Sorry.

The lameness wasn’t IT related and to be fair to you, I didn’t also provide my message to them—which specifically said driving 35 miles one way in the off chance something was in stock made it unlikely I could continue as a customer.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

The lameness wasn’t IT related and to be fair to you, I didn’t also provide my message to them—which specifically said driving 35 miles one way in the off chance something was in stock made it unlikely I could continue as a customer.

I only have to drive 30 miles and still never go to Bass Pro. Unless I'm really hankering for jerky. But it has to be a mighty powerful hankering!

 

[Mark_Mark]

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Well, as someone who works with programming and data I can tell you, that's a pretty honest and truthful response. I know it seems kind of lame but, it's being honest. Real-time inventory systems are not really real-time, they're snapshots in time. They show what was available a few seconds, minutes, hours or days ago, depending on the refresh interval. The costs associated with keeping national inventories sync'ed in real time when every register interaction changes that inventory are too high to make it practical when you know a certain product line is going to be absolutely fluid. It doesn't seem to me like they were blowing you off, they crafted an honest, polite response hoping to let people know, they're aware they have dissatisfied customers but there's not much can be done about it. Sorry.

If Amazon can Do it Cablelas should too...

that was a Joke, I live in Amazonville

 

[Mark_Mark]

I only have to drive 30 miles and still never go to Bass Pro. Unless I'm really hankering for jerky. But it has to be a mighty powerful hankering!

ever used a Ron-Popeel dehydrate machine? it was a huge fad in the 90’s! it also doubles as a Bass dryer

 

[Mark_Mark]

The lameness wasn’t IT related and to be fair to you, I didn’t also provide my message to them—which specifically said driving 35 miles one way in the off chance something was in stock made it unlikely I could continue as a customer.

I think called your bluff.

Cabelas marketing meeting:

-we have issue with customers being angry and not wanting to come back

—just send them a 15 pack of 9mm

-brilliant!

 

[Dunross]

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Real-time inventory systems are not really real-time, they're snapshots in time. They show what was available a few seconds, minutes, hours or days ago, depending on the refresh interval. The costs associated with keeping national inventories sync'ed in real time when every register interaction changes that inventory are too high to make it practical when you know a certain product line is going to be absolutely fluid. It doesn't seem to me like they were blowing you off, they crafted an honest, polite response hoping to let people know, they're aware they have dissatisfied customers but there's not much can be done about it. Sorry.

Thanks for posting this. I understand how these systems work a little better now. "Refresh rates" make a lot of sense.

I have cursed these systems more than once when I paid for something the computer said was in inventory only to discover they did not actually have what I had just paid for when I went to pick it up.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

ever used a Ron-Popeel dehydrate machine? it was a huge fad in the 90’s! it also doubles as a Bass dryer

Bass dryer - to make bass jerky? Instant sushi - just add water?

I've never tried drying bass but I remember Dan Akroyd as a pitchman for the Bass-O-Matic.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Bass dryer - to make bass jerky? Instant sushi - just add water?

I've never tried drying bass but I remember Dan Akroyd as a pitchman for the Bass-O-Matic.

I got 32#’s of 308-ish I need to wash and dry some how. I didn’t add any polishing to my walnut media. Dry dusty mess

 

[Mark_Mark]

this might work!!! they have a 5 gallon electric version

 

[CQB45ACP]

Thanks for posting this. I understand how these systems work a little better now. "Refresh rates" make a lot of sense.

I have cursed these systems more than once when I paid for something the computer said was in inventory only to discover they did not actually have what I had just paid for when I went to pick it up.

Don’t fall for this hokum! IT folks are expert at promising the moon to get you to buy what system they’re peddling and even more expert at shifting the blame when they can’t deliver. This is a joke (have to say that cause they don’t know sarcasm when they see it).

 

[Mark_Mark]

Don’t fall for this hokum! IT folks are expert at promising the moon to get you to buy what system they’re peddling and even more expert at shifting the blame when they can’t deliver. This is a joke (have to say that cause they don’t know sarcasm when they see it).

HEY! iT people are half human too! JEZZ

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Don’t fall for this hokum! IT folks are expert at promising the moon to get you to buy what system they’re peddling and even more expert at shifting the blame when they can’t deliver. This is a joke (have to say that cause they don’t know sarcasm when they see it).

We do. We just don’t admit it. If the common user thought, we’d be out of our cushy jobs. BTW: if you want to experience IT humor look up The BOFH.

 

[griff383]

Just remember, these are features not bugs

 

[Scbadvr]

I only have to drive 30 miles and still never go to Bass Pro. Unless I'm really hankering for jerky. But it has to be a mighty powerful hankering!

Im 3 miles away and will stop just to check actually found some 300 bo ammy yesterday. But i prefer to make my own jerky lol