Trey Veston
Member
Before the big announcement from Walmart regarding no longer selling pistol or "assault rifle" calibers in their stores, I regularly went there to buy cheap 9mm ammo and reloading supplies, including Hornady bullets.
I regularly purchased Hornady XTP 180gr and 155gr .401 bullets for my 10mm and ,40 S&W loads for $19.77 per 100. 9mm flavors were around $15. Local sporting goods chain had them for about $2 more per box.
They also had CCI primers and the common powders at decent prices, but no brass.
I've pretty much boycotted Walmart after their "wokeness" but I held my nose a couple of weeks ago and had to go there to get a replacement vacuum cleaner.
I stopped by the ammo counter and confirmed that the pistol ammo was all gone. I also was shocked to see that all of the Hornady bullets were also cleared out.
The disgusted sporting goods manager I talked to said that because Walmart wouldn't sell their handgun ammo, that they told WM that they couldn't sell any of their ammo or other products.
All of the Hornady bullets were replaced by Speer products, but no Gold Dots or any pistol caliber bullets.
Good for Hornady.
I went online today to verify Hornady's decision and found that Hornady stopped selling directly to WM back in 2007 due to Walmart's difficulty in business practices...
https://www.recoilweb.com/why-hornady-stopped-selling-ammunition-to-walmart-12-years-ago-152737.html
However, my local WM had apparently been buying Hornady products through independent distributors.
"RECOIL: We've seen Hornady products in Walmart more recently. How did that happen?
JH: From what we understand, each Walmart store manager has the power to bring in products they feel are applicable to the marketplace, and so in markets there places where they can purchase from distributors. We do business with a lot of wholesalers who distribute our products, and so, what has happened is in certain areas Walmart managers have opted to bring in merchandise through distribution. And, we wouldn't necessarily know about it; There's no way for us to track that, but we do not have any direct accounts with Walmart or Walmart.com. We have no interest in doing business with them."
So, apparently the decision to no longer carry the excellent Hornady products at my local Walmart came not from Hornady, as the manager stated, but from somewhere higher up the chain at WM.
I regularly purchased Hornady XTP 180gr and 155gr .401 bullets for my 10mm and ,40 S&W loads for $19.77 per 100. 9mm flavors were around $15. Local sporting goods chain had them for about $2 more per box.
They also had CCI primers and the common powders at decent prices, but no brass.
I've pretty much boycotted Walmart after their "wokeness" but I held my nose a couple of weeks ago and had to go there to get a replacement vacuum cleaner.
I stopped by the ammo counter and confirmed that the pistol ammo was all gone. I also was shocked to see that all of the Hornady bullets were also cleared out.
The disgusted sporting goods manager I talked to said that because Walmart wouldn't sell their handgun ammo, that they told WM that they couldn't sell any of their ammo or other products.
All of the Hornady bullets were replaced by Speer products, but no Gold Dots or any pistol caliber bullets.
Good for Hornady.
I went online today to verify Hornady's decision and found that Hornady stopped selling directly to WM back in 2007 due to Walmart's difficulty in business practices...
https://www.recoilweb.com/why-hornady-stopped-selling-ammunition-to-walmart-12-years-ago-152737.html
However, my local WM had apparently been buying Hornady products through independent distributors.
"RECOIL: We've seen Hornady products in Walmart more recently. How did that happen?
JH: From what we understand, each Walmart store manager has the power to bring in products they feel are applicable to the marketplace, and so in markets there places where they can purchase from distributors. We do business with a lot of wholesalers who distribute our products, and so, what has happened is in certain areas Walmart managers have opted to bring in merchandise through distribution. And, we wouldn't necessarily know about it; There's no way for us to track that, but we do not have any direct accounts with Walmart or Walmart.com. We have no interest in doing business with them."
So, apparently the decision to no longer carry the excellent Hornady products at my local Walmart came not from Hornady, as the manager stated, but from somewhere higher up the chain at WM.