Beware...AMMO THIEVES.

Theres always cheapskates out there. There are kleptos who just have to shoplift if they get the chance.

I had the same thing happen with a box of 1000 CCI primers. I never checked the carton and when I opened it there were only 9 sleeves instead 10.

with 50% gone they only offered 10% discount

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Wouldn't be surprised if the store had done it themselves if all they mark a box half full off is 10%.

Thank you for the heads up. It's frustrating, we had issues with ammo showing up missing from shipments with UPS from distributors. Now we gotta watch the other end,

Less likely to happen with ammo ordered online from reputable places.

This is why if the ammo isn't taped shut, I inspect to make sure all the rounds are there and the caliber matches what is on the side. In one instance I found a .380 in a 9mm box at a LGS.

Wouldn't be surprised if the store had done it themselves if all they mark a box half full off is 10%.

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That would make zero sense at all.
Doing it enough to make any sort of worthwhile profit or savings for the store would mean splitting almost every box in the store in half. When almost EVERY box in the store is a bit short, I'm sure customers will catch on.
And doing it on a small enough scale to get away with is hardly gonna make enough money to be worth the time or risk of pissing of the customers.

Had the same thing happen at walmart with some boxes of .410.

Had this topic a while back, and one conclusion was that the maker was shorting boxes during the high point of the ammo craze. With production going all out, the line worker may simply not have had time to check every box.

I suspect some makers don't weigh them either to double check. The loading equipment may be automated, but the further processing down the line doesn't "value add" and the expense is considered lost profit. They ship it as is.

Doesn't mean there aren't ammo thieves, frankly, snitching a few rounds is high school prankster level. A box of ammo out the door would be the "adult" method, and I don't know there are RF tags on them to prevent it like games and CD's.

Keep checking. As for only a 10% discount for a half full box, don't worry. They will mark it down if the public refuses to purchase it. The only problem is that there is always "that guy" who buys it as is anyway, money is no obstacle to them, neither is principle. That guy is us, we've all done it casually enough now and again.

I used to work at a Gunstore and we had a rash of these happening. We kept all the pistol calibers out on the floor and customers reported missing rounds. After that we had to keep a closer eye on the ammo shelves in addition to helping people at the counter and ringing people up. Bit of a pain.

For a while we would have to do an ammo check each morning and then re-fill some of the boxes with previously half-stolen boxes that we kept in back. Mostly the calibers stolen were .38 Spl, 9mm and 30-30.

Never caught anyone red-handed, but after we braced some guys who looked like they mowed lawns who were in a group together with this gangbanger looking guy where they kept looking up to see where we were while they fiddled with the boxes it stopped. Most people just found the caliber and load they wanted, grabbed it and paid for it and that was it. They didn't spend 10 mins over there.

They didn't have any bullets in their pockets, so we figured they just hadn't stolen it yet and were nervous now that we were paying way more attention to that area than we had previously. If it wasn't them it was a real big coincidence that it stopped right after we checked them out. They never came in the store again.

Hopefully the store in question does something similar.

The local Sportsman's Warehouse has their ammo on open shelves. There are signs every three feet telling people to not open the ammo boxes. I watched one day as a guy opened about four boxes of pistol caliber ammo, take out one round, roll it around in his fingers while he examined it then put it back in the box and move on to another box. Being a rule follower this annoyed me so I asked him "are you sure you want your fingerprints on ammunition you aren't buying?" He looked at me and said "good point" and stopped opening boxes.

About 25 years ago when I worked the sporting goods counter at Wal-Mart a guy came in, bought a box of Remington UMC .357 Magnum 158 Grain SWC, and stated that he had a feral dog roaming around his house and eating his chickens. That night in my returned merchandise basket was a box of ammunition just like the one I sold that guy, and it contained 49 rounds of ammo and one empty hull .

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

It's a pity that you can't know in advance exactly which individual round would be stolen . . .

Impureclient said:

Wouldn't be surprised if the store had done it themselves if all they mark a box half full off is 10%.

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Well, if the store is one that insists that all semi-automatic pistols only come from the factory with one magazine . . .

I've seen tables at gun shows where every box of ammo is taped up except for the top box, which is open to show the contents. The dealer said he does this to save wear-and-tear on the boxes. It cuts down on thieving, too; as it is hard to steal from an open box and go unnoticed.

Hi...

One of the LGS near my home has signs stating that if you open a box, you bought it.

I bought a box of primers there earlier this year that was missing one of the 100 count sleeves when I got home.
They were happy to replace it.
Normally, the boxes just go in the primer cabinet with out me ever looking at it until I need them.

Nothing surprises me with people these days, but really? What kind of cheap, thieving, lowlife scum does this? Just really blows my mind.

its funnier when you open up a fresh box of say, 40 dollar 30-06 scirocco to find its 150 grain fmj.

LeonCarr said:

About 25 years ago when I worked the sporting goods counter at Wal-Mart a guy came in, bought a box of Remington UMC .357 Magnum 158 Grain SWC, and stated that he had a feral dog roaming around his house and eating his chickens. That night in my returned merchandise basket was a box of ammunition just like the one I sold that guy, and it contained 49 rounds of ammo and one empty hull .

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

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I thought wally world NEVER accepted ammo returns??? I have been in a few (long ago) when people wanted to return ammo. One I recall a lady bought wrong guage for shotgun ammo. 16 instead of 12. So after manager told her a dozen times "We do NOT accept ammo returns for any reason" I offered her 2/3 wally world price. She refused as she wanted full price. I said "ok" and walked away. Manager said "Thanks for trying"

With that caliber and the .38 s & w it is not uncommon for a lgs to sell 6 rounds to a customer and put an x on the box to indicate that it's not full. You would be surprised at the people that can't afford a full box and just need 6 rounds.

its funnier when you open up a fresh box of say, 40 dollar 30-06 scirocco to find its 150 grain fmj.

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Reminds me of the time several years ago I was in a Cabela's when a customer brought up a box of .300 Win to the register. The clerk opened up the box to check, and then dumped them onto the counter. Out came 20 .30-06 rounds. He said it had happened a lot recently.
If I remember, it happened during or just before deer season.