A Walmart addiction

[J.Gillespie]

I must confess... My Name is Jonathan and I have an addiction to buying ammo everytime I take one step into a Walmart store.

I was in Walmart twice today (two different locations) and both times I walked out with 9 and 45 ammo. I got out to my truck and the light hit me......I'M AN ADDICT!. All I went in for earlier was to check out some house stuff, I walked out with 250 rounds of ammo. Then later today I realized I needed some new felt pads for my dremel tool. Again, I walked out with the felt tips and....150 rounds of ammo.
This happens every time I go to Wally world. Anyone else share in this addiction ? Or,do you have any addictions related to our already present firearm addiction?

I'm a sick man...a very sick man.....or am I

 

[Redlg155]

I really like the prices at Walmart for 9mm Ammo. They can't touch mail order prices on other ammo.

They just built a Sports Authority store near me, so I'll start going there for .45 ammo when I desperately need it. Luckily I picked up a few boxes of S&B at the gunshow to tide me over a bit.

I'll bet this thread generates some replies on the evils of Walmart.

Good Shooting
RED

 

[PlayTheAces]

As I was reading this, the Spousal Unit walked in and started reading over my shoulder.

Says "Oh, just like you!"

Sighs.

Shakes her head.

Walks out of room.

 

[thaddeus]

Yep, this is how I end up with a cache of practice ammo. Every time we go to WalMart I go grab a box of ammo. Then we check out at the gun counter "to make it faster". It is a nice trick on the wife to get our grocery money to fund my shooting habit Just one box at a time, and I never am short on ammo when I want to go shooting.

 

[NewShooter78]

I don't shop at wally world for my ammo because there is no selection. I'm sure its because of the location, so I'll have to check a couple of the other ones next time I'm looking. But I have heard good things about the prices, and bad things about the impulse to buy everytime you step into the store...for ammo.

 

[AZTOY]

I allways stop and look at the guns at Wallyworld.

 

[Cliff]

Jonathan,

You don't have a addiction,your just a man who likes to stay prepared. I feel your pain. If I'm driving by a walmart,I'm going in for ammo,for me its 9MM,.45,and .357. If the missus sends me in to walmart for toilet paper, I'm coming out with more ammo then toilet paper,If i slide up to the sporting goods counter and they have just 1 box of win/whitebox in 9MM,I'm claiming it. Guess what I ask for and got for Christmas? That right,walmart gift certificates. and was I in the parking lot, sitting in my truck drinking coffee,waiting for the store to open the day after Christmas? you bet I was.
OK, I need to calm down now, but I know we're not the only ones,right?

 

[Redlg155]

Ok..that's it!

I'm buying stock in Walmart!

Good Shooting
RED

 

[J.Gillespie]

Cliff....Just to let you know the extent of my disease, I was just in Maryland for the holidays and I was at the local Walmart in Bel Air, thinking to myself.....is it worth the hassel at the airport to load all of this Winchester white box?

 

[blades67]

I load it cheaper than Wal-mart sells it.

 

[Ewok_Guy]

I buy ammo cheaper through the mail.

 

[thebaldguy]

Their prices are very good.

100 rounds 9MM $10.97

I have some issues about Wally World but they are cheap.

 

[dude]

there are only two things I go into wal*mart for:

- the Made in USA cheap 100 round 9mm boxes
- the Made in USA Rustler Brown work jeans

Other than that, the way they hide behind the Red-White & Blue while their stores are loaded with mostly Chi-Comm crap feeding the Amarican 'I want it now, cheap and don't care where is comes from' disposable society...................................that has driven most of our non-durable goods manufactruing jobs overseas ...............disgusts me.


I'll take the time to search out and pay more for everday items that are Made in USA, like Carhartt, Bose, US made office supplies & cookware, ammo ect.

Do you?

 

[gun-fucious]

my Walmart just marked down the Wrangler "Advantage Timber" Camo Jeans to 14 bucks.

 

[dude]

That being said, I will not sacrafice quality just to buy American.

My gun collection is more than %75 US made stuff but the Mini 30 is no substitute for a good Chi-Comm SKS! .........and no way in hell I'm buying Federal to feed it when Wolf is <$80/1000!! (I preffer S&B 7.62X39 but have not been able to find it for the past few years.)

 

[4570Rick]

thebaldguy

I load 100 rounds of 9mm for $5.84.

And it's American made.

 

[dude]

I shall start a'doin the same for .44 & .357 very soon.

..........having the Nosler factory within walking distance to buy factory-blemish bullets helps! But it's too bad I have to buy my rock-chucker from that company in nasty NorCal and give Grey-out Davis even a penny of tax money.

 

[4570Rick]

dude

I live in the PRK, but I use the "Barter System" as much as posable. No taxes and I know this makes
The Gubber-Naught Greyout Dufus
more nuts then he allready is.

 

[hansolo]

WallyWorld

Like the Griswolds, I usually head straight from the range to Wallyworld. All the clerks in Sporting Goods know me ....NORM!....
Of the main centerfire varieties, I go with Blazer and UMC...my CZ 75B likes them best. I figure the price of good Handloading equipment and components would buy me about 5-7 cases of 9mm.

 

[Guyon]

I'm addicted to the clearance items at Wal-Mart. Bought a red-tagged Remington 1100 there. Every fall, I buy gobs of clearance fishing equipment. And every spring, I buy all the clearanced camouflage clothing I can afford. This year, I got a little crazy, but I also got a lot of great deals.

As for ammo, I shop at Academy Sports. Can't beat their prices.

 

[Wolfy]

unfortunately Wallyworld does not sell guns or ammo in my state(NJ). They do sell some scopes and when I asked the kid behind the counter if I could look at the 4-20 x 40mm scope he hands it to me and says "What's that go on a pistol?" I shook my head handed it back to him and walked away. :banghead:

 

[Kahr carrier]

They usually have good prices on 22LR.

 

[Carlos Cabeza]

Dude made an interesting point about the drones that feed the disposable society machine. I have to admit, I do buy LOTS of ammo at sheepmart.

 

[SkySlash]

Wal-Mart is too expensive on their ammo prices.

I go to Academy Sports or Oshman's Sporting Goods, and I pay $3.99 a box for 50 rounds of 9mm. It's CCI/Blazer 115gr. FMJ ammo that isn't reloadable, but for 8 cents a round after tax, what the hell do I care if I can't reload it since I can't reload for that cheap anyway.

I buy 1000 rounds a month at whichever place has it in stock just to keep my pile growing. How many places do you know of that you can walk out the door with 1000 rounds of quality, factory 9mm ammo for only $85.59 total after Uncle Sam takes his share?

I know of only two, and I buy a lot of ammo from them.

I buy my carry ammo from Adco Firearms over the internet. He auctions it at Gunbroker for $29.99 + actual shipping for 100 rounds of 124gr. +P Gold Dot on www.gunbroker.com just about every week. You take two of his auctions, he'll typically combine shipping, and so that's about $65 for 200 rounds of premium carry ammo. Works out to about $16.25 a box, and I don't know of any other gun shop in the DFW metroplex that can or will beat that.

-SS

 

[Logistar]

Two days ago I bought a 9mm 100 round "value pack" and a 50 round box of defensive ammo. That really isn't unusual except that I DIDN'T need either of them.

I was there and just bought them out of habit I guess. I WAS buying ammo regularly to get my "inventory" up to what I considered reasonable... but I seem to keep buying it. I haven't even fired a gun in a month (local range temporarily closed).

Looks like I am an addict too!

Logistar