Cabela’s Not Selling Primers/Powders Online?

[CQB45ACP]

Primers will come back people. It’s not made from rare gold.

Far rarer...freedom.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I know, I know. Someone around here said, “l wouldn’t give anything to be a year younger.” That sizes it up. I try not to dump on my adult sons and tell them how much it sucks and is getting worse because they have decades to go yet. And then I wonder if my parents felt the same way.

Actually, it’s seemed worse before....when I began my FBI career on July 9, 1972 (my wife June 1971) more than once, we were locked down inside the DOJ building because 100,000+ anti-war protesters were trying to break in—literally. Had they made it, bloodshed would’ve been considerable. Things looked really bad then, but we recovered, no?

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Recovered? Those 100,000+ are the ones running the government now. . Things will always get better.

 

[CQB45ACP]

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Recovered? Those 100,000+ are the ones running the government now. . Things will always get better.

Yes they are for certain and their children. But we’re now treading in the forum’s verboten zone.

 

[whughett]

Ship to store is nice for that small population of the US that lives within a reasonable drive distance. Cabelas new owner Brass Pro is a 20 minute drive, but in another state. I won’t swear to it but my guess is the computer is cross referencing billing addresss to pick up addresses. If there is a residency requirement the item won’t ship. IE: I live in Rhode Island which has no ammo/component restrictions beyond age requirements. Massachusetts has a resident/registered requirement for such. I’ve tried on several occasions with the” can not ship” results each time.
Big Brother is watching boys and girls.

 

[Walkalong]

Maybe they got tired of all the complaints about online inventory/shipping

 

[Mr. Zorg]

I had a detailed discussion with a BPS CS Supervisor last month about orders I'd made disappearing in transit multiple times when shipped on BPS trucks, and the logical conclusion given the "street" value of primers. She didn't try to dispel that and indicated that was becoming a larger and more frequent problem.

I'm not expecting being able to order primers & powder online any time in the near future from BPS & Cabela's, and there are definite limits on primers I see in place now on their websites. I asked point blank recently, got a valueless response, and resent my query asking for a simple straightforward answer. Thus far silence. I'm probably on a CS silent treatment list there at this point. It would be interesting if anyone else tries and gets some straight answer, even by accident.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Ship to store is nice for that small population of the US that lives within a reasonable drive distance. Cabelas new owner Brass Pro is a 20 minute drive, but in another state. I won’t swear to it but my guess is the computer is cross referencing billing addresss to pick up addresses. If there is a residency requirement the item won’t ship. IE: I live in Rhode Island which has no ammo/component restrictions beyond age requirements. Massachusetts has a resident/registered requirement for such. I’ve tried on several occasions with the” can not ship” results each time.
Big Brother is watching boys and girls.

Interesting viewpoint. I hadn’t even thought of the surveillance (and I mean that in a business sense, not big brother).

 

[CQB45ACP]

Maybe they got tired of all the complaints about online inventory/shipping

What’re you trying to say?

 

[whughett]

I had a detailed discussion with a BPS CS Supervisor last month about orders I'd made disappearing in transit multiple times when shipped on BPS trucks, and the logical conclusion given the "street" value of primers. She didn't try to dispel that and indicated that was becoming a larger and more frequent problem.

I'm not expecting being able to order primers & powder online any time in the near future from BPS & Cabela's, and there are definite limits on primers I see in place now on their websites. I asked point blank recently, got a valueless response, and resent my query asking for a simple straightforward answer. Thus far silence. I'm probably on a CS silent treatment list there at this point. It would be interesting if anyone else tries and gets some straight answer, even by accident.

Would not surprise me to see Cabelas go the way of Dicks Sporting Goods. Bass is already there I think.

 

[CQB45ACP]

I had a detailed discussion with a BPS CS Supervisor last month about orders I'd made disappearing in transit multiple times when shipped on BPS trucks, and the logical conclusion given the "street" value of primers. She didn't try to dispel that and indicated that was becoming a larger and more frequent problem.

I'm not expecting being able to order primers & powder online any time in the near future from BPS & Cabela's, and there are definite limits on primers I see in place now on their websites. I asked point blank recently, got a valueless response, and resent my query asking for a simple straightforward answer. Thus far silence. I'm probably on a CS silent treatment list there at this point. It would be interesting if anyone else tries and gets some straight answer, even by accident.

Yes, I’ve seen the list.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Would not surprise me to see Cabelas go the way of Dicks Sporting Goods. Bass is already there I think.

In what way? You mean not selling ammo or components?

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Would not surprise me to see Cabelas go the way of Dicks Sporting Goods. Bass is already there I think.

Here in Texas anyway BPS & Cabela's stores are in and around major metropolitan areas for the most part, so there's lots of folks that live within a 30 minute or so drive of a B&M store. My drive is also 20-ish minutes but without leaving the city limits of the 7th largest US city by population by the 2010 census. Take Houston, DFW, & Austin metro areas into the list and I think in my state anyway, there's far more individuals who ive within a 30 minute (not rush hour) drive to such a store, from the other side of the lower 48 state area perspective.

 

[whughett]

Very limited, if any at all, firearms. My somewhat limited experience with Cabelas in store browsing, mostly side excursions on the annual RI to FL treck , seems to show a decline in their gun/Ammo/reloading section.

 

[whughett]

Here in Texas anyway BPS & Cabela's stores are in and around major metropolitan areas for the most part, so there's lots of folks that live within a 30 minute or so drive of a B&M store. My drive is also 20-ish minutes but without leaving the city limits of the 7th largest US city by population by the 2010 census. Take Houston, DFW, & Austin metro areas into the list and I think in my state anyway, there's far more individuals who ive within a 30 minute (not rush hour) drive to such a store, from the other side of the lower 48 state area perspective.

Point taken.
Delete “Small” add those of us.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Very limited, if any at all, firearms. My somewhat limited experience with Cabelas in store browsing, mostly side excursions on the annual RI to FL treck , seems to show a decline in their gun/Ammo/reloading section.

Well they’re going to need some major redecorating then...a two story recitation of the Second Amendment graces the main entry foyer. But, that’s doable, after all the Chicago River used to flow northward.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Point taken.
Delete “Small” add those of us.

A pretty handy site I just found

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/texas-usa/rhode-island-usa

 

[CQB45ACP]

Point taken.
Delete “Small” add those of us.

I recall hearing of a study a few years ago of ship to store costs/benefits to retailers. It might’ve involved Target or Walmart, I don’t remember. Anyway, the theory that customers would do some additional shopping when they came to pickup their items and thus offset shipping and other costs did not hold true. But, they had to do it anyway because customers wanted it and selling is better than not selling. I have no clue if the results are still valid.

 

[CQB45ACP]

A pretty handy site I just found

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/texas-usa/rhode-island-usa

Rhode Island clam chowder more than makes up for it.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Rhode Island clam chowder more than makes up for it.

There's no BBQ like Texas BBQ

 

[CQB45ACP]

There's no BBQ like Texas BBQ

Well, you’re correct cause to many of us east of the Mississippi, Texas bbq isn’t bbq, it’s simply the way beef was cooked. You could be correct by replacing “like” with “in”

From about Fredericksburg, VA south (and I mean to Florida), bbq is pork and dependent on the geographic region, it can be cooked several different ways and with cayenne and vinegar but no tomato-based sauce at all or with primarily tomato-based, to a mustard-type sauce and so on. But it’s never beef.

It’s like saying which is the best powder.

 

[jmorris]

^ I’d take the BBQ over clam chowder.

I remember driving from Bunker Hill to Niagara Falls (completely across NY and MA) taking about the same time as the drive from Lubbock to DFW.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Very limited, if any at all, firearms. My somewhat limited experience with Cabelas in store browsing, mostly side excursions on the annual RI to FL treck , seems to show a decline in their gun/Ammo/reloading section.

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Ah! You're a "Snowbird"! I'm a native Floridian. Thank you for your money.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

There's no BBQ like Texas BBQ

Two things you never discuss with a Texan: beer and food.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Well, you’re correct cause to many of us east of the Mississippi, Texas bbq isn’t bbq, it’s simply the way beef was cooked. You could be correct by replacing “like” with “in”

From about Fredericksburg, VA south (and I mean to Florida), bbq is pork and dependent on the geographic region, it can be cooked several different ways and with cayenne and vinegar but no tomato-based sauce at all or with primarily tomato-based, to a mustard-type sauce and so on. But it’s never beef.

It’s like saying which is the best powder.

Getting way off topic but your lack of experience with Texas BBQ is showing. There's 5 different styles, and cabrito is a South Texs specialty, as well as barbacoa de cabeza (and only one place still is allowed to use an earthen pit).

I didn't put anything in my posts about superiority or inferiority.

If you want to talk soups though chili is the official Texas dish if you look it up.

 

[whughett]

Actually

A pretty handy site I just found

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/texas-usa/rhode-island-usa

It has its advantages.
I’m a displaced ridge runner who just happened to be assigned a duty station in Newport in 1960. The rest is history.

Rhode Island clam chowder more than makes up for it.

Hope you mean the clear broth chowder. White or Red is somebody else, New England or Manhattan. For 25 years I made gallons of it for the gun clubs field day. Served with another Rhody exclusive, Clam Cakes.

Well, you’re correct cause to many of us east of the Mississippi, Texas bbq isn’t bbq, it’s simply the way beef was cooked. You could be correct by replacing “like” with “in”

From about Fredericksburg, VA south (and I mean to Florida), bbq is pork and dependent on the geographic region, it can be cooked several different ways and with cayenne and vinegar but no tomato-based sauce at all or with primarily tomato-based, to a mustard-type sauce and so on. But it’s never beef.

It’s like saying which is the best powder.

I solve that issue by doing brisket and pork shoulder on the smoker and placing both sauce styles on the side. The majority of the folks here generally go with the sweet reddish brown stuff. I like both, some neither, preferring the smoky meat with its dry rub alone ( We can do that here, no traditions on BBQ.)