Frulk
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OK. Rode over to friend's house and we headed out to a large, non-franchise Ranch/Farm/Sporting goods store. They had all the ammo you could possibly want except for those Rem Buckets of Golden Bullets. Zero buckets to be had. Prices were on average high for all calibers across the board except for 9mm ammo. Once we finished in the gun dept we headed over to look at heavy duck canvas cowboy bedrolls. Of note: there was only one other customer at the gun counter filling out paperwork. No one showing anything. Guy was pressing me hard to look at something and was spitting out their price leaders. 5-6 employees behind the counter. One guy buying and no one else looking as we left.
I took some pictures of ammo prices so I would remember them. While this is a .22 ammo thread other stuff was in the pics so I'm including those as a data point for members since its current cost info as of today in the inter mt west.
Federal BYOB plastic container....22LR copper plated hollow point...36 grain...1,375 rounds per...$119.99 VALUE PACK
Remington .22LR Golden Bullet Brass Plated Hollow Points VALUE PACK...525 bullets in box...$49.99
Winchester .22LR...555 round box...36 grain Copper Plated Hollow Points...$49.99
Winchester Super X .22LR 40 grain Power Points...222 Rounds in a box for $24.99
Stopped at IFA. Here the prices were a little more reasonable. I bought two boxes of Remington Thunderbolts (500 rounds each) at 32.99 each. With tax it was $70.76 for 1,000 rounds.
Blazer .380 Auto...95gr...FMJ...$24.99 per 50 round box
Aguila .22 Super EXTRA Hollow Point...38 grains...250 per box...$19.99
Winchester Target and Small game .22LR...36gr...HP...333 round box...$24.99
CCI .22 Maxi Mag...40gr... Jacketed hollow Point...17.99 per 50
Rem 17 HMR 17 gr...50 round box for $14.99
Federal .22LR...40 gr...800 round 'Range Pack'...$69.99
At both stores all ammo of all calibers was stocked full to the shelf edges with few boxes missing. Retail staff complete a process during each shift called facing.... straightening the product on the shelves so it looks clean and orderly but also moving stuff around to fill the gaps...sometimes putting a like product in an open slot to make the shelves look fuller. This is why sometimes you end up at the register and something costs more than you thought because it was in the wrong place...it's not always the customer putting it there after changing their mind. It just didn't look like a lot of stuff was moving off the shelves as it was the middle of the day and facing had already been done and ammo was stocked deep and high at both stores.
Oh, only one store had primers in stock...Small Rifle Primers was only size available...sorry, didn't ask about cost or brand.
Post script: I had to come back to this post to add the following. IFA has REALLY upped their game related to firearms, accessories and ammo. Their gun department looked more like a Gun Store. I mean, they seem to have made a corporate decision to commit to firearms as a product line they will provide significant retail space to. Heck, they had about every aftermarket accessory you could buy for an AR. A large selection of safes, heavy plate steel targets for pistols and rifles, ammo out the yazoo to say nothing of what they had in physical inventory of firearms. I need to frequent this store a little more. It just seemed like they really expanded the firearms dept since the last time I came in.
Anybody else shop at IFA and think they increased their gun department foot print?
I took some pictures of ammo prices so I would remember them. While this is a .22 ammo thread other stuff was in the pics so I'm including those as a data point for members since its current cost info as of today in the inter mt west.
Federal BYOB plastic container....22LR copper plated hollow point...36 grain...1,375 rounds per...$119.99 VALUE PACK
Remington .22LR Golden Bullet Brass Plated Hollow Points VALUE PACK...525 bullets in box...$49.99
Winchester .22LR...555 round box...36 grain Copper Plated Hollow Points...$49.99
Winchester Super X .22LR 40 grain Power Points...222 Rounds in a box for $24.99
Stopped at IFA. Here the prices were a little more reasonable. I bought two boxes of Remington Thunderbolts (500 rounds each) at 32.99 each. With tax it was $70.76 for 1,000 rounds.
Blazer .380 Auto...95gr...FMJ...$24.99 per 50 round box
Aguila .22 Super EXTRA Hollow Point...38 grains...250 per box...$19.99
Winchester Target and Small game .22LR...36gr...HP...333 round box...$24.99
CCI .22 Maxi Mag...40gr... Jacketed hollow Point...17.99 per 50
Rem 17 HMR 17 gr...50 round box for $14.99
Federal .22LR...40 gr...800 round 'Range Pack'...$69.99
At both stores all ammo of all calibers was stocked full to the shelf edges with few boxes missing. Retail staff complete a process during each shift called facing.... straightening the product on the shelves so it looks clean and orderly but also moving stuff around to fill the gaps...sometimes putting a like product in an open slot to make the shelves look fuller. This is why sometimes you end up at the register and something costs more than you thought because it was in the wrong place...it's not always the customer putting it there after changing their mind. It just didn't look like a lot of stuff was moving off the shelves as it was the middle of the day and facing had already been done and ammo was stocked deep and high at both stores.
Oh, only one store had primers in stock...Small Rifle Primers was only size available...sorry, didn't ask about cost or brand.
Post script: I had to come back to this post to add the following. IFA has REALLY upped their game related to firearms, accessories and ammo. Their gun department looked more like a Gun Store. I mean, they seem to have made a corporate decision to commit to firearms as a product line they will provide significant retail space to. Heck, they had about every aftermarket accessory you could buy for an AR. A large selection of safes, heavy plate steel targets for pistols and rifles, ammo out the yazoo to say nothing of what they had in physical inventory of firearms. I need to frequent this store a little more. It just seemed like they really expanded the firearms dept since the last time I came in.
Anybody else shop at IFA and think they increased their gun department foot print?
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