Walmart gun dept. is now boring!

[TruthTellers]

If I were to buy a gun at Walmart, I'm not relying on the salesperson to know much. The only Walmart that I've ever been to that I believe had a knowledgeable person to ask about gun was in Concord, NH and it was a lady in her 60's. In fact, I remember that day I had gone to a Dick's too and the clerk was a millennial who did not know a thing about guns.

Anyway, what I'm saying is if there's a gun at Walmart you want, you're best off doing your research before hand, but that's true for pretty much anything you buy.

 

[Old Dog]

Good lord, can we please get this thread closed now? It's become totally pointless.

Wal-Mart is Wal-Mart. You either shop there, or you turn up your nose (like many in this thread) and declare you're too high-class to set foot in the place.

Every thread even tangentially touching on Wal-Mart turns into a Wal-Mart bashing thread, and this isn't gun-related any longer.

 

[PabloJ]

I went to Walmart yesterday and wandered over to the gun desk to gawk at the guns in the case. True to what I've heard in the past, there were no more AR rifles there. Now I google the subject and discover that it was a decision made back in August to longer sell AR and similar MSRs. But what I also noticed while at WM is that there were also no longer any tactical style shotguns. They used to have those, but not anymore! The only thing even remotely "tactical" was a wood-stocked Mini14 rifle. Other than that, everything look very politically correct.

Shopping at Walmart is only worthwhile for specific items. For me those usually include: Normandy frozen salad, Croc cheese, 12 packs of "Italian" sausage, ready to eat whole chicken (little salty but very well done), Perfecta Italian .45 ACP ball ammo,....

 

[Warp]

The $9.97/50 Federal Aluminum case 9mm is a pretty darn good buy these days...most Walmarts seem to have it in stock

 

[barnbwt]

I hadn't visited Bass Pro in over a year, and I found they were also quite boring yesterday. I didn't see a single AR for sale on the racks, but tons, and tons, and tons, and tons, and tons of accessories & 223 ammunition. I swung by Dick's and saw they also had a strange glut of 223 ammunition

I am fully of the mind that ARs have become a commodity, and simply don't have enough profit potential for brick & mortar retail at this time (well, at least as of a few weeks ago; they'll be back by the election)

TCB

 

[red rick]

I have never found BP's selection to be very good and prices worst .

Even my local gun stores selection of long guns is poor . That is why I buy most of my guns online now , not to mention the price savings .

 

[MagnunJoe]

Walmart still good 4 buying pump shotguns 4 home defense in blue states.

 

[Officers'Wife]

Probably most of us don't need the salesman/clerk to know anything, because we know what we want/know more about what we want than they do anyway.

Not everybody has Rural King. I'm not sure I've ever even seen one

Not really a plug for Rural King so not the point. If you prefer- just outside of Dahlonica(sp) is this little place run by guy that could have sold Andrew Jackson his first pistol, with wicker chairs and row upon row of rifles shelved on the wall.

Why go to Walmart when that guy can pretty much tell you the operating specs of every weapon in the store? (He's the one that taught me a cute little trick in field stripping my Colt Woodsman. Find someone like that in a package store!)

 

[Stevie-Ray]

They made the decision last year to discontinue selling "assault rifles" because sales were so slow. There was the big rush after Sandy Hook and then sales died, just like they did in every other retailer.

Walmart sells what sells best. If it stops selling they stop carrying it.

I know that's not true. Otherwise the empty single line of Diet A&W would turn into 2 or 3 lines, and there would be some. If not it would turn into 4 or 5 lines. There's always regular, but the diet is sold out as soon as it's stocked. This has been going on for 3 years. I asked my niece, who works there, if they don't do any "trending." She said, "no."

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

The local Walmart here is so cleaned out due to Christmas and recent events that one of the spinner displays is loaded with black powder rifles the other one has a pump shotgun, a .22 or so, a couple cheap bolt actions and a Marlin 1895. The ammo selection is pretty good, even has 300 blackout and .45-70 for the Marlin----no .22's though.

 

[Warp]

Not really a plug for Rural King so not the point. If you prefer- just outside of Dahlonica(sp) is this little place run by guy that could have sold Andrew Jackson his first pistol, with wicker chairs and row upon row of rifles shelved on the wall.

Why go to Walmart when that guy can pretty much tell you the operating specs of every weapon in the store? (He's the one that taught me a cute little trick in field stripping my Colt Woodsman. Find someone like that in a package store!)

Well, that would be a bit farther than Walmart...would this guy have a Colt 6920 for the same or less than Walmart, and the same ammo selection and pricing (or better)?

 

[abq87120]

My sporting goods lady at the local Walmart told me that the reason they quit selling AR-15s is that they only moved them whenever there was a gun-grab scare. She said they sold maybe one every three months when things in the news were quiet. I can't blame Walmart got not carrying merchandise that doesn't move.

 

[Sav .250]

Wal-Mart is not a sports store. J s/n. They have more of a token supply Ammo/weapons . Prices are good though. Availability, that`s more the issue.

I look, but when serious I go to Bass Pro or the like.

 

[Warp]

Wal-Mart is not a sports store. J s/n. They have more of a token supply Ammo/weapons . Prices are good though. Availability, that`s more the issue.

I look, but when serious I go to Bass Pro or the like.

Why would you go somewhere with 50% higher prices when you are serious?

 

[230RN]

In an earlier post (Reply #14) I read about "Maverick shotguns," which I had not heard about before. So I searched for it and the first hit that came up was from Wal-Mart. It had a picture of an ordinary pump shotgun (a Maverick) suitable for general field use, but with a popup box that said,

We don't sell this item at
Walmart within 50 miles of you.
You can change your location or
add this to a list to view later.

It had another little blurb which said,

"This item is not available for pickup or at any of the Walmarts within 50 miles of your location."

The zip code it probably picked up from my cookies was a Denver zip code, which is where I happen to have a Post Office Box. Here's the link:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Maverick-Model-88-Pump-Shotgun-12ga/17200748

So since I was reluctant to try my residence zip code in Golden CO (only about 10 miles from Denver), I entered a Fort Collins zip code (more than 50 miles away from Denver) and it came up "In Stock" at $206.00 but could only be picked up at a Wal-mart store.

All just FYI, but I find it appalling that the whole legendary "big city" stupid restrictions on firearms (read: "infringements") have such a powerful effect on areas nearby.

I mean, like if I live 50.001 miles from the Denver border, I will use the firearm responsibly, but if I live 49.999 miles from the border, I'm pre-determined to be a risky firearms individual.

It's all quite insane, isn't it?

Terry

Note; Your mileage may vary on clicking that link.

 

[JackSprat]

The Maverick is just a cheaper version of the Rattleberg 500 .

 

[Sniper66]

I wonder if anyone knows why some Wally's sell guns and others don't? The Wally's in my neck of the woods, NE Kansas, do not. I live in Lawrence, which is a quite liberal university town. I have always suspected that is the reason for not selling guns, but I really don't know for sure. A couple of Wally employees told me that. No matter, there are more places to buy guns than I can afford anyway.

 

[JackSprat]

I was in the Ripley Walmart yesterday,and they were stocked with powder,and bullets as good as I ever remember them being.I picked up a jar of CFE 223 for about $23.00 dollars,which is about $5.00 -$7.00 cheaper than any place else in the county..

 

[M1key]

Mine wouldn't order a Remington SPS "Tactical" 308.

M

 

[rugmar]

My Local WM still sells AR's. And Tannerite.

 

[Officers'Wife]

Well, that would be a bit farther than Walmart...would this guy have a Colt 6920 for the same or less than Walmart, and the same ammo selection and pricing (or better)?

Perhaps, perhaps not... But I'm reminded of a small livestock market in the neighboring county that bought hogs a trifle lower than Union Stockyards in Indianapolis. Eventually livestock producers decided for that extra few cents of profit to ship south. The market closed from lack of business and the producers shook each other's hands at their superior business sense.

They had to stop raising cattle and hogs when Union Stockyards closed down because there was no longer a marketing system within their economic niche.

Go to Walmart for the better prices and drive the small places out... What do you do when Walmart stops selling the product you want?

 

[TruthTellers]

I was in the Ripley Walmart yesterday,and they were stocked with powder,and bullets as good as I ever remember them being.I picked up a jar of CFE 223 for about $23.00 dollars,which is about $5.00 -$7.00 cheaper than any place else in the county..

This is something I'd like to see more Walmart's get into: selling reloading supplies. Powders and primers have the damn hazmat fee so I'd buy them in a store and with Walmart's usually having low prices, I'd imagine they could sell powders fairly cheap and primers at $20/1000.

 

[Delford]

Since this thread is still active I'll add that I went back to the one WM in Charlotte that I know of that sells long guns. It looks like they may have sold a gun since I was there last.
The Remington 700 ADL .30-06 is still waiting for me at $378 with the 3-9x40 scope. The Marlin .45-70 lever gun is still $590. That's there for someone else. I figure when I'm phat enough to buy the .30-06 it will finally be sold.

 

[Warp]

Perhaps, perhaps not... But I'm reminded of a small livestock market in the neighboring county that bought hogs a trifle lower than Union Stockyards in Indianapolis. Eventually livestock producers decided for that extra few cents of profit to ship south. The market closed from lack of business and the producers shook each other's hands at their superior business sense.

They had to stop raising cattle and hogs when Union Stockyards closed down because there was no longer a marketing system within their economic niche.

Go to Walmart for the better prices and drive the small places out... What do you do when Walmart stops selling the product you want?

If Walmart gets that much volume, they won't stop selling it.

If Walmart isn't moving enough of it, the small places aren't being driven out.