WalMart powder

[General Tso]

Quick question; why does/can walmart sell Hodgen black powder but not smokeless powder?

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[Fleet]

It's not that they can't, just that they don't. And you'll notice they only carry it right before hunting season.

 

[clutch]

I've heard they sell handguns in Alaska but no where else. Any Alaskans out there to confirm or debunk?

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[ColtPythonElite]

The Walmarts in my area sell smokeless powder....Alliant brand. They also sell bullets, brass, and reloading equipment. All of it is Speer/RCBS.

 

[Shadow 7D]

yep, they usually are at least $30 below MSRP

 

[NCsmitty]

I was just at the Galax, VA Walmart yesterday, and they had maybe 15-20lbs of Alliant and IMR smokeless in several different flavors. Along with most of the other components, including primers.
Complete reloading kits on the shelves too.



NCsmitty

 

[General Tso]

Here in NW Ohio they sell mostly muzzle loader components. I've never seen any metallic reloading supplies.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

NCsmitty,

Yeah, I forgot the stores around me sell IMR powder, too. They carry primers, but have always been sold out when I asked for them.

 

[cheygriz]

They carry whatever the "little old ladies" in the area don't complain about!

 

[Hondo 60]

The Wallys in this area don't sell any reloading stuff.
Sucks too cuz the nearest one is 45 miles away & they're on the expensive side too.

 

[mcdonl]

Never seen any in Maine either. Interesting.

 

[nambu1]

The Walmart in my area sell Alliant and IMR powders. They also sell reloading componets and black powder items.

 

[NCsmitty]

They carry primers, but have always been sold out

I picked up a couple flats of Win 209 primers, and they had a bunch on the shelf in the Muzzle loading area.

The other types of primers were in the pistol/rifle ammo cabinets, and they had some, but I didn't pay any attention to what they had.



NCsmitty

 

[kelbro]

I saw one store in the Houston area that had powder and RCBS stuff. Shocked me and I haven't seen it at any of the other stores that I've been in.

 

[slowr1der]

Yeah, one store in a town about an hour away here carries Alliant and IMR powders along with some Nolser, Speer, and Hornady bullets, and quite a bit of RCBS reloading stuff at some pretty decent prices. However, none of the other Walmarts that I've ever been to carried any reloading stuff.

 

[rfwobbly]

It's all based on what the managers at each store think they can sell. If the Sporting Goods manager is more "sport" than "manager" and knows the public wants it, then it will be on the shelves. But likely as not, your Sporting Goods manager was just transferred over from Ladies Lingerie and dreams some day of being in Garden Supplies.

 

[greyling22]

The walmart in brady, tx carries some reloading stuff, first walmart I've ever seen that does. Prices were in line with other retailers. $3/100 primers. Brady is very geared to hunting and hunters.

 

[Quoheleth]

kelbro - which Houston store is that?

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[billybob44]

It's all based on what the managers at each store think they can sell. If the Sporting Goods manager is more "sport" than "manager" and knows the public wants it, then it will be on the shelves. But likely as not, your Sporting Goods manager was just transferred over from Ladies Lingerie and dreams some day of being in Garden Supplies.

^^^+1 I think Wal-Mart gives the Dept. Managers some latitude on ordering what they think that will sell in their area.

 

[CraigC]

No and I hope they never start. They've put too many small businesses out of business already. Many of the local shops survive on reloading supply sales. Walmart may save you a little money today but we're gonna be screwed tomorrow.

 

[armoredman]

I wish my local Wally World DID carry reloading supplies - nobody else within 60 miles does, either. Midway gets a lot of my money because of that.

 

[Hondo 60]

rfwobbly said: It's all based on what the managers at each store think they can sell. If the Sporting Goods manager is more "sport" than "manager" and knows the public wants it, then it will be on the shelves. But likely as not, your Sporting Goods manager was just transferred over from Ladies Lingerie and dreams some day of being in Garden Supplies.

LOL - that's a really good one.
So sad, yet so true!!!!!

 

[Hey_Allen]

At my parent's place in Saint Helens Oregon, the Wallmart is two places in town that I've found primers, and in keeping with the other place's prices.

They also carry plenty of smokeless reloading parts, but I've never seen any black powder parts there.


The ones up in the Tacoma, WA area are useless for reloading supplies all around, and the majority of the local businesses that do carry primers/powder are trying to charge a fortune for them.
I wish that the Wallmart did carry them, just to give the few vendors a kick in the rear and a sanity check.

 

[cheygriz]

I just might patronize my local "brick and mortar store" if Wal-Mart carried a full line of reloading equipment and components.

As for "putting Mom & Pop" out of business.. well, that's the way free market capitalism is supposed to work.

The automobile put buggy makers and tack makers out of business. Medical doctors put witch doctors out of business. You can't stop progress.

 

[788Ham]

rfwobbly,

You know the same guy that puts in his time at our Wally World too!