Academy Sports just opened their first store in Illinois today and, like the opening of Gander Mountain 18 months ago, I went looking for certain items.
Academy had a variety of .22 LR ammo (not a lot) and I got some Federal bulk for $22.99 for 525 rounds. This was better than the Winchester bulk at Gander last spring.
I also got another box of bullets for reloading my .357 for $21.99 (Hornady 158 gr. XTP) BUT I couldn't find .357 brass, "small" pistol MAGNUM primers (just standard ones), nor could I find the powder I'm using for the .357 (Winchester 296). The clerk told me that, being a new store, they don't get all the items a regular store has, and they carry mainly Hodgdon (sp.?) powder. At least they had .38 Special brass which is more than Gander has had since they opened.