Ammo Prices --- Notice A Drop Lately ? ? ?

[mosbear]

Wally World is cheap no doubt, but remember, your local gun shop is supporting local business and we all know where Wally's money ends up.

I get my wwb from Walmart. Honestly I don't give a damn about local guy if he treats me like an idiot. Just came back from the gun show. Most of the vendors are local gun shop owners. Most of them selling the same wwb 9mm for $15, this is $5 pemium compare to Walmart.
There are only few who don't jack up the price and the do get my business. I make my money the old fashion way - I earn them.

[PegLeg45]

I get my wwb from Walmart. Honestly I don't give a damn about local guy if he treats me like an idiot. Just came back from the gun show. Most of the vendors are local gun shop owners. Most of them selling the same wwb 9mm for $15, this is $5 pemium compare to Walmart.
There are only few who don't jack up the price and the do get my business. I make my money the old fashion way - I earn them.

+1
I believe in patronizing the 'hometown' stores as much as possible, but not at the expense of common sense....(or crooks).

A friend in another town knew a gunstore owner that went to Wally-World a few days before deer season one year and bought up their supply of standard hunting loads ('06, 30-30, .242, etc). Knowing that many hunters wait until the 'last minute' to buy ammo and licenses, he took it back to his store and marked it up 30%, knowing if wally was out, they would come to him.

[jaybet]

There are jackasses in every business, but I also know that the little guy can't buy product for the same cost that a place like Walmart can buy, in fact, Walmart might make the little guys price go up even higher since they twist the supplier's arm so hard- they have to make it up somewhere.
PLUS, if you consider that a local guy is putting his money back in your community, maybe employing a couple of people, whatever...
Walmart beats the crap out of everyone they deal with, and I won't shop there unless I have NO choice...
If your local guy is helpful and a decent guy, it's worth a few extra bucks to help him stay in business. When there's no one left but Walmart, THEN see how much they charge you.

[TSB]

There are jackasses in every business, but I also know that the little guy can't buy product for the same cost that a place like Walmart can buy, in fact, Walmart might make the little guys price go up even higher since they twist the supplier's arm so hard- they have to make it up somewhere.
PLUS, if you consider that a local guy is putting his money back in your community, maybe employing a couple of people, whatever...
Walmart beats the crap out of everyone they deal with, and I won't shop there unless I have NO choice...
If your local guy is helpful and a decent guy, it's worth a few extra bucks to help him stay in business. When there's no one left but Walmart, THEN see how much they charge you.

+1 AND THEN SOME...There are sharks everywhere you look, like an auto mechanic, once you find someone you can trust, stick with em!

My Bro-in-law manages a Wally World and I wouldn't buy a used car from him...!!!

[MikeBjerum]

There are jackasses in every business, but I also know that the little guy can't buy product for the same cost that a place like Walmart can buy, in fact, Walmart might make the little guys price go up even higher since they twist the supplier's arm so hard- they have to make it up somewhere.
PLUS, if you consider that a local guy is putting his money back in your community, maybe employing a couple of people, whatever...
Walmart beats the crap out of everyone they deal with, and I won't shop there unless I have NO choice...
If your local guy is helpful and a decent guy, it's worth a few extra bucks to help him stay in business. When there's no one left but Walmart, THEN see how much they charge you.

Well Said !!!

I take this attitude with things I must buy, and support our local "Mom & Pop" whenever I can.  And when it comes to my hobbies and fun, if I can't support my friends and neighbors I need to reevaluate my priorities.

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[PegLeg45]

But when you only have ONE local gun store, and it charges exorbitant prices for ammo, and the only other place in town to buy ammo is wal-mart, sorry guys, I'm going to wal-mart.
$22.95 a box for ammo I can get at wallys for $12.95 is too high.

An old man that used to run a family gun shop in my town for years (before passing on) sold his ammo dirt cheap (nearly at cost). He told me he made his living off the sale of the guns and gear, not ammo. He said that when people were looking for guns, many also asked what the cost to shoot them was. If ammo was too high, it cut down on gun sales. He told me he had saw people pay way more money for a rifle because the ammo was cheap. When the old man died and the son took over, guess what, he jacked up ammo prices. Two years later the shop was gone. I know it might have been other poor business decisions that led to closing, but it didn't help.

Heck, I'd love there to be some competition among gun stores, but we only have one...so he's got the market cornered, for now.
I do a lot of business with him...just not ammo...and I was honest with him and told him why. Heck, my wife let me buy an $800 rifle and scope combo from him for my anniversary.....so he don't give a rat's ass that I buy my ammo from wally-world.

[ericire12]

This is turning into a great little debate about big-box retail vs local guns shops.....

Might I interject:
I can see the importance of buying ammo where ever it is cheapest, and that is how I also shop, BUT there really is a greater good being served by helping to keep those local gun shops in business. Wal-Mart may sell ammo and a limited assortment of firearms, but in my opinion Wal-Mart is not a friend of gun owners. They have already shown that they are only willing to sell certain firearms, certain ammo, and certain firearm accessories. They have also shown that they are more then willing to get on board with initiatives that compromise our 2nd amendment rights and hinder the firearms industry as a whole.

See past discussions:
http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=2008.0
http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=2007.0

In my opinion, it is vital that we help to keep full service gun shops open and profitable. These places represent something greater then just a place to buy ammo or some hunting/shooting gear. They represent an uncompromising way to exercise our constitutional rights. Not everyone has a big box outfitter like Bass Pro, Cabela's, or Sportsman's Warehouse within driving distance, so we must make sure that our local community gun shop is not priced out of business by big box retailers or internet storefronts.

Wal-Mart has put other mom and pop stores out of business before, and mostly it has proven to be a natural evolution in which consumers benefit. If Wal-Mart prices the mom and pop gun stores out of business, then the consumers lose. All of the Wal-Marts where I live will not sell me a handgun and I dont have a FFL, so if the local gun stores go out of business I would have to drive halfway across my state to buy one at a Sportsman's Warehouse - wouldnt the Democrats consider that disenfranchisement?

We are outraged that Obama wants to tax us out of ammo and handguns, but why are we not as outraged over Wal-Mart doing it by default through buying power and low prices?

Look, I know the importance of saving a buck or two or five, but all that I am saying here is that there is a greater good being served. I think it is becoming harder and harder for gun shops to stay in business and be profitable, and contributing to those who give us a viable and accessible source for guns, ammo, and gear is of the utmost importance. There are other effective ways to use your money to protect our right to bear arms other then just giving it to the NRA.  

[PegLeg45]

Look, I'm in total agreement concerning the 'Local"guy versus Wally-World....it's just sometimes you don't have much to work with.

Now, based on some arguments:

In my opinion, it is vital that we help to keep full service gun shops open and profitable. These places represent something greater then just a place to buy ammo or some hunting/shooting gear. They represent an uncompromising way to exercise our constitutional rights. Not everyone has a big box outfitter like Bass Pro, Cabela's, or Sportsman's Warehouse within driving distance, so we must make sure that our local community gun shop is not priced out of business by big box retailers or internet storefronts.

Wouldn't these large sporting goods stores also serve to put mom & pop's out of business too?

[ericire12]

Wouldn't these large sporting goods stores also serve to put mom & pop's out of business too?

Yes, and that is fine. That is just a natural evolution in a free market.

The most important thing is that you still have accessibility to purchasing firearms of all types. If there is a Bass Pro, Cabela's, or Sportsman's Warehouse, etc. within driving distance then your ability to obtain handguns, ARs, high capacity mags, or anything else not available at Wal-Mart b/c of their corporate policies has not been compromised.

[Hazcat]

Well Wideners just got 246.00 from me for 500 rnds of .308.