Right place at the right time ... for once in my life ...lol

Yesterday was Payday and my Birthday. We went out tonight for Birthday supper with another couple. Afterward we made a quick side trip to WalMart (this in a town near us where we ate) to purchase some yogurt for the wife. As we walked in I told her I was going to make the futile and "wasted" effort to go and check out the .22 ammo situation while she went and picked up her yogurt.

Great weekend. Found the ammo and walked out with 10 / 550 round boxes. Had them priced at $20.99.

Have been a while waiting - was wondering if I was ever gonna find "any" ammo much less ammo at less than $39.99 a 550 brick.

:spot: ... Small miracles happen. At the moment Life is Good. ... :spot:

 

I could only wish ... Your short about 9 years. LOL

O.K. ... Here tis:

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I certainly understand that sentiment. I have waited and waited as have others.

I have seven .22 caliber guns we shoot on a regular basis. 5 grand kids, 2 daughters and husbands, me and the wife. Also have the drop in visitors that go out the range beside the house and pop off a few rounds.

Luckily all of the .22's seem to eat any kind of ammo and none have any real feed problems so I can grab anything that might come available.

We can run through ammo pretty fast.

I really did have the thought about keeping someone else without from having a chance at it but I also weighed the fact I might not see an opportunity like this again for a long while.

Between Midway and Natchez I have had over 15,000 rounds on backorder from sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Don't reckon I am ever gonna see any of that. It was ordered at around 4¢ per round.

Good luck to everyone in this most righteous quest ....

 

My LOCAL WallyWorlds are in Plainview 27 miles away and the other 3 are all in Lubbock about 65 miles away.

I stop in every chance I get but can't go on a very regular basis. Probably a good thing they are a little "unhandy" to visit or I might spend too way many hours checking for ammo.

 

Like I stated above - I understand your feelings. Doesn't make you an a**hole for feeling frustration and anger. Same ones I have when I am on the short end of the stick. My disdain and anger is more pointed toward Washington D.C.

I probably bring out those feelings in a lot of people ... My ideal goal would be to have and maintain at least 5,000 rounds for every caliber gun I have and try and have a store of 25,000+ rounds of .22LR. That statement really sends some people over the edge.

I just wonder how many people would leave ammo on the counter or shelf without buying all they could if they had the means and the opportunity. With the supply situation being what it is it makes for a hard decision.

I have purchased some of the EXPEN$IVE EXPEN$IVE stuff just to get us through the lean times. It is ALWAYS available somewhere. If you want to shoot, you can, albeit not at the amount or regularity you would like, it just comes at a price you have to be willing to pay. I have not gone completely without yet but have gone to the range on several occasions and watched $$$$$ signs fly out of the barrel and have a headache afterwards from all the addition and multiplication when reloading mags and tubes.

When you are shooting those $50.00+ bricks the gun seems to moan every time it goes bang and makes your tummy queasy.

I am hoping that is where the 2 bolt action rifles are gonna help some, gonna make those the primaries when shooting the rifles. Slows you down a little.

Again - good luck and good shopping.

 

I have heard those stories too from some pretty reliable sources but of course anyone you talk to at WallyWorld absolutely and unequivocally denies it.

 

Seems as though these in store limits are sometimes tied to the sales rep. you are dealing with. Normal is a 3 box limit.

Made a Gebos purchase of 13 boxes of 9 mil the other day when their limit had been one box for a long time. Was in the same store 2 weeks later and I overheard a customer being told they could have 3 boxes but each box had to be a different ammo.

I often wondered what a $20 or a couple of $20's would do if offered under the table ... Was told by a guy that he has done this on more than one occasion and walked away with as many as three cases.