Another ammo story

[Phil Yearout]

Accompanied the Good Wife to the local Wally World and while she was looking for whatever she was looking for I decided to see if on the off chance they had any shotgun ammo. Lo and behold, 4 box cartons of Federal target shells at 1200fps. $29 and change; I used to pay $24 and change so I figured the upkick wasn't too bad. Orphan Annie can eat those all day long, and they lock them up these days, so I rounded up some guy who was stocking wiper blades and drug him over.

"I'll take four of those," I sez. "I can give you two," says he. "People buy them up." "So it makes a difference to you if I buy them up or if somebody else buys them up?" I asked. "Well, some guys came in last night and I gave them two," he says. "Fine," I said. "I'll take two. And my wife will be over in a minute to buy her two." He looks at me, gives me a disgusted sigh, and says, "Well if you're gonna do that I'll just give you four." "Thanks," I said.

[Stan Hillis]

Well played, my man. Well played.

[charlie cleveland]

yes sir a smart idea...charlie

[Milton C Starr]

We have a small gun shop here outside of town looks like a run down gas station from the 70s doesnt get much traffic, well I went in there the other day and the owner had a whole bottom shelf full of cases of Remington 20 ga loads. Not sure what loads specifically they were or the price, my brother and I just go in there to check out the new in box vintage scopes he sells. Those old Japan built Tascos seem pretty decent for the price.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

I'm seeing some target ammo around here but it's priced pretty stiff.

[John Davis]

I picked up 10 flats of RIO's yesterday and had 10 more delivered by UPS. FedEx dropped off one flat of Winchester's the day before. All 12 gauge target loads. Not cheap but necessary. Buying three boxes a day from WalMart, when they have them in stock, is killing me. We'll see how long these last.

[Garry L Gordon]

Accompanied the Good Wife to the local Wally World and while she was looking for whatever she was looking for I decided to see if on the off chance they had any shotgun ammo. Lo and behold, 4 box cartons of Federal target shells at 1200fps. $29 and change; I used to pay $24 and change so I figured the upkick wasn't too bad. Orphan Annie can eat those :):):):)all day long, and they lock them up these days, so I rounded up some guy who was stocking wiper blades and drug him over.

"I'll take four of those," I sez. "I can give you two," says he. "People buy them up." "So it makes a difference to you if I buy them up or if somebody else buys them up?" I asked. "Well, some guys came in last night and I gave them two," he says. "Fine," I said. "I'll take two. And my wife will be over in a minute to buy her two." He looks at me, gives me a disgusted sigh, and says, "Well if you're gonna do that I'll just give you four." "Thanks," I said.


Phil, It’s like haggling at the bazaar in Istanbul!

[Steve Huffman]

Accompanied the Good Wife to the local Wally World and while she was looking for whatever she was looking for I decided to see if on the off chance they had any shotgun ammo. Lo and behold, 4 box cartons of Federal target shells at 1200fps. $29 and change; I used to pay $24 and change so I figured the upkick wasn't too bad. Orphan Annie can eat those all day long, and they lock them up these days, so I rounded up some guy who was stocking wiper blades and drug him over.

"I'll take four of those," I sez. "I can give you two," says he. "People buy them up." "So it makes a difference to you if I buy them up or if somebody else buys them up?" I asked. "Well, some guys came in last night and I gave them two," he says. "Fine," I said. "I'll take two. And my wife will be over in a minute to buy her two." He looks at me, gives me a disgusted sigh, and says, "Well if you're gonna do that I'll just give you four." "Thanks," I said.
Did you ever think if he would of sold them all to the guy the day before you would of got none ! Moral to the story lets think about the next guy.

[Phil Yearout]

Did you ever think if he would of sold them all to the guy the day before you would of got none ! Moral to the story lets think about the next guy.

I got two and my wife got two. Is that considerate enough for you?

[Steve Huffman]

I got two and my wife got two. Is that considerate enough for you?

Phil I never said you weren't considerate or did anything wrong.

[Phil Yearout]

Phil I never said you weren't considerate or did anything wrong.

OK. If I misunderstood your post I apologize.

[Jerry Harlow]

Our Wally World limits to three boxes. Dealers were making rounds early after overnight stocking and buying them all for resale. Now that means three individual boxes of 25 or three boxes of 100. Figure that one out. Went there the other day and plenty of Federals in the white box 100 rounds, 3-1 1/8-7 1/2 1200 fps for $30. Above that were the Estate 3 1/4- 1 1/8-7 1/2 1250 fps 100 box for $25. Both made by Federal. Easy choice.

[Garry L Gordon]

Our WalMart has a two box limit, but there are no boxes. Thank goodness I don't shoot that much and have plenty of shells.

[Phil Yearout]

I've got plenty of huntin' ammo but trap league takes around 30-32 boxes depending on how many teams register. I'm set for spring league now but I'll still be short going into fall if I don't scare up another couple of flats. Plenty of time, right?

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Phil, nice score. I routinely stop at the local Walmarts and run in to check their supply. I have picked up 8of those Federal 100 packs in 12 ga and another 6 of the Win Universal 20 ga/7/8/ 7 1/2s. I dont shoot regularly, but will buy those every chance I get. The closest sporting clays range is 75 miles, and will be going there this Friday for their Good Friday shoot--100 rounds + fish fry for $60. Maybe shoot a round of skeet also.

[Andrew Sacco]

The local WalMart gets nothing in for shotshells. Oddly, Dicks has a LOT. There is a two box limit of the Sterling brand trap loads and their 25g sporting loads. $10.99 a box. He said he'll sell me whatever I want because nobody is buying them. He said everyone comes in asking when they're getting Gun Club back at their usual $4.99 a box price and folks somehow think those days are coming back. Sterling is a Turkish load with E3 powder. It goes bang. They have them in 20, 12 and Aguila in 28, 20 and 12. Nice to see something on the shelf.