Walmart ammo limit lifted

[Teamless]

I was at Walmart today in Webster, they still have the 6 box limit sign up.
I asked the clerk, he said that each store sets their own policy on that (maybe he was making that up???), but he says they get "shopped" a lot if they don't limit it.

Btw, they had no Federal 9mm, a couple 100 count boxes of Winchester .40 and 9mm, but did say that the they raised their price from 20 to 24 for the 100ct Winchester 9mm.

[SQLGeek]

Btw, they had no Federal 9mm, a couple 100 count boxes of Winchester .40 and 9mm, but did say that the they raised their price from 20 to 24 for the 100ct Winchester 9mm.

Yeah their 50 count box went up a good bit too.

[Quahog]

I was at Walmart today in Webster, they still have the 6 box limit sign up.
I asked the clerk, he said that each store sets their own policy on that (maybe he was making that up???), but he says they get "shopped" a lot if they don't limit it.

Btw, they had no Federal 9mm, a couple 100 count boxes of Winchester .40 and 9mm, but did say that the they raised their price from 20 to 24 for the 100ct Winchester 9mm.

Teamless,

The WM over this way is bad in terms of ammo stocked, etc. Try the one on 45 & Edgebrook. I usually find what I am looking for over there but rarely do I find it here and I know the guy who works that dept.

[Teamless]

Try the one on 45 & Edgebrook

Thanks Quahog,
by the way, i picked you up a pack of splat targets, they are not the self-adhesive ones, but you have a stapler, and they are 25 for the price of 8 of the sticky ones.

[Quahog]

Try the one on 45 & Edgebrook

Thanks Quahog,
by the way, i picked you up a pack of splat targets, they are not the self-adhesive ones, but you have a stapler, and they are 25 for the price of 8 of the sticky ones.

Hey thanks man! I am all for cheaper targets. Where did you get 'em?

[Teamless]

Academy.
they are white/black splatter targets, rather than the green/black or whatever color you normally use

[Liberty]

Question posed to anyone:

In Wal-Mart yesterday I saw boxes of WWB that looked almost
like the usual WWB's, but these were marked "9MM, Full Metal Jacket, NATO".

Do boxes marked "NATO" contain rounds that are any different from
WWB simply marked "9MM, Full Metal Jacket" ?

Thanks in advance.

SIA

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Here's what I know:

Most 9mm Luger ammo is 115gr, 9mm NATO standard is 124gr. The NATO rounds are also higher pressure, but not by much, maybe 2,000 PSI higher, closer to a 9mm+P.

I would treat the NATO rounds like +P; in other words I would not make a habit of using it for plinking as it wears your gun a bit more. On the other hand, 9mm NATO is the standard for most of the world's guns and any modern well kept 9mm should have no trouble handling it.

It is also more likely to shoot like our self defense rounds. I'm thinking of switching to it for my range ammo, because its the ammo my handguns were actually designed around.

[NcongruNt]

And I think you're wrong. I wasn't even aware they had limits (I've seen no signs indicating such), and I don't buy the shelves out of .380 any time I see it. I just get a couple of boxes to put into my ammo stores at home, and continue on my way. In fact, they've had it the last three times I was there. I think the reason Wal-Mart is always out of .380 is because they only carry WWB, and increasing .380 production does not seem to be high on Winchester's priority list..

This is not a matter of opinion. Businesses place these limits to maintain quantities for their customers; there is simply no other reason, it brings customers into the store because they can rely on finding what they need. Without these limits, the first person who walks in the door on the day of a rare shipment will buy the entire store's stock of .380 ammo; and it will quite possibly be a person that a store employee calls that morning, almost completely guaranteeing that the general public will have zero access to .380 ammo.

So if customers want those products to still be available in the stores that they have relied on, they must be in favor of reasonable limits. This is not a principle that I want to be true or believe to be true, this is reality. Now I know that Wal-Mart won't ever keep up with demand, so it doesn't matter with them, but if Academy and Cabela's follow suit, it's game over for finding inexpensive .380 ammo for any of us. Is this what we want?

Embalmo

Unless you've got hard data to back up what you're saying, it is a matter of opinion. Supply is variable, but your theory paints it as static. Supply is slowly but surely catching up with demand, and when it equalizes, your "scalpers and hoarders" will have a bunch of ammo on hand and no profit to make.

Please stop painting my ability to buy as many boxes as I see fit into the ammo apocalypse. The sky is not falling, with only purchasing limits barely managing to hold it up.

[Embalmo]

Please stop painting my ability to buy as many boxes as I see fit into the ammo apocalypse. The sky is not falling, with only purchasing limits barely managing to hold it up.

This is not something that is sophisticated enough to research, debate or form opinions about. When HEB places limits on briskets, it maintains quantities for shoppers through the high demand period; there is simply no other motivation. Do you really think that Academy, Cabela's, and Red's is doing it just to be mean and stingy; or just out of stupidity? The next fact is that .380 supply is no where near keeping up with demand. I'm not keen of these facts either, but talking down the shortage won't fix it.

Embalmo

[Mike1951]

Limits should be based on one of two things:

What you can afford

What you can carry

BTW, the WM in Baytown is also still enforcing the 6 box limit.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

GOP & Liberty:

Thanks for your responses to my "NATO" ammo question.

SIA

[RHenriksen]

After reading this thread, I made a special trip to Walmart in hopes of getting some cheap ammo (I usually have no reason to shop there). Houston, Beltway @ Westview location. They had a reasonable inventory of $14/50 .40SW! The clerk, however, told me six boxes max. I asked him about the quota being lifted, and he said, no - only 6 boxes. When I headed to the register, however, another clerk intercepted him, corrected him on the quota, took him back to the register near the ammo, and showed him the sign they'd posted about the quota being lifted. So I picked up a 100 rd box of 9mm as well.

[USA1]

So I picked up a 100 rd box of 9mm as well.

Hoarder !


JK

[KFP]

The store closest to me does not have the signs up any longer and seem to have everything in stock (except .45 and .380).

[lrb111]

WalMart has one of the most developed "on-demand" shipping/stocking systems. Invented much of it.
But I just thought of something. They can only track sales. Not every missed sale in the ammo department. I wonder if corporate might have a way for us to help them guage demand. Like keeping lists of requests when there is no stock on the shelves....