jmra wrote:
A few years ago I was at a GM in Little Rock and watched the store manager take WWB ammo out of a Walmart bag and put it on the shelves. The price was double what Walmart prices it. Read on forums that others had seen the same in other states. Haven't stepped into a GM since.
Yeah, that's why I'm a loyal Academy's customer for life, man. The current ammo shortage has gotten a lot of retailers to show their true colors by price gouging;
Gander Mountain = FAIL (price gouger)
Cheaper Than Dirt = FAIL (that's some expensive dirt! price gouger)
Cabela's = DISORGANIZED
A crowd of people pushing and shoving in front of the store. Then, a mad rush of humanity running into the store racing each other in the morning for ammo. Dangerous and not good.
Walmart's = DON'T CARE
They sell all their stock to the first person in line and sometimes to the store employees so that the first person in line got nothing. Sometimes, the night manager opened the cage and sold all of the stock to someone in the middle of the night so that the first person in line the next morning got zip.
Gun Shows = FAIL
Almost all the stock is either overpriced reloads that may or may not have been reloaded correctly (might go BANG and blow off your hand) OR overpriced stock from Walmart (wallet raping prices) OR overpriced stock from someone's ancient basement stash that may or may not have been stored correctly (might not go bang)
Academy's = CLASS ACT
A crowd of people was told to stand in line in front [abbreviated profanity deleted] the store. Then, they had ammo in the front of the store stacked behind a store clerk who sold the ammo on a first come first served basis. Sales were rationed to prevent people from hoarding it and reselling it in Gander Mountain for wallet raping prices.
Dick's = FAIL (anti-2nd A)
They ration their stuff and don't price gouge. However, after the recent spate of crazy mass shootings (Sandy Hook), the Dick's cancelled all the raincheck orders of AR-15 rifles that they had made for some sale they had. I was told by some Dick's manager that they also don't sell handguns because handguns kill people, but rifles are used for hunting. Yeah, right....
If I need to get some ammo for a weekend shooting match, I'll show up before opening time at Academy's and stand in line as the first person in line. Then, after my purchase, I'll race down the street to another Academy's and be the last person in line to buy another ration of ammo. Academy's is open at 8am but Cabela's is open at 9AM, so then, I'll race accross town to buy another ration of ammo at Cabela's. That should get me 3 boxes of 50 rounds of ammo, which is just enough for a shooting match, if all three stores have stock. There's a father-daughter team that always does this, too. The guy brings his daughter along so that even if one of the stores didn't have the ammo he needs, he'll still have enough for the shooting match because his daughter can buy it for him. I always bring those two a McBreakfast so that they'll resell me an extra box of ammo so I don't have to go to Cabela's.
I scored a 1500 round bucket of ammo at Cabela's last week so I squeezed off over 400 rounds of ammo the next morning and taught myself how to shoot with my non-dominant hand. I also learned how to shoot accurately without aiming. I can now quick draw and shoot accurately from the hip with either hand. Anybody could learn to shoot like Wild Bill Hickok, but you'll need lots of ammo to do it....
