Originally Posted By: DannoBooneThis has got to be great news to LGS's across the country!
That's where I've been getting all my ammo since the .22RF ammo
fiasco, anyway.
i'm sure the retailers are excited, but as a consumer - its going to be a real hit to the pocket, at least long term. the number i heard was that they had about 20% of the ammo market in the US. which isnt insignificant!
now that the LGS's look to be the only real place other than some of the big box stores... your ability to find budget ammo locally are going to drop significantly. when was the last time b[beeep]-pro had a really good deal on 22lr?
walmart pretty much set the market rate for 22lr, primarily i'm sure due to buying power.
so i'm sure we can expect prices to come up on some stuff, and possibly down on a few others.
just remember - when the ammo shortages were on post sandy hook - walmart DID NOT mark up its prices, when just about everyone else did to some extent or another. and while it was tough to find ammo, they were still getting in SOME almost every week after the worst of the crunch was over, and instituted strict purchase quantity policy's to attempt to prevent re-sellers from emptying the shelf EVERY day on the rest of us and selling gouging those $20 bricks for >$60.
sucks they had to jump on the Everytown bandwagon and pull a stunt like this on us.
as noted by others - not only does walmart need to see a drop in sales, but they need to know why they're seeing a drop in sales. write/call, but please be polite about it.