In reference to walmart selling factory rejects and the like, that is false. Who told you that, I shop I bet. I was told the same thing by a gun store once concerning a rifle. I asked why a marlin .22 was almost $100 more at the gun shop than it was right down the road at wally world. I pretty much knew the answer, I just wanted to see what he said. He told me the ones at walmart and k-mart and dunhams were sub par weapons and would not shoot as accurate as his rifles. I said really and left.

I went home and e-mailed remington and Marlin to ask what thier opinion on it was. Marlin answered and said that was not the case. Remington answered and sounded down right PO'd and wanted the name of the dealer that told me this. He said this was absolulutely not the case and Remington did not sell substandard products to anyone. If they don't meet the criteria, they get thrown away. Employees can't even get them. And he was pretty confident most other manufacturers had the same policy.

He said large chains sell the weapons cheaper because they order thousands of them in advance of production and like wise get a discount for it. And a particular shop may only sell 10 or so a season, so they pay a different price. He assured me however they are the same exact products and are not made any differently or earmarked for a certain company. They all come out of the same bin so to speak. And if they were to sell Walmart inferior products compared to a gun shop they would drop them and sell a different product.

He told me it works the same way as our archery equipment. You pay for service. You may be able to get it cheaper at walmart, but if you have any questions or problems, good luck. Where a small dealer is more willing to help you out. If the guy at the shop would have told me this I would have been happy and maybe bought a gun from him. I don't care to be lied to in order to make a sale.

So the same would apply for arrows at walmart. If you compare them model # for model # they are the same arrows you would get anywhere else. However the ones at walmart will usually be the cheapest models a company sells. They also have products made for them by other companies like Cabella's and Bass Pro does.

Paul