What...now Wal-mart dosen't sell black powder?
 

So there I am in Wal-mart picking up my new stainless/comp. Encore frame(they recieved the wrong one..stnls/camo) adn trying to finish the purchase. Have to wait on them to re-order the correct one; but figure I stock up on some new supplies, bullets, powder, primers, and whatever.
The fellow behind the counter informs me they don't sell powder or pellets anymore![:o]
I thought he was joking, but he was serious.WTF?
Do the Wal-marts's in your area sell black powder or is this a local store issue?

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At my local Wal Mart you can still get Pyrodex and Triple Se7en in loose and pellet form (at least it was that way last year) and projectiles. I guess it is a decision a lot of Wal Marts are going to face. There is some real pressure from other non hunting and shootinginterest groups reference sales of powder, even ammunition at these chain stores. I think with the greater number of incidents of local violence we have been seeing, such as school shootings, etc, this can only get worse.

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Slowly-but surely -- taking years to accomplish this but all Wal*Marts are currently(or) wiill eventually bediscontinuing firearm/ML sales... including ammo, powders, primers, bullets.... etc.

That is a good thing (my opinion). Support your local gun shops/hunting stores instead. I never want to see the day where small gun shop owners someday are forced to become clerks/salesmen at the gun counter of their nearest Wal*Mart store for 32 hr weeks, minimal insurance & $7 per hour pay.


Thompson Center Arms -- Triple Se7en Powder -- Buffalo Bullet Co.

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If they stop selling the Firearms and ML's I will stop buying anything hunting related from them! It's only a matter of time before they get sloppy and a bigger/better chain store will out do them.

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Not all of them, but most! We have over 25 in my area!

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Wal*Mart's policy has been to sell items based on volume - or don't sell it. It works that policy on a store-to-store basis. The ones still selling firearms are not in America's largest cities anymore. Those are slowly being firearms-discontinued. Rural areas of the country will still see firearm sales this year. So before you decide to boycott huntingstuff at your nearest Wal*Mart, you may want to find out if they carry it first. Wal*Mart has neverhad any troublefilling that hunting space with something else totally unrelated to hunting.

So your boycott means absolutely nothing to them. The entire hunting community around you can boycott them also. Their reaction will simply mean putting something else in that open space in aisles 13-16 of the far corner of their stores.

That's how Wally World operates.


Thompson Center Arms -- Triple Se7en Powder -- Buffalo Bullet Co.

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My walmart has no muzzleloading stuff but a lot of archery.

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Don't count on it. I'm as rural as you can get in Pike County of Illinois. The two Walwart's I go to have discontinued firearms (including ML's) but they still sell ammo.

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The walmart in my area got tore down and they built a super walmart there in it' place and the new one does't sell firearms stuff but the old one did, get that don't make any sense!

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I went into Walmart a few weeks ago, their archery selection is a joke! They had some black powder stuff, but there hunting section was filled with gimmicks, but very little useful hunting gear (at least for me). The had no field points, climbing sticks, or saftey vests, but had plenty of Cmere Deer and corn and food lures and junk. I guess they sell alot of that stuff.

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All the WalMarts in Albuquerque (that I've been to) have guns and hunting stuff and at least some BP stuff. I only buy a few things there though due to the high prices they want on powder, etc. I get my powder at Sportsmans Warehouse because they are much cheaper than WalMart ($18 vs $25 for 777 loose).

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ATFrequires special storage considerations for black powder, especially in quantities over 25 pounds.Stores that sell black powder in quantity havestorage magazines.

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The one's around here carry T-7, Pyrodex, and a few others. But not straight black powder. Like most of them they get what is sent to them. The manager of the one near me said she orders things like that in advance because of the needof her customers. This year they have added some really hard to get items.
But like most of them if some bean-counter in NY or L.A. don't think we need it then to bad. Thank Goodness there are a few people who think of their customers.

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Pyrodex and 777 is shipped and stored as smokeless powder. It even says so on the container: "Not smokeless powder, but approved to ship (DOT) and store (NFPA) as such."

Black powder isshipped and stored as black powder, of course. Storage regulations for black powder are more stringent. Most places do not sell black powder because it is not worth the hassle.

Get that Buck!!

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I hope someone from Wal-mart reads this and makes the necessary adjustments to their store.
I thought Wal-mart was a store for the "everyday" person, for folks that wanted to get the things they need at an affordable price.
What happened to that philosophy?[>:]

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I live in Delaware and they still have every thing m/l and archery. All i know is that you have to get it early b/c if you wait to long it's gone. I see mlaubner you live in Harve de Grace Md not to far from De try a wal*mart in De, there might not be much left considering our m/l season started Nov 4th. But give it a chance.

Bowhunter818

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I have never seen black powder at Walmart... only BP substitites. Got five pounds of Pyrodex RS there last year on post-season sale, five bucks a pound... so now I'm a Pyrodex RS shooter!

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Wal-Mart sells what sells , and doesn't sell what doesn't make what they call a reasonable return , simple as that . Urban stores don't sell as much outdoor related merch as rural stores , so the urban stores no longer carry those items . Basic marketing 101 . I live in a rural area , and our local supercenter still sells firearms and ammo as well as some bp supplies , but they cater only to inline shooters . No roundballs or shooting patches anymore because the market for those was no longer profitable for them. I shoot roundball a lot , so this was annoying to me , but it was their choice to make . You don't get to be the world's largest retailer by making bad decisions .

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I think its a md thing.[:@] Westminster and Eldersburg Walmats also said they won't be selling it. But I can go back to Ky and they have it all.

I hope so
 

yeah i went to get a bottle of pyrodex and they said didn't have any just pellets. I like loose powder better so now here I am online trying to find where to get powder in the best of hunting season