WAL-MART GUNS
 

I have always heard that the guns in WAL-MART an other discount stores are made cheeper then the ones you get at the Gun Shops and thats why they cost less. I heard anything from their made with cheeper metal or wood and that the internal parts are cheeper. Is there any truth in this or is it just that they buy in such numbers that they get a discount. I have bought a few guns from WAL-MART, K-Mart exct. and they are holding up and working just fine. Mike

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Well you heard wrong.

Walmart gets the same guns that the rest of the country does. Walmart is able to buy thousands upon thousands of them so they get very good prices. I would imagine that that single retail company buys as many or more guns as most major distributors.

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Wal Mart and the large chains store are able to offer their products at much lower prices because of volume buying power. It is hard for a little sporting goods store to get the same price when asking for three rifles and Wal Mart asks for three semi loads of them. Of course a manufacturer is able to cut a better deal to the large chains. They in turn can work off volume sales and a smaller profit margin to then make a better profit margin, and a better deal actually for the consumer.

I was told by someone that used to work in thepurchasing department for a large chain store,some of these large chain stores play some real cut throat purchasing habits. They will purchase and have products delivered then claim the original asking price was too high and demand a discount from the first deal or that factory can at their own expense mind you, ship all that product back out of their store. The also suggest that if they do not get a good price they will take a competitors similar product and sell it for much less, just to dry the market up in a certain area or at a certain time of the year.

Many of the smaller business work on trying to sell volume at certain times of the year. When the large chain stores under sell them, ordrive the markets in other directions, it can cause some of the small companies to actually go out of business.

But quality wise, I believe they are the same rifle. A manufacturer like CVA or Thompson Center or anyone for that matter would not dare structurallycheapen a product to make a sale. They may change a product by name, or by features for a major chain. Bass Pro Shop sold a rifle called the Mountain Stalker made by CVA. It is a Bobcat for all intent and purpose. I can not tell the difference between the two. Also you might see differences in such things as stock material, sights, and colors, but the quality is still what the buyer should expect anywhere else.

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Actually none of this is true. Wal Mart is actually running a factory that they built in a town near Edwardsville Missouri. In this factory they make guns that are labeled Remington, Winchester, Weatherby and others. They went to Africa and bought back about 1,000 pigmies to furnish labor for this plant at $.14 a day...that's fourteen cents a day. Walmart further furnishes room and board and lets them watch the Chiefs football games free.

The major gun companies haven't figured this out as they're so darn busy trying to straighten out their bolt handle problems and legal affairs...they just haven't noticed that wal Mart is selling their guns and they didn't sell any to them.

Further there is a Swift trucking terminal nearby and Wal Mart has hired Chimpansies to drive their trucks for them. The chimps work for bananas and no one at Swift has noticed as most of their drivers look like chimps too. In this way Wal Mart gets the guns in their stores for about nothing and they're making a mint on them.

Just thought you'd like to know.

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Dang, I had it all wrong.

Learn something new every day. ;)

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What gun brands does Wally World have? And how much cheaper is it?

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Oops, wrong thread.[8D]

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LOL thanks alot Vapodog I just spewded diet coke all over my keyboard!

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Another conspiracy.[:'(]

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pretty much everything , if it's not in stock they can order it..

I bought my 710 with Scope .270Win for $309 bucks.. not sure what the MSRP is but i think i seen it at $ 449,- i have seen it here at the outfitters on special for $339,- (that was a 1 day grand opening special) i think wally world has it for $324,64 to be exact.

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OhNO not another Wal*mart and selling cheaper made guns thread.I thought the last one would have covered it for the next several years.LOL.
I guess not.

Walmart sells the same guns anybody else does.Volume buying = lower prices passed on to the consumer.

Ruger Redhawk

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Hey.
Thanks guys thats exactatly what I thought. But you know how some people are you can tell them until your blue in the face yet they already know it all so why bother. Even if 20 people tell them different. Such is the case of my friend he still says your all wrong they are made cheeper. (oh boy) and he also said those are not chimps driving those trucks there Orangutans. But again what do we know. Thanks Mike

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The Pygmies are on strike, the Mexicans want health care benifits, now Walmart is using already an already skilled gunsmith workforce of 5-10 year old Pakistani children.

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In my neck of the woods (VA), Walmart gets their guns from the same distributor (Sport South) thatmost all the other gun stores get their firearms from.

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Hey, for those guys that don't like Wal-Mart, go to
Sports Authority!:D:D

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Which one is better?

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Wal-Mart!

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This is all absolutely true! My brother-in-law heard exactly the same story from his barber who got the story straight from his bookie. The bookie was married to the sister of the nephew of the Greeter in the Walmart in Omaha or somewhere.

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I heard the guns wally worl selld are made just the same as guns sold everywhere else..........
..........except the metal parts (these are made from recycled soup cans)
..........except the plastic parts (these are made from recycled 2-liter soda bottles and milk jugs)

Also beware of the ammo wally world sells (it is made with old, moisture riddin powder and bullets made from old recycled soup cans, too)

LOL - JJ.

It's all the same stuff as anywhere else.

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Not in California it's not! Seriously. About 1 1/2 years ago, they pulled all the firearms. The explanation I got was that the laws changed so much, that they wanted to get the employees current training before they let them sell again. Haven't seen them since. Too bad. They were usually $50 to $100 cheaper.

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I have a Wal-Mart 4miles to the East,another 3miles to the West,another 6 miles to the South, another 8 miles to the North. The one to the East is a Super Walmart andthey had over 2000 petitions againist guns so theypulledall guns and ammo from the store.

We have 15 Wal-Marts,8 Sports Authorities, 50 Pawn Shops and6 Gun Shops in this
county alone. I can go 25 miles Westinto the next county and have just as much and maybe more, also 30 miles to the East.

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Dosnt sound to lucky- more like a busy crowded mass of urbana.

We have 2 walmarts(county wide i dont know.... its getting more crowded)

Progress is marching on here to- i go to the Town -& its the second largest city in the state (50k) & they have a second walmart super store going up on the west side of town... And they just built& opened a new sportmans warehouse store& wallgreens- home depot, sutherlands & quit a few other things..

I see quite a few ppl camping out at walmart in there rv,s etc when i go to town&there- least you can still see the mtns from the parking lots:D- but only walmart offers camping at there stores i think;).

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Knightia, I have been on a 40 acre farm since 1967. I'm 20 miles North of Tampa in Lutz,Fl.. I have had a 200yd range all this time, but a couple of years ago, the county served me with a Cease Fire Order.Like you said, a crowded mass of urbana.:DI have been offered a7 figure amount by developers for my property,but I just want to replace what I have now and I will let it go!

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I hear ya Reb- Sounds like you have a nice piece of property t& that others want to . land use to be cheap here- Now tons of growth all over- no land thats afforable- Many many developers putting up many buildings...... sub urban sprawl all over the place.

I moved here in the bust times of the late 80,s- everyone had left the state - pretty much :D many empty homes back then- cheap too. Town really did look like a ghost town at one time.

I have always been a reclusive hermit- lookinglike the mad trapper even when i lived in the city;)