Are they limiting the sale of cigarettes to one pack per person per day?

Three boxes of ammunition, if you are talking standard centerfire ammo, is approximately 60 rounds.

Who shoots more than 60 rounds at any one time? People who shoot at pistol & rifle ranges, skeet, etc.

Your typical thug/gangbanger will usually shoot somehing less than 15 rounds - if they actually fire - while committing a crime.

So, who does this ultimately harm? The "sportsmen & sportswomen" the gun grabbers and politicians claim they have every understanding and sympathy for.

I´m currently behing enemy lines. At one time when it was possible to "buy it cheap and stack it deep" I might have bought a few thousand rounds of various centerfire ammo. Why? Because it´s less expensive that way, especially when the typical trip to the range means 200-300 rounds going down range.

I´m glad I bought as much as I did, when I did. I hope others were able to do the same.

Walmart is acctually holding prices. Last visit Monday, purchased two boxes of 45acp for $19.97 per box of 50.

This is actually a good idea and will serve the gun community well. In this manner people who want ammo have a chance to get some, instead of one person with a shopping cart and a lot of money.

Carter gave us gas rationing and long gas lines.
Obama brings ammo rationing and long lines at the gun shops/shows.

Only 3 boxes a day????? I live in Chicago and it´s gonna take more than that to keep all the gang-bangers away!!!!

Art

Fortunately i don´t have to rely on Wal-mart for my firearm-related needs. They don´t carry 9X18 anyway...

My Walmart in Harrisonville MO is limiting sales to "One" per day. Thank God I reload.

This is oblamer´s fault, pure and simple. People are in panic buying mode creating runs on ammo as soon as it hits the shelves.

Maybe now I´ll have a chance of finding something worthwhile on the shelves. The last couple of times I´ve been to a wally world looking for ammo the display case has resembled Old Mother Hubbard´s cupboard.

One of the reasons is that they can´t keep any ammo on their shelves otherwise. Academy is limiting to ONE box per day of to popular calibers (.308, .223, .45, .380, .30-06, 9mm, 10mm, .22 and 7.62x39) because otherwise it is completely gone off the shelves within two hours after a truck has brought in new stock. A lot of that was the gun show dealers buying them out and then scalping them at the next gun show. BTW - if you shoot something other than those calibers, you can buy all they have on the shelf. If I had a 45-70, I´d be able to get all I need. Same for .38 special, .17, .270, .22/250, and some others. Just about any load of 12 gauge you want (buckshot is kind of depleted) and 20 gauge, but for some reason .410 is hard to find. I even saw some 28 gauge on the shelf. Who the heck shoots 28 gauge???

One of the reasons is that they can´t keep any ammo on their shelves otherwise. Academy is limiting to ONE box per day of to popular calibers (.308, .223, .45, .380, .30-06, 9mm, 10mm, .22 and 7.62x39) because otherwise it is completely gone off the shelves within two hours after a truck has brought in new stock. A lot of that was the gun show dealers buying them out and then scalping them at the next gun show. BTW - if you shoot something other than those calibers, you can buy all they have on the shelf. If I had a 45-70, I´d be able to get all I need. Same for .38 special, .17, .270, .22/250, and some others. Just about any load of 12 gauge you want (buckshot is kind of depleted) and 20 gauge, but for some reason .410 is hard to find. I even saw some 28 gauge on the shelf. Who the heck shoots 28 gauge??? Haven´t seen any 10 gauge in years. Academy has gone up on the prices some, but WalMart has not, as far as I can tell.

Sorry about the double post. I have no idea how that happened.

I don´t see an immediate problem here since their shelves are bare of ammo except for a few boxes of oddball calibers and the local clerk said they don´t have any ammo shipments scheduled.
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I´m with #14. Last time I was in there I got the last of the .30 carb, .308, and .22. The shelves were bare.
Who needs advertising and sales when you have Mr Skeet shooter.

This is not news. Its exactly what happened the last time, in 2008. Most shops locally including the Mom and Pop independents are limiting sales to 3 or perhaps a little more, to ensure that no one buys in bulk to re-sell and everyone can at least get some.

Our local Sportsmans has had to do the same thing to keep it fair. They are having a hrd time keeping ammo and guns. They now have a lottery drawing for purchasing AR´s. Cannot find 22 rimfire in the state of Alaska.

Limiting customers to 3 boxes per-person, per-day doesn´t sound excessively restrictive. But, of course, the proverbial "camel´s nose under the tent" HAS to seem like no threat at all in order to be allowed to be there... so as a warning volley, this IS cause for alarm.

Rations...had to start somewhere. What about those stores close to gun clubs and ranges? Same restrictions? We´ve a new Gun Club opening in Frisco, Texas. Will the Walmarts in the area only be able to sell 3 boxes per day per customer?

There weren´t three boxes to be had of .22 ammo at our Wal-Mart. At the gun stores, they´re rationing it. We bought some crappy Mexican .22 ammo, which was a waste of $.

#1 ("Are they limiting the sale of cigarettes to one pack per person per day?")

If the gubmint starts tracking and limiting sales of ammo (like they do for Sudafed), that would be a serious issue. What Walmart is doing here seems consistent with quantity limits on special sale items, to prevent any customer from hogging all the merchandise. (How many commercials for freebie promotional stuff end with something like "limit, two per household"...)