Have you seen the price of shells?
 

I went to useless Wal-Mart to get a license and their DNR computer was down. So, I went to Dicks to get a license and while I was there I decided to take a look around. I was astounded to see AA and STS shells selling for $9.00 a box, with a discount to just over $7.50 a box if you bought an entire case. Just a year or two ago I was paying $5 a box for these target shells. Luckily, I have a bunch of shells that should last me a couple more years, but it really did hurt to see those prices.

Now,, I'm going to have to raise my hourly legal rate. LOL

fabs, its not just shells although thy are pretty out of hand, pistol ammo is jumping up there too. a day at the range is costing me over 100 for three boxes of various handgun ammo
Me, i blame the price of gas;)
kt

Yep its nuts. The Remmy 20 guage #6 heavy field loads I paid $3.95 a box for last year on sale I just shelled out (hehe) $6.25 a box for for squirrel season. WHAT THE HECK MAN! SHEESH!

GoodOlBoy

Relaod, Reload, Reload. Then again the price of raw materials ain't cheap either.

It's all Bushs fault. Better buy while they are cheap.

As for Walmart, I'd rather have a sister working in a House of Ill-repute than buy anything at Walmart that is gun related. :(

Or anything else either. Walmart should be in the toilet as far as I'm concerned.

Best wishes, Bill

yeah but since my wife works at wal-mart so I get a discount, and since they are usually MUCH cheaper than anybody else so I would pay less anyway then i will keep buying from wal-mart when they have what I need. That and the fact that other than paying double a box at the two local pawn shops (they buy them from wal-mart) its either wal-mart or travel 130 miles to Houston to get to places that all charge more than wal-mart I am pretty well down to buying at wal-mart or mail order. Mail order costs alot, and the deliveries take a long time to get to where I am.

Wal-mart may indeed be garbage, but since there has not been any place else to buy shells in twenty years in my town . . . . .



GoodOlBoy :rolleyes:

Lucky for me, the Wal-Mart by me carries almost nothing for hunting. About the only thing I get over there is the Mobil 1 oil in 5 quart containers and the Mobil 1 filters. It is just too convenient. They are literally across the street from me. For me to travel to an Autozone that carries the Mobil 1 filters would be over 40 miles round trip. Yes, I hate the Wal-Mart by me, but I'm not going to go that far out of my way to pay more for something that Wal-Mart sells.

Oh don't get me wrong I hate them alright. In fact if it weren't for wal-mart we would still have Otasco stores around and they carried alot of hunting stuff in the back behind the autoparts. In fact when I was a kid they even carried 50 caliber hawken rifle kits. I use to pay $.97 for a box of otasco branded squirrel shells when I was a kid. The shells inside the box where remington peters. I imagine had I kept all those old boxes I could probably get a couple of dollars for them.

Oh well

GoodOlBoy