Be advised....

[SwampBilly]

Was in Walmart this morning..... they are just putting out the muzzleloading display. Only a few products were on the shelf and I saw the space for the much coveted CCI number 11 percussion caps... But it was still empty.

I finally found an employee who knew how to use the app on their phone to look up the UPC to check stock. They said it showed 10 of them in the back and I asked politely if they could go and get them and they did.

They are still only $5 and some change per package. And no I was not "that guy" that felt the need to buy every single last one of them. I got what I needed and left some.

So just a heads up, even if you do not see them, find an employee who can check stock for you.

I believe that I have read somewhere before that each Walmart only gets a thousand of them for the year.

 

[Sam squanch]

Don’t waste effort with the regular employees, talk to the manager or assistant manager. most floor workers don’t have the time to look or just don’t want to, so they say “ if it’s not on the shelf, we don’t have it.”

 

[Jappo]

Walmart? There's two close to me and I've never seen anything black powder. Theres an Academy and they don't have anything black powder. There's four or five gunshops and they don't have anything. There's seven pawnshops and only one carries black powder stuff. They have caps every now and then. And plenty Pyrodex. They might have a couple revolvers and a rifle. Way over priced.
This is in Abilene, TX

 

[JEBMs]

Don’t waste effort with the regular employees, talk to the manager or assistant manager. most floor workers don’t have the time to look or just don’t want to, so they say “ if it’s not on the shelf, we don’t have it.”

Here when you ask about something not on the shelves they either say “Nnaawww” or “if you don’t see it we ain’t got it”

 

[Brokennock]

Walmart? There's two close to me and I've never seen anything black powder. Theres an Academy and they don't have anything black powder. There's four or five gunshops and they don't have anything. There's seven pawnshops and only one carries black powder stuff. They have caps every now and then. And plenty Pyrodex. They might have a couple revolvers and a rifle. Way over priced.
This is in Abilene, TX

What different Walmarts stock varies by location. Even within a few towns of eachother.
The one a few minutes from home from me stocks almost no hunting stud of any kind, if I drive to the one near work, about 25/30 minutes away, they have a lot of hunting stuff (including modern black powder stuff) in season and some stuff Even in the off season. Another one about 30 minutes east has a decent amount, less than the one near work but more than the one near home.

It all depends on market demographics. Might have to explore a little further out.

 

[SwampBilly]

Don’t waste effort with the regular employees, talk to the manager or assistant manager. most floor workers don’t have the time to look or just don’t want to, so they say “ if it’s not on the shelf, we don’t have it.”

Full disclosure.... It did kind of help that the employee is somewhat of a friend of mine. But I did just happen to find him near that department at the time.


I asked him to tell me if he saw the muzzle loading display coming out but I just happened to find it because I checked sporting goods every time I go in. I remember last year it came out a little bit later if I remember correctly.

 

[SwampBilly]

Walmart? There's two close to me and I've never seen anything black powder. Theres an Academy and they don't have anything black powder. There's four or five gunshops and they don't have anything. There's seven pawnshops and only one carries black powder stuff. They have caps every now and then. And plenty Pyrodex. They might have a couple revolvers and a rifle. Way over priced.
This is in Abilene, TX

What Brokennock said. I live in a rural Southwest Florida town with plenty of rednecks. If I go to the Walmart 30 mi away closer to the coast they have very little in the way of gun stuff but their fishing section is much larger than my local Walmart.

 

[Daryl Crawford]

I guess it's time to start checking Walmart stores as I drive around.

 

[kelvinator]

Walmart? There's two close to me and I've never seen anything black powder. Theres an Academy and they don't have anything black powder. There's four or five gunshops and they don't have anything. There's seven pawnshops and only one carries black powder stuff. They have caps every now and then. And plenty Pyrodex. They might have a couple revolvers and a rifle. Way over priced.
This is in Abilene, TX

Never any caps in any DFW metromess area W-marts either.

 

[kyron4]

They keep getting them in earlier each year.

 

[SOLANCO]

Not going to drive around checking various Walmarts and other outlets. Local hardware usually has powder and caps. If they don't I'll go online and let the UPS truck burn the gasoline.

 

[kyron4]

Not going to drive around checking various Walmarts and other outlets. Local hardware usually has powder and caps. If they don't I'll go online and let the UPS truck burn the gasoline.

To each his own , but keep in mind you'll have shipping( $13), hazmat($23), and some place an adult signature fee($4.50) on top of the price being close to double ($12 per 100 CCI ) . Gas is $3.50 a gallon and caps are $5.62 per 100 .

 

[SOLANCO]

To each his own , but keep in mind you'll have shipping( $13), hazmat($23), and some place an adult signature fee($4.50) on top of the price being close to double ($12 per 100 CCI ) . Gas is $3.50 a gallon and caps are $5.62 per 100 .

All true. But how much of your own time is invested in driving/searching? If you had to pay yourself for that time what would it cost you at, say, your current or last rate of pay? And few of us know how much of our time we have left.
It is rural here. The nearest Walmart that has caps is 20 miles one way. The hardware is much closer. My mailbox closer still.

 

[smokepolehall]

Where i live a hardware store employees are aghast if you insult them asking for anything to do with shooting & hunting. Walk into my LGS you get nose bleeds when you look at prices of anything. As much as i dislike chinamart here they seem to always get a thousand or so percussion caps & several thousand 209 primers. I am going to town in early morning to fill up with gas & get stuff. So i will go inside to see if they are on display yet. If they are i will spend some cash.

 

[Eric Krewson]

Walmart in Florence has them. I bought two tins and somehow lost them between the check out and my car, I must have left them in my shopping cart.

 

[Johnny Too-Tall]

Walmart in Radcliff KY HAD 2500 on the shelf just now. We took 500 between 2 of us leaving 25 packages at $5.62 each remaining-

 

[longcruise]

Walmart in Florence has them. I bought two tins and somehow lost them between the check out and my car, I must have left them in my shopping cart.

Now you've started a stampede at that Walmart of people searching shopping carts!

 

[kyron4]

My walmart had 1000 #11 caps and 6,000 209 primers. Shows where the market is heading.

 

[SwampBilly]

My walmart had 1000 #11 caps and 6,000 209 primers. Shows where the market is heading.

They had plenty of the 209s and I thought about getting a package which are $10 for 100 but I don't have a gun that uses them.... I do however make interesting slingshot bullets with them.

I take some foil tape and tape the striking surface of the primer to the lead ball with a little tape off the back of the primer which I take three pieces of yarn and pinch into place and it makes a dart that is front heavy somewhat like a badminton dart and they are pretty fun to shoot at block walls with a slingshot.... But I still have at least 50 of them that I have had for years and haven't used so I thought no need to buy any of them.

 

[Sir Boniface Harrison]

It is strange how the Cap Supply varies from place to place. Over here, a couple of years ago no one had them and profiteers were selling them on Naturabuy (Ebay for Frenchies into guns) in bags of ten for 5 euros! Now the supply is pretty constant. the prices are still way higher than yours - 30 euros for a tin of 11's and 25 Euros for a tin of musket caps. I can never work out why the musket caps are cheaper...