Scheels LIMITS Caps?!?

[SPQR70AD]

I am 1000% in favor of rationing. I know of shooters that are Big time hoarders. They care nothing about fellow shooters, just about themselves. It’s a behavior trait that also manifests itself in other ways in their lives. Frankly they show total disrespect. The shortage we see has been created BY THEM. They strip the supply chain.

YES!! the same guys that moan about only getting one tin are the guys that got 20K caps stored home. shortages of mostly anything are man made. toilet paper craze same thing

 

[SPQR70AD]

I do not fault stores and shops for limiting cap purchases. They are simply doing what they can to at least keep some folks going for a little while. Considering we traditional ML fans are such a tiny fraction of sales to the actual ordinance manufactures of actual black powder and caps, I find it absolutely despicable for anyone to be a scalper. My guess is, most of the scalpers are not even into the trad thing other than to profit. They do not care if some folks cannot shoot their ML due to not finding any caps.

So, what is our options?

Either do a large purchase from some of the online dealers, even if it means having to pay HAZ-MAT. There are occasionally some deals pop up like in a post above where its free HAZ-MAT. Yes its a big hit on the wallet, but at least you can and should stock up on powder and caps anyway. We are living in very scary times in many aspects. Best be stocked up on anything you might think you need now.

Second choice is learn to make your own caps. There's plenty of information out there on this. Yes, it takes some trial and error and some time. But heck, once you get it down pat, you got it and really shouldn't be all that concerned about caps.

We are not allowed to discuss it here but I will state this. Some people make their own BP as well. That's as far as I will take this one.

to me there is hardly any difference between a scalper and a hoarder. both mean empty shelves

 

[flconch53]

Natchez shooters Supply has both CCI and Remington caps in the catalogue I received today

 

[SPQR70AD]

Natchez shooters Supply has both CCI and Remington caps in the catalogue I received today

I bought all 20K they had just to show others how smart I am.

 

[Bad Karma]

I see that at the gun shows. Same caps that Wally World sells and they have them on their tables for $35.00 a tin. These are also the same guys buying the boxes of .410's and selling them for $35 a box. I haven't found any .410's in more than a year. I know there is a walmart associate that when certain items come in like the .410's, he calls his friends and they get the items before anyone else can. He told me he does that.
Ohio Rusty ><>

Have you spoken with the store manager? Most companies take a pretty dim view of that kind of behavior. Especially when there may be liability for Walmart…

 

[Old Hawkeye]

One minute people here complain about hoarders buying up all the caps. Then the next minute they complain about Scheel's not letting them hoard. Wonder how long this thread will go on? No real info or anything of interest, just whining!

 

[Bad Karma]

YES!! the same guys that moan about only getting one tin are the guys that got 20K caps stored home. shortages of mostly anything are man made. toilet paper craze same thing

I doubt it. Some people shoot more than others. And yes, some people hoard stuff but the guy with 20k caps at home isn’t piddling around with scheels or Walmart.

 

[ETipp]

to me there is hardly any difference between a scalper and a hoarder. both mean empty shelves

In one sense, yes. No one should keep hording caps if they are not going to be using them. However, I see scalping much worse myself.

I'm tired of playing the fools game. Instead of belly aching about it, I bypass them both by ordering online even if it means more per tin. I order a lot in one shipment and stock up on what I might need and do not worry about it.

Then there's the self-made cap option, that I have yet to ventured into.

 

[Elkhorse]

I've never had a problem with Scheels cuz I've never heard of them, till I saw this thread.
From now on I'll never have a problem with them either.

 

[Matt-J2]

I was at the local Scheels a few weeks ago and they had caps back in stock, with no limit on purchase that I saw.

I do see online it's max qty 1, store pickup only, so the purchase limit could be online only, or it changed between my visit and now. Or I wasn't paying enough attention.

 

[smokepolehall]

Sad thing that is going on for sure. I got 10 tins but went to 2 dz. chinamart stores in 2 States to get them. I am done with that, as all I am doing is ordering 100 flints for my rock sparkers for hunting.

 

[rp77469]

Natchez shooters Supply has both CCI and Remington caps in the catalogue I received today

Yep. They recently had 1K at a decent discount plus free hazmat. Price was still more than I like to pay, but my ROA wanted to come out and play. Natchez and others have similar sales fairly often. I am glad to have the 1000 caps on hand and only cried about the price for a little while.

 

[Mad L]

Hoarding, Scalping, and ....Being supplied so you can keep on shooting.
Three totally Different things.

Hoarders hoard, have but do not use.
Scalpers cheat people out of money.

The third is someone who knows how much they use over time, don't want to get hit by shortages, they Plan Ahead, Be Prepared.

I am glad the 2020 shortages did not prevent me from shooting, not one single day was I sitting at home bummed out because I had no powder, caps, flints, or ball....AND when others came around who had none but heard I was going shooting - - I Did Not "hoard" - - I Gave them, from my store, what they needed and we enjoyed a fine day out.

Now, yes I have enough caps to keep me shooting for...maybe a year (if I shoot mostly the rifles rather then revolvers) and since I shoot mostly flint I can probably stretch those out even further as I did through 2020-2021...I was down to my LAST 7 CAPS when they finally showed back up...last 7 Individual caps, not tins.
Now my store has been rebuilt to weather another year or abouts drought.

But to Keep that store I either:
Don't shoot untill market dries up again.
Or I shoot when I want and Replace what I shoot.
Thus; pick up 2, 3, 8 tins when I can afford and available.

It's called Living and Playing Smart not hoarding, not scalping.
If it were nit for me then there would have been not one but Five bummed out shooters sitting at home.

Condem me if you want...but we kept the smoke blowing and I can assure you that if I had left ANY of that powder, caps, flint on the shelf back in 2019.... NONE of it would have ended up in YOUR hands anyway...