Honey, can ya pick up some ammo and bird seed?

jerry · 12-21-2006, 07:05 AM

I was at a farm store yesterday. I always stop and check out the ammo shelf. They still have Wolf 7.62x39 for $3.49 a box so I grab a few everytime I'm there.

Anyway, this is for real. Someone put this sign on the ammo shelf. I thought it was funny. I can picture someone shooting birds over thier bird feeder.

Johnny_Revolver · 12-21-2006, 07:18 AM

Wow, lookit all that ammo.. It`s behind the counter ONLY here not out on shelves.. Oh look away!!! don`t look at the prices!!!!

too late

jerry · 12-21-2006, 12:45 PM

Man JR, Ifn I knowd you would git that excited, I'd taken more. Mabe next trip, LOL

troy2000 · 12-21-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Revolver

Wow, lookit all that ammo.. It`s behind the counter ONLY here not out on shelves.. Oh look away!!! don`t look at the prices!!!!

too late

Cigarettes, yes. But not ammo or booze...

Johnny_Revolver · 12-21-2006, 02:50 PM

Troy: Projectiles and cases are out on the shelves, ammo is behind the counter.. I have show my Firearms Licence, give a reason ( duh, me makey bullet ) and sign a register to get gunpowder. Thats mainly to do with the Anti-terrorism thingy.

Jerry: We don`t have row upon row of ammo on shelves here, my shop does have a jim dandy range of it behind the counter. It`s supposed to stop some ne`r do well from shoplifting it and getting up to no good, prolly a good idea in theory. But! as you can well imagine, due to market size and what have you, you pay a lot less for ammo than I do, I MUST avert my glance from the prices.

Off topic: Cigarettes here are : Behind the counter, the display has lockable shutters ( cause a pack cost 10 - 15 bucks, they get stolen a lot in break ins ) NO advertising is allowed anywhere, and the packs have horricfic images of mouth cancer and disfigured limbs and such. I gave up a few years ago, seems they want everyone else to as well.

Oxford · 12-21-2006, 03:22 PM

I can walk through Cabela's display aisles looking over rows and rows of ammo of all types. Mostly what they lock up are new and used revolvers, and new rifles and shotguns. Even old rifles are accessible to anyone browsing. They can pick them up, sight them, anything exept load them. They're not chained or locked to the racks. It's possible that they might have trigger locks on them.

But...when you walk in the door carrying a rifle you're stopped immediately and a gun department employee comes to the front to inspect your gun to make sure it's unloaded, and has the bolt open, etc. Then he carries it back to the gun department for you. Seems a little strange to me. A person with bad intentions could pick up one of the display guns, take it over to the ammo display, load it, and who knows what? Very strange store procedure it seems to me. However, I've never yet heard of a gun incident at Cabela's.

BattleRifleG3 · 12-21-2006, 03:29 PM

Keeping ammo behind the counter is usually a store based decision. Some wal marts have everything but handgun ammo on the shelf, some have just shotshells on the shelf, and some have it all behind the counter. It's based on the neighborhood and administrative discretion. Most gun shops I go to have the ammo behind the counter. That's just where they choose to put it.

12-21-2006, 07:05 AM	#1
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,871 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Honey, can ya pick up some ammo and bird seed? I was at a farm store yesterday. I always stop and check out the ammo shelf. They still have Wolf 7.62x39 for $3.49 a box so I grab a few everytime I'm there. Anyway, this is for real. Someone put this sign on the ammo shelf. I thought it was funny. I can picture someone shooting birds over thier bird feeder. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

12-21-2006, 12:45 PM	#3
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,871 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Man JR, Ifn I knowd you would git that excited, I'd taken more. Mabe next trip, LOL __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

12-21-2006, 03:22 PM	#6
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,022 Blog Entries: 4	I can walk through Cabela's display aisles looking over rows and rows of ammo of all types. Mostly what they lock up are new and used revolvers, and new rifles and shotguns. Even old rifles are accessible to anyone browsing. They can pick them up, sight them, anything exept load them. They're not chained or locked to the racks. It's possible that they might have trigger locks on them. But...when you walk in the door carrying a rifle you're stopped immediately and a gun department employee comes to the front to inspect your gun to make sure it's unloaded, and has the bolt open, etc. Then he carries it back to the gun department for you. Seems a little strange to me. A person with bad intentions could pick up one of the display guns, take it over to the ammo display, load it, and who knows what? Very strange store procedure it seems to me. However, I've never yet heard of a gun incident at Cabela's. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

12-21-2006, 03:29 PM	#7
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,401 Images: 13	Keeping ammo behind the counter is usually a store based decision. Some wal marts have everything but handgun ammo on the shelf, some have just shotshells on the shelf, and some have it all behind the counter. It's based on the neighborhood and administrative discretion. Most gun shops I go to have the ammo behind the counter. That's just where they choose to put it. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

12-21-2006, 07:18 AM	#2
Johnny_Revolver Gun Liker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,209 Blog Entries: 6	Wow, lookit all that ammo.. It`s behind the counter ONLY here not out on shelves.. Oh look away!!! don`t look at the prices!!!! too late

12-21-2006, 02:50 PM	#5
Johnny_Revolver Gun Liker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,209 Blog Entries: 6	Troy: Projectiles and cases are out on the shelves, ammo is behind the counter.. I have show my Firearms Licence, give a reason ( duh, me makey bullet ) and sign a register to get gunpowder. Thats mainly to do with the Anti-terrorism thingy. Jerry: We don`t have row upon row of ammo on shelves here, my shop does have a jim dandy range of it behind the counter. It`s supposed to stop some ne`r do well from shoplifting it and getting up to no good, prolly a good idea in theory. But! as you can well imagine, due to market size and what have you, you pay a lot less for ammo than I do, I MUST avert my glance from the prices. Off topic: Cigarettes here are : Behind the counter, the display has lockable shutters ( cause a pack cost 10 - 15 bucks, they get stolen a lot in break ins ) NO advertising is allowed anywhere, and the packs have horricfic images of mouth cancer and disfigured limbs and such. I gave up a few years ago, seems they want everyone else to as well.