Arfcom users report seeing Bushmaster carbines and Remington R-15 rifles on sale at Wal-Mart. On one hand it seems significant that the world's largest retailer is selling The Black Rifle, but on the other hand they are the last retailer I look at for firearm industry trends.
Wal-Mart ceased firearms sales in 2006 but earlier this year reintroduced them to about 2000 of their stores.
[ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. ]
I wonder if they will sell firearms in bulk at Sam’s Club? 
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1Yes, I’d like a case of AR’s, and a barrel of .223 ammo please! While your getting that out of the back I’ll just go pick up some tarps, some rope, a pack of duct tape, a guide to the capitol building, and some Jack Daniels.
7 4That was a joke for those of you that are humor impaired.
7 1Given Wal-Mart’s love of Chinese products and political clout, their next step is to lift the Norinco import ban.
5 0This only makes sense… The AR platform is the modern era Win. 94
3 0I work at a Walmart here in Kentucky and we never stopped selling firearms. We’ve been doing a good business with the AR’s. We sell the Bushmasters and Sigs here. I am sorry we have to escort you out the door with your firearm purchase, but in today’s “sue happy” society, we have to protect ourselves from litigation. Just a bit of trivia, the only Walmarts where you can buy handguns are in Alaska.
3 0If you have a problem with wal-mart sellin firearms(of any size)….Don’t Shop There.
Problem solved
3 0Meh? Never really cared much for the gun department at Wal-Mart. It’s mostly youth rifles and 20 gauges (at least in the Wal-Marts I frequent). Guys and gals that work the counters tend to be really nice, but not really gun people. Overall, I would rather go to the local gun shop to talk guns, get their opinions (as fellow gun nuts), and support local businesses than go to Wal-Mart.
Just to throw in, they never stopped selling guns at most Valley of the Sun area Wal-Marts in Arizona, nor in the Northern Arizona area ones.
2 0Just to throw in my two cents, I live in NE PA and our Walmarts never stopped selling guns. I agree, a small gun shop will give much better customer service. Walmart treats guns like any other large item in their store. They will walk you out whether you’re buying a gun or a bed or lawn furniture. And if something goes wrong with it, call the manufacturer.
BTW, did you know that Walmart will order guns for you? A least mine will. They have a catalog behind the counter, and they’ll anything as long as it’s in there.
2 0No thanks. I buy ammo there, but no guns. If you buy one, they escort you out like some kind of invalid. You get the feeling that the corporate policy is, “Yes we sell guns, but we don’t have to like it.”
2 0Cabela’s does that too. At least they did the one (and only) time I bought a rifle there.
1 0The military PX/BX system escorts you out as well. It took longer to get one of the managers out of their “meeting” to escort me to the door than it took to examine my new pistol, fill the paperwork out, and make the payment. At least I was able to kill the time talking guns with a real gun guy working the counter that day instead of the ladies lingerie guy that fills in there now and then! (Yea, guy – actually he fills in everywhere)
When we did walk out, all the manager wanted to do was get back to work. It was quick, and painless. And TAX-FREE!
1 0Cabelas still walks guns out for you.
They used to walk gun powder and primers to the cash registers but now they let you carry them and have some powder out from behind the gun counter.
0 0They never stopped selling rifles in rural Oregon.
2 0Also they/ Wallmart is selling Federal 62 grain green tip 556 450 rounds for 150 dollars rounds. Someone back in Arkansas grew a set of anti gun control balls in order to gain sales. But thats fine with me.
2 0I second the other posters from the south… my south carolina stores never stopped selling, however they did build SEVERAL new stores without gun sales (ammo only) and have come around and retrofitted them. (Thanks to customer feedback, so i heard).
I have never seen a pistol (less co2 ones) for sale at a walmart, nor have i seen the AR’s either (hope too though). There are some really good gun and ammo deals in their catalog, you just have to ask for them to look it up since they are unadvertised. Pretty good prices on Henry’s if i remember right.
1 0wallmart is selling bushmaster ar’s in november they are slated to start selling pistols here in wa. state
1 0I work at a Wal-mart in Nevada and ALL our Sporting Goods Associates are shooters / hunters. IF you don’t know guns you don’t get picked to work in Sporting Goods here (common sense)..we would lose allot of money hiring knuckleheads because Men, Women and Children all shoot here and know their guns. I build my own ARs…so please don’t sell ALL of us short.
1 0San Antonio, Waco, and Dallas area Walmarts all had rifles and shotguns for as long as I can remember going back to 1994 – when I first moved to TX from NJ.
1 0They are also selling 420 rnd Ammo cans of Federal XM855LC, 62gr FMJ Ball on stripper clips for $149.00 + tax. SKU: 2946556318
1 0Wal-Mart, under the influence of an Al Gore acolyte, reduced firearms sales in 2006 in stores which abutted urban areas. Many rural Wal-Marts, especially in the south, continued to sell firearms and ammunition. Wal-Mart is slowly re-introducing some firearms to the previously restricted areas now that it’s upper management has changed.
2 1Just confirming Shootin’ Buddy’s post – local Tennessee Wal Marts have never stopped selling guns.
0 0Wal-mart means all brass, all cheap. Atleast they dont sell steal case ,foriegn ammo in the Texas stores i shop. fed.30.06 only 13.49, 9mm fed only 9.69, 45 acp fed only 14.00, fed 223 100 pack only 39.99. The list goes on. Texas they dont have a good selection on firearms but everyone gets the cheap brass ammo there. For the prepers they got the Fed 22LR 550 packs for 15.00.. If your going to the range they wont break you. On the ARs, im wondering what the total sales might have been in 2011 nationwide. Im thinking it was a good year for the black rifle. I think im going to assemble a slidefire lower for when the SHTF. God bless and support the NRA.
0 0My Walmart has always sold guns but the most tacticool gun they have at mine is a wal-mart only stripped down mini-14 for 599.
0 0That’s a pretty good price for a new Mini.
0 0I’m going the second all the previews posters none of the Wall-Marts in my area stopped selling guns. Although the stores in my area are pretty much only selling hunting rifles and shotguns and the occasional Mini-14, all have a pretty descent selection on lower cost ammo. I have yet to see AR-15′s being sold but my area has plenty of great price competitive gun dealers for all my firearms needs and there is always the internet and a local FFL1 transfer if I can’t find it locally.
0 0Would be nice if more walmarts sold guns. I’ve haven’t seen a Walmart that sold guns in years. Even rural to semi-rural areas in the Northeast. At least they’re better than the Sports Authority. They lost their spine completely when it came to firearms. They don’t even sell ammo despite somehow claiming to be an “authority” on “sports”
0 0Wal-Mart did not cease all firearms sales in 2006 but rather limited the number of stores selling firearms. The Super Wal-Marts in the city in which I reside (medium-sized Midwestern city) never stopped selling guns (rifles and shotguns, no pistols) and ammunition. They were both short of ammo during the Great Ammo Shortage of 2009 but Wal-Mart’s competitors, Rural King, Meijer, inter alia, did have ammo.
0 0A Wal-Marts in the Nebraska panhandle dropped guns but just across the boarder in Colorado and Wyoming the Wal-Marts still have them.
0 0You’ll find this easy in the American South BUT most other Walmarts will not sell them. Fear over law suits and anti-gun jerks from the BIG CITY would make them stick to hunting rifle only.
0 0I have bought a shotgun from walmart, because it was the only place with what I wanted in my price range, but I doubt I would buy there again unless it was such a staggering price difference. You get no customer service from walmart like you would a gun shop on a purchase. Just my .02.
0 0I wouldn’t know because I never shop at Walmart. If I did ever decided to go into one, I’d never ever buy a gun from them.
0 2I buys machine guns and shiistuf at motherfuggin wallmart aii da timee
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Wal-mart means all brass, all cheap. Atleast they dont sell steal case ,foriegn ammo in the Texas stores i shop. fed.30.06 only 13.49, 9mm fed only 9.69, 45 acp fed only 14.00, fed 223 100 pack only 39.99. The list goes on. Texas they dont have a good selection on firearms but everyone gets the cheap brass ammo there. For the prepers they got the Fed 22LR 550 packs for 15.00.. If your going to the range they wont break you. On the ARs, im wondering what the total sales might have been in 2011 nationwide. Im thinking it was a good year for the black rifle. I think im going to assemble a slidefire lower for when the SHTF. God bless and support the NRA.
I wouldn’t know because I never shop at Walmart. If I did ever decided to go into one, I’d never ever buy a gun from them.
I work at a Wal-mart in Nevada and ALL our Sporting Goods Associates are shooters / hunters. IF you don’t know guns you don’t get picked to work in Sporting Goods here (common sense)..we would lose allot of money hiring knuckleheads because Men, Women and Children all shoot here and know their guns. I build my own ARs…so please don’t sell ALL of us short.
I work at a Walmart here in Kentucky and we never stopped selling firearms. We’ve been doing a good business with the AR’s. We sell the Bushmasters and Sigs here. I am sorry we have to escort you out the door with your firearm purchase, but in today’s “sue happy” society, we have to protect ourselves from litigation. Just a bit of trivia, the only Walmarts where you can buy handguns are in Alaska.
If you have a problem with wal-mart sellin firearms(of any size)….Don’t Shop There.
Problem solved
I buys machine guns and shiistuf at motherfuggin wallmart aii da timee
Also they/ Wallmart is selling Federal 62 grain green tip 556 450 rounds for 150 dollars rounds. Someone back in Arkansas grew a set of anti gun control balls in order to gain sales. But thats fine with me.
I second the other posters from the south… my south carolina stores never stopped selling, however they did build SEVERAL new stores without gun sales (ammo only) and have come around and retrofitted them. (Thanks to customer feedback, so i heard).
I have never seen a pistol (less co2 ones) for sale at a walmart, nor have i seen the AR’s either (hope too though). There are some really good gun and ammo deals in their catalog, you just have to ask for them to look it up since they are unadvertised. Pretty good prices on Henry’s if i remember right.
wallmart is selling bushmaster ar’s in november they are slated to start selling pistols here in wa. state
Meh? Never really cared much for the gun department at Wal-Mart. It’s mostly youth rifles and 20 gauges (at least in the Wal-Marts I frequent). Guys and gals that work the counters tend to be really nice, but not really gun people. Overall, I would rather go to the local gun shop to talk guns, get their opinions (as fellow gun nuts), and support local businesses than go to Wal-Mart.
Just to throw in, they never stopped selling guns at most Valley of the Sun area Wal-Marts in Arizona, nor in the Northern Arizona area ones.
Just to throw in my two cents, I live in NE PA and our Walmarts never stopped selling guns. I agree, a small gun shop will give much better customer service. Walmart treats guns like any other large item in their store. They will walk you out whether you’re buying a gun or a bed or lawn furniture. And if something goes wrong with it, call the manufacturer.
BTW, did you know that Walmart will order guns for you? A least mine will. They have a catalog behind the counter, and they’ll anything as long as it’s in there.
I have bought a shotgun from walmart, because it was the only place with what I wanted in my price range, but I doubt I would buy there again unless it was such a staggering price difference. You get no customer service from walmart like you would a gun shop on a purchase. Just my .02.
I wonder if they will sell firearms in bulk at Sam’s Club?
Yes, I’d like a case of AR’s, and a barrel of .223 ammo please! While your getting that out of the back I’ll just go pick up some tarps, some rope, a pack of duct tape, a guide to the capitol building, and some Jack Daniels.
That was a joke for those of you that are humor impaired.
No thanks. I buy ammo there, but no guns. If you buy one, they escort you out like some kind of invalid. You get the feeling that the corporate policy is, “Yes we sell guns, but we don’t have to like it.”
Cabela’s does that too. At least they did the one (and only) time I bought a rifle there.
The military PX/BX system escorts you out as well. It took longer to get one of the managers out of their “meeting” to escort me to the door than it took to examine my new pistol, fill the paperwork out, and make the payment. At least I was able to kill the time talking guns with a real gun guy working the counter that day instead of the ladies lingerie guy that fills in there now and then! (Yea, guy – actually he fills in everywhere)
When we did walk out, all the manager wanted to do was get back to work. It was quick, and painless. And TAX-FREE!
Cabelas still walks guns out for you.
They used to walk gun powder and primers to the cash registers but now they let you carry them and have some powder out from behind the gun counter.
They never stopped selling rifles in rural Oregon.
A Wal-Marts in the Nebraska panhandle dropped guns but just across the boarder in Colorado and Wyoming the Wal-Marts still have them.
You’ll find this easy in the American South BUT most other Walmarts will not sell them. Fear over law suits and anti-gun jerks from the BIG CITY would make them stick to hunting rifle only.
San Antonio, Waco, and Dallas area Walmarts all had rifles and shotguns for as long as I can remember going back to 1994 – when I first moved to TX from NJ.
Would be nice if more walmarts sold guns. I’ve haven’t seen a Walmart that sold guns in years. Even rural to semi-rural areas in the Northeast. At least they’re better than the Sports Authority. They lost their spine completely when it came to firearms. They don’t even sell ammo despite somehow claiming to be an “authority” on “sports”
Given Wal-Mart’s love of Chinese products and political clout, their next step is to lift the Norinco import ban.
I’m going the second all the previews posters none of the Wall-Marts in my area stopped selling guns. Although the stores in my area are pretty much only selling hunting rifles and shotguns and the occasional Mini-14, all have a pretty descent selection on lower cost ammo. I have yet to see AR-15′s being sold but my area has plenty of great price competitive gun dealers for all my firearms needs and there is always the internet and a local FFL1 transfer if I can’t find it locally.
They are also selling 420 rnd Ammo cans of Federal XM855LC, 62gr FMJ Ball on stripper clips for $149.00 + tax. SKU: 2946556318
Wal-Mart, under the influence of an Al Gore acolyte, reduced firearms sales in 2006 in stores which abutted urban areas. Many rural Wal-Marts, especially in the south, continued to sell firearms and ammunition. Wal-Mart is slowly re-introducing some firearms to the previously restricted areas now that it’s upper management has changed.
Just confirming Shootin’ Buddy’s post – local Tennessee Wal Marts have never stopped selling guns.
My Walmart has always sold guns but the most tacticool gun they have at mine is a wal-mart only stripped down mini-14 for 599.
That’s a pretty good price for a new Mini.
This only makes sense… The AR platform is the modern era Win. 94
Wal-Mart did not cease all firearms sales in 2006 but rather limited the number of stores selling firearms. The Super Wal-Marts in the city in which I reside (medium-sized Midwestern city) never stopped selling guns (rifles and shotguns, no pistols) and ammunition. They were both short of ammo during the Great Ammo Shortage of 2009 but Wal-Mart’s competitors, Rural King, Meijer, inter alia, did have ammo.