spacemanspiff
Senior Member
so i'm at walmart trying to find some neoprene waders and get my fishing license, when i ask to take a look at some .22 rifles. they have the marlin survival rifle i've had my eye upon. i know i could get it for cheaper online, but i was in an implusive mood, but not enough so to have her ring it up right at that second.
so when the paperwork is done for my fishing license, i've made up my mind. i'm gonna buy this rifle. so she hands me the 4473 and i start filling it out while she photocopies my id and chl. it takes her longer than normal to finish filling out the vendor section of the form, but withing 15 minutes or so shes punching it into the register. she then asks "do you need some ammo with that?"
wait a minute, i thought it was walmart policy to NOT sell ammo with weapons. "you can do that? isnt that against store policy?"
"no, we can sell you ammo with that".
"well, i'm already stocked up on .22, but thanks anyway".
i'm still puzzled about this. iirc, alaska is the only state that has walmarts selling rifles/handguns/ammo, and will sell them all to you at the same time! i did get an escort to the door by a manager, but she was nice about it. both the sporting goods clerk and the manager told me "have fun with that!"
and now that i look on gunbroker, i see i payed WAAAAAY too much for it. nuts.
so when the paperwork is done for my fishing license, i've made up my mind. i'm gonna buy this rifle. so she hands me the 4473 and i start filling it out while she photocopies my id and chl. it takes her longer than normal to finish filling out the vendor section of the form, but withing 15 minutes or so shes punching it into the register. she then asks "do you need some ammo with that?"
wait a minute, i thought it was walmart policy to NOT sell ammo with weapons. "you can do that? isnt that against store policy?"
"no, we can sell you ammo with that".
"well, i'm already stocked up on .22, but thanks anyway".
i'm still puzzled about this. iirc, alaska is the only state that has walmarts selling rifles/handguns/ammo, and will sell them all to you at the same time! i did get an escort to the door by a manager, but she was nice about it. both the sporting goods clerk and the manager told me "have fun with that!"
and now that i look on gunbroker, i see i payed WAAAAAY too much for it. nuts.