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<blockquote data-quote="Sanford" data-source="post: 2216986" data-attributes="member: 27733">Big5&#039;s problem having ammo available is the same as WalMart&#039;s - people that know when the ammo comes in and gets stocked, then camp out until they can buy whatever&#039;s on the shelf (in Lawton the ammo comes in and is stocked every Friday morning, BTW - right now they&#039;re on summer hours and open at 9:00). They actually get less and less often than WalMart, and set arbitrary limits on their sales - sometimes it&#039;s three boxes per person per day, sometimes it&#039;s two, sometimes it&#039;s one box per family per day, etc. - the limits being set and changed by the manager(s) at the local store, not as a matter of corporate policy.My observation when visiting the Academy stores in OKC is that they do get and keep more stock, and though they also have the &quot;first in when the doors open&quot; crowd (though significantly smaller than the ones that show up at Lawton WM&#039;s) their limit of &quot;one box per caliber, three boxes total&quot; per day seems to &quot;spread the wealth&quot; a bit better than either WM&#039;s or Big5&#039;s, resulting in a higher likelihood of having it available throughout the day. Their prices are definitely higher than WM, close to though possibly not quite as high as Big5. For example, I bought a 20 box pack of Federal .223 at WM for $8.95 and as luck would have it saw the same at Big5 for $16.95 and at Academy for $14.95 - give or take a few cents either way, I&#039;m working from memory - all within a matter of a few days.At least that&#039;s what I&#039;ve seen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sanford, post: 2216986, member: 27733"] Big5's problem having ammo available is the same as WalMart's - people that know when the ammo comes in and gets stocked, then camp out until they can buy whatever's on the shelf (in Lawton the ammo comes in and is stocked every Friday morning, BTW - right now they're on summer hours and open at 9:00). They actually get less and less often than WalMart, and set arbitrary limits on their sales - sometimes it's three boxes per person per day, sometimes it's two, sometimes it's one box per family per day, etc. - the limits being set and changed by the manager(s) at the local store, not as a matter of corporate policy. My observation when visiting the Academy stores in OKC is that they do get and keep more stock, and though they also have the "first in when the doors open" crowd (though significantly smaller than the ones that show up at Lawton WM's) their limit of "one box per caliber, three boxes total" per day seems to "spread the wealth" a bit better than either WM's or Big5's, resulting in a higher likelihood of having it available throughout the day. Their prices are definitely higher than WM, close to though possibly not quite as high as Big5. For example, I bought a 20 box pack of Federal .223 at WM for $8.95 and as luck would have it saw the same at Big5 for $16.95 and at Academy for $14.95 - give or take a few cents either way, I'm working from memory - all within a matter of a few days. At least that's what I've seen. [/QUOTE]

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