I had to make a few phone calls last weekend to try and locate a few lbs of fffg goex for a family member on my way up hunting.
One of the places I called was a large sporting goods retailer with stores nation wide.
One of their employees tried hard to convince me that blackpowder wasnt being made anymore,that triple seven had replaced it. It just wasnt available.
I told him he shouldnt be allowed to work in the hunting department if he didnt know what he was talking about
I went right up the road to trackofthewolf.com ,and got it.They had a healthy supply.

Large corporate chain stores like Wal-Mart and Big-5 Sporting Goods usually employ clerks that have little or no knowledge about the guns and ammunition sold there.

I prefer to shop at the small, independantly owned gunshops for better service.

About 15 years ago a wallyworld employee tried to tell me that Remington had stopped making the 700 BDL-I STILL DON'T BELIEVE HIM!!!

Here's a good one, luckily I caught the kid. I had one of my employee's in the middle of a transaction selling a older gentleman some smokeless powder, and luckily I walked out to take a break. I asked him what he was reloading for and the gentleman told me my employee had told him smokeless powder would ease the fouling in his muzzleloader. I scratched my head for a second while he held that can of 4895 which left me dumbfounded for a second. Apparently my young genius had convinced the customer that black powder is dirty, which is what creates all that smoke, and smokeless powder was clean, hence the name, and he wouldn't have to clean his old Hawken as much as he had to with that can of 4895.
That was one of those wake up calls that every gunsmith gets once in a while! That employee now checks with the assistant managers during a sale now, and I'm putting my managers through some serious training to ensure that will absolutely not happen again. Scary, yes, but in a ways kinda funny to look back on!