12 April 2009, 00:32
reloadermanI've been had!
I stopped in at BIG 5, to see if they had any 22 ammo. The Federal bulk they advertised @ $19.99 was all gone( of course ), but they had a few bricks of AmericanEagle brand for the same price. O.K. I'll take a brick of that. I left them in the bag in the back of my car for about 4 days, before I opened them to t take the kids shooting. Lo and behold.........the "brick" was ten boxes of 40 rounds!!!
What a rip-off! I had not seen that..........ever! I guess you really have to read the lable..................DUH!
Not a happy camper!
12 April 2009, 04:12
butchlocyou really didn't get had - that american eagle ammo is some of the best 22 ammo i've found. maybe the amounts aren't the same but the quality is outstanding
+1
I also have had good luck with the American Eagle 22 ammo. It's really the only one of the reasonably priced brands that shoot well in my 22's.
Don
13 April 2009, 21:30
StonecreekRegardless of the quality of the ammunition you HAVE been had. They sold you 400 rounds for the "same" price as 500 rounds. Rimfire ammuntion has been packaged forever in boxes of 50, sleeves of 500, and cartons of 5,000. Sometimes it is marketed in plastic boxes of 100. It has NEVER been packaged in boxes of 40. Federal is clearly taking advantage of consumers by selling them "underweight" packages of ammunition. Its the same thing as putting 26 ounces in a "quart" of milk. The retailer should have made it clear that they were offering you less ammunition than you thought you were buying.
I don't care if the cases were gold-plated and there was a diamond embedded in the tip of every bullet. YOU'VE BEEN HAD!
13 April 2009, 22:54
jeffeossoalong the same lines..
I was in walmart yesterday ... there was a brick, yes a BRICK of federal 22LR .. I get the spud to retreive that brick for me...
"sir, how many would you like?"
"how many do you have"
"this brick"
"yes, I want that, how many more do you have"
"we don't sell it by the brick anymore"
"<stunned look>"
"Sir, these are sold by the BOX"
"you don't sell by the brick"
"not federal champion"
"huh" - I say, sounding equally brillant!
"sir, we sell these by the box"
"okay, fine, how many BOXES do you have"
"these"
"i want them all, then"
"I can't sell you them all"
"Get the manager"
<few minutes later, jeffe leaves with a brick>
in HUNTSVILLE, Texas, at WALMART
WTH
14 April 2009, 02:02
CollinsYou think that's bad: Labatt's (Canadian beer) is served here in 11.5 oz bottles! If you thought you could drink a half case, you could REALLY drink 25.
14 April 2009, 04:44
reloadermanquote:
Originally posted by Stonecreek:
Regardless of the quality of the ammunition you HAVE been had. They sold you 400 rounds for the "same" price as 500 rounds. Rimfire ammuntion has been packaged forever in boxes of 50, sleeves of 500, and cartons of 5,000. Sometimes it is marketed in plastic boxes of 100. It has NEVER been packaged in boxes of 40. Federal is clearly taking advantage of consumers by selling them "underweight" packages of ammunition. Its the same thing as putting 26 ounces in a "quart" of milk. The retailer should have made it clear that they were offering you less ammunition than you thought you were buying.
I don't care if the cases were gold-plated and there was a diamond embedded in the tip of every bullet. YOU'VE BEEN HAD!
I have since learned that they have always sold this ammo (38 gr. ) in 400 round boxes. The 40 gr loads come in a 500 round brick.
But, hey the stuff shoot great in my "annie" and my Henry!
Yeah, that's 38 gr!.............when will I learn to read?
16 April 2009, 02:38
Davis Goertzenquote:
Originally posted by reloaderman:
I have since learned that they have always sold this ammo (36 gr. ) in 400 round boxes. The 40 gr loads come in a 500 round brick.
But, hey the stuff shoot great in my "annie" and my Henry!
Right. For some inexplicable reason, Federal packages their AE 38 gr. HP ammo in boxes of 40, and the AE 40 gr. solid ammo in boxes of 50.
I don't know why they do it, but it seems like a rip-off. I wish that if they really have to make the HP stuff more expensive, they would just package it regularly and increase the price tag.
At least now you know for next time. Or if it happens to work decently, it isn't really so terribly expensive anyway. And, many people on this forum say it works well for them.
Davis
I dont know if this is something old but Remington recently started doing the same on their rimfire ammo, atleast the ,22 ones.
I dont know when they changed their´s but i have a few boxes of thunderbolt and cyclone i bought a few weeks ago and those are boxes of 50, but they might be one or two years old thou.
on the bottom of this page it sais they are boxes of 40!
http://www.remington.com/produ...mfire/22_rimfire.aspThis might be old to you guys but its new to me atleast, tought id pipe in on it.
Regards
