40S&W vs 9mm

[mousegunner]

I've noticed that WalMart almost always has a dozen or so boxes of 40S&W on the shelf, but hardly ever any 9mm. This surprises me a bit, as I thought that 40 caliber handguns were just about as popular as 9mm handguns. I guess I have been wrong! Anyway, I like 40 as much as 9mm, and have a couple of 40 pistols, so I'm not really griping. Must be a lot of 9mm handguns out there!

[Smith]

You can get almost twice as much 9mm as .40 so it goes twice as fast. At least that's the theory i have.

[Guest fastshotivy]

Thats why I got a 40 also...

[Garufa]

Guess it depends on what WM you go to. In West Knoxville, one always has 9mm but nothing else. Go 5 miles to another, they always have .40 but no 9.

Did I read somewhere that each store does it's own ammo ordering? Or am I just creating a new situation.

[Smith]

Guess it depends on what WM you go to. In West Knoxville, one always has 9mm but nothing else. Go 5 miles to another, they always have .40 but no 9.

Did I read somewhere that each store does it's own ammo ordering? Or am I just creating a new situation.

Every Walmart department is like an individual store. The department managers are in charge of all reording however, shelf stock is determined by corporates sales stats.

[Guest m&pc9]

The walmart in Seymour, the guy who runs it told me that a guy comes in on thursday or friday and buys a sh*t load of 9mm. So they are usually out on the weekends. The truck comes on Tuesday so I can get some on wednesdays.