Is it wrong to have a new favorite ammo just cuz it looks cool?

[musicman]

I've been shooting primarily Federal 12g field & range shells for years, with some Winchester, Estate, and Remington whenever I find a deal on it.  Recently, I grabbed a flat of Rio shotshells at Academy for under $5/box.  Same price as the Estate stuff, but I saw the Rio shells are made in McEwen, TN.  Yes, they are a company based in Spain, but I like the idea of supporting some fellow statesmen in their employment.

 

This past weekend I finally had a chance to "apply" the ammo to some clays... the stuff shot just as well as anything else I've tried.  But the best part was how the shells looked!  I'm a sucker for anything blue.  My Dad's favorite color is blue. As a kid I used to ask him "What's your second favorite color?"  His answer: "Blue."  I am my father's son!

 

I know it sounds dumb, but the stuff just looks awesome, especially in the pile of boring red and yellow shells that my buddies were shooting... and they even said so!  The price is up to $5.49/box now, but it's still the best deal on the shelf, short of the $20.97/100rd Federal and Winchester box at Wally in Antioch.  (I was just in the Mbroro Old Fort Wally, and that box was $26.97!!  That WalMart's ammo prices are terrible!)

 

Anybody else like the Rio shells?

 

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[Guest TankerHC]

Shot 5 boxes of it day before yesterday. Every time I go to Academy I grab a box or two.

[Luke E.]

I've been shooting primarily Federal 12g field & range shells for years, with some Winchester, Estate, and Remington whenever I find a deal on it.  Recently, I grabbed a flat of Rio shotshells at Academy for under $5/box.  Same price as the Estate stuff, but I saw the Rio shells are made in McEwen, TN.  Yes, they are a company based in Spain, but I like the idea of supporting some fellow statesmen in their employment.

 

This past weekend I finally had a chance to "apply" the ammo to some clays... the stuff shot just as well as anything else I've tried.  But the best part was how the shells looked!  I'm a sucker for anything blue.  My Dad's favorite color is blue. As a kid I used to ask him "What's your second favorite color?"  His answer: "Blue."  I am my father's son!

 

I know it sounds dumb, but the stuff just looks awesome, especially in the pile of boring red and yellow shells that my buddies were shooting... and they even said so!  The price is up to $5.49/box now, but it's still the best deal on the shelf, short of the $20.97/100rd Federal and Winchester box at Wally in Antioch.  (I was just in the Mbroro Old Fort Wally, and that box was $26.97!!  That WalMart's ammo prices are terrible!)

 

Anybody else like the Rio shells?

 

Those 100rd box of garbage shells have been $26.97 here in the boro for a while now. It is actually cheaper to buy the next grade up by the 25rd box than it is to buy those "bulk" boxes here.

[musicman]

You guys are getting raped on your ammo down there. I hit 3 Wallys in S Nash consistently, and nearly everything is $2-6 cheaper than the prices at the Old Fort WalMart. Blue box Federal .270 is $14.97 at my stores, $17.97 down there. 15 pack Remington Express or Winchester slugs are $10 and change, $12 and change in Mboro.

I talked to some guy who was also looking at ammo, and he told me some line about how the district mgr over the Nashville WalMarts was an anti-gunner and kept supply low and prices high up there, and he had it better in the Boro than I did at my stores. Instead of calling BS, I politely shared my experiences from 4 days ago at three S Nash stores where everything but .380 and 22 was stacked deeper and cheaper than the cabinet we were currently looking at. He kept going on about how this store was better, but he still hasn't seen 9 in a long time. I bought 400 rounds of Federal 9 between my three stores for $11xx a box last Friday. He merrily overpaid for a few boxes of rifle ammo as I walked away. :/

Tanker, good to hear you like it, too!

[Guest TankerHC]

Paying $5.49 a box for that Rio. $6.49 for Remington and Federal.