Procraft, Cabelas hires people at $10 per hour, no matter their background and puts them on the floor to learn as they go. Being Cabelas, they get applicants with good knowledge of fishing, hunting, shooting, etc., sometimes they place them properly, sometimes not. At the Gun Library you might find an ex-shooter with years and years of knowledge or, well......not.

To your point, ammo behind the counter can’t be purchased unless you buy a firearm.

It's not a bad idea to set ammo aside for those buying a NEW gun. Gun is kinda worthless without it right?

Cabela’s employees (not all of them) usually don’t even know the policies. You can get 10 different answers from 10 different employees on a fine print issue. It is a place of last resort for me. My kids have fun running around there though.

Yes it does. They showed stock when I placed the order and paid.. I don’t do a lot of business with Cabelas and the past few weeks I’ve been reminded why. A couple of weeks ago I tried to buy a shotgun, that again, they showed in stock online. After several phone calls to customer service I was assured they didn’t have any in stock and it was removed from their website the next day. Not a huge deal but frustrating that you absolutely can’t trust that they have the inventory they say they have.

There are metric S*%&$ tons of ammo out there to buy at normal prices, you just have to know hot to find it. Cabelas isn't it.

I bought a Win 94 just a couple months ago from the Richland store and picked it up in Allen. Had no idea they were so inconsistent across stores. Just another reason to go to Scheels.

Bought a 9mm few weeks ago at Academy...counter guy asked if I wanted to buy a box of shells...the shelves were empty so I asked and he said they always keep boxes in the back for anyone who buys a firearm.

Talking about how quick/often the policies change. The ammo policy at the Allen store changed again today but not as drastic as the one mentioned in this thread for Fort Worth. Instead of 5 boxes per caliber, all of which could be bulk boxes it's now 5 boxes overall, only one of which can be a bulk box. Still not too bad though. No gun purchase is required.

At least they don't put it all out at once in the morning like what Academy does which fosters the long lines and out of stock by 9am. At this particular Cabelas store they will put ammo out throughout the day after receiving a shipment - so some in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Ha! What is going on over there..?




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Agree

A good manager does what ever work is necessary when he is short handed or everyone is busy. It sets a good example to other employees.
And with the ammo shortage many gun departments have adopted this policy. Without ammo guns don’t sell. Guns are the most expensive inventory in the store so it has to be moved.
You guys love to badmouth big box stores so much quit shopping at them.

How about that. My parents both bought new pistols from Academy back about 3 months ago and were told to come stand in line on the next Tuesday and to get there early. I went with them and we were first in a line of about 20 people. But between the 3 of us we got 9 boxes for them.

Probably same guys that complained about only being able to buy 1 package of toilet paper back in 2020. If you didnt prep for this ammo shortage its on you, not the stores, managers, and manufacturers.

BOOM! This ^^^

True that. When I managed a store I was on the forklift loading and unloading. Whatever it takes.

If these big box stores would have prepared a little better for the shortage we’d all be able to have ammo

Is there a ammo shortage? I've heard that the companies are making more ammo now than they ever have in their history, it just gets bought immediately.

I don't know either way, just what someone told me, so am curious.

Local gun stores are adopting the same policy must buy a gun

Yep, similar story at some ranges and stores. One range you have a membership, use a lane, or buy a gun to get ammo. I go to stores that have ammo, but they all have limits except at shops with oldie stuff. I shop there as well. Trading is a good answer sometimes. And one of my shops will do that, and that is unheard of. Strange days and more ahead.