The suits at Academy obviously held a meeting, and they are obviously idiots. I'm pretty bent out of shape with their new policy, and fake full counter of ammo. IT is either ammo no one shoots, or ammo they won't sell you.
I mean really, what can someone do with one 20-round box of 223, or one 50-round box of 22LR? Thats not even enough to make a trip to the range worth it. Walmart has a three-box limit, and Bass Pro a ten box limit. Both are more reasonable. Academy has lost me as a customer over this. When the dust settles, I will not be returning to their stores.
this just amazes me! i have never had any issues in the 5-10 rimfires ive shot em through. numerous buck marks, ruger mark 2, sig mosquito, wait, that thing didnt like anything. multiple p22s, sp22, rifles etc. sorry to hear of your woes, but i have neeeever experienced that!The golden bullets are okay but still more duds per box than the Federal and Winchester bulk packs I buy now. Don't get me started on the thunderbolts from Remington... I got a brick of those one time with a pistol I bought that was supposed to feed better with LRN instead of the HP's I had at home and after 120-150 rounds my accuracy was non existent and inspecting the targets my bullets were key holing really bad. After inspecting the gun discovered my barrel was so clogged with lead that I couldn't even get a cleaning rod down it without tapping it with a mallet with no brush on just to knock the hunks out. Figured it mighta been the gun so I tried it in two of my 10/22's with the same results after 100-200 rounds. Between that and a 597 I bought new back in 04 that had mag feed problems with every mag I tried I won't touch their rim fire stuff. I did hear that the 3rd revision they made to the mags was supposed to have cured it but I had sold it by then and the fact it needed 3 revisions speaks volumes.
Simple really, take friends that need some other caliber. You each buy a box of yours and a box of what the others need; then swap outside.
Bet you guys had an absolute blast with 50 rounds. Academy's policy is ridiculous compared to other retailers. I would buy something from Dicks before I would go back to Academy. I don't know how to say something any worse than that, but its nice you think I'm a problem for the sport. Yeah, its all me baby.
Also, like any responsible citizen, I have my reserve stash of ammo, but when I want to go out and shoot, I will typically buy what I shoot that day. So any of you losers care to answer the question- What do you do with one box of ammo? The policy is not helpful to anyone.
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