Wal Mart Guns

[fabsroman]

I looked closer at the Wal-Mart site today and found that they carry a bunch of bolt action rifles, the most popular of which are Browning, Mossberg, Remington, Ruger, and Winchester. However, there were a bunch more too, but I just hadn't really heard of them before. They could special order almost every bolt action made by Ruger, and I was really impressed with that fact. I could get the Ruger 77MKIIVT in .25-06 for $577. Now, I don't know if that is a good price in today's world because I haven't done any shopping around, and I think I got my Ruger 77MKIIVT for less than $500 6 years ago. However, once I have the chance to do some research on the gun (i.e., when I actually have the cash to buy it), I will have a better idea.

Anyway, I digress. With such a wide variety of guns offered from each manufacturer (i.e., almost their entire line of that type of gun), I would think it would be really hard and time consuming for the manufacturer to re-tool or use cheaper material just for a Wal-Mart run. Plus, I seriously doubt that Remington or Ruger would be selling a 700 BDL or 77MKII that is made crappy just for Wal-Mart. Those guns are these companies' bread and butter, and a bad rep on these guns would more than likely sink those companies.

I know I'll be looking at Wal-Mart for a special order gun when I am in the market, as long as they are competitive in pricing.