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There are 9 Super Walmarts in a 40 mile radius of my house. Yes, 9. All of them sell ammo but Only 3 of them sell, or used to sell, long guns. I haven’t been there in a while. I even remember seeing a couple of Henrys .22 H001 in the Cooper City Walmart about 3 years ago.
My question is: have any of you seen a Henry Rifle for sale in your local Walmart?
For now, Dick’s and Accademy still carry them (22s only)

I saw 3 today at my local Walmart. Don't really know what models, as there was no attendant around. From what I could tell...a couple H001's I think and maybe a BBB, could not tell what caliber though. Western North Carolina store.

All the Walmarts I have been to in the DFW area sell long guns and most of them sell Henry. Vastly overpriced if you know how to shop around, but they are there.

Interesting, here in Florida, Accademy has the best price on the H004 $399. The even beat out tombstone tactical $429

ChefDuane wrote:All the Walmarts I have been to in the DFW area sell long guns and most of them sell Henry. Vastly overpriced if you know how to shop around, but they are there.

BB and Air guns at the closest superstore.

Local Walmart has a small selection of long guns, I've seen some Henrys there, I bought my AR there. All my other gun purchases are made at a local independent store, they sell just about everything but groceries. I've said that between Stans, Fred Meyer and an occasional trip to Lowes or Coastal I don't need to shop anywhere else, of course that doesn't count Amazon.

Four Wally-Worlds w/in 1 hour from my house. Only one has Henrys for sale, and it's less than 10 miles from me. Haven't checked prices, but last visit saw both some rimfires and centerfires.

BTW, I don't know if yet mentioned, Joe.
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Joe.45 wrote:Interesting, here in Florida, Accademy has the best price on the H004 $399. The even beat out tombstone tactical $429

My observation is, the more rurual the WalMart, the higher the Henry population in the store. Pricing ranges from simply overpriced to "reasonable," but there seems to be no rhyme or reason to their pricing strategy. A buddy of mine somewhat in the sticks in NE sent me a pic of his WM rack, with a pretty nice array of Henrys, 357 BBB, Steel, 22s, etc.

We have 2 Walmarts here one does sell long guns and the other doesnt. There is Henrys at the one both centerfire and rimfire. I havent really paid attention to the pricing as Im not real fond of Walmart for many reasons. I also wonder if it has anything to do with store manager and gun dept people as to whether they carry guns or not.

I bought a Henry Golden Boy at our local Walmart here in the Shenandoah Valley a couple years back for $399, which I thought was a decent price. They presently have three Henry's on the rack - two rimfires and a BigBoy. I have found that Walmart usually beats all the local gun stores for guns and ammo prices. You can also order a Henry from their Special Order Catalog. The downside with Walmart is usually the customer service - some of their people who man the gun counter don't know much about guns and there are some wierd rules they have to follow when selling a firearm...

tractortad wrote: and there are some wierd rules they have to follow when selling a firearm...

When I bought my AR at Walmart even though it was in a box the sales guy at the counter had to carry it out to the parking lot after I paid for it.

My local gun store does carry it up to the register after they complete the paperwork but they have no register at the gun counter so that makes sense.

We have two Walmarts in my city; one is a super Walmart. Both stores carry Henry and Marlin levers. The Henry’s have always been the Big Boy Classics and Golden Boys. The inventory moves fairly quickly. The main issue I have is their policy of not allowing customers to work the actions on the Henrys, no problems with the Marlins.

Walmart this morning. Columbus Ne. 2 rim fires and a sweet brass carbine in 45-70.

The whole "walking you to (or out) the front door is some kind of Big Box issue. I bought my SGC online at Academy Sports (long story), and picked it up at a nearby location. All the paperwork was done back in the sporting goods/firearms dept, by a very specific individual, and then another very specific individual had to walk be up to the cashier stand in the front of the store (while she still held the rifle) so I could "check out," even though I'd already paid for the rifle online.
THen they handed me the rifle and "specific individual #2" (from the Sporting Goods dept) escorted me to the door - "Have a nice day!"
Had nothing to compare it to other than LGS transactions, but it was weird. They all seemed frightened of the whole process.

Ran in to same deal at local Field and Stream store when I bought my last pistol. Had to be walked outside, then they handed it to me. BTW, F&S is offering the basic H001 right now for $299.00.

My local walmart sells the .357, .44 mag and 45-70 BBB

hoghunt wrote:My local walmart sells the .357, .44 mag and 45-70 BBB

Yes, in my experience, when they have them they are usually brass versions.

dave77 wrote:Local Walmart has a small selection of long guns, I've seen some Henrys there, I bought my AR there. All my other gun purchases are made at a local independent store, they sell just about everything but groceries. I've said that between Stans, Fred Meyer and an occasional trip to Lowes or Coastal I don't need to shop anywhere else, of course that doesn't count Amazon.

This is an interesting couple of points. You “could shop only at Fred’s, Stan’s, Lowe’s and Amazon”, but buy most of your guns at the local independent store. I think the majority of people shop at the big retailers, but without the small guys, life would sure be boring! I don’t think I’ve ever bought a gun at anything but an independent. I have Cabelas and Bass Pro within 20 mins too.

To get back on topic, my local Wally World only has ammo.

Redthies wrote:

dave77 wrote:Local Walmart has a small selection of long guns, I've seen some Henrys there, I bought my AR there. All my other gun purchases are made at a local independent store, they sell just about everything but groceries. I've said that between Stans, Fred Meyer and an occasional trip to Lowes or Coastal I don't need to shop anywhere else, of course that doesn't count Amazon.

This is an interesting couple of points. You “could shop only at Fred’s, Stan’s, Lowe’s and Amazon”, but buy most of your guns at the local independent store. I think the majority of people shop at the big retailers, but without the small guys, life would sure be boring! I don’t think I’ve ever bought a gun at anything but an independent. I have Cabelas and Bass Pro within 20 mins too.

To get back on topic, my local Wally World only has ammo.

Stan's is the local independant store I was talking about. We used to have a couple of local independent hardware/lumber stores and I try to get most of my hardware needs at Stan's but they don't have the selection of a Lowes and lumber is strictly available at Lowes/Home Depot now. I mostly avoid Walmart but do go there occasionally. As far as Grocery /Supermarkets, major chains are the only ones available. Seems that most of the local independants now are small speciality stores. Used to be 3 local independant camera stores here , they couldn't come close to competing with the big online camera stores. My first digital camera was $300 cheaper online and as much as I like to support local merchants I couldn't pass up that much of a discount.

The main issue I have is their policy of not allowing customers to work the actions on the Henrys, no problems with the Marlins.

What is the reason for not allowing action operation on the Henry's ?