State law on returning ammo?

[Sippy]

I was told by a well known sporting goods store that it is against state law to return ammo. She was very rude about me attempting to do so too. Is it actually a state law or is it just store policy?

[Hillary]

I think it is a store policy.

I bet it is more of a liability issue for them and the manufacturer.

I mean you could buy some brass, reload some shells and the untrained eye wouldn't know if you swapped out the bullets if you returned them in the original box.

[Loreva13]

I think it is a store policy.

I bet it is more of a liability issue for them and the manufacturer.

I mean you could buy some brass, reload some shells and the untrained eye wouldn't know if you swapped out the bullets if you returned them in the original box.

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[Kevin]

There is no federal law that I am aware of. Doubt the is a state law either. It's a great store policy though. I sure don't want to buy ammo some idiot has jacked with or reloaded. I also don't think the store wants that liability.

[bowhuntertex]

Anytime they tell you it is a State Law I always politly ask to see the law in writing. If they can't produce it then it probably isn't a law. My guess is it is a store policy.

[Sippy]

I think it is a store policy.

I bet it is more of a liability issue for them and the manufacturer.

I mean you could buy some brass, reload some shells and the untrained eye wouldn't know if you swapped out the bullets if you returned them in the original box.

I completely understand why i just didnt like her acting like i was some type of criminal for trying to return ammo lol...

[BrianL]

This happened at Academy:

Wife calls from Academy to see if I need anything while she is there, and I asked her to get me two bricks of Federal 22. The clerk tells her they are out of Federal but these Remington are the exact same thing. While she is being checked out she calls me, and I tell her I DO NOT WANT REMINGTON "junk", but the cashier has already ran her debit card. The cashier tells her to go to the service desk, but they tell her they can't return it even though it never left the store. I was big time ticked and probably good I wasn't there.

[RemMan700]

What is wrong with the ammo?

[jerp]

Last September I bought a case of shotgun shells at Academy clearly marked on the box as #8's. I got them home, opened the case and they were #6's. I took them back and explained that it must have been a packing mistake at the factory but was told I could not exchange them - they were not allowed to take back any ammo that had left the store. I went round and round with the manager and finally wore him down and he let me swap them for what I wanted. I guess the difference is with shotgun shells they could still sell the boxes individually.

[Sippy]

What is wrong with the ammo?

Its wolf

[awatsonjr]

Policy just about everywhere you buy.

[Hillary]

Its wolf

[RemMan700]

Its wolf

Ahh... If you have a lot of it you may want to pop it on craigslist. You could also take it with you to the gun range and see if you can sell it to someone out there shooting an SKS or AK.

[Sippy]

Ahh... If you have a lot of it you may want to pop it on craigslist. You could also take it with you to the gun range and see if you can sell it to someone out there shooting an SKS or AK.

its for my sks, just shot 30 rounds of the crap through it and have never seen that much powder residue

Got so gummed up by the 20th shot or so that it wouldnt cycle

[Bilbo]

They won't and I doubt anybody would give a refund on ammo. It's a liability issue for them.