My youngest kid is going shopping tonight and i want him to pick up some ammo for me. No way im getting out in that mess. He is 18. Is it a go or no go?
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How old to buy ammo
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I recall them asking if it is for a pistol or rifle? Do not answer like I have before: " It is to throw in the fire in the backyard."
Pistol ammo: 21; rifle ammo: 18; .22: if they axe "it fo a pittol, or raffle?", answer: "RAFFLE!"
Its .22 ammo so i guess he is good if i can get him to answer correctly.
Funny this topic came up. I stopped at Walmart yesterday to buy a few things before the mad holiday rush. I picked up a hundred pack of 12 gauge shells. When I placed everything on the counter the lady looked at me and said "age". It didn't bother me she asked but it was odd. I am 56 years old so there was no mistaking age.
I try telling some of those young check-out clerks that I was “old enough” before they were born.
(Seriously, I have Christmas sweaters and multiple neckties older than these store staff people.)
(Seriously, I have Christmas sweaters and multiple neckties older than these store staff people.)
They have to ask because they have to punch it into the cash register. The register will not ring up the sale until the info is entered.
The only gray area is rimfire, which the stupid federal rules require to be recorded because it is "pistol" ammo, but as noted, as long as he says "raffle" he is good to go.
Footnote, watched some 3rd worlders trying to but beer in Kroger at 12:29:30 on Sunday. They were "language limited" and the poor cashier was trying to explain that she could not put it into the register until straight up 12:30.
I use to buy ammo for my 30-30 when I was 16 but that was in ass backwards Oklahoma. I think pistol calibers would be more regulated and rifle rounds he could buy at 18. But I am not an expert on the laws of ammo purchases.
Western Auto for .22. Can't remember exactly, but think they were 50 cents a box.
