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2/7/2026 9:24:19 PM EDT
No, not loaded ammo, a box of Hornaday 9mm 115gr XTP slugs for reloading, nothing but copper and lead in a box. And CAL Ranch insisted on ID. Are gangbagers buying these to launch with wrist rockets?
Good thing I didn't try to buy pet supplies, might have wanted to see my Veterinary license.
Scheels, here I come.
2/7/2026 11:42:05 PM EDT
[#1]
I've bought ammo(loaded) at Scheels 3 times in the past month and was carded all 3 times (I'm pushing 50). They even entered my birthdate into the computer 2 of the times.

I was never carded any time last year.

2/8/2026 7:02:52 AM EDT
[#2]
Federal law and company policy require customers to be 21 to buy handgun ammunition.

The CAL Ranch computer system requires a birthdate input for any ammunition transaction and the register won't allow the sale if the customer is under age.

Generally, you're only going to get carded if you look young or if the employee is new. Meaning the employee will ask to physically see your ID/DL instead of just asking for a birthdate.

CAL Ranch is not anything unique or new. The only difference is some people actually care about the law and their job, some don't.


/ Edit; Re-read OP... CAL Ranch requires a DOB for other firearm related products as well including powder and uppers (without a BCG and CH), etc. Projectiles (reloading bullets), specifically handgun calibers, doesn't surprise me.
2/8/2026 9:51:05 AM EDT
[#3]
I've been I'D for loaded ammo,  even with my white goatee, and never thought twice, but just bullets threw me off. Like show a driver's license to buy a quart of motor oil
2/8/2026 11:09:30 PM EDT
[#4]
I thought they did away with the ID requirement with the Volker amendment (where we lost machine guns). Or do I have that wrong?
2/10/2026 10:47:09 AM EDT
[#5]
Not sure most understood what you said OP based off comments. Being carded for projectiles is dumb. Its not ammo, its projectiles, not the same. Maybe the company has its own policy saying to because everything and everyone is litigation happy and scared. But still, its not ammo.
2/10/2026 6:53:07 PM EDT
[#6]
That's what I thought, being required to show ID for unloaded projectiles is pants-on-head retarded.
2/13/2026 3:50:34 AM EDT
[#7]
I didn't know CAL Ranch was still around after closing the one on Southern ave.
2/13/2026 8:56:17 PM EDT
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They have a dozen locations in Arizona. Several more in Utah, Idaho and Nevada.

They also "merged" with Country Supplier awhile back with locations in the pacific northwest.

Also very similar store to Shoppers Supply, but not affiliated.

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