ArmedinAZ":ux0s9fl0 said:
OMG":ux0s9fl0 said:
Thanks. the 2 boxes they sold me said 9mm Makarov and would not fit into the pistol. My wife took it back today but Academy Sports would not return it.
She stopped by a local gun shop and got the correct ammo.
OMG, with all due respect, don't send you wife to deal with it.
If you go in with the SR9 and the ammo you were sold and and get the clerk and a manager or the owner I bet you get the right ammo. At the very least the unopened box and a discount for a 2nd one. Were it me I'd start out reasonable and see how it went. This was their mistake not yours.
I wouldn't bring the SR9 with me, less you have a concealed permit and keep it that way. I don't know Academy's policy on this (nor can I find it on the net), as my local Academy doesn't carry Makarov ammo to my knowledge, only 9mm Luger or any of the other names it's known by. Fact is, the clerk sold you ammo to a gun you don't own and can't use. Other problem is the guy running the store is probably just a manager, not a sportsman himself or a hunter with very minimal knowledge of pistols and various ammunitions/calibers. Some of the guys working the counter at my store know some stuff about pistols, but the majority of them are better on rifles and shotguns (deer/duck hunters). To an untrained person, they aren't going to know the difference in 9mm X 18mm or 9mm X 19mm. Either that or they simply grabbed the wrong box (an honest mistake), regardless, someone screwed up somehow. That's not your fault, it's the store's, make sure they see that point of view.
If you don't make any headway with the Managers or Customer Service people, go up the food chain.
Academy Contact Us page
If you can't get them to take it back (they may not, policy/laws etc....), you may have to find someone local (Hazardous Material fees with shipping ammo) willing to purchase the rounds at a fair price, that or buy you a gun that shoots Makarov!
Hope it works out!
Josh