No visible shortage of firearms for sale...

[TennJed]

Rifles for the most part are not hard to find.
Now handguns are really starting to get hard for the most favorite ones.

To find out what is hard just go to davidsons and stroll down and just see how many s&w, ruger and a few others you can not order. when it has a A next to it instead of how many they have it means its tough to find.

Low to mid price range and CCW handguns from good makers are getting hard to get.
When talking to a distributor as a dealer you are grabbing what you can get right now.

Here is just a few thats hard to find. S&W sigma types. revolvers 442,642, 637 and anything that you used to be able to pick up under $400. how many gi model springfields under $650 have you seen lately.

Tried to find a bodyguard 380 lately?
how about rugers? lc9 and sr compacts, sr22's p95's good luck.

you like glocks, xd's. m&p's usually not to hard to find

No shortage of those guns in the north Mississippi area (that I can tell).
5 stores in the county I live in and all have sigmas, m&ps, lc9s, lcps, and snubbie s&w. A worker at the largest of the 5 told me the only items he is really having issues with are Glocks

 

[Erik M]

plenty of shotguns and .22's locally, but if you want something more flavorful like the new Ruger lightweight .22 or a Dark Earth Glock get on a months long waiting list.

 

[larry starling]

I was passing through Scranton, PA, today and stopped at the local Gander Mountain. It was around noon (on a Saturday) and I was the ONLY person in the gun section of the store. Not only that, but there was very large selection of both long guns and handguns available for sale.

The mass rush to stock up on firearms before the next election was not evident.

Thats because no one can afford the high azz prices at Gander Mountain!

 

[redneck2]

Went to a gun show maybe a month ago. Absolutely jammed.

LGS is typically backed up on week-ends. They'll have three guys writing up 4473's all day. Having a hard time getting some pistols.

 

[FROGO207]

Old Crow beat me to it. I thought that this was commonplace these days throughout the US. One girl tried to rip her skin off as it was supposedly boiling. She almost bled to death before they could calm her enough to administer aid. This is pretty bad stuff and the user is almost impossible to stop if they attack you.

Our gun club had a raffle for a Ruger SS MKIII pistol and despite trying to obtain one particular model for 3 months as of last Friday Ruger says they will be unavailable for the immediate future.

 

[chez323]

Stop by Cabelas in Hamburg on a Saturday and you'll be lucky to see the gums thru all the people. . Plus pricing at Gander tends to run a little high.

 

[Ignition Override]

The Gander Mt. an hour from my home, in Jackson TN, could suddenly have a few nice Enfield #4s, FR8s etc, but with their dummkopf, ludicrous prices I would not even drive over for a look.

They list prices on milsurps as if we are all ignorant or stupid.

 

[crracer_712]

Quote:
I was passing through Scranton, PA, today and stopped at the local Gander Mountain.

Considering the pricing at Gander Mountain its understandable why the gun racks and shelves are full.

My thoughts exactly. Wichita Kansas has a Gander moutain, same high prices. Even before the new Cabela's opened up it was high and not a lot of traffic whenever I was there. Now that Cabela's is there, Gander Mountain is like a ghost town. I really have no idea why, Cabela's is equally as high...

 

[chez323]

I'm not sure why Cabela's is busy either as I have never bought a gun from them, I do however like to browse their used rifle/shotgun racks, the library of nice guns and their gun cases. I do occasionally pick up ammo or other items there if on sale/clearance.

 

[Old krow]

Frog, I'm not sure that it's all that wild spread...yet. We're still pretty vested in our meth labs round these parts.

We have some isolated issues with certain brands that can be difficult to get from time to time, but that's about it. Seeing an actual bare shelf probably won't happen. The only real issue that I run into is, the waiting list for a Spike's tactical is still shorter than waiting in line for a gun that Dick's has in stock.

 

[bluethunder1962]

I wish there was a shortage so I could quit buying.

 

[kb58]

According to local sources, we are at the beginning of a firearm, ammunition, and primer shortage.

I'd almost bet money that gun shops are in large part behind this "shortage", laughing their way to the bank. It's totally in their self-interest to say such things AND to scare people. Sometimes I thing the friendly local gun shop is smiling while at the same time being very manipulative. Buyer beware.

 

[oldbear]

I think the answer for this is twofold, the panic buyers of 2008 were often a one and done buyer. More active gun owners in many cases are stocked up on almost everything they need, I did not say want, and my be holding off on buying any new weapons, but instead are buying ammo. Keep in mind that even though it has improved the economy is still shaky. Folks who were unemployed are just starting to find jobs again, and are playing catch up on past due accounts and replacing necessary items that they did without during there unemployment time.

 

[ErikO]

I'm looking forward to some good deals after Rombamaney is elected.

Yep great deals come q3 2013.