In 1984 the Detroit Tigers won the World Series, and as a kid growing up at the time I was quite taken with this. As many did in the mid to late 80's I started collecting baseball cards. About that time a lot of kids, and adults for that matter, got into baseball cards. Many were spurred on my tales of finding a Mickey Mantle rookie card stashed away in an old box of their father's, and being able to start a college fund with the proceeds. However, companies producing these cards increased their production to meet this huge surge in demand for their product, and subsequently, the valve of cards produced from the mid 80's through the 90's plummeted.
So...nice story, but what does this have to do with firearms? Well, there has been a huge surge of demand for firearms over the past 10-15 years, and manufacturers have been cranking out product to meet it. My question is, 20 years from now, does anyone forsee a time where firearms manufactured in the early 2000's sees a marked decrease in valve? Or, will there always be a demand for firearms enough to at least maintain the price of decent quality guns?
The reason this comes up for me, is I was recently at a gun show with a Ruger Sr1911 that I was thinking of selling. Didn't have to, but if I could get a halfway decent price, I'd let it go. Best offer I got was $350....maybe just not my day...or maybe that just where the market is headed. I'd really hate to have a box of budget ARs and Ruger pistols next to the box of old baseball cards in my attic
So...nice story, but what does this have to do with firearms? Well, there has been a huge surge of demand for firearms over the past 10-15 years, and manufacturers have been cranking out product to meet it. My question is, 20 years from now, does anyone forsee a time where firearms manufactured in the early 2000's sees a marked decrease in valve? Or, will there always be a demand for firearms enough to at least maintain the price of decent quality guns?
The reason this comes up for me, is I was recently at a gun show with a Ruger Sr1911 that I was thinking of selling. Didn't have to, but if I could get a halfway decent price, I'd let it go. Best offer I got was $350....maybe just not my day...or maybe that just where the market is headed. I'd really hate to have a box of budget ARs and Ruger pistols next to the box of old baseball cards in my attic