Absolutelythere is more going on than an election cycle
... component shortage cycle that has been aggravated by historic record setting number of firearms sold the past decade and in recent years. 100+ million new guns sold with many new gun owners put a demand on supply side of industry that has failed to catch up
Yes, of course and all of the other reasons behind demand. For example, I stocked up on supplies because of a pandemic and bare meat shelves at the marketAbsolutely
Or shoot BB guns while waiting for prices to come back down.Somebody who should take up archery.
Or shoot BB guns while waiting for prices to come back down.
I like my Crosman Legacy 1000 multi-pump BB/pellet rifle (Yeah from Wally) for backyard plinking fun. I have 10/15/20/25/30 yard targets from soup/tomato cans along with 22LR swing targets and from covered patio, allow plinking fun when I cannot drive out to my shooting spots.
I got into shooting BB/pellet rifles after a surgery recovery and couldn't drive to shooting spots.That is what I'm doing!Or shoot BB guns while waiting for prices to come back down
I think you missed a loop in the conversation. As I wrote to Walkalong, I’m not so concerned about the prices, I hope they stay up because demand is up. If even 20-30% of those 8.6Million first time buyers stick with the sport and expand their involvement, we can change the culture. That’s the future. If prices crater, it means demand has cratered and the worst possible outcome is on the horizon: those new buyers gave up.I got into shooting BB/pellet rifles after a surgery recovery and couldn't drive to shooting spots.
When wife suggested I do some plinking in the backyard, I set up targets to 50 yards and bought several pellet rifles (Gamo, Beeman, Swiss Arms, etc. in .177" and .22") and got around 1.5"-2" groups.
But I found shooting BBs at closer range using long built-in magazine with endless BB reservoir was much more fun than loud (Swiss Arms was almost the sound of 10/22) break barrel action pellet rifles.
With 4x scope (I replaced what came with the rifle), no soup can is safe from my BBs.
It sure makes waiting for primer price to drop FUN FUN FUN.