So, if Trump is elected...

If Trump is elected prices won't go up and might fall a bit more as manufacturers won't hesitate to fill the pipe line.

If Clinton wins Tuesday, ammo shelves will be empty on Wednesday. Count on it. I have lived through too many panics not to see this one coming.

In either scenario, the supply and costs of guns and ammo won't move as dramatically as they have at other times. The supply will disappear for a while---or seem to---in the event of a Clinton win. Ammo and standard capacity mags will evaporate quickly from suppliers but will 'come back' before Xmas. There is an oversupply of guns on the presumed 'ban' list right now. Unlike other election run-ups, ARs and AKs just aren't flying off the shelves. .22 will, of course, disappear the fastest no matter what...it is the panic buy budget purchase of choice for everyone.

Good point.
Many people blew a decade of discretionary spending on guns, ammo, and components during the Obama Panics and don't have any budget or spousal toleration for a Clinton II Panic.

I didn't run out of anything during the Obama Panics but got short enough to be nervous about it. I now have enough stuff on hand to last until the midterm elections.

Well I hope cooler heads prevail.

I am in good shape either way.

Not that I would ever buy from them again, but it will be interesting to see how Treats You Like Dirt reacts this time, if they start the fear mongering again along with their obscenely escalated prices.

Prices of what? Any company with factories in Canada and/or Mexico will probably see share prices drop. Likely if either one of 'em is elected. Both of 'em think NAFTA has hurt your side of the border more than here.

As long as Republicans continue to control Congress, which seems to be the case, nothing is going to happen for the next two years if Clinton wins. Clinton will be too busy trying to consolidate support and with such deep division in the country she can't afford to alienate any more then people already are.

Panic buying will be just self panic with no base. Not saying it won't happen, but if it does it will be consumer mentality driven.

I dunno, but I'd expect magazines, ammunition, and AR's/uppers to run short first. I was browsing Palmetto State Armory Friday and a lot of uppers are already out of stock. Around the 'net, a lot of ammunition vendors are showing a lot of out-of-stocks as well.

As an aside, I've been trying to find and buy Aguila 60gr .22LR for quiet plinking, and Aguila Super Colibri .22LR powderless loads for pest control, since the 2012 run on ammunition, and *still* haven't found any.

Prices go up regardless. If Trump wins, a lot of people will feel buying that 'bannable' rifle is less risky, plus they'll want to celebrate, or simply buy gifts for the holidays like always. If Hillary wins, more people will panic & drive prices higher, but demand will so outstrip supply that many smaller stores/dealers will have to shut down (my local guy already reports he's having trouble finding any rifles under the $1000 mark, so his store is filled with slow-moving cool guns like Tavors, MPX, Kriss, etc)

Stupid thing is, there's very little reason to buy now when prices are highest in either case. Trump wins, the threat of laws will seemingly abate, and demand should normalize (assuming we aren't at the 'new normal' already) and drop prices a bit more, though they were already about as low as possible for people to stay in business. If Hillary wins, we're talking *YEARS* before sweeping new gun controls in a worst case scenario, with plenty of warning up to that point (election, inauguration, largely ineffecitive executive orders, SCOTUS appointment, SCOTUS nomination, over-reaching enforcement policy or district-level case brought to SCOTUS, SCOTUS grants cert, SCOTUS hears arguments, SCOTUS issues opinion, several more similar policy cases must then be upheld under the new standard via stare decisis before the opinion can become meaningful in the long run, or wither a way in a few years like Heller.)

TCB

Though I'm not "comfortable" I do have enough components I can cover my shooting needs for a while...but not an extended time.Its hard to sink a lot of cash to sit on the shelf. I'm not a high volume reloader or shooter so I just stay a little in front of the curve. I'm just hoping this doesn't go completely crazy this time!

Mark

I'm hoping that Trump's election will allow the resumption of import of the old milsurps. Demand is through the roof, supply is about gone.

Keeping my fingers crossed that D.Trump is the president elect even though I don't particularly like him. I also hope he has some very astute advisers.

On guns and ammo, I am pretty stocked up overall. Have no overwhelming need for anything. Should Hillary win, any gun control measures will still have to be approved by Congress. That takes time even with support. Obama would have already done anything already that he can if Congress was not required.

It's going to be easier to throw money and resources at social problems and foreign terrorism battles than fix real domestic issues like economy and immigration.
HC has run on the former DT more on the latter. I have no doubt HC will push a hard domestic agenda with guns as the root of all that is evil in the world so expect whatever comes into her sights to become extremely expensive and rare.

The owner of our local shop told me yesterday that at the last show / meeting he attended, his suppliers gave him two price lists - prices will stay the same if Trump is elected - if HRC is elected, he's told price list #2 will be in effect.

If Hillary wins, the ensuing panic will make the Obama-era panics look like a blip. More so if the Democrats gain control of one or both houses of Congress. Hold your nose if you must but vote Republican and stand by for heavy rolls...

Its pretty obvious that Hillary is going to win. I didn't vote for her, but numbers are numbers.

Im pretty sick and tired of the whole thing. We start the whole candidacy/debate game way too early in my opinion. My prediction is that prices of guns and ammo will go up when she wins, so y'all better go out now and buy whatever you haven't bought yet. Its accepting reality at this point, albeit two days early.

Unlike McCain and Obama, I am not so sure about Hillary Clinton winning. Maybe I am just an optimist?

SilentStalker said:

If Clinton is elected what do you think will be the first to go?

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The Second Amendment.

22-rimfire said:

Unlike McCain and Obama, I am not so sure about Hillary Clinton winning. Maybe I am just an optimist?

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A year ago if you'd asked me if I thought Trump was going to win the Republican nomination I'd have laughed in your face -- y'all get my point, I'm sure.

alot of stores are already starting to make people panic. I have a mom and pop shop with 5 stores in the state and they have election fliers, facebook posts about supporting trump, buy now before the 8th. I'm going to cabelas and grabbing 4 bricks of primers to hold me over for awhile then it is what it is.