2006 Gun-Related Predictions

[riverdog]

My prediction is that I'll move back to WA from CA. That will seriously effect my gun purchase options. I'll know by the end of Jan 2006.

BTW, Happy New Year to all.

 

[yonderway]

I expect gun shows to keep dropping in number not for that reason, but because the vendors at most INSIST on overcharging for what they offer. True, there's some deals, but I more often see things $100-$200 or more than what I can get them for online.

I think that this is going to reduce the number of tables at shows, but perhaps drive up the values for buyers. This is already happening at some of the regular shows, where you really can get a good deal.

 

[Rob62]

I predict:

Remington - will not go out of business as has been suggested above. Instead Remington will continue to court the Export/LEO/Military market for a bigger share of long guns.

Glock - I do not think that Glock will introduce a 1911 pattern pistol this year, or any other pistol. If anything they will present a shotgun, yup I said shotgun, or carbine at the SHOT show. That is if they have anything new there at all. I also agree that Glock will most likly see another law suit this year. (Idiots just can't grasp the idea that if you press the trigger it will go BANG)

Marlin - We will see some new stuff or modified products from them this year. Stainless steel will be as hot as ever and maybe a new proprietary cartridge or two. In general I believe stainless steel and Polymer are the new blued steel and walnut as far as firearm trends will go

Taurus - There will be at least 1 really big caliber revolver produced.

Optics in general - I think we will see a continuing trend towards battery operated sights such as EOTECS and other holosights.

CCW - At least 1 state will approve CCW this year, maybe two but I'm not holding my breath on this. Firearms manufacturers will continue to produce handguns aimed at the CCW market - we will see some new short barrel revolvers in this respect.

Heavy barrel "Tactical Bolt Action Guns" - there will be a few new ones made, all of which will have heafty price tags.

.50 Caliber BMG guns - we will see a new push to ban these types of weapons.

The big bargain stores - I predict K Mart will stop selling firearms and ammunition. Not for any political reason but because they go out of business. I also think that a traditional outdoor sports store such as "Dicks" will stop selling firearms and ammunition.

AR15's and their clones - we will continue to see more accessories and add ons to these guns than anyone thought possible.

So that's it. These are my predictions or WAG's.

Happy New Year,
Rob

 

[Highland Ranger]

2006 will be a good year . . . . lots of shooting and buying new guns!

Happy New Year All!

 

[iapetus]

Someone in the UK will shoot someone with an airgun.

UK anti-gun campaigners will cite this as proof that all firearms need to be banned.

Someone on THR will post a link to the relevent news report, citing this as proof that "England is doomed".

However, the UK government will probably find something even more pointless to pass unworkable legislation on instead.


Hopefully, I'll find a gun club not too far from where I'm now living, and actually get to go shooting again.

 

[Manedwolf]

I predict:
The big bargain stores - I predict K Mart will stop selling firearms and ammunition. Not for any political reason but because they go out of business. I also think that a traditional outdoor sports store such as "Dicks" will stop selling firearms and ammunition.
Rob

Already happened in a lot of markets. Kmarts I've seen in Florida and the northeast do not have any firearms, only fishing gear. Sports Authority does not have anything but airsoft toys in the northeast. Wally World only has shotguns, a few 22 rifles and some muzzloaders, and less all the time. If you want a pistol, you need to go to a gun store.

That policy is already in place, so all it has to do is expand.

And something else in your post...a Glock shotgun? I'm just picturing a big polymer rectangle with an oddly-handling grip sticking out of it at a wierd angle...(and yeah, I'm a purist, I shoot metal, I put food in tupperware, not the other way around.)

 

[Manedwolf]

Someone in the UK will shoot someone with an airgun.

UK anti-gun campaigners will cite this as proof that all firearms need to be banned.

Someone on THR will post a link to the relevent news report, citing this as proof that "England is doomed".

However, the UK government will probably find something even more pointless to pass unworkable legislation on instead.


Hopefully, I'll find a gun club not too far from where I'm now living, and actually get to go shooting again.

The UK is already working on banning replicas, even, like the Denix potmetal and resin ones.

 

[MDG1976]

I'll buy a semi-auto centerfire rifle. Hopefully a Beretta Rx4, but I settle for an AR.

 

[Ric]

I predict Beretta will build a 45ACP model 92

I predict that John McCain will try to lead in moderation and fail gloriously

I predict that S&W will make a Scandium PPK/S

I predict Hillary will pray in public, carry a gun, and talk pro life only to fool noone

I predict Ruger will make a GP100 in 44 Special

I predict S&W will make a gun in 45 GAP

Ruger will make a 45ACP revolver

I will shoot better and more consistently (and start reloading)

 

[bogie]

I predict that a lot of people will vote for "anyone but a Republican" rather than "against gun control," and we'll get a really nasty situation on capitol hill...

 

[AStone]

Remington - will not go out of business as has been suggested above. Instead Remington will continue to court the Export/LEO/Military market for a bigger share of long guns.

Not to divert the thread from predictions to Remington problems, but...

Am I missing something? I've only seen two references on THR to alleged Remington business problems (or not), both on this thread.

Is the company in trouble? Why?

Pointers to another thread where this is already being discussed aprreciated.

Nem

 

[R.W.Dale]

Not to divert the thread from predictions to Remington problems, but...

Am I missing something? I've only seen two references on THR to alleged Remington business problems (or not), both on this thread.

Is the company in trouble? Why?

Pointers to another thread where this is already being discussed aprreciated.

Nem

Remington has put all of thier eggs in one little wal-mart shaped basket for for the past few years, If wally world goes ahead and nixes firearms and ammunition sales big green will go belly up in short order. Especally in light of the fact that profits have been very hard for remington to come by these past few years.

 

[Rob62]

Nematocyst-870,

There have been many rumors about Big Green's demise. Some of them warranted, some not. Everything I've read about the subject is very subjective and open to wide interpretation.

A lot of the focus is on how Remington's quality control has gone down hill over the years.
I have no inside information about Remington's future but keep the faith that America's oldest firearms maker will still make firearms long after I'm gone. Maybe wishfull thinking, maybe not, I certainly hope so.

To get the thread back on track. I heard that Rossi is supposed to be comming out with something new and exciting this year. Probably another lever action rifle - maybe even a BIG bore.

Happy New Year,
Rob

 

[AStone]

Krochus and Rob, thanks for the info.
I'll plan to do a bit more reading about that issue.

Nem

 

[Robert J McElwain]

I predict that Illinois will become the last state in the union with no provision at all for CCW..

Nope, that honor is reserved for us hayseeds in Kansas.

Also, I predict that the Libertarian Party will continue to improve at the polls. It's becoming the only choice available.

Bob

 

[MatthewVanitas]

In general I believe stainless steel and Polymer are the new blued steel and walnut as far as firearm trends will go

Q: Why did the cowboys/pioneers/GreatestGeneration/FoundingFathers use blued steel and walnut?

A: Because they didn't have stainless steel and polymer. They probably would have loved stainless steel and polymer.

Just my 2 pence,

-MV

 

[TrapdoorBilly]

Hillary Clinton will join SASS. She will take the name "Little anti Terror". SASS members will be a little suspect about her motives, at first. They, of course will come to love her, after she brokers the deal between the purists and the cheaters.

When she joins SASS, SASS can take my life membership and stick it up their. Well, you get the idea.

 

[USNCHIEF]

New Member Prediction

I predict.......now that I am back into shooting......I may get divorced...if I purchase the guns I want.....gotta buy them quick because I am getting old.

The question is.....Wife?...or....Guns???......Errrrrrr...I think I know the answer!!

 

[TrapdoorBilly]

Remington has put all of thier eggs in one little wal-mart shaped basket for for the past few years, If wally world goes ahead and nixes firearms and ammunition sales big green will go belly up in short order. Especally in light of the fact that profits have been very hard for remington to come by these past few years.

Almost totally agree. I think that they have only put about 95% eggs in the WAL*MART basket as they still offer dealer direct, but I think 2005 was our last year of trying to sell their cheapened products. It's a shame, I did some work for them in the 80's and early 90's while they were still part of duPont. Great company and great bunch of guys at the time. Can't say the same now.

 

[GlenJ]

I will get a Romanian and Albanian SKS to round out my SKS collection.

I will get an AK-74 (probably a Hungarian underfolder) since 7.62 ammo is reaching 5.45 prices and I just want one.

Kel-Tec will come out with a single stack 9MM that will require trips back to the factory and so much ammo to make reliable that staying with my P3AT will be the right move.

The Democrats will take back the House and Senate, draw up another AWB that GW will sign. Then the GOP mouthpieces on the radio will tell everyone how it's a good thing and all there Kool Aid drinking fans will agree.

I will ask a gun dealer at a show if he thinks people are stupid enough to pay double the price for things like the $25 dollar AK/SKS sight tool I saw at a show yesterday.

 

[GunnySkox]

Ooh! Ooh! I heard that Ares Defense is going to be producing and shipping Shrikes in 2006!

*snrk*

No, seriously!

*mmph*

Really. By the thousands. They'll even work!

*gnrk..*

BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!

Hoo! That felt pretty good.

~GnSx

 

[loose cannon]

my wags;

i predict in honor of the 30.06's 100 bday ill have a stainless and polymer m1 garand built.and if i have enough dineros to swing it;SOCOM 16 TIME!

on a positive note nebraska gets right to carry, wisconsin would be icing on the cake.

in nov we trade in our occaisional anti-gunners for the full time out of our worse nightmare from clinton hell anti-gunners.then,,,,,,,

standard capacity mags become once again a hot item.

 

[KriegHund]

I predict the anti-gunners will continue to make small, state-wide moves, aiming at small anti-gun bills. I predict they will save the nasty stuff for the presidential elections.

I predict that republicans will continue to fall out of favor, but that Democrats will still get only their die-hard votes. I predict the other people will vote republican even though they dont represent them anymore.

I predict that i will get an AK-47 or SKS for my birthday this year.

 

[utahminirevolver]

I predict that Canadians will throw the Liberal rascals out of control in Ottawa this January election, partly due to the Prime Minister's promise to ban handguns as a 'solution' to Toronto's gangsta problem. Even many hard-core leftists can now see clearly how useless and cynical this ploy is, especially since the outrageous killing of a 15 yr-old girl Dec. 26 by out of control drug gangs shooting it out in a shopping district downtown in broad daylight.

 

[mountainclmbr]

I predict that little boys will need to have their thumbs amputated before entering 1st grade so even if they do play cops and robbers, their "guns" cannot shoot.