Bushmaster Price Check.

[cbrgator]

Is $1200 a fair price for a Bushmaster 16in. Heavy Barreled Carbine?


Manufacturer Link:
http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog_xm15_BCWA3F16.asp

 

[Frankl03]

Bushmaster

Not sure if this is the answer you want but I was at Gander Mountain this weekend and saw Bushmaster M4 config with the light barrel (don't know model number) and they were priced at $1099. They had S&W M&P M4s for $1094. They had these in stock!

For this climate those don't seem like bad prices. Hope that helps!

 

[wickedsprint]

That's my fav configuration of the Bushies. Sounds high from last time I priced one at ~950 ish.

 

[SpeedAKL]

Sounds pretty high. I recall them going for around $900-950, but that was before the Obama craze.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

The B.M. "Patroleman" my dealer has now is $1300 & the Colt's are $2100+, The B.M. use to be around $950-$1000.

 

[TimboKhan]

I recall them going for around $900-950, but that was before the Obama craze.

True. Unfortunately, the market goes with supply and demand. Demand is high, supply is, relatively speaking, low.

Still, it bugs me that a rifle that was $900.00 in October is $1200.00 bucks in January....

 

[bonedust]

our shop has yet to put a premium price on any single piece of merchandise...and if i have my way, we wont ever. i personally wouldnt spend my money at a scalp shop, so i refuse to run one.

 

[burk]

While that's true, I doubt that at the present margin any gun shops are making as much margin as a vast majority of retailers do (remember most retailers need 24-40% just to cover operating cost). The fact of the matter is the margins in the gun business are really lousy (I use to rep for a distributor). So those extra dollars will probably keep a few more of those guys in business in this otherwise crappy economy. I wish I was back in the business.

 

[expvideo]

Pre-Obama $800-$950 depending on how good or bad a deal you were getting.

Post-Obama $1100-1300 depending on how good or bad a deal you are getting.

$1200 sounds fair in the current market.

 

[TimboKhan]

our shop has yet to put a premium price on any single piece of merchandise

Who said anything about a premium price? Like expvideo said, $1200 seems to be about the fair price in todays market. Market prices change. Raising a price doesn't make a shop a "scalp shop" it just means they are adjusting exactly how they should.