Firearm Prices Going Lower

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" This is all probably a function of dealers with ready capital buying now while they can in anticipation of increased demand."

That's part of the trend/problem if you are a prospective buyer; but...

This is not the first time we have climbed on the rollercoaster. Now...

There is a segment of the population...granted, some are very late adopters...who finally get it!. So...

When my favorite local store [you can find me on the sales floor most days] is working much harder to maintain inventory so that we can consistently offer super-competitive prices over an incredibly broad price range, it is because this is not our first rodeo.
 
il.bill:
It appears that two of the M4 types listed are 'Sold Out', but that might happen anyway (months ago) with such price discounts.

It would be interesting to have compared Academy AR prices before/after Orlando.
With Academy ARs now kept hidden behind the steel door, it might be interesting to know the old prices.
 
I think it's fairly obvious sales have picked up in a lot of places. But panic level buying? At least not yet from what I can see. I mean how many scares have we been through by now in recent memory, four or five? Whoever still doesn't have what they want by now don't seem like the type to rush out and buy up a bunch of rifles and ammo.
 
"I think it's fairly obvious sales have picked up in a lot of places."

If you have access to total sales numbers, on a state and/or national approval basis as we do, you have irrefutable proof that the upward trend in sales is continuing.

Haven't called the current situation a banic, but sure don't rule it out in the short term.

"Whoever still doesn't have what they want by now don't seem like the type to rush out and buy up a bunch of rifles and ammo. "

I'd say your assumption is based on a static population and a static market, but both are very fluid. Ask yourself this simple question:

Do my shooting buds own ARs?
 
Just got my Sportsmans Guide shooting catalog, ATI Omni Hybrid AR-15 on the front cover for $522.

AR's are still cheap and available, by and large.
 
Ask yourself this simple question:

Do my shooting buds own ARs?
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There's a companion question to that: "do my shooting buds want to own ARs?"

I think the fact you used the plural says a lot about the mentality of current-day gun buying. I don't think I know anyone that has a single AR: they either have at least 2-3 of them or they don't own any and would rather spend their money on $3K Pythons or sporting clays double guns. I think by the time the political situation gets to the point they might want one it won't be available anyway.

Do you have access to data on first-time gun buyers vs accumulators and hoarders? That would probably be really interesting data. My hypothesis is a good percentage of the people who are buying guns now already have more than they can carry. I'll bet nobody tracks that in any sort of valid way.
 
Elkins45 said:
? I think a good percentage of the people who are buying guns now already have more than they can carry.
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Well, I think a good percentage of the new guns sold now go to people who already have more than they can carry [at one time]. But those people rack up more guns per person so they are a higher number of guns than buyers. If that makes sense.
 
There is more evidence that AR fans can relax. Stopped today in a pawnshop in a MS town on Hwy 45, with the semi-auto rifle rack holding about six-eight AR, M4 clones.

That long rack was full, nobody else was looking at Any rifles (3:00 pm), and the new Ruger 5.56 or .223 was listed at $599.
The only gun I noticed being handled by any other customer was a new handgun.

Starkville is not far away, so maybe most AR shoppers near 45/Hwy 82 go there?
 
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So really the idea in the title of this thread "firearm prices going lower" isn't just about how many guns are being sold. It's about how many guns are being sold relative to the supply, and it seems (based on prices and inventory) that in many places there is still a comfortable stock of new product competing for buyers.
 
"So really the idea in the title of this thread "firearm prices going lower" isn't just about how many guns are being sold. It's about how many guns are being sold relative to the supply, and it seems (based on prices and inventory) that in many places there is still a comfortable stock of new product competing for buyers."
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All I can say is that I'm happy that you do not work in my store...especially where restocking inventory is concerned. You are remarkably consistent...wrong on every single point.

Sales are increasing...sometimes exponentially...and you are determined to ignore the obvious. That little tiny corner of your local universe is a data point which appears to be a self-fulfilling/self-reporting aberration...if you are being honest. I have my doubts.

Reality will set in, but you'll probably deny it again.
 
Blade First:
We can ask to see the hidden guns in Academy, but they probably aren't allowed to tell us how much their prices have climbed. So many people outside the business were not into ARs before or after the radical Islamic terrorism in Orlando.

Seeing new AR carbines advertised (two days ago) at approx. $600-650 online and in a shop leaves me skeptical that the new demand is widespread, for a generic type which has flooded Armslist, Gunbroker and other sources for years.
Hopefully it leads to more job security and increased openings for staff.
 
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Blade First said:
"So really the idea in the title of this thread "firearm prices going lower" isn't just about how many guns are being sold. It's about how many guns are being sold relative to the supply, and it seems (based on prices and inventory) that in many places there is still a comfortable stock of new product competing for buyers."
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All I can say is that I'm happy that you do not work in my store...especially where restocking inventory is concerned. You are remarkably consistent...wrong on every single point.

Sales are increasing...sometimes exponentially...and you are determined to ignore the obvious. That little tiny corner of your local universe is a data point which appears to be a self-fulfilling/self-reporting aberration...if you are being honest. I have my doubts.

Reality will set in, but you'll probably deny it again.
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I'm equally happy I'm nowhere around you. You are distasteful enough in the virtual world. I can't imagine what you are like in real life.

Answer me this: is Buds a "tiny little corner of my local universe" or are they one of the largest online gun sellers in the US? Aren't they a better data point than your tiny little corner?

You don't have to believe me, not that I care. I have verifiable data that guns are still widely available and with stable prices.
 
As of this moment Buds shows 27 different models of AR type rifle available for less than $1000. Not 27 guns, 27 different models. And that's just the ones they list in the "tactical rifles"'section.

I didn't bother to count the >$1K models.
 
Elkins45:
Private and retail sellers need a panic to begin, because there is such a huge bloated seller's market for ARs. The curiosity is why so many people bought them and got tired of, or need the cash by selling them.

Even in southern states on Armslist, they are available on practically every page under "rifles".
 
Is there anyone left sitting on a 2 or $3k bargain brand AR bought during a panic? I'd imagine they'd have all been resold at a major loss by now. Unless they are still sitting on them hoping for a ban? Just seems production has increased so much, and so many new manufacturers in the AR-15 game, would it even be possible to run out at this point?
 
Well, if there is no boost in sales happening sites are sure using that as an excuse to be slow with orders. Been a week since I ordered a rifle from Aim Surplus and it hasn't budged from processing. Not sure if that is normal. grabagun is also saying expect delays in shipping.
 
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