What will happen when the AWB dies, Opinions?

[Sam Adams]

TechBrute,

I've wondered about that also. My only thoughts are that several manufacturers went belly up after the AWB passed, thus limiting supply a bit. Also, 10 is the most that any civilian can get brand new...and the remaining manufacturers know it. There could be some collusion between them to keep prices up, because there is frankly no reason why 10s should be as expensive as they are now.

The items that I expect to drop in price substantially are the pre-bans. They'll be a minimum of 10 years old, and many of them are used. As with cars, most people just won't pay as much for old and used ones as for new ones (with certain collector's items being the exception). Since, IMHO, there's really very little difference between a mag that's older and a new one (unless the box is rusted), then I'll stock up on these. If the spring and/or follower is less than optimum, I'll buy kits for a couple of bucks to fix that (although I'll be trying to get unused pre-bans to eliminate that problem).

 

[Firethorn]

Well, 10 rounders probably cost more to make, at least my CZ mags must. when you have to make a formed plastic piece rather than that little flat cap, assembly must be more difficult.

 

[TechBrute]

I think we're all in agreement that no-one will continue to pay the prices we've seen for the mags that have seen use. I was thinking more of the NIW mags vs new production mags.

Also, I don't think we'll see a huge influx of quality AR mags to the market, since the quality makers (Labelle, etc.) have been running full steam supplying the boys in the sandbox.