ZeSpectre
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Made my usual once a month or so rounds of the local gun places.
1) Co-op that has a small gun selection at the best of times. Down to about 20 rifles and maybe 15 pistols. Been selling a LOT of stuff recently, especially the CZ-82 pistols (9x18 Makarov) that he had.
2) Mom n' pop shop. Consignment rack was full and still a good stock of rifles but the majority of his revolvers and smaller caliber semi-auto pistols were sold. Same statement about them "flying off the shelves" in the past couple of weeks.
3) Wal mart. Manager I know says he's never sold this many rifles in the post-hunting season before. Also says the Henry 001 lever action .22LR is extremely popular all of a sudden.
4) Mom n' Pop #2. Only pistols on the shelves were the seriously high dollar stuff and a few Glocks (because he usually carries a LOT of Glocks). Everything else either sold outright or on layaway.
5) Pop store. Good stock of everything as usual but when I comment on the high sales at the other places I visit he smiles and takes me back and shows me his "layaway" shelf. Or rather shelves, plural, as he's had to expand onto a couple of additional shelves to hold the merchandise.
I guess people are in a buying mood all of a sudden. Weird part is the super wide variation in choices.
1) Co-op that has a small gun selection at the best of times. Down to about 20 rifles and maybe 15 pistols. Been selling a LOT of stuff recently, especially the CZ-82 pistols (9x18 Makarov) that he had.
2) Mom n' pop shop. Consignment rack was full and still a good stock of rifles but the majority of his revolvers and smaller caliber semi-auto pistols were sold. Same statement about them "flying off the shelves" in the past couple of weeks.
3) Wal mart. Manager I know says he's never sold this many rifles in the post-hunting season before. Also says the Henry 001 lever action .22LR is extremely popular all of a sudden.
4) Mom n' Pop #2. Only pistols on the shelves were the seriously high dollar stuff and a few Glocks (because he usually carries a LOT of Glocks). Everything else either sold outright or on layaway.
5) Pop store. Good stock of everything as usual but when I comment on the high sales at the other places I visit he smiles and takes me back and shows me his "layaway" shelf. Or rather shelves, plural, as he's had to expand onto a couple of additional shelves to hold the merchandise.
I guess people are in a buying mood all of a sudden. Weird part is the super wide variation in choices.