I saw several AR's on the table at the local gunshow for $1200(unsold), in 3 months they will be back to or close to normal barring a major legislative change. (Economics 101)
AR prices already starting to drop!
- Thread starter Cull Buck Hunter
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-DRM-
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Yep, prices are already on the way down, and supply should start returning a but too when people see prices coming down and start calming down.
infoman jr.
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I'm good on AR's. I'm hoping XM193 drops soon!
DaveB
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I don't know about price drops, maybe some speculators are in need of cash because credit card bills are arriving.
Take a gander at Gunbroker for ammo prices, AR prices, 1911 45 ACP prices. Still through the roof and still being sold. Magpul 30 round mags, 3 for 99 TO START and being bid on, as much as 45 each.
When congress fails to act on the AWB then we should see panic selling and a very quick return to normalcy, provided the resident idiot in chief doesn't Executive Order us into another round of panic buying, horading, and speculation.
If you reload, try and find primers that aren't double price November's numbers.
Take a gander at Gunbroker for ammo prices, AR prices, 1911 45 ACP prices. Still through the roof and still being sold. Magpul 30 round mags, 3 for 99 TO START and being bid on, as much as 45 each.
When congress fails to act on the AWB then we should see panic selling and a very quick return to normalcy, provided the resident idiot in chief doesn't Executive Order us into another round of panic buying, horading, and speculation.
If you reload, try and find primers that aren't double price November's numbers.
Been paying $30 at Sportsmans, always LRM primers available and the 308win loves them. I take Gunbroker with a grain of salt, we are blessed with an abundance of gunshops in the south, in other places less competition means higher prices and less selection. Competition is good for the consumer!
DaveB said:
Besides the AWB there are 9 other bills in Congress and so far 19 State bills. Plus the NRA has found a couple gems hiden in other bills in Congress that has nothing at all to do with guns or crime. If those bills pass it will be hard to get those parts out. Just like Obama wants us to, keep paying attention to the one single AWB bill and forget about the others.
As for prices going down, I haven't seen it. Just because they did not sell everything in the gun show doesn't mean anything. This weekend that same guy will sell both of them at another show for full price.
Today I was at the largest and busiest gun shop in Western KY and they has some CCI Mini-Mags 22LR "Choot Em", 375 rounds and a one box limit per customer. They were selling for $44.95 and flying off the shelf. I did not buy any, don't need any.
W.Seay
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Prices aren't going down where I'm at!
rdl65
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I'm waiting for the day when you can buy Colt LE6920's for 1049.00 shipped again. I need to replenish my supply. I sold off all I had at the height of the panic buying.
Aking price and selling prices are two different things. Last gun show I was at there were of ton of people standing outside with AR's and $2000 price tags that nobody could even care less about. I notice on all the gun forums I watch in the for sale areas you are starting to see "price reductions" and absolutley no interest in overpriced AR's, AK's, AK parts kits, mags, 223 ammo etc. Also a lot more reports of AR's hitting the shelves at WM and LGS. They are still selling fast but not at the high levels they were month ago. Give it another month and prices should be back to reasonable, although not were they were pre Sandy Hook.W.Seay said:
I frequent ar15.com's equpment exchange,and watch their ammuniton forum,and there is alot of 223/5.56 for sale,but nobody is replying to the threads,its not moving.
-DRM-
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I think the AR/AK prices dropping is more a function if anyone who wanted one has pretty much bought one by now, and the people who haven't, are not willing to over-pay so they will just wait.
You are correct DRM, as sales slow down at the inflated selling
prices people will start letting them go for closer to what they paid or just keep them. When the selling prices get lower people will no longer be buying new guns with the intent of flipping them for a quick profit, and they will be back on the shelf for a reasonable price. Nobody wants to be the one holding the merchandise when the bottom falls out. When Obama got in the first time ammo prices jumped and stayed high for 4-5 months and quickly lost 30 percent of its retail value over a period of 2 months then continued to settle out slightly higher than before the price jump. Dealers started dumping ammo/inflated guns like rats getting off a burning ship when prices fell to avoid having more in the ammo than what it was currently selling for. That scenario will happen soon if Obama fails to pass new legislation.
History will repeat at least I hope so. :grin:
prices people will start letting them go for closer to what they paid or just keep them. When the selling prices get lower people will no longer be buying new guns with the intent of flipping them for a quick profit, and they will be back on the shelf for a reasonable price. Nobody wants to be the one holding the merchandise when the bottom falls out. When Obama got in the first time ammo prices jumped and stayed high for 4-5 months and quickly lost 30 percent of its retail value over a period of 2 months then continued to settle out slightly higher than before the price jump. Dealers started dumping ammo/inflated guns like rats getting off a burning ship when prices fell to avoid having more in the ammo than what it was currently selling for. That scenario will happen soon if Obama fails to pass new legislation.
History will repeat at least I hope so. :grin:
rdl65
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UPSman said:
I am wanting the ones with the LEO/Military markings on the right side magwell. Not the newer version that Walmart sales. These are getting harder to find and are more sought after.
W.Seay
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All of the LE6920 mp-b I just bought we're $1,040.00 out the door. Everybody here is happy to pay $1,800 for the LE marked , I made sure all mine were LE marked
I stopped by Gander Mtn. today and I was shocked at their prices, in a bad way. I guess I'm spoliled in Chattanooga with Sportsmans. Several of the same guns that they had in Chattanooga were $100-$200 higher, wow. The ammo was off the charts too.
My how prices have dropped.
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