Gun and Ammo Rush.. dying down?

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BullseyePrecision

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Anyone else experience this where there at? I'm in SE KS and was at my LGS last night and they had 20 + ARs sitting on the shelves and a huge stock of 5.56 ammo and 223 ammo. And they weren't flying off of the shelves.
 
A local shop has had a fair stock of 9mm sitting on the shelf for a few days, but when you look a the price tag, you understand why, it is now selling for five dollars a box more than what it used to sell for.
 
Much of the attention has been with the black guns, but there is a general demand that has not abated, powder, primers, what-have-you.
 
Lets see here, sort of like the real estate bubble. I need to have a, AR-15 because they might be banned, so I'll pay $1,800-$2,500 for a $700 AR and when all is said and done I now own a AR-15 that is actually worth 1/3 of its purchase price and then complain that I lost my shirt when I sell it. Folks here in FLA are jumping through hoops and spending way more for AR's than they are worth as well as ammo. The folks are spending $1.00 per round for 223. Total lunacy in my opinion. Would I like to own an AR yes, do I need one, in reality no, nor do I need an Ak. I managed to live until now and not own either and I'll go out on a limb here and say that I'll live the rest of my life just fine without owning either rifle.:cool:
 
$7 for 556? for a 20rd box that is 35c a rd. the cheapest i have seen 223
non black friday, non russian-chinese was aguila at $15 per 50 or 30c each

i find 35c for 556 v hard to believe in small boxes the brass alone for good 556
like Lake city is about 15c once fired + 3c primer + 15c bullet + 7c powder + packaging and margin mimimum 50c each i would expect
 
I managed to live until now and not own either and I'll go out on a limb here and say that I'll live the rest of my life just fine without owning either rifle.
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Hey Don, just in case you get a hankering to spend $3K on an AK (hey, that rhymes) please look me up, local sale. ;)
 
thebrassmonkeys said:
$7 for 556? for a 20rd box that is 35c a rd. the cheapest i have seen 223
non black friday, non russian-chinese was aguila at $15 per 50 or 30c each

i find 35c for 556 v hard to believe in small boxes the brass alone for good 556
like Lake city is about 15c once fired + 3c primer + 15c bullet + 7c powder + packaging and margin mimimum 50c each i would expect
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Well believe it
 
It's not dying down. A quick search on AcuSport (the largest industry distributor) shows only three semiautomatic rifles in stock: the Mossberg 915, the Remington 597, and a Citadel M1 Carbine, all in .22 LR.

The foot traffic at retail might be slacking, but that's because there's no product at the moment. In a couple of weeks, stock will replenish, which will be just in time for whatever bill Feinstein's proposing to hit the airwaves.

Then it'll start all over again. It's going to be a long year.
 
bullseye what brand was the 556 at $7.

fineheadstampbrass and brassmanbrass are almost totally sold out of every calibre inc range brass so surprised if loaded factory new still available at that px.

did you buy it all?
 
I'm in SE KS and was at my LGS last night and they had 20 + ARs sitting on the shelves and a huge stock of 5.56 ammo and 223 ammo
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Care to list the town? I'd drive 3 hours for that. I'm in NE Kansas and haven't seen 5.56 or 9 mm at any store for 20 miles for 4 weeks. I've checked 3 locals, 2 pawn shops, and the usual Walmart/farm stores. Even Orschleins was cleaned out. There's a little high end 22LR left (like Eley) but no bulk packs or even Wolf Match.

Stopped into Walmart yesterday to see if anything had been restocked. It hasn't. They did have some 45Auto at $20/50 and I bought a bit; got to have something to shoot without breaking into the stash!
 
With Biden making noise about Obama exploring executive powers I would imagine that the buying just ramped up again.
 
Nope not inflated. Box of 556 was 7 dollars I didn't think that was bad. And the ars weren't bad either
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Buy a couple of the AR's then. Trade one for 2 or 3x the value for a low demand gun, maybe a high end wheel gun.
 
I got a email that some 7.62 I backordered the week after the school shooting was back in stock and shipping. Also found a LGS that had wolf 223 in stock at $219/500 with a limit of 2 per customer..... same ammo a month ago was $149 there. They also had 30+ mini 14/30 , 20 rd mags. $10 higher than they were a month ago.
 
The foot traffic at retail might be slacking, but that's because there's no product at the moment.
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Was at a sporting goods store and an LGS today and this is what I noticed, they just don't have hardly anything to sell.
 
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