Gun prices up?

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I think the number I heard was 144,000,000 guns sold last year alone, and I believe I also heard 17,000,000 new gun owners last year, these were first time owners who had never had a NCIC background check run on them before. Sorry if I misquoted numbers, but I am almost positive on those. That would explain why so many warehouses are back ordered. And with that kind of demand, that would certainly justify prices going up some, simple capitalism.
 
I also heard 17,000,000 new gun owners last year, these were first time owners who had never had a NCIC background check run on them before.
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I'm not sure where that statistic came from. The NICS system doesn't ask whether or not a purchase is the first for a given individual, and it doesn't maintain that kind of persistent information.

And yes, there was a guy at a local gun show yesterday claiming that "hi cap" mags are due to be banned any day now. I'm beginning to dread election years.
 
And yes, there was a guy at a local gun show yesterday claiming that "hi cap" mags are due to be banned any day now. I'm beginning to dread election years.
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No doubt he had a stack of hi-cap mags to sell.
 
9MM - You asked about gun prices being up and sited the cost of guns at Bud's. It is my understanding that Bud's prices fluctuate based on his cost to resupply a particular model. Let me give you a recent example.

I wanted to purchase the Sr9C in Stainless. Checked prices at LGS and online. Bud's had it for $403. Several days later Bud's had raised the price to $418. Me being slow to react I waited a few more days and the price went to $430. I bought it at $430 and took delivery through my FFL yesterday. Today I checked the price on Bud's and the same model is back to $418.

I guess you just have to watch the prices as they fluctuate and buy the gun when it hits your price. They go up but they also go down. Timing is everything.
 
>>> ...my walmart is all most out of 12/20g 100round value packs(theres only like 10 boxes left). I mean last year the self was STOCKED TO THE MAX with these, there was about 70+ cases of this stuff, giant 6 selfs stocked with them. $23.99 and now, NOTHING!... <<<

Maybe the store buyers simply bought less stock this year?
 
Read somewhere that gun makers cant make em fast enough. In that situation prices will not stay steady but go UP.

As TMD said-couple posts above here--"everything up except wages."
Id be inclined to cut everything back to 1965..

IRS and Congress would really have a problem as would the 49.5% that dont pay any taxes and all on food stamps.
 
Guns are not getting more expensive ....... it's just that the American Dollar is worth less ...... simple economics: if you increase the supply of a thing, then the value of a unit of that thing goes down. If you decrease demand for a thing, the price will go down. When China stops wanting our Dollar, we are in for a double whammy......

Guns and ammo to feed them are in demand, because the times ahead are uncertain, and the .gov (Fed/State/Local) has shown that it can not protect you-only pick up afterward and try to catch the perps ....they used to punish the perps, now they subsidize them and send them to school on your dime.......

You want gasoline to go down? Go back about 10 years and cut all the BS red tape to building new refineries, and open as much new land to drilling as possible- that would have increased the supply available today. Stop spending tax money on subsidizing unproven electric cars, and spen 1/2 of that on expanding the meager infrastructure for Compressed Natural Gas vehichles, techknololgy which has been around for decacdes, with no place to fill them.... that would reduce demand for gasoline, further reducing the price...... but I digress.....
 
It doesn't hurt that it's only March, and the fearmongering has begun. Folks in the gun industry are already making claims about doom and gloom to come in November in order to drive up sales.

We saw it in 2008. There's a mad panic rush, supply dries up, and prices go up accordingly.
 
This thread is sort of wandering all over the place.

Let's keep the discussion focused on firearms.

Any sidetracks into the political aspects of all of this stand a good chance of being deleted.
 
I've seen all kinds of reasons as to what be increasing gun prices and specifically Bud's. The pessimistic side of me wants to say pure greed. Pure greed is masked by all these economic factors. I say the people at Bud's see demand is up, so why not squeeze a couple more pennies out of the consumers. Say what you want, gas price increases aren't phasing a business like Bud's. They get a discount from whoever delivers their "goods" and gas prices won't effect them. They are grabbing their "pennies" now while the demand is high and no one will think twice because Bud's online prices will beat LGS and competitors by $40 instead of $60.
 
Both of my regular gun stores have said they've never been as busy as they are now. Both have been in business for over 30 years (one is coming up on 40). I've also noticed that the prices are up a bit, but they are also offering appreciable discounts for firearms ordered through them. According to them, as tax refunds start rolling in, sales will go even higher making this possibly the best year either store has had since they opened for business in the 70s.

Since higher crime rates tend to follow poor economies (certainly true here in my neck of the woods), then it's reasonable that people would be more compelled to increase the size of their arsenal for personal or home defense. Throw in an administration that seems to be anti-gun and the correlation becomes clear between what's driving demand and the slightly higher prices.
 
I feel like a real dummy; This time last year I could have purchased a brand new SIG M400 for $850.00 no problem whatsoever. Now with cash in hand and finally ready to rock and roll I struggled but finally found one for under $900.00, most places have them between $950.00-$1,000.00. SIG's seem to be about stable, I could swear their 1911's are going down in price. I would imagine though that as the election gets closer certain types of firearms such as AR's, AK's etc are going to go up in price and become harder to find.
 
Got to go after the guns you want and search. I have got 4 different Mauser rifles and 2 pistols off Gun Broker since January. Great prices. Example I won a genuine Whitney Wolverine with 2 mags and a box for only $685. They usually got for $1000 and up.
 
The entire firearm industry is booming. As others have noted- upcoming November elections are creating fear and uncertainty in the market. Fear equals demand; demand equals price increases.
 
The '08 run really didn't start until the late summer to early fall. That's when it began to sink in that Obama may be our next president.

I don't have a crystal ball and I can't see November 2012 just yet. I think the increased sales have little to do with our President at this point.
 
I'm pretty sure that increased sales are also due to refined gunlaws in many, many states.

In Iowa, I've been legal to carry for 15 years, and it wasn't too easy to get a permit in some counties. It was discretionary; up to the sheriff. Now we are a "shall issue" state, and tons of people are getting permits, just to have them.

For most of them, I won't complain. Many will buy one gun, never carry it, and in 5 years not bother to renew it. Some will, but never bother. I envision a group of fat, lazy politicians scheming something nefarious someday until they see the number of Iowans who have been approved for a permit.

I know that's driving up local sales. Maybe some of your states are like that too. I think that the the perception of guns as demonic is slowly diminishing (in spite of some efforts to the contrary from madmen and media alike) and people are in general more friendly to guns now that they are less finicky to take care of and come in pink.
 
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