This thread reminds me of how things were at the LGS some 20 years ago & earlier.
Ohio - was a shotgun only deer hunting state.
West Virginia & Pennsylvania were (and still are) rifle deer hunting states.
Every year when hunting season was coming up, there would be a run on lever action rifles. They (the gun stores) couldn't order them fast enough to supply the demand.
Fast forward to January, February, March - - there was a glut of - - lever action rifles - some unfired - coming back too those stores.
The returns got to the point that most stores had so many used lever guns, they quit taking them back.
As a side not - a lot of used guns back then floated in as people were trying to pay off Christmas bills and put together enough money to pay their taxes.
Ohio - was a shotgun only deer hunting state.
West Virginia & Pennsylvania were (and still are) rifle deer hunting states.
Every year when hunting season was coming up, there would be a run on lever action rifles. They (the gun stores) couldn't order them fast enough to supply the demand.
Fast forward to January, February, March - - there was a glut of - - lever action rifles - some unfired - coming back too those stores.
The returns got to the point that most stores had so many used lever guns, they quit taking them back.
As a side not - a lot of used guns back then floated in as people were trying to pay off Christmas bills and put together enough money to pay their taxes.