Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Nice firearms market - gone soft quickly?

Classic supply and demand. The thing I miss is going to a gun show and getting a deal on something.

Just had this conversation ^^^^^^^ with the owner of my LGS... Last year, he could sell everything he could get in the shop, even at inflated prices. This year, he is able to get inventory. But the Average Joe is spending so much on gas getting back and forth to work, leaves very few discretionary $$$$'s...

I think people's disposable income is now poured into their gas tanks and used to just make ends meet. Guns are not the priority in most budgets at this point. FJB

Thats bad news for these hoarders and flippers.



Poor little buggers.

30 million guys with a Govt stimmie check, a Gunbroker account, and no work to do/trucks to buy(“chip shortage”), didn’t help. Fools and “free money”...

I was one of the first through the door when they opened a big show in Louisville one morning, 1400 tables, no jewelry, carpet cleaners or jerky sales, all guns & related. With the huge crowds yet to form it gave me a minute to just stop & scan the room.

It was food for thought, no pun intended. I said to myself, "most every good gun shop in Ky. is loaded to the gills with guns, & now I stand here & see all this... how can they be worth anything, there are so many? One day we might have to make stew with the things"

Upside,

It might become a great time to buy!

I snuck up on a Cooper M21 Varminter Sunday night. High bid was $905.

I've not been able to touch one at that price in quite a few years.

ya!


GWB

This is likely about to become a bigger factor going forward. Likely for other hobby and non-essential items as well, like watercraft and RVs.

I think this has a lot to do with it.

Last week I bought a new Colt .38 Super, and paid 20 bucks under MSRP. I was happy, the dealer, who thought he had a deadweight to hang around his neck, was happy.

The firearms market may be softening but the ammo market is still ridiculous. I stopped into Sportsmans Warehouse yesterday and it's true that the shelves are stocked with ammo. But prices are ridiculous. A box of Federal Premium 25-06 costs $50+.

Was in cabelas over the weekend. Tnt 17hmr box of 50 for $20. First I've seen in awhile available

Maybe home prices & demand will drop too.

We're just working stiffs here and I haven't bought much for firearms in a year or so. Used to buy constantly. Now we watch what we spend because we don't know when the next insane leftist/communist policy will come along that will fucque us hard. It's clear the govt is the enemy of Americans, so we better watch out for ourselves!

You better keep a good coat of paint on that T-111 shack

LOL

Hopefully the large magnum rifle primer market will slow down.

This. Most folks are concerned and appalled with the rising prices of fuel & food.
And the impending recession. And the fear that Hiden Biden and his Commie Handlers will bankrupt America and most Americans.

Not to mention the fact that during the Scamdemic, we saw all time record highs of Gun and ammo sales. Most folks bought everything they wanted and needed during that period, including folks that had NEVER bought a gun before.

High sales volume and crazy prices were bound to taper off and slow down eventually.

All the LGS I frequent are stocked to the brim with new guns nowadays. And I’m seeing quite a bit of ammo on the shelf’s too.
Only thing I see missing is reloading supplies such as primers, powder, and bullets.

Yep. Lots of folks may start selling off guns that they feel they just don’t need, to pay for gas and food.

We may have to start adopting little abandoned chillrens and farm them out for yardworkers to make ends meet! LOL

The way the market has been lately,I picked up a couple of reasonably prices 95% Remington 552 Speedmasters,1976 and 1980 models.The older Remington guns really took a big jump in price.I doubt I lose money on these two.