Rob Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/03/03/3781758/some-say-re-election-fear-is-driving.html#storylink=omni_popularRob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
speweik Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I own a small gun store here in Ohio and we can't keep guns in stock! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I own a small gun store here in Ohio and we can't keep guns in stock!Any Calico parts?? Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speweik Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I have a customer who came in yesterday with two Calicos to sell.mmwhat parts do you need? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frmconcrete09 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Have any nice colt revolvers to part with .... im on a colt binge Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I have a customer who came in yesterday with two Calicos to sell.mmwhat parts do you need?I have a his and her set of M100 Sporters.Always looking for mags and mag parts. You can Email me at Fisher256@juno.com Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 New gun sales, like Ar15's and AK's im sure are flying off like most assault rifles. Same thing with home boy got elected the 1st time. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 New gun sales, like Ar15's and AK's im sure are flying off like most assault rifles. Same thing with home boy got elected the 1st time.High school friend just built two from mail order vendors last month. Purchased about a thousand rounds, and several 20 and 30 round magazines for the AR-15. This is on top of the shotguns and hand guns he already has. Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-105999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speweik Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 People are definitely stock-piling guns and ammo again. Our distributors tell us that (industry wide) January, 2012 orders already exceed ALL of the 2011 orders. Right now, I'm ordering Rugers that I hope to have by the end of May! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-106014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speweik Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Have any nice colt revolvers to part with .... im on a colt bingeSorry, not right now. We sell those as fast as they come in!I have a his and her set of M100 Sporters.Always looking for mags and mag parts. You can Email me at Fisher256@juno.com PaulI'll see what I can find. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-106015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
just macks Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Forgive me, but what's the paranoia? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-106017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speweik Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Forgive me, but what's the paranoia?I think the reasons for the demand are many: First, there is a great deal of concern regarding the current administartion's anti-gun position, a concern which is exacerbated by the possibility of reelection in November. Second, the popularity of shooting and hunting continues to increase nationwide, in part thanks to industry efforts to promote the sport and make it more appealing to everyone, especially women. Advertising, innovative design, and popularity of tv shows like Top Shot and Sons of Guns all help. Finally, it is my opinion that the gun manufacturers are somewhat manipulating the supply chain to keep demand high. We're constantly being told that manufacturers are working at full capacity, but I don't believe that. If all of these guns are being produced, wHo is getting them? We deal with several distributors, including the largest and one of the smallest- no one has the guns. Just my $.02.... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-106020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I went into my local gun shop yesterday to trade in a loose and scratched up paraordance(sp?) .45 I took in trade for some work I did for a guy that owed me $200.00. That is the first time I have ever had to wait in line. Guys were buying AR's so fast my guy can't keep them in stock. Usually they would gather dust around here. I was going to be happy to get my money out of that pistol in trade on a new Glock. He slid a piece of paper across the counter with the price of a new Glock subcompact 36 chambered in .45 across the counter - $615.00. We had to communicate by paper because he knew that as soon as I left, he would sell the pistol to some guy standing there listening to us. I slid it back with $400.00 written on the paper, intending to mean that I would pay $400.00 difference between the two guns. He said okay, and ordered me a new Glock. When it came time to pay, he said I owed him $215.00, not $400.00. He thought I meant that $400.00 was what I wanted for my junky pistol! I laughed and wrote on the paper what my intention was, and that I wanted him to make some money on the deal, and he wrote back:"Don't worry about me, if Obama gets re-elected, my profit margin will double" Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/23642-gun-sales-doing-well/#findComment-106028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.