Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf - The Firearms Forum

Blackhawk Dave · 11-13-2012, 10:02 AM

Went down yesterday to get my first AR. Had sold a pair of single-action revolvers to help pay for it, and the deal had finally closed. Seems that Cheaper than Dirt was out of everything but the high-dollar stuff. Other gun dealers were virtually out of inventory. My local shop had 15 on hand, and had no idea when any more were coming. The dealer said his supplier had shipped 20,000 units the day after the election and an additional 40,000 rounds of ammo. Cabellas had hiked prices the day after the election on AR and related rifles, and the hike had not affected sales.

Looks like the gun shows will be the primary source of ARs until their inventory runs out with the price rising for the forseeable future.

carver · 11-13-2012, 10:04 AM

Look for all ammo to go up in price too.

Double D · 11-13-2012, 10:29 AM

This is a fact. My suppliers pretty much sold out the day after the election and were limiting 2 ARs per dealer. I managed to get one that day. When I placed my order, there were 99 of the ones I ordered and an hour later they were gone.

mogunner · 11-13-2012, 10:34 AM

AR's and AK variants have been creeping up in price for the last four months. I bought a Saiga in 7.62x39 for $319 that you can't get for anything close to that now. If you want an AR right now the best way is to buy parts and build it yourself, of course that's ALWAYS been the best way!

howlnmad · 11-13-2012, 10:54 AM

History repeating itself, look back 4 years ago. Firearms, ammo and reloading supplies flying out the doors. Suppliers and dealers running up prices, feeding on the paranoid people.
The I gotta have a high capacity assault style rifle now and price doesn't matter mentality. Majority of whom have no idea how to charge a round or which end is the dangerous end.

Blackhawk Dave · 11-13-2012, 11:12 AM

Problem is, you can't get uppers or lowers either, right now. When I was in getting mine, another buyer came in and picked up an AR-15 in .223, picked up a 300 blackout upper, last in stock. Websites show out-of-stock on virtually all uppers and lowers, even in .22

45Auto · 11-13-2012, 11:32 AM

I suppose now is a good time to sell any extras you might have. The price of ammo is sure to go back down, but I'm not sure about AR15's the black rifle has always been rather expensive.

Gold has not gone up in price as much as I thought it might. But then, folks are spending all of their dooms day money on guns right now.

Zhurh · 11-13-2012, 11:41 AM

Bought my first Colt preban A2 in late 80s for $440; still have her too but she seems like an antique; hasn't been outta the vault in years. When the AWB came into effect, prices went up to $1900. After 10 years, the bill expired, wasn't reauthorized and prices settled down to around $1200 I believe. Yet, the supply in the pipeline, never ran out if you didn't mind paying the price. I figure Big "O" will be shooting for more this time, so you better get them when ya can.

We started hunting with ARs around 20 years back, luv all the new calibers, and I really don't need any more AR's, just some heavier calibers on AR platforms that don't weigh in at 10-11 lbs. Picked up a 308 Scar this year, best fitting AR I have ever used with a 2 point sling on a 4 wheeler or snowmachine. You can get them for around $2600.

MSGT-R · 11-13-2012, 01:05 PM

I just bought an AR15-A4 with mil-spec sights for less than $700 two weekends ago. Lots of lookers at the expo and lots of buyers, but that little AR was tucked into a corner all alone (I promptly adopted it).

Most of the others were waay higher priced and lots of doo-dads hanging all over them.

It's a bullet-button gun, but so is everything else in California.

al45lc · 11-13-2012, 01:49 PM

It is an undisputable fact that first Clinton and now Obama have been the biggest and best gun (and ammo) salesmen of our time.

hogger129 · 11-13-2012, 02:02 PM

What are the odds they will outlaw them again? Buying them all up and jacking up prices are what will keep people from having them.

firefighter1635 · 11-13-2012, 04:16 PM

Gun store in near me sold out of AR's the day affter the election. I talked with one of the employee's and he told me a guy came in with a wad of cash and bought 30 of them all in the same sitting

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Deacon_Man · 11-13-2012, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by firefighter1635

Gun store in near me sold out of AR's the day affter the election. I talked with one of the employee's and he told me a guy came in with a wad of cash and bought 30 of them all in the same sitting

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I bet the ATF will be keeping an eye on him for a long time now.

MSGT-R · 11-13-2012, 05:01 PM

He bought them for resale at a later date, you can bet on it.

gvw3 · 11-13-2012, 06:27 PM

I just went on Gallery of guns and they seem very low on AR's. Looks like they are selling off.

11-13-2012, 10:02 AM	#1
Blackhawk Dave Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 602	Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf Went down yesterday to get my first AR. Had sold a pair of single-action revolvers to help pay for it, and the deal had finally closed. Seems that Cheaper than Dirt was out of everything but the high-dollar stuff. Other gun dealers were virtually out of inventory. My local shop had 15 on hand, and had no idea when any more were coming. The dealer said his supplier had shipped 20,000 units the day after the election and an additional 40,000 rounds of ammo. Cabellas had hiked prices the day after the election on AR and related rifles, and the hike had not affected sales. Looks like the gun shows will be the primary source of ARs until their inventory runs out with the price rising for the forseeable future. -->

11-13-2012, 10:04 AM	#2
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,546	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf Look for all ammo to go up in price too. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

11-13-2012, 10:29 AM	#3
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,253	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf This is a fact. My suppliers pretty much sold out the day after the election and were limiting 2 ARs per dealer. I managed to get one that day. When I placed my order, there were 99 of the ones I ordered and an hour later they were gone. __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.

11-13-2012, 10:34 AM	#4
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,049	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf AR's and AK variants have been creeping up in price for the last four months. I bought a Saiga in 7.62x39 for $319 that you can't get for anything close to that now. If you want an AR right now the best way is to buy parts and build it yourself, of course that's ALWAYS been the best way!

11-13-2012, 10:54 AM	#5
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,637	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf History repeating itself, look back 4 years ago. Firearms, ammo and reloading supplies flying out the doors. Suppliers and dealers running up prices, feeding on the paranoid people. The I gotta have a high capacity assault style rifle now and price doesn't matter mentality. Majority of whom have no idea how to charge a round or which end is the dangerous end. __________________

11-13-2012, 11:12 AM	#6
Blackhawk Dave Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 602	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf Problem is, you can't get uppers or lowers either, right now. When I was in getting mine, another buyer came in and picked up an AR-15 in .223, picked up a 300 blackout upper, last in stock. Websites show out-of-stock on virtually all uppers and lowers, even in .22

11-13-2012, 11:32 AM	#7
45Auto Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,124	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf I suppose now is a good time to sell any extras you might have. The price of ammo is sure to go back down, but I'm not sure about AR15's the black rifle has always been rather expensive. Gold has not gone up in price as much as I thought it might. But then, folks are spending all of their dooms day money on guns right now.

11-13-2012, 11:41 AM	#8
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,834	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf Bought my first Colt preban A2 in late 80s for $440; still have her too but she seems like an antique; hasn't been outta the vault in years. When the AWB came into effect, prices went up to $1900. After 10 years, the bill expired, wasn't reauthorized and prices settled down to around $1200 I believe. Yet, the supply in the pipeline, never ran out if you didn't mind paying the price. I figure Big "O" will be shooting for more this time, so you better get them when ya can. We started hunting with ARs around 20 years back, luv all the new calibers, and I really don't need any more AR's, just some heavier calibers on AR platforms that don't weigh in at 10-11 lbs. Picked up a 308 Scar this year, best fitting AR I have ever used with a 2 point sling on a 4 wheeler or snowmachine. You can get them for around $2600.

11-13-2012, 01:05 PM	#9
MSGT-R Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 939	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf I just bought an AR15-A4 with mil-spec sights for less than $700 two weekends ago. Lots of lookers at the expo and lots of buyers, but that little AR was tucked into a corner all alone (I promptly adopted it). Most of the others were waay higher priced and lots of doo-dads hanging all over them. It's a bullet-button gun, but so is everything else in California. __________________ If you suck, go back to the range.

11-13-2012, 01:49 PM	#10
al45lc Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: colorful colorado Posts: 1,022	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf It is an undisputable fact that first Clinton and now Obama have been the biggest and best gun (and ammo) salesmen of our time. __________________ You are what you do, when it counts.

11-13-2012, 02:02 PM	#11
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,078	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf What are the odds they will outlaw them again? Buying them all up and jacking up prices are what will keep people from having them. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."

11-13-2012, 04:16 PM	#12
firefighter1635 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US of A Contributor Posts: 1,838	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf Gun store in near me sold out of AR's the day affter the election. I talked with one of the employee's and he told me a guy came in with a wad of cash and bought 30 of them all in the same sitting . __________________ "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." - Thomas Jefferson "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams

11-13-2012, 05:01 PM	#14
MSGT-R Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 939	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf He bought them for resale at a later date, you can bet on it. __________________ If you suck, go back to the range.

11-13-2012, 06:27 PM	#15
gvw3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chicago IL Area Contributor Posts: 3,463	Re: Guns, especially AR-15s flying off the shelf I just went on Gallery of guns and they seem very low on AR's. Looks like they are selling off. __________________ Criminals advocate stronger gun laws to foster a safer work environment. This limits their exposure to risk.