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Post by marc on Feb 14, 2013 14:07:19 GMT -7
Thank you, but I'm just trying, in some small way to repay the "real good guy" in this story.
Look for bargains out there - people are starting to panic the other way now!
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Post by Cwi555 on Feb 15, 2013 5:01:04 GMT -7
Thank you, but I'm just trying, in some small way to repay the "real good guy" in this story. Look for bargains out there - people are starting to panic the other way now! Already found several good bargains during the scare. Around here, you just about couldn't give away some firearms at it's peak, while others were significantly reduced. I picked up several of those 'reduced' priced firearms in trade for two AR's. I didn't even set a price, the offers were made to me unsolicited. Value wise it averaged 1:2.5 ratio AR:Trade Now it's shifting the other direction. In my opinion there will soon be a push/rush towards lower capacity pistols such as 1911's, wheel guns, etc. This will be initiated by those worthless states that passed knee jerk hi cap and assault weapons bans. Many of their residents will have buried or otherwise hidden what they considered their primary defensive weapons. They will be looking for something the can use in their state after that. That condition will be further exasperated by those who realized they got the wrong end of the deal when they panic purchased their assault rifle. There will also be a number of idiots that look to sell their assault rifles etc because uncle idiot said they couldn't have them. The above will also be pushed by the continuance of spotty ammunition shortages. People will be looking for what they can get ammo for without mortgaging the farm to get it. That is already in evidence by the odd calibers starting to move off the shelves. With that said, start looking in the handguns small cap market. Their prices will soon be up due to the reasons listed above in my opinion. |
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Post by USCGME2 on Feb 16, 2013 23:21:02 GMT -7
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Post by Cwi555 on Feb 17, 2013 0:51:28 GMT -7
There was a shortage coming scare or no scare. Understand that annual production of 22 lr was estimated at 2 billion rounds last year worldwide. There are many places in the world where only cartridges like the 22 are available. The world combined averages 2.25 billion rounds per year usage. The production capacity of the world assuming raw materials are available is in the 2.9 billion range if every plant said damn the maintenance and ran full capacity for the year straight. Raw material shortages were going to be a problem regardless of the panic. The panic made an already bad problem worse. |
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Post by woodyz on Feb 17, 2013 1:21:44 GMT -7
Don't find many .22 rounds around here right now at any price, got some in TX and some in KY this month.
But I am continuing my practice with .22 conversions on .9mm and .45, which are in short supply as well.
The situation has also pushed me to use a pellet gun for practice, which isn't a bad idea anyway. Yes it is different, but continuing to shoot anything keeps an edge and reveals any new vision or other problems.
Practice, practice, practice increases speed, reaction time and accuracy.
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