Is the AR rush drying up?

Roundman · August 02, 2009, 08:17:56 PM

I'm seeing a lot of AR's being resold for over a grand, some for around 1200 bucks. Some of the local stores are starting to have a few new ones on the shelves. Has the demand dropped, and are the people that bought AR's six months ago stuck with overpriced rifles?

Todd Rahm · August 02, 2009, 08:32:00 PM

Yes, but some one forgot to tell my local dealer, cause he has a ton sitting in the shop and he still has couging prices on them that are as much as $600 to high.

KySongDog · August 02, 2009, 09:18:30 PM

The local shop here said they sold over 2,000 AR's after Obama won last November. They had virtually nothing on the shelf 45 days ago. I was there last Saturday to pick up my new 1911 and they had a wall full. Still pretty high priced. I saw two sold while I was there so the market seems to be alive and well.

alscalls · August 02, 2009, 09:31:58 PM

They always seem to have them around here.....the people around here for the most part do not have the money for them cause there aint any work......

iahntr · August 02, 2009, 09:53:01 PM

Startin to see more around here too I think.
Prices might be slightly higher yet then what
they were pre Obama, but overall not that bad.
Seems like there's a few more showin up 2nd hand,
or in classifieds. I have a feeling quite a few people
got stuck paying BIG prices in the buying frenzy,
then what they could get one for now.

Hawks Feather · August 02, 2009, 10:24:57 PM

They are slowly starting to show up. I was in Columbus this weekend and there were a couple of places that had handgun ammo. All had limits of two to four, but at least there was some there. There was even .380, but it was about $90 for 250 FMJ rounds.

Jerry

Frogman · August 03, 2009, 10:08:00 AM

Yeah, .380 seems to be the hardest to find??

Jim

Dan Carey · August 03, 2009, 09:36:26 PM

AR's and their parts have become more available in the last month. I was able to get all the parts I needed during the shortage From Stag Arms, but they cautioned me about reselling them on the Internet. They did however keep me in the parts I needed to build rifles. In one of the last conversations I had with them they were shipping parts to anyone that ordered them. I'm a premier dealer for Rock River Arms and they just about cut me off on parts in the last 6-8 months. Now they are also shipping to everyone. I feel sorry for the people that bought rifles and parts from dealers that had the prices jacked up.