Supply and Demand Causing Pricing Bifurcation

[ECVMatt]

Bifurcated is a great word. The last time I heard it we were discussing possums.

My local shops have basically turned into transfer hubs. I am currently in CA and our pool of available guns is already limited. With the BLM/Antifa riots and COVID, most have been sold out for months. Due to the already limited choices, everything is selling high. Most of the guns now are coming in state off GunBroker or other online auction sites.

I'm headed to a free state next month and can't wait to hit the local shops. It will be interesting to see what is going on over there.

[Lester Polfus]

I hope they weight production toward getting reasonably priced, well-enough made guns in the hands of people who didn't own one before.

[farscott]

What is the Beretta market doing? Asking for a friend...

Not a single Beretta at my LGS. Even the commemorative M9 sold.

[rcbusmc24]

My buddies gun shop in Jacksonville NC as of 1700 on Feb 1st, part of the " joys" of being in a pistol purchase permit state...

[Caballoflaco]

Not a single Beretta at my LGS. Even the commemorative M9 sold.

I know of a couple of different stores here in the Birmingham area with m9’s m9a3’s and a couple of Langdons. Glocks are still coming in; but selling quickly. Ammo is still hard to find; but it’s coming in, it just gets sold quickly too.

ETA: while ammo is higher that’s online in most stores most places haven’t jacked up gun prices ie Glocks are still in the 5-600 range.

[Bergeron]

4.3M background checks in January '21- a new monthly record, period.

Demand is actually continuing to grow. It's nuts, but hey, more gun owners means more pushback against legislative stupidity. I hope?

[Caballoflaco]

4.3M background checks in January '21- a new monthly record, period.

Demand is actually continuing to grow. It's nuts, but hey, more gun owners means more pushback against legislative stupidity. I hope?

Unfortunately most who own guns don’t know enough about them or the laws to know an assault weapons ban would mean their glock pistol mags would be illegal.

[mtnbkr]

Unfortunately most who own guns don’t know enough about them or the laws to know an assault weapons ban would mean their glock pistol mags would be illegal.

You know what? It would suck, but a whole bunch of normies getting burned over this at what feels like a very vulnerable time may get the point across once and for all.

Chris

[blues]

You know what? It would suck, but a whole bunch of normies getting burned over this at what feels like a very vulnerable time may get the point across once and for all.

Chris

I thought we were normal.

[lee n. field]

Perusing my LGS, there is an interesting pricing event occurring. Lower-cost items like the S&W SD40 VE that used to sell for around $300 last year at this time now sell for $430 and are sold before hitting the display case. Glock pistols that sold between $500 and $600 are now going for close to $800. The Tisas 1911s are selling like mad for about $450. The SA 1911s are gone. Most of the Colt pistols are gone. Mil-Spec style 1911s are selling as fast as they hit the display case.

On the other hand, higher-priced items are seeing price drops and still are not moving. My dealer has a SiG 1911 STX (that is a high-end pistol for most of rural Alabama) that is not selling when priced at $1150 with ammo included, but a Glock 40 just sold for $900 with no 10mm ammo available for sale. Why? Last Glock in stock and distributor pricing is on the rise, and Glock === HD pistol. The panic buying has gone up another notch. The only handguns in quantity left are derringers, rimfire pistols, revolvers, and fancy 1911s.

Exactly matches what I see locally. High dollar 1911s, and impractical revolvers (single action cowboy style guns and NAA micro revolvers) are mostly what is left.