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Originally Posted by Westie1
Hate to say it, but I think there's a lot of wishing and hoping going on. With the loss of the California mkt, there is an excess of production. Some of the boutique manufacturers will go out of business. The big people like S&W, Ruger, and Springfield will reduce how many they make to keep profits up. So, any price drop will be temporary to allow the supply pipeline to empty. After that prices will stabilize at a level close to pre-election levels. Just my opinion for what it's worth.
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The problem with that concept is that S&W, Ruger and SA are all built on a volume model. They have to move a ton of units to make money. If they self cut their economy of scale they will not be any better than smaller companies.
I actually think that "boutique" companies with strong followings will do better in 2017 because they do not rely on volume, pennies of profit on every unit, to survive.
I agree you will see a dip to sell of excess inventory but I cannot see a Sport II going for $650-$700 in 2017.