I want a sport but im wondering if i hold off a while if the price will come down. The local store has them for 600 before tax. What do you think?

I think for $600 you should buy one.

Agreed. I don't think you will find on much lower.

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M&P9/9C/Shieldx2/Sportx2/15-22

Buy it. Don't think about it. Go now.

Current MSRP on the 15-Sport is $739. Last year it was $650.

IMO, prices on firearms will not come down until after the Presidential Election. Fear based buying is driving up demand. Firearms are selling like hotcakes, and there's no incentive for manufacturers, wholesalers, and dealers to lower prices.

I've noticed certain affordable ammo is hard to find now too.

I agree prices seldom go down and usually goes up and considering the demand the sport has will most likely increase and stay up.

I paid 700 for mine on 2/9/12

Buy two

I can't believe it's at $600. That's a great price.

There are people that have posted that they have placed deposits down and do not expect delivery until January 2013. With that kind of demand, the price will not go down. I am surprised you are able to find one at $600.

$600 is a good price for a firearm that is in very high demand
Say you waited 6 months and the price came down $50.
which it will not.
you would have $50 extra to spend on ammo or etc., but you have lost 6 months in entertainment time which cannot be recovered.
the sport is a fun gun.
you decide.

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A&M'61,NRAlife'61.

I think for $600 you should buy 2.
What store has them for $600 if you don't mind me asking???? I would like to order a couple more.

On a related tangent...

The only issue I have with the increase in firearms sales is that the firearms manufacturer's are increasing the pace and volume of production to meet demand. As the volume and pace of production increases, so does the inevitable occurence of human error in: manufacturing, assembly, & final quality assurance.

All it means is that I have to be extra vigilant in inspecting a new firearm before accepting it. When I bought my new M&P 9, I thoroughly inspected the one the salesman pulled before he logged it onto the 4473. I rejected the first one due to a gritty trigger. Second one was smooth as butter.

I bring a small LED flashlight & a flexible bore light with me when I go to look at firearms. I've noticed the lighting at most gun counters isn't really conducive to inspections.

I like that firearms sales are increasing. I like the possibility that a portion of the sales spike may be from new fireams enthusiasts. I like that firearms manufacturers have more money to invest into R&D to produce new models.

It's a great time to be a firearms enthusiast. It's an even better time to be an experienced firearms enthusiast.

sportsman warehouse

Thank you Wolverine!

Ask yourself this.... When have you ever seen a big demand for a product drive the price down?....I suggest you buy one now before the price goes up!

600 is a good price I agree, will the price drop...I think unlikely. Maybe a little in January if Romney wins but even if he does I still think there will be a lot of sales, the sport in general has grown a lot and not just because of politics.

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This Signature is too Short!

I payed just under 600 a couple months back. Don't expect it to ever be lower concedering a 739 retail price.

Wolverine thnks the price of the sport will come down, but thinks the price of the M&P shield will go up.

OK, buy both now and sell the shield when the price goes up when you think, then apply that profit to your sport and call it good.

There's more metal in the AR's than the pistol, it's only natural that over time, the cost of production would go up on the AR, when? No idea. You're not gonna find the sport for 500.

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Rod
M&P 22A, 40c, 15A, 15-22

In the current environment, NO the price will not come down, maybe after the election but not if BHO gets reelected.

Bingo. Spot on.

I got my M&P 15 Sport at Clyde Armory in Athens, GA for $609 last year. I don't see the price coming down. I've seen a lot of questionable brand AR's at gun shows for a bit less, but I have always been confident in Smith & Wesson products.

I've shot the day lights out of my M&P 15. It has never failed to function perfectly. Georgia coyotes hate it!!!

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The Lineman-Proud Army Dad

My Sport puts fear in the eyes of Kansas yotes and prairie dogs are still trying to figure out what is reaching out and touching them....

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Grover Oathkeeper

For $600 I'd buy two also. Mine is for sale for 725 with extras and I'm not getting any bites.

Don't know where yours is for sale but around here most of use allready have them that want them and extras are not allway what someone else wants and can hurt. It doees hurt when dealers don't discount prices and people still buy from them. I have a general store down the street than discounts everything he sells. No matter the demand. Suppliers prices don't change ,so his doesn't.

uhh guns got to love them

$600, I paid $649 +tax for mine. RATS

Woverine where did you get get one for 425 I will buy one today...may make the wife mad but it will be for her so it would take 20 seconds for her to get unmad

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Grover Oathkeeper

My bad i was talking about the shield, and droped that post in the wrong thread

Ok I was thinking that I would take the money out of savings today and buy another sport for $425, but as some of the members here told me in the past and they are right, I am going to build my next one, I havent figured out what caliber yet, I really want one in 243 win. But AR10 parts are outrageous and the other reloaders that I talk to say the new wssm cartridges are a nightmare to reload. So I will see what I build. I want to find something legal for deer in my state so anything over .23 caliber..

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