scooter123
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This shop advertizes that they are the largest Black Rifle dealer in SE Michigan and features a 50 yard indoor range.
The rifle rack on the back wall was darned near empty and there have to be a minimum of 100-125 slots on that rack. What was left was one Mossberg 22 LR caliber AR knockoff for 465.00(didn't know Mossberg even made one) and a few Mossberg 12 gage shot guns of various feature packages. All of there Remington 870's were gone. All of their lever action rifles were gone. All of there bolt action rifles were gone. All of their center fire Black Rifles were gone, including the Springfield Armory M1A National Match and the SCAR 17-S that had been gathering dust for over 2 years.
The handgun cases were also noticeably depleted. It was pretty obvious they had spread the handguns out a lot to try and mask the lack of inventory. The sole revolver left in the area normally devoted to S&W stainless models and J frames had one single 4 inch 617. That will probably sell before the weekend is over. There was only one Glock in the whole shop and that was a used 4th gen model 17, I don't expect that will be around long as it had just been traded in for one of the Mossberg 22 AR imitations.
I'm a real believer in the reports being posted about gun shops selling out. There isn't an "evil Black Rifle" to be found in my area that I know of and people seem to have moved on to any centerfire rifle they can find. Good news, if you can all it that, is that I didn't see any gouging. I talked to the owner and he didn't raise his prices on any of the stock that he's sold out of. Bad news is that he's received word from his distributors that prices will go up on any new orders. How much he doesn't know yet because the distributors are sold out, however he does know they'll be going up. Point is, when you blame your dealer for gouging you might want to consider who is actually doing the gouging. BTW, this dealer also sells reloading gear and on his last order for primers he was shorted by 80% on his order. Bullets he can get, brass he has an endless supply provided by shooters who don't pick up their brass, however primers have dried up and there is no telling how long that will last.
Final note of bad news is the Rifle Range is down at least until Wednesday. A power surge this morning took out a motor in the air handling system and just trying to turn the system on triggers a smoke detector, then the fire alarm, and then calls the fire department. A total bummer for me, got a new scope for Christmas and won't get to sight it in until next weekend.
PS; whatever those morons do in DC regarding Gun Control I hope they do it quickly. Because IMO the uncertainty is doing more harm than whatever useless ban they dream up will do. I fully expect that we will shortly see reports that all production of AR type rifles has been suspended because the manufacturers are afraid they'll be stuck with an inventory they can't sell. I also expect that we will see an unbelievable amount of hoarding of ammunition and if you have a rifle, finding ammo will approach pure blind luck.
The rifle rack on the back wall was darned near empty and there have to be a minimum of 100-125 slots on that rack. What was left was one Mossberg 22 LR caliber AR knockoff for 465.00(didn't know Mossberg even made one) and a few Mossberg 12 gage shot guns of various feature packages. All of there Remington 870's were gone. All of their lever action rifles were gone. All of there bolt action rifles were gone. All of their center fire Black Rifles were gone, including the Springfield Armory M1A National Match and the SCAR 17-S that had been gathering dust for over 2 years.
The handgun cases were also noticeably depleted. It was pretty obvious they had spread the handguns out a lot to try and mask the lack of inventory. The sole revolver left in the area normally devoted to S&W stainless models and J frames had one single 4 inch 617. That will probably sell before the weekend is over. There was only one Glock in the whole shop and that was a used 4th gen model 17, I don't expect that will be around long as it had just been traded in for one of the Mossberg 22 AR imitations.
I'm a real believer in the reports being posted about gun shops selling out. There isn't an "evil Black Rifle" to be found in my area that I know of and people seem to have moved on to any centerfire rifle they can find. Good news, if you can all it that, is that I didn't see any gouging. I talked to the owner and he didn't raise his prices on any of the stock that he's sold out of. Bad news is that he's received word from his distributors that prices will go up on any new orders. How much he doesn't know yet because the distributors are sold out, however he does know they'll be going up. Point is, when you blame your dealer for gouging you might want to consider who is actually doing the gouging. BTW, this dealer also sells reloading gear and on his last order for primers he was shorted by 80% on his order. Bullets he can get, brass he has an endless supply provided by shooters who don't pick up their brass, however primers have dried up and there is no telling how long that will last.
Final note of bad news is the Rifle Range is down at least until Wednesday. A power surge this morning took out a motor in the air handling system and just trying to turn the system on triggers a smoke detector, then the fire alarm, and then calls the fire department. A total bummer for me, got a new scope for Christmas and won't get to sight it in until next weekend.
PS; whatever those morons do in DC regarding Gun Control I hope they do it quickly. Because IMO the uncertainty is doing more harm than whatever useless ban they dream up will do. I fully expect that we will shortly see reports that all production of AR type rifles has been suspended because the manufacturers are afraid they'll be stuck with an inventory they can't sell. I also expect that we will see an unbelievable amount of hoarding of ammunition and if you have a rifle, finding ammo will approach pure blind luck.
