Recent content by tightfisted

Here's a really cool animation of a Glock firing sequence I stumbled across that illustrates how safe the striker fire mechanism used in the Glocks, Sigmas and many other designs is: http://www.genitron.com/Glock23/IntGlock.html

I was having similar thoughts regarding gun manufacturers - what happens to sales next year and the year after if everyone stocks up this year? The IT spending binge of the late 90s, driven by more imagined than real Y2K fears, lead to a downturn that sector still hasn't recovered from.

Both Gander and Cabela's had Sigmas less the lasersite on sale a month or so ago for $349. Considering almost all the other gun stores in my area sell Sigmas for $399, that's not a bad price. I've noticed that the shelves are less bare these days, so maybe we'll see more discounts and sales...

I have visited or called a dozen gun stores in the western Chicago suburbs regularly over the last few months in search of a 9mm for under $500 and the sales/discounts were almost non-existent. Pistols are flying off the shelves at near list and in some cases above list price, so why discount...

$445! yikes! I've been seeing a pretty consistent $399 for SW9VEs in the western Chicago suburbs. Cabela's and Gander ran a sale last month for $349, I stumbled across one for $339 and promptly bought it. It's a case of supply and demand and charging what the market will bear. I was also...