S&W price drop coming

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I have heard that S&W is going to be dropping prices soon due to the bad business climate. If you are in the market for a new revolver might want to wait a little while and see what happens.
 
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I'm hoping they're doing it to clear out their inventory of IL guns before releasing their entire line of non lock guns .
Also my dealer told me last week he's holding off ordering any more Smiths until the lower prices are in effect .
 
Price drop? I won't get excited until I see how much.......$20-40 won't get my blood pumping, but $100+ would!

The question is how this will affect the prices on used S&W's.......if a 686+ would now be $550, it could force the "values" of older 586's and 686's, for example, to go lower.
 
My dream scenario is:

S&W drops the IL from all revolvers, slashes prices on all the in-stock unshipped IL revolvers to clear them out, prices for used S&W's plummet because the "hated IL" is now gone and a comparable product is now on the market so the demand for used S&W's from the 90's and earlier drops.......... and used IL guns drop to almost worthless.......I would gladly suck up all those unwanted red-headed stepchild IL guns, de lock them and use them as shooters:D And then the next thing I would do is buy a brand NIB, lockless 10, 620 and 64!
 
Talk is they will DROP the $50 rebates on some guns
and Lower the MSRP*

This does not necessarily lower the price you pay at a local gunshop.........
 
I think it's gonna be just like that.......they want to lower the sticker price that you can see in the shop or have your dealer order the gun for, but take away the rebates and military discounts, etc. In the end no one is saving anything except S&W doesn't have to hassle with rebates, they will just take that out of the base price by $10-20.

MSRP don't mean squat, my dealer quoted me at $470 for a NIB 64-8, the MSRP is some ridiculous price like $670, totally unrealistic. S&W will lower the MSRP for this gun to $610 and my dealer will still charge me $470.


I think all of our dreams of $300 Model 60's and $500 686+'s, and lower priced PC revolvers are going to be dashed.....
 
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Oh wow.. what luck to run into this forum just as I'm in the market to get my first Smith. I'm looking to get an 8-shot 627 in whatever configuration. Perhaps I should wait it out a little. Any idea when this might go down?
 
Gorenut said:
Oh wow.. what luck to run into this forum just as I'm in the market to get my first Smith. I'm looking to get an 8-shot 627 in whatever configuration. Perhaps I should wait it out a little. Any idea when this might go down?
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That's the exact gun I am looking to buy. I called SW sales line today to ask about it and the guy didn't know about the price drop but said the 627 might go down $50 (his guess). That's about a 4% drop on a gun currently priced at $1250. Whoppeee doo.....
 
stantheman86 said:
I think all of our dreams of $300 Model 60's and $500 686+'s, and lower priced PC revolvers are going to be dashed.....
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It will happen. Right after gasoline goes back down to $2. Lace up your ice skates, because that will be when hell freezes over.
 
AKsRule said:
Talk is they will DROP the $50 rebates on some guns
and Lower the MSRP*

This does not necessarily lower the price you pay at a local gunshop.........
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What a shell game... drop the $50 rebates on some guns and give $50 discounts on others. Be still my racing heart.....
 
The prices of guns is coming down period it seems like. In all honesty Smith is going to price it self out of business at the rate they are going. Young guys see revolvers as quaint relics of a bygone era and carry auto pistols. Purists won't buy lock guns. Guys who want 44's and such tend toward more affordable Blackhawks since they will shoot single action most of the time anyway. People still want J frames but other than that......................
 
I don't think that a shop in the country pays all that much attention to MSRP, except insofar as they might use it in their advertising to show prospective customers what a great deal they might be getting on a given gun. Thus, a $50 drop in MSRP isn't going to make much difference. I wonder if it translates into a $50 drop in the cost of each gun to dealers or distributors, and, if so, who will ultimately pocket the savings?
 
I have to agree that the IL is hurting their revolver sales somewhat, especially since younger shooters seem to favor automatics and there are still plenty of older revolvers out there to be had which are perceived as, whether true or not, being better. You may lose sales in a few areas dropping the lock, but the gains to be made elsewhere coupled with better pricing may pay off big. Or better yet, offer lock models (priced higher, of course ;):p). Ruger is certainly coming on strong as competition with the SP101, GP100, and now the LCR, as weird as it looks.
 
Younger shooters may favor the autoloader pistols, but with the number of new PC and "Classic" revolvers S&W keeps bringing out, if the sales of revolvers is hurting they don't seem to be feeling the pain much, even adding a new Model 15 to the "Classic" lineup even though older ones are still abundant......

Ruger makes an awesome revolver for a lower price, I have dozens of them and love them all, but S&W's name and history is still strong in the revolver business.
 
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Sales are slowing down so maybe pricing will come down some too. Supply and demand.
 
My 3" 63 I had on order most of the year finally hit my hands the day before Thanksgiving - it's MSRP was $869. Today - check their site - it's $769 MSRP. In early October, my 2 5/8" PC627 UDR was still $1,185 MSRP, as it was in April. Today, it's $1,049 MSRP. Good for today's buyer - not so good for last week's buyer!

Sure, I got better than MSRP when I bought them - but I'll bet the cost is still proportionately lower. Someone take advantage of these prices!

Stainz
 
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