Maddmax
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They were flowing around here before everything went nuts. I even got a deal on a bunch of them about 6 months ago. 9's & 45's.
When will the M&P magazine supply issue be solved
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They were flowing around here before everything went nuts. I even got a deal on a bunch of them about 6 months ago. 9's & 45's.
Maddmax
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They speak for themselves. The S&W M&P's were/are such hot sellers compaired to the others and still are.
Denversteve
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I also believe what goes around, comes around. Those who are selling for more than normal pricing will be sitting on inventory when the situation at hand subsides. People do remember and when they again have their choice, they will exercise it. I called one distributor today about a delivery of Colt LE6290's and they quoted me double what I buy for from my other Colt distributors. I will NEVER call them again. I'll wait a little longer between Colt shipments but I won't pass that type of pricing along to anyone.
HereSinceTheLongHunters
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Hello. New here. I found an increasingly rare 9/17 at normally-inflated-full-retail today with the S&W brand but it looked like a cheap knock-off. All other mags were 8-10 rnds.
AZ115
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Ride it out fellas!
I picked up a brand new 15round M&P 40 magazine today for $40. Also, got a slightly used 10 round 40c magazine for $20. These 2 had been sitting around one of my local gun shops for a few weeks. They had lots of .40 and .45 for about $20-$23 for box 50. No 9mm though. Not too bad, under these circumstances...
It was pretty much slim picking on the AR's and anything relating to them. They had quite a few 1911's. I was suprised to see, so few revolvers(been wanting to get a 6" .357) and of course hardly any any 9mm semi autos. This place almost always had what I am looking for and at good prices too.
It's fun going to gunshops, it sucks when there's not much to choose from.
I picked up a brand new 15round M&P 40 magazine today for $40. Also, got a slightly used 10 round 40c magazine for $20. These 2 had been sitting around one of my local gun shops for a few weeks. They had lots of .40 and .45 for about $20-$23 for box 50. No 9mm though. Not too bad, under these circumstances...
It was pretty much slim picking on the AR's and anything relating to them. They had quite a few 1911's. I was suprised to see, so few revolvers(been wanting to get a 6" .357) and of course hardly any any 9mm semi autos. This place almost always had what I am looking for and at good prices too.
It's fun going to gunshops, it sucks when there's not much to choose from.
For many small or local businesses, word-of-mouth advertising can make or break them. This also goes for your local chain-store outlet.
My favorite auto mechanic has gotten so much business he's had to expand and hire more mechanics, and it was all from word-of-mouth recommendations by satisfied customers. Restaurants live and die according to the level of their service and quality of their food. It's no different for sporting goods stores, and gun shops, with an even smaller number of potential customers, and they are at greater risk from unhappy customers.
Unhappy customers will make this feeling known to far more people than happy customers will give good reports or recommendations. This is just human nature.
Some increase in prices will be tolerated in a tight market for an item in demand. Paying more than list price for a popular new car model or a hot new gun in short supply is practically expected, though the customer will be much happier if the dealer charges only MSRP. They'll feel even better if the price is under MSRP, and be even likelier to return for more sales of higher margin items. That's part of the game.
But, as soon as you start doubling or tripling the price, a potential customer is going to feel ill used. Doing this for short-term profits is one of the fastest ways to lose your reputation. Reputations must be built over time, but can be destroyed overnight. (And yes, I aced my marketing and business creation classes.
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As I've mentioned in other threads and forums, many of my local businesses have held the line on prices, even with these shortages, at least when product comes in. Others have not, so they are shifted to the bottom of my list of places to do business with. I'm not saying I won't do business with them, but they're going to have to try much harder to get me back through the door or to make a sale.
As for magazines at the moment, while in short supply, I've been finding M&P45 mags all over. It's the M&P9 and 40 full size, and now the 10-round mags, that I hadn't seen since January, until I found a couple 40s marked up to $60 in one store.(Just came in, with no packaging.) Lots of Glock and others have been restocked already, just not the M&Ps. S&W and whoever is making the magazines for them, were obviously caught by surprise, even though some of us predicted something like this might happen after the election...
My favorite auto mechanic has gotten so much business he's had to expand and hire more mechanics, and it was all from word-of-mouth recommendations by satisfied customers. Restaurants live and die according to the level of their service and quality of their food. It's no different for sporting goods stores, and gun shops, with an even smaller number of potential customers, and they are at greater risk from unhappy customers.
Unhappy customers will make this feeling known to far more people than happy customers will give good reports or recommendations. This is just human nature.
Some increase in prices will be tolerated in a tight market for an item in demand. Paying more than list price for a popular new car model or a hot new gun in short supply is practically expected, though the customer will be much happier if the dealer charges only MSRP. They'll feel even better if the price is under MSRP, and be even likelier to return for more sales of higher margin items. That's part of the game.
But, as soon as you start doubling or tripling the price, a potential customer is going to feel ill used. Doing this for short-term profits is one of the fastest ways to lose your reputation. Reputations must be built over time, but can be destroyed overnight. (And yes, I aced my marketing and business creation classes.
)As I've mentioned in other threads and forums, many of my local businesses have held the line on prices, even with these shortages, at least when product comes in. Others have not, so they are shifted to the bottom of my list of places to do business with. I'm not saying I won't do business with them, but they're going to have to try much harder to get me back through the door or to make a sale.
As for magazines at the moment, while in short supply, I've been finding M&P45 mags all over. It's the M&P9 and 40 full size, and now the 10-round mags, that I hadn't seen since January, until I found a couple 40s marked up to $60 in one store.(Just came in, with no packaging.) Lots of Glock and others have been restocked already, just not the M&Ps. S&W and whoever is making the magazines for them, were obviously caught by surprise, even though some of us predicted something like this might happen after the election...
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remat457
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Huh? M&P 9mm 17 rounders were $20 shipped from Botach just before the madness began.
After searching everywhere, I found two 9mm/17's S&W mags from a LGS last month for $40 each. Those were the last two 17's he had in stock. I had just picked up a new M&P 9mm FS two days before from another LGS. They didn't have any extra mags in stock.
Keep checking. I was looking for an M&P .40 and could not find one at any LGS or Cabelas. So I bought one off GunsAmerica and took it up to my dads to try it out. There was one M&P .40 on the shelf at a LGS in his area ( 2 hrs north of me) and at one of my LGS that I checked at before that did not have any had one and a compact version yesterday. Keep checking, they are getting the guns just that their supply is smaller and they dont last as long.
MrJeep
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When I got my M&P 9mm for Xmas extra mags from the LGS wasn't an option. They had none in stock. I also refuse to pay outrageous prices for extra mags, I'll wait it out!
I'd like to plead my case to any Smith and Wesson employees that read this forum...
Please do not bow down to the US government. They are trying to destroy the 2nd Amendment. Please manufacture full size magazines until you have to do so under penalty of law.
We will buy them at reasonable prices. Now is the time to have them for sale. Please see the logic behind this.
nc9mm
Please do not bow down to the US government. They are trying to destroy the 2nd Amendment. Please manufacture full size magazines until you have to do so under penalty of law.
We will buy them at reasonable prices. Now is the time to have them for sale. Please see the logic behind this.
nc9mm
The magazine supply situation seems better at Springfield Armory. based on my recent experience.
I ordered five 19-round 9mm pistol mags directly from SA on 1/17/13 and received all of them on 2/11/13. The price was unchanged from recent months. The only limitation was that you could only order five at a time due to the high-demand situation.
I couldn't find these magazines at any of the major online stores, so I guess they are trying to take care of their retail sales customers first. It sure made me feel better about SA to find that I could get mags reasonably quickly.
I ordered five 19-round 9mm pistol mags directly from SA on 1/17/13 and received all of them on 2/11/13. The price was unchanged from recent months. The only limitation was that you could only order five at a time due to the high-demand situation.
I couldn't find these magazines at any of the major online stores, so I guess they are trying to take care of their retail sales customers first. It sure made me feel better about SA to find that I could get mags reasonably quickly.
When I spoke with S&W customer service last week to place another parts order, I was told that magazines had begun shipping again, so the distributers should be starting to get them in.
I was also told that I could order full-size 9mm and .40 magazines directly through them at that time, even though the website showed "out of stock", and if my other backorders shipped before the order through them, I could simply call back and cancel the order if I wanted to. So, I ordered a couple of each. Not the "best" prices, but still a lot better than I've been seeing lately.
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My wife & I shoot IDPA and we both upgraded to M&P 9s. Now I find out there are no magazines anywhere... However, I found a site that claims to have 1,834 M&P9 17rd magazines in stock @ $45.37 each. Not cheap but available. But the site looks really suspicious and there are no online reviews anywhere.
They claim to have a lot in stock. Has anyone heard of them?
itzasportsthing.com M&P mags
They claim to have a lot in stock. Has anyone heard of them?
itzasportsthing.com M&P mags
jonesy814
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17 round magazines for the Ruger SR9/SR9c have been available 2 or 3 different times from the Shop Ruger website. These are made in Italy. If Ruger can get them in, it makes me wonder why S&W can't. I have had 12 round M&P22 mags on order from S&W since Dec.19, along with a couple of 25 round 15-22 mags.
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I put one mag in a cart to find out shipping costs, and it is included. BUT, when I went to check out, it said "The site security certificate has expired". So, it is not secure to use a credit card.
Then I thought I could just do a Paypal transaction going directly to the Paypal site, but got this instead....
"We are sorry for the inconvenience. The PayPal account authentication settings are not yet set up, or the API security information is incorrect. We are unable to complete your transaction. Please notify the store owner so they can correct this problem. (10002)".
Oh well, I will keep looking, but thanks for the headsup.
loveMD
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That site screams of being shady, would stay away....mags will make their way back in stock.
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checkmyswag
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Good point to be cautious. As people are increasingly desperate for mags/ammo...more shady operators will appear.
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