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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:01:24 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Mastercard. thats what im thinking.. charge it! gona see a lot of stuff come up for sale in Feb when the bills are due.. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:03:00 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. My guess. Credit cards. Also I saw multiple people buying AR's by financing them 12 months same as cash. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:03:02 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Mastercard. Visa bee otch 
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:03:23 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Dude. Credit card. Max that bitch out, go broke, then have Obongo feed your kids and pay your mortgage. I'm just pissed that I can't find enough shit to even tease the Rev limiter on the business Card. Nobodys got lowers, glock Mags, or less than Proctology quality Gouging on ammo. Fuckers! |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:03:51 AM EDT
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I just left my local shop 15mins ago. I grabbed the last DPMS lower receiver but they still have maybe a dozen or so Rguns lowers. If I had more free spending money I'd grab more lowers. No .223/5.56 although they just had a ton of 7.62x39mm come in and a huge box of AR thermold mags. While I was waiting on my paperwork a guy was buying their last AR15.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:04:23 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Visa, MC, Discover Card |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:06:56 AM EDT
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Puts on tinfoil hat
Imagine if this were all some conspiracy where "they" know some shit is going to go down and want the citizenry armed to the teeth, and all of this was just some ploy to make that happen. We're going right along with it in a ginormous way. takes off tinfoil hat |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:08:56 AM EDT
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Damn  ....that's just one company. Wonder how midway, bravo company or any of the other big guys did?i know of a smaller site that sold thousands of pmags over night, totally sold out of just about everything now |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:09:22 AM EDT
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Quoted: Damn ....that's just one company. Wonder how midway, bravo company or any of the other big guys did?I went to my LGS yesterday and it appears that everybody, from coast to coast, got hit at about the same exact time. I see no reason why midway or others would be an exception to that. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:12:06 AM EDT
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I ordered Glock Mags from Midway Monday. Took forever for thier pages to load, and in the end, Got back ordered untill Fucking April...
Yeah. Midway is hosed. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:12:33 AM EDT
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Quoted: People at local gunstore today were Nuts. A girl was trying to stock the shelf with aluminum usgi mags. She'd bring a box of 100 and open it up, and then get surrounded. People grabbing 5 to 12 at a time. Box after box. She was moving very quickly but could not keep up. It was kinda cool. Kinda surreal. Your experience somewhat mimics my own when I went to my LGS yesterday. The staff---God bless 'em---were just flat out overrun and overwhelmed. "Surreal" would be a very good description of what I saw. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:15:30 AM EDT
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Guys.
The NRA is still fully stocked with life memberships. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:16:01 AM EDT
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"Homeland Defense" Rifles! I like it!
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:16:40 AM EDT
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Quoted: US history. Yep...so far, anyway. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:17:54 AM EDT
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Read tomorrow's blog post.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:18:25 AM EDT
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He will probably break his previous record. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 8:46:20 AM EDT
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This should fluff holiday sales figures. LOL.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 10:17:21 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Mastercard. thats what im thinking.. charge it! gona see a lot of stuff come up for sale in Feb when the bills are due.. I counted the cash in my friend's register... A whole lot of cash. Customers walking in and handing over$2k, $5k, in some cases more to buy on the spot. A lot of folks with a lot of money waking up and realizing they have a lot to lose. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 10:34:00 AM EDT
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Guys. The NRA is still fully stocked with life memberships. +1 The tacked thread for Life Membership is a great deal at $300. That's not even the price of a Glock pistol. I got a Life Membership through that thread recently and when my new card comes in I'm going to sponsor my wife for one as well. 
In keeping with the theme of the thread, I didn't need any more mags, but I broke down and bought a dozen Mec-Gar 20 round Sig P226 9mm mags. It was the day after the shooting and prices hadn't gone up yet. It's insanity out there. I went to my favorite LGS and I know the people there. I got there at then end of the day last Saturday to pick up two Spike's AR receivers I had ordered a week or so before. They showed me the stack of 4473's. It was ridiculous. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:03:01 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Visa, MC, Discover Card Just wait, when the figures come out about the millions spent this week, O will take claim for turning the economy around. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:17:51 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Mastercard. thats what im thinking.. charge it! gona see a lot of stuff come up for sale in Feb when the bills are due.. There will be 3 types of people here 1. They will pay thier bill and keep what they bought. 2. They bought now to sell high later and pocket the difference 3. They bought a fuck load and will keep what they bought and then not pay the bill letting it go to collections
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:23:21 AM EDT
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I am giving up for now till things calm down if they ever do. I have been to several empty stores and have placed an order online with no confirmation. No one is answering their phones.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:24:32 AM EDT
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I'm not sure how you could quantify this, but the thought occurs that one of the most anti-gun socialist presidents in U.S. history is presiding over the largest civilian arms build-up in the history of mankind. Seriously. When else in human history have so many millions of firearms, hundreds of millions of mags, and billions of rounds of ammo been acquired by a civilian population in 4 years? The irony is delicious. Don't forget about his nobel peace prize.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:26:27 AM EDT
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People are knocking off early for Christmas I bet. They can't wait until today is over and already took the phones off the hook.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:27:46 AM EDT
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My peeps have told me that area gun stores are cleaned out. Empty. Nothing on the shelves or racks left except for trinkets and shit. The LGS here has no mags, AR's, AK's, Mini 14's, etc. He said he MIGHT have an AR or two coming in next week. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:32:50 AM EDT
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I know the anti-gun people will choose to ignore the fact that many of these new gun sales are to new gun owners (people who before this did not own a gun) who are afraid there freedom to buy one in the future was going to be threatened. I hope all these new gun owners also choose to speak with their vote the next chance they get.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:35:40 AM EDT
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People are knocking off early for Christmas I bet. They can't wait until today is over and already took the phones off the hook. Can't say I blame them. It would drive me insane. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:39:27 AM EDT
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Only two of what I ordered came in today.
I guess that is all that was left or they are breaking up orders to make it fair from Cheaper than dirt? |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:45:21 AM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Mastercard. thats what im thinking.. charge it! gona see a lot of stuff come up for sale in Feb when the bills are due.. Cashed out 401k's. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:45:57 AM EDT
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Puts on tinfoil hat Imagine if this were all some conspiracy where "they" know some shit is going to go down and want the citizenry armed to the teeth, and all of this was just some ploy to make that happen. We're going right along with it in a ginormous way. takes off tinfoil hat Isn't it amazing what tinfoil can do?
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:47:39 AM EDT
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I've had my boss inquire about what kind of handgun to get.
He lives in a household with a wife who wants nothing to do with gun ownership, and has never expressed any interest in owning anything other than an 870 before.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:54:18 AM EDT
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Did you tell your boos that right now, whatever kind he can get, is the right kind to get?
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:55:04 AM EDT
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Puts on tinfoil hat Imagine if this were all some conspiracy where "they" know some shit is going to go down and want the citizenry armed to the teeth, and all of this was just some ploy to make that happen. We're going right along with it in a ginormous way. takes off tinfoil hat that sounds bad ass actually. but I HIGHLY doubt it. 
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Posted: 12/21/2012 11:59:07 AM EDT
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I've been stocking up before, during and after panics like this since the Gun Control Act of 1968.
This time it's my turn. I'm getting rich on ebay right now and I haven't put the mother load up for sale yet. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:06:38 PM EDT
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Did you tell your boos that right now, whatever kind he can get, is the right kind to get? Pretty much. The LGS is sold out, though!
And I just decided to keep one of my pistols that I've had for sale for the last 3 months or so online. 
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:13:06 PM EDT
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If Metalform, Mec-Gar, Magpul, Checkmate, OK Ind., et al. are not running 3 shifts 24/7, they will be after Xmas.
The backlog must be insane. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:14:54 PM EDT
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my LARUE order just came back BACKORDERED...
I ordered Monday before the craze was in full swing. no more Dillo dust this year... 
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:18:33 PM EDT
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Wow!!
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:20:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: It makes me smile that all these homeland defense rifles, magazines and ammo are now in the hands of the citizenry. America is much better armed than it was a week ago.  |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:23:18 PM EDT
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I never thought that my mag stash would contribute to being a part of my retirement funds.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:26:20 PM EDT
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I had a hard time finding a magpul ubr stock at a decent price and in stock. Finally found one last night at 44mag for 251.00 to add the final touch to my build that I started 4 months ago.
Uppers and accessories are next to dry up. 
Edit: RRA upper prices are nuts on GB. I'm glad I didn't wait to build. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:26:46 PM EDT
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I never thought that my mag stash would contribute to being a part of my retirement funds. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I never thought I would be putting mags in a safe. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:31:28 PM EDT
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where are people getting the $$ for all this stuff? Thats my question.. Mastercard. thats what im thinking.. charge it! gona see a lot of stuff come up for sale in Feb when the bills are due.. If I were into stocks I would definitely buy some Visa and Mastercard. It has to be significant. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:33:37 PM EDT
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It's really crazy.
The bro-n-law and I were just talking. He bought a Colt 6920 about a month ago. His first AR. He paid about $1300 for it after taxes from his LGS. Yesterday the dealer called him to ask if he was interested in selling it back to him! He said no. The dealer claimed he could get $3500 for that gun.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:35:33 PM EDT
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I never thought that my mag stash would contribute to being a part of my retirement funds. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I never thought I would be putting mags in a safe. I have always done that after adding up the dollars in the box
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:39:46 PM EDT
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If it wasn't the week before Christmas I would have spent much more. As it is I got my SPR build done last week thank the lord i did as I could never get close to it today. I also was lucky enough to get 4 P Mags. 1 black 1 black with window and 2 FDE what a assortment.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 12:44:31 PM EDT
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I never thought that my mag stash would contribute to being a part of my retirement funds. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I never thought I would be putting mags in a safe. I have always done that after adding up the dollars in the box There's the monetary value and then the possibility that you can't replace them. |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 1:39:25 PM EDT
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I bought my mags and ammo years ago after the last AWB sunset in 04. I was buying a little bit here and there until a few weeks ago. Now I will sit back and save some cash foe when buyers remorse and credit card bills force those panic buyers to my door. My 2013 gun buying plans just got much better.
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Posted: 12/21/2012 5:11:44 PM EDT
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It's really crazy. The bro-n-law and I were just talking. He bought a Colt 6920 about a month ago. His first AR. He paid about $1300 for it after taxes from his LGS. Yesterday the dealer called him to ask if he was interested in selling it back to him! He said no. The dealer claimed he could get $3500 for that gun. So how much did he offer him, $500? |
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Posted: 12/21/2012 5:58:59 PM EDT
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This article which is linked in the article above is bad news, Rationing Begins There will be shops going out of business because of this. Truer words were never spoken. They better rake it in now, I have a feeling they'll be bust in 6 months. 
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