[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Post panic analysis (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 5/11/2013 1:39:21 AM EDT
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Now that the great firearm panic of 2013 is winding down, looking back is there anything you bought that you normally would not have bought under normal conditions ? Or looking back is there anything you wish you would have sold at the height of the panic ?
I certainly got caught up in all the silliness, and ended up buying a bunch of stuff that were pretty far down on my list of wants but I bumped up to the top..G19, G34, Benelli M2 tactical, a couple of black rifles., and a ton of magazines. Don't regret the purchase and also paid pre-panic prices for everything and paid for it buy listing some stuff on gunbroker and selling off some musical equipment that I know I will never use again. Under normal times I probably would have only bought half of what I purchased during the panic, and those purchases would have been spread out over a year. Looking back, there are some things I wish I would have listed on GB during the panic and let the market at the time dictate their final price. A couple of RRA lowers I have laying around, spare complete URG's, and of course pmags. |
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I stopped building my Jeep and bought all the gun goodies I was planning to buy over the next 5 years. Especially foreign made guns (FN SCAR 17, FNX-45 Tactical, etc.). Full progressive reloader with enough powder/primers for ~25k rounds. I'll have the CC paid off in another couple months, then I can get back to modifying my BOV.
Might get some Body Armor first though. 
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When 22 ammo is still unavailable and decent 223/556 is going for .70+ a round, I would say the panic is still going. I said firearm panic...not ammo panic. The panic is over? 
Still lots of places OOS, those that have stuff in stock are well over pre-panic prices. |
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When 22 ammo is still unavailable and decent 223/556 is going for .70+ a round, I would say the panic is still going. I said firearm panic...not ammo panic. The panic is over?
Still lots of places OOS, those that have stuff in stock are well over pre-panic prices. Where I am it seems to be winding down. Two LGS in my area have over a dozen ARs in stock (stag, colt, and S&W), shelves are full semi auto pistols that take high caps, and gen2 pmags are on the shelves at 12.99, no limit. ITs been that way all week at both of these places. A month ago people were camping out overnight in order to buy ARs. |
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You cannot in good faith say the panic is over when ammo is still in full WTF mode. People are slowing down on gun purchases because they realize they cannot find ammo for reasonable prices. He said "firearm" panic. Reading is fundamental. And yes as the op stated the FIREARM panic is winding down, at least in my AO. I see AR's on shelves at Academy and Sportsman's and LGS' although I disagree why. I think the panic is subsiding for long guns because everyone that wants one, has one. The ammo run is a whole different phenomenon. As pointed out in another thread, in the last panic 4 years ago, .380 was the ammo that was rarely seen just as .22lr is this go round. I think we have a ways to go before it is over. My guess is late 2013/ early 2014 but thats just a guess. As I have also stated before, we are one school shooting or theater shooting or mall shooting away from another run up the roller coaster. |
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Precious metals. All of my ammo purchases ceased once prices went retarded and I have been buying PM's instead.
Spare parts as well. Barrels, uppers, gas tubes, triggers, ect... Never paid any stupid panic prices just waited for deals. 2 deployments with nothing to do besides work and wait for deals on ammo has me very fat in that department but I never really considered the parts aspect besides a few extra bolts and firing pins. |
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When 22 ammo is still unavailable and decent 223/556 is going for .70+ a round, I would say the panic is still going. I said firearm panic...not ammo panic. The only reason the firearm panic is easing up is because there is no ammo to be purchased so folks are not buying firearms like they did in the beginning. You should have called this thread the "Mid Panic Analysis". |
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You cannot in good faith say the panic is over when ammo is still in full WTF mode. People are slowing down on gun purchases because they realize they cannot find ammo for reasonable prices. I agree completely with this. In Michigan, the panic is anywhere from over. What good is a gun if you can't find ammo to shoot it. I had to dip into my own emergency stash of ammo to qualify for work this year (employer makes me pay for own qualifying ammo and my own weapon) because I can't find 9mm locally. |
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I feel sorry for all those folks who paid $4000+ to predatory dealers for a AR15. It was like watching an accident in slow motion.
Can't have enough ammo. Still a problem as far as availability goes. Mags have returned to normal. AR-15 parts and rifles are not available especially when you see $1000 Colt 6920's now. |
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I would have gotten into reloading, kept putting it off and off...now I am fuckerd for a while, chose my collection around standard and common calibers...45acp, 9mm 40sw
556,308,762x39... yeah should have gotten reloading and components sooner have the toys, just not much to feed them and keep a reserve....let us hope that the rest of hopeanchange 2.0 will get any worse |
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Everything I bought was below pre-panic prices. I have more than enough of everything so it was business as usual for me - if I see something I like, at a good price, I get it.
My only regret is not having stocked up on a few hundred pmags a few months before like I spoke to my wife about. I was going to do it purely as an investment in case prices ever went nuts again, and sure as hell they did only six months later. I was buying them at under $12 each shipped to my door and couldve made a hell of a return! |
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Quoted: Panic is over? Says who? Prices and availability say you are wrong, OP. I say it is. Name your weapon/ price and I'll make sure they get it to your FFL... save my $50 finders fee. No NFA items or weird shit.. on this deal I know where you can get Barretts off the shelf, if that's your thing  |
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Getting close to retirement and thinning the herd. And because I have such great timing, I sold 26 firearms just before the panic set in.
I did buy a some ammunition before it all dried up, but some of that was at sale prices and none at inflated prices. The object is to be prepared for shortages and not to react to shortages. Right now I am more concerned with obtaining hard currency a little at a time. |
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You cannot in good faith say the panic is over when ammo is still in full WTF mode. People are slowing down on gun purchases because they realize they cannot find ammo for reasonable prices. He said "firearm" panic. Reading is fundamental. And yes as the op stated the FIREARM panic is winding down, at least in my AO. I see AR's on shelves at Academy and Sportsman's and LGS' although I disagree why. I think the panic is subsiding for long guns because everyone that wants one, has one. The ammo run is a whole different phenomenon. As pointed out in another thread, in the last panic 4 years ago, .380 was the ammo that was rarely seen just as .22lr is this go round. I think we have a ways to go before it is over. My guess is late 2013/ early 2014 but thats just a guess. As I have also stated before, we are one school shooting or theater shooting or mall shooting away from another run up the roller coaster. Your post is very correct....to me. Store shelfs won't be anywhere back to normal until late this year. And if anything else happens.....we'll be at total scarcity. |
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This....! Ammo is just silly. People are still freaked out so much that we can't even find 5.56 brass to reload.... This needs to end.
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You cannot in good faith say the panic is over when ammo is still in full WTF mode. People are slowing down on gun purchases because they realize they cannot find ammo for reasonable prices. |
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Quoted: Now that the great firearm panic of 2013 is winding down, looking back is there anything you bought that you normally would not have bought under normal conditions ? Or looking back is there anything you wish you would have sold at the height of the panic ? I overpaid for a Gen4 G17 with the FDE colored frame. Paid $600 for it, but it's the only one I've seen since they started making Gen 4 guns in FDE, so I figured part of the price was general rarity, and part was because of the panic. It was something I did really want for a while, and not an impulse purchase or a "get it before they're banned" purchase. |
