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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:56:04 PM EDT
[#1]
How many Navy Seals and Special Forces guys are running the counter?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:57:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What can't you sell...even in this market? SCCY, they will sell, but I’ll probably have to buy it back after you realize it’s a brick. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:57:34 PM EDT
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Quoted: I’ll start off saying that I am a mid-size shop and enjoy most of my customers. I read on GD about price gouging and the current environment, I think you guys have little clue of what I pay and where I get stuff from right now. Do you think that I have special connections to buy pallets of ammo at 2019 pricing? Fire. Away. Do you keep ammo out (visible to your customers) that you won't sell unless they buy a firearm? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:58:43 PM EDT
[#4]
Have prices of handguns gone up at the manufacturer or distributor level. I'm seeing $700+ Glock MOS models that were $600 6 months ago.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:58:51 PM EDT
[#5]
Do you have training programs for employees to teach them how to assist in perpetuating stupid gun myths? Or does that just happen all on its own?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:58:58 PM EDT
[#6]
Yo I said Glock bullets
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:59:12 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why are you not playing the allocation game with your wholesalers to get at least some of your inventory? Oh. I get allocations, but it doesn’t come close to feeding the demand. If you have tips how to play that game better, I am all ears. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 2:59:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do I need a TX id to buy rifles? No sir, just handguns and receivers. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:03:02 PM EDT
[#9]
Predictions for the upcoming year ?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:04:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 25+ years of being a gun owner has taught me a couple of things but one thing sticks out for the purposes of this thread: Gun Stores Aren't My Friend. I classify them right next to used car dealerships; they are just necessary evils I have to deal with if I want to go shooting. So go ahead and be rude, profiteering and self-serving, OP... I think that's pretty much expected from you.  Man, I got nothing for you. I’m glad you know what I am paying for my products and can dictate what I should make off of it. I have a lot of 15+ year customers. I don’t know why you would find me rude, I put customer service first. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:05:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Any opinion on the SIG cross rifles? I have a Fix and they seem to be very similar, I like the concept. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:05:19 PM EDT
[#12]
If i were a regular (once a year) customer and called up with 4k of fresh WWB 9mm to sell to LGS how would it go as how much would you pay per 1K., Thanks
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:05:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Has the nonsense over the last year changed which rifles / guns youre selling compared to years past? Not really. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:07:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you find primers? Do I look like a magician? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:07:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, I got nothing for you. I’m glad you know what I am paying for my products and can dictate what I should make off of it. I have a lot of 15+ year customers. I don’t know why you would find me rude, I put customer service first. I bet you’ll do fine. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:08:32 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you made chili, what kind of beans go in it? Dark kidney |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:11:21 PM EDT
[#17]
How many phone calls a day do you get asking "do you have any 9mm?"?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:15:12 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dark kidney Fuck all that..........i'm out. 
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:15:37 PM EDT
[#19]
Is this a good time to sell excess ammo/rifles/pistols since the price is high?
Or is this a stupid time to sell because prices are going to go higher? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:15:54 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Entry level ARs are starting in the mid to high $600 That doesn't seem too bad at all....I figured any new AR would be hovering around $1K |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:19:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That doesn't seem too bad at all....I figured any new AR would be hovering around $1K Firearms aren’t really the problem in most of the places I go, It’s the ammo. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:22:35 PM EDT
[#22]
It burns when I pee, but only after I’ve been with an unsavory woman. Will I need to have my transmission rebuilt, because it only happens when it rains. Thanks, I’ll take my answer off the air.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:29:43 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How much did a pallet of ammo cost you in 2019 and what does that same pallet cost you at our current date? 9mm cost me $7.10 a box last year, I bought 2 pallets in November and paid $25 a box. I’m not sure where my next substantial amount comes from it what to expect to pay. I am prepared for $30 |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:29:49 PM EDT
[#24]
What percentage of sales are to Antifa types?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:31:09 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How many Navy Seals and Special Forces guys are running the counter? We have mostly college students and retired guys working here. At one time about half veterans, no SF types currently. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:31:52 PM EDT
[#26]
Can you get me a Beretta 1301 Tactical LE? If so, how much?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:34:20 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you keep ammo out (visible to your customers) that you won't sell unless they buy a firearm? Dbl tap |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:37:28 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you keep ammo out (visible to your customers) that you won't sell unless they buy a firearm? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:37:41 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw your earlier post....so. I also have an indoor range, ammo on the back counter is for range use. Ammo on the shelf is out the door ammo. Feeding the range is a huge concern. Ever had to shut down the range/rentals due to lack of ammo? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:40:11 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Have prices of handguns gone up at the manufacturer or distributor level. I'm seeing $700+ Glock MOS models that were $600 6 months ago. Glock has held their prices very well, any increase in retail price is the market. My prices have risen for sure. I used to get volume guns and sell them at low prices. I might see a Glock MOS once every couple of weeks now. My prices have crept up trying to keep up with my other expenses. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:41:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you have training programs for employees to teach them how to assist in perpetuating stupid gun myths? Or does that just happen all on its own? I won’t perpetuate the gun customer myth either, but I will invite you to sit behind a gunshow table for a weekend. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:41:34 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you have training programs for employees to teach them how to assist in perpetuating stupid gun myths? Or does that just happen all on its own? I won’t perpetuate the gun customer myth either, but I will invite you to sit behind a gunshow table for a weekend. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:41:41 PM EDT
[#33]
Are your distributors raising their prices that much, or are your higher prices more due to having to shop the secondary markets?
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:42:12 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We have mostly college students and retired guys working here. At one time about half veterans, no SF types currently. Do they all wear black t shirts? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:42:14 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yo I said Glock bullets My apologies sir, I heard Sig. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:45:08 PM EDT
[#36]
I dont think it has been said but, Thanks!
I appreciate these types of threads, it is nice to get some perspective of things as opposed to the constant "price gouging" screeching. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:47:56 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I read your earlier post. So... we are an indoor range as well. Ammo behind the counter (visible) is for range use. We have ammo on the shelves that is for out the door sales. I will be very polite in trying to explain this to customers. Feeding the range is a real concern in these times. This place doesn't have a range and yes I most certainly understand why you would want ammo for range use. I'm sure you have signs stating as such as well. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:49:16 PM EDT
[#38]
Do you have shitty lighting inside your gun displays and tiny little writing or flipped over price tags on your guns?
If so, a pox be upon your house. 
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:50:19 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Predictions for the upcoming year ? Worse before it gets better. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:51:16 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh. I get allocations, but it doesn’t come close to feeding the demand. If you have tips how to play that game better, I am all ears. At this point a year into the panic buying, I have well over a hundred thousand in back ordered ammo at my primary wholesalers. I've gone to dealer-direct accounts with some vendors and re-opened old ones elsewhere that have been formant since the last panic. of course we've lost a few wholesalers since the last panic. Its been enough to keep me going as a small FFL |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:51:56 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If i were a regular (once a year) customer and called up with 4k of fresh WWB 9mm to sell to LGS how would it go as how much would you pay per 1K., Thanks I’d pay $600right now, I’m selling at $700 per k. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:53:39 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How many phone calls a day do you get asking "do you have any 9mm?"? Literally half, half of that wants $15 pricing. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:53:52 PM EDT
[#43]
You have any .45 long Colt?
 Do all gun shops beg customers to bring in guns for trade/buy and then insult the customer with stupid low ball offers? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:54:45 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is this a good time to sell excess ammo/rifles/pistols since the price is high? Or is this a stupid time to sell because prices are going to go higher? Who knows, I am holding most of my personal stash.. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:55:21 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 25+ years of being a gun owner has taught me a couple of things but one thing sticks out for the purposes of this thread: Gun Stores Aren't My Friend. I classify them right next to used car dealerships; they are just necessary evils I have to deal with if I want to go shooting. So go ahead and be rude, profiteering and self-serving, OP... I think that's pretty much expected from you. What an asshole thing to say. My LGS takes extremely good care of me and will bend over backwards to make sure their customers are treated well and well taken care of |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:55:46 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It burns when I pee, but only after I’ve been with an unsavory woman. Will I need to have my transmission rebuilt, because it only happens when it rains. Thanks, I’ll take my answer off the air. PM sent... |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:56:38 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What percentage of sales are to Antifa types? I reckon that you haven’t been out to West Texas... |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:57:17 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you get me a Beretta 1301 Tactical LE? If so, how much? I doubt it... and I hate shipping. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:57:27 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I reckon that you haven’t been out to West Texas... lol. How’d you know? |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:59:34 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ever had to shut down the range/rentals due to lack of ammo? No, that will be a very hard day for me. |
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