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RPB wrote:I'm starting to shop for .357 carbines.

Sure glad I have my M1 Carbine.....although I do need to buy some additional magazines for it.......and even those are sold out everywhere except CTD, it seems.

Dave2 wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:And my sense is that over the next few weeks, gun suppliers are going to start holding off on replacing their inventory when they sell it off, simply because they aren't going to want to get stuck holding the bag for a bunch of weapons that they can no longer legally sell if the commies in Congress and our commie president sign an AWB with strict parameters making it impossible for us proles to overcome the barriers to ownership. The supply chain is going to be very thin and limited until the AWB issue is decided one way or the other. Economics 101.

If you're a praying man, pray. If you're not, maybe it's time.

I can't imagine they'd have much trouble unloading their inventories unless it starts looking like an AWB isn't going to happen.

Maybe, but I don't want to be the large scale gun-seller who has 500-1,000 AR15s in stock or at the warehouse which I can no longer sell if I still have them on hand when a bill passes, and if I cannot return them to the wholesaler or manufacturer for credit. And if an AWB fails to pass, they will still be able to sell the guns. They just won't sell 'em as fast, or be able to mark them up as highly. If a bill does pass, a small mom & pop store will have an easier time selling off 2 or 3 ARs before the law goes into effect than a big box store will have selling off a much higher number......particularly if a new bill retroactively bans those guns that are already in private hands, because then people won't even be able to buy them as a speculative investment.

froughty wrote:If anyone has a lead on a shop which has entry to mid -level ARs in stock here in Texas, please let me know. (I don't mind buying out of state either)

I've called a few places here in Austin with no luck.

Thanks in advance

Good luck.

gigag04 wrote:Nobody.

CDNN had a no name in their flyer for $1400 but that's not TX

This ^^.

It's going to last a while, this panic buying. And my sense is that over the next few weeks, gun suppliers are going to start holding off on replacing their inventory when they sell it off, simply because they aren't going to want to get stuck holding the bag for a bunch of weapons that they can no longer legally sell if the commies in Congress and our commie president sign an AWB with strict parameters making it impossible for us proles to overcome the barriers to ownership. The supply chain is going to be very thin and limited until the AWB issue is decided one way or the other. Economics 101.

If you're a praying man, pray. If you're not, maybe it's time.