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My CMMG order is a month old already. I don't expect my rifle any time soon, but I'm glad I went that route (got what I wanted) instead of settling for what someone might have on the rack that is convenient.

Captain Matt wrote:

Purplehood wrote:Then they limit the supply in order to artificially inflate the price, no?

That might work with ammunition or other consumables. However, firearms are durable goods and the supply of used firearms vastly outnumbers the new production. Also, there are so many Colt clone manufacturers that limiting production would require almost as much effort as limiting production of IBM clones to drive up computer prices.

True, firearms are durable goods and up until recently people were happy buying them one at a time, or owning one and not needing another.

But right now its completely out of control. A member over at Calguns.net who is also a merchant over there was describing how he was receiving orders for 10-25 or more stripped AR lowers, for each order! These were going to individuals. I honestly don't think supply would even need to be limited, manufacturers right now are producing to capacity and still can't keep up.

Well, I just put an order in for a CMMG MedCon 16 inch for $925. Back order, of course.

AEA wrote:Plenty of AR's at the Bullet Trap in Plano.
Was in there the other day and saw them on the wall.

The ones that were going for 800-900 3-6 Months ago are now 1500+.

Sure glad I got mine from Carlson1 over a year ago!

Yeah I'm not going to buy locally unless its a good deal. No reason I should spend $1500 on a Bushmaster when I can get a CMMG online for $1000. I can wait, as long as I know I'm waiting for something.

I've finally scratched my 1911 itch enough that I'm thinking about buying an AR-15 rifle. Question is, with current prices and availability (most companies will allow back orders though), would you buy one now, or wait until prices come down? There are good AR's to be had for $1000 or so which isn't really that bad, but when you think back to 3 - 4 months ago when you could get that same gun for $200-$300 less, is it wise to buy now?

Ideally I'd wait a while until prices stabilized and availability was more than zero that is now. But if the current rush to buy doesn't end before an AWB type law looks like its going to become a reality, current prices would be nothing compared to what you'd see then.

So I guess its a gamble. Wait until prices come down hoping that with the economy in ruins the democrats wont have time to get to gun legislation before then, or buy now, pay more, wait a few months to actually receive the gun, but dodge the inevitable AWB bullet.

What would you do?