SAWMAN
Master
Yesterday a friend from this forum came over and he and I hit quite a few of the gun shops in the P'cola area. The following are the results. Any questions about what we saw,pls post here and I/we will try to answer. this is not an endorsement or condemnation of any of the below businesses.
Mike's (Hwy.29) -----> Tons of black guns. Several chambered in 22LR. Howa heavy bbl'ed actions. Lots of the Map-Pul stuff. Good supply of 30rd mags. No 20's (???). Better supply of factory loaded ammo than I have seen in a long time. Extremely limited supply of powders. Some great looking heavy bbl'ed bolt guns. A few Ruger 10/22's. A black/stainless Ruger MINI-14. The same overpriced clothing. One Savage bolt gun(obviously designed to be fired from bi-pod chambered in 338Lapua. Tons of pistols and revos.(Glock,Kahr,S&W,etc,etc.) A few 1911's. High end scopes. As usual,no used guns. Friendly enough staff. Pretty lady at front counter.(added bonus) $50 transfers(OUCH !!)
Jay's (Garden St.) -----> Black guns up the WAZOO !! A few complete lowers in both sizes. A few complete uppers,all in 5.56 except one chambered in 6.8SPC and one(IIRC) in 300BO. Some great bolt guns including FN's,Steyr's, Savage,Rem,etc,etc. A NEF chambered in 300BO with threaded muzzle(would love to have this...BUT...$399.95...OUCH !!) All kinds of pistols/revos. A few used guns. Some Mag-Pul stuff(mags,sights,etc.)in different colors. Higher end blades. Ammo buy the case(seemed kinda high though). Sights and scopes...all of the higher quality. Some thermal(FLIR and ATN). Friendly staff. Phil is still above dirt and still gunsmithin".
Pensacola Lock and Gun (Garden St.) -----> Same ol'-same ol'. Rick was gone to lunch so nobody knew nutin'. NO guns for sale. Tons of guns awaiting work or completed. Cat was MIA.
Academy -----> A "good supply" of black guns. That $1099 DPMS 308 was still in the rack. A SIG chambered in 7.62X39 was still there also(interesting ??). Then the normal number of bolt guns,shotguns,and for you shotgun-pistol fans...5 or 6 of the Taurus' whatchamacallits,including one with a 3" cylinder and a couple of the polymer(plastic)models. NEF single shots in 444Marlin,45-70,and 500S&W. I already have all three so I passed. Yeti coolers with a ATM machine standing next to them. Behind the counter staff(associates)still would rather grab-bass than help the customers. And when they do...they usually don't know crap about crap. CAUTION(!)....NEVER(EVER)ask them a technical question about a firearm. GREAT scope display. They are mounted on gun stock thingy's and you can actually look thru them without having to chase down an .....uh.....associate(grab-bass'er). They had one lone Zeiss,Leupold,Weaver,Nikon,Burris,and a couple of the lower prices models. Not so good supply of factory ammo unless you were looking for 6.5X55 or 30-30Win. They did have some of the cheaper 44mag.
Did not go to Buck & Bass or Uber's.
All in all it looks to me like things are coming back to (kinda) normal. I feel that we will never see the <$600 AR's or the price of ammo come back down. I do believe it will come down from here a little though. NOW........I'll be waiting to see what the people that bought 6 AR's 3 months ago will do with them. Same with the people that bought thousands of rds of ammo at the inflated prices. TAKE THAT YOU GOUGER !!!!!!!!!!! Bwaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha !!! --- SAWMAN :caked:
Mike's (Hwy.29) -----> Tons of black guns. Several chambered in 22LR. Howa heavy bbl'ed actions. Lots of the Map-Pul stuff. Good supply of 30rd mags. No 20's (???). Better supply of factory loaded ammo than I have seen in a long time. Extremely limited supply of powders. Some great looking heavy bbl'ed bolt guns. A few Ruger 10/22's. A black/stainless Ruger MINI-14. The same overpriced clothing. One Savage bolt gun(obviously designed to be fired from bi-pod chambered in 338Lapua. Tons of pistols and revos.(Glock,Kahr,S&W,etc,etc.) A few 1911's. High end scopes. As usual,no used guns. Friendly enough staff. Pretty lady at front counter.(added bonus) $50 transfers(OUCH !!)
Jay's (Garden St.) -----> Black guns up the WAZOO !! A few complete lowers in both sizes. A few complete uppers,all in 5.56 except one chambered in 6.8SPC and one(IIRC) in 300BO. Some great bolt guns including FN's,Steyr's, Savage,Rem,etc,etc. A NEF chambered in 300BO with threaded muzzle(would love to have this...BUT...$399.95...OUCH !!) All kinds of pistols/revos. A few used guns. Some Mag-Pul stuff(mags,sights,etc.)in different colors. Higher end blades. Ammo buy the case(seemed kinda high though). Sights and scopes...all of the higher quality. Some thermal(FLIR and ATN). Friendly staff. Phil is still above dirt and still gunsmithin".
Pensacola Lock and Gun (Garden St.) -----> Same ol'-same ol'. Rick was gone to lunch so nobody knew nutin'. NO guns for sale. Tons of guns awaiting work or completed. Cat was MIA.
Academy -----> A "good supply" of black guns. That $1099 DPMS 308 was still in the rack. A SIG chambered in 7.62X39 was still there also(interesting ??). Then the normal number of bolt guns,shotguns,and for you shotgun-pistol fans...5 or 6 of the Taurus' whatchamacallits,including one with a 3" cylinder and a couple of the polymer(plastic)models. NEF single shots in 444Marlin,45-70,and 500S&W. I already have all three so I passed. Yeti coolers with a ATM machine standing next to them. Behind the counter staff(associates)still would rather grab-bass than help the customers. And when they do...they usually don't know crap about crap. CAUTION(!)....NEVER(EVER)ask them a technical question about a firearm. GREAT scope display. They are mounted on gun stock thingy's and you can actually look thru them without having to chase down an .....uh.....associate(grab-bass'er). They had one lone Zeiss,Leupold,Weaver,Nikon,Burris,and a couple of the lower prices models. Not so good supply of factory ammo unless you were looking for 6.5X55 or 30-30Win. They did have some of the cheaper 44mag.
Did not go to Buck & Bass or Uber's.
All in all it looks to me like things are coming back to (kinda) normal. I feel that we will never see the <$600 AR's or the price of ammo come back down. I do believe it will come down from here a little though. NOW........I'll be waiting to see what the people that bought 6 AR's 3 months ago will do with them. Same with the people that bought thousands of rds of ammo at the inflated prices. TAKE THAT YOU GOUGER !!!!!!!!!!! Bwaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha !!! --- SAWMAN :caked: