If you're thinking about buying an AR-15 or other semi auto rifle or pistol, this is your thread. Especially if you want to buy while prices are good and availability is semi good.
If you have no interest in ARs or Semi autos, I made my title explicitly clear. If you come to the thread specifically to whine about how you don't like ARs or semis, you should find a better hobby than whining online.
I am not a dealer, telling yall to buy makes me exactly zero money. I shill out of the goodness of my heart, and because if the same thing that has happened in the past couple of elections happens again this year, come October/November/December if anyone complains about prices or about guns being out of stock, I'll be linking them to this thread with an "I told you so".
I hope it's not going to happen again, but the TL;DR version of this thread is simple: If you want an AR-15, you have three basic options IMO based on past election year history and human behavior: buy soon at a good price, expect to pay more around election time, or plan to wait for better prices again in a year+.
This is not about "they're coming to take our guns". It's about past buying patterns. You can build a decent AR cheaply right now. If you prefer a factory gun, you can buy those for good prices right now too. If anyone wasn't paying attention a few years ago, here's a chart of the cost of a specific model Bushmaster AR-15 from a few years ago:
This is an old chart, but the same gun is just under ~$800 right now, fyi. It's historically an $800 gun, that cost $1200 in December of 2012. Depending on the election and the political climate, the same thing could happen again. ARs were overvalued with $800 guns going for $1200-$1500, $12 magazines were selling for $50 to $75, etc. Prices are good right now. The last two elections, prices have been not good. Plan accordingly.
People are stupid, and panic buy. So the point of this thread: if you have the money and are thinking about an AR purchase, avoid the panic prices and buy now. Or if you can afford to wait a year, by all means wait...but there's no reason to buy at inflated prices when people panic if they do so again.
Anyone who has any questions about buying an AR, pistol, AK, whatever....feel free to ask. I'm here to shill for fun guns....and help my fellow Ags not get gouged to buy them.
If you have no interest in ARs or Semi autos, I made my title explicitly clear. If you come to the thread specifically to whine about how you don't like ARs or semis, you should find a better hobby than whining online.
I am not a dealer, telling yall to buy makes me exactly zero money. I shill out of the goodness of my heart, and because if the same thing that has happened in the past couple of elections happens again this year, come October/November/December if anyone complains about prices or about guns being out of stock, I'll be linking them to this thread with an "I told you so".
I hope it's not going to happen again, but the TL;DR version of this thread is simple: If you want an AR-15, you have three basic options IMO based on past election year history and human behavior: buy soon at a good price, expect to pay more around election time, or plan to wait for better prices again in a year+.
This is not about "they're coming to take our guns". It's about past buying patterns. You can build a decent AR cheaply right now. If you prefer a factory gun, you can buy those for good prices right now too. If anyone wasn't paying attention a few years ago, here's a chart of the cost of a specific model Bushmaster AR-15 from a few years ago:
This is an old chart, but the same gun is just under ~$800 right now, fyi. It's historically an $800 gun, that cost $1200 in December of 2012. Depending on the election and the political climate, the same thing could happen again. ARs were overvalued with $800 guns going for $1200-$1500, $12 magazines were selling for $50 to $75, etc. Prices are good right now. The last two elections, prices have been not good. Plan accordingly.
People are stupid, and panic buy. So the point of this thread: if you have the money and are thinking about an AR purchase, avoid the panic prices and buy now. Or if you can afford to wait a year, by all means wait...but there's no reason to buy at inflated prices when people panic if they do so again.
Anyone who has any questions about buying an AR, pistol, AK, whatever....feel free to ask. I'm here to shill for fun guns....and help my fellow Ags not get gouged to buy them.
