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<blockquote data-quote="Tex_Hunter" data-source="post: 1708164" data-attributes="member: 31749"><p>I think the big thing is, the post Newtown rush on guns/ammo and subsequent period of scarce availability drove an entire subculture of people who found items on sale and sold them to unwitting buyers at a marked up price. People were buying $400-500 Busmaster AR's for thousands of dollars at that time. Aero Precision lowers were going for hundreds. However, even with all the current media sensation and political pressure, prices and supply have returned to levels approaching pre-Obama presidency levels. Which is a good thing for consumers... but a very bad thing for the gun show vultures.</p><p></p><p>This whole shift though drove people into the mindset that they can buy a gun at retail and immediately sell it for a profit... it just isn't true right now.</p><p></p><p>People also seem to think that for whatever reason their generic plastic stocked Remington appreciates in value, or that by somehow adding a $30 weaver base and a cheap walmart scope that they have somehow added value to their gun, but that's an entirely different problem that is neither new, nor will it go away anytime soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex_Hunter, post: 1708164, member: 31749"] I think the big thing is, the post Newtown rush on guns/ammo and subsequent period of scarce availability drove an entire subculture of people who found items on sale and sold them to unwitting buyers at a marked up price. People were buying $400-500 Busmaster AR's for thousands of dollars at that time. Aero Precision lowers were going for hundreds. However, even with all the current media sensation and political pressure, prices and supply have returned to levels approaching pre-Obama presidency levels. Which is a good thing for consumers... but a very bad thing for the gun show vultures. This whole shift though drove people into the mindset that they can buy a gun at retail and immediately sell it for a profit... it just isn't true right now. People also seem to think that for whatever reason their generic plastic stocked Remington appreciates in value, or that by somehow adding a $30 weaver base and a cheap walmart scope that they have somehow added value to their gun, but that's an entirely different problem that is neither new, nor will it go away anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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