A guy I hunt with bought a 9mm last fall, can't get any ammo. We stopped at a
gun shop a week ago, they had gotten a shipment of 9mm, it was all sold in like
20 minutes.
They did have a box of .22 short I picked up for my dad. I also scored a box of
.300 Savage "just because". When I got home I realized I had 3 other boxes.
Paid $39 for the new box, one of the boxes I have I bought back in the '90s for
$7...
The worst thing right now is that there aren't any primers to be had. Between
dad and I we've got lots of powder and bullets but not a ton of primers.
Looking at Gun Broker people are selling percussion caps for $30/100. I've got
300 I bought for $5/100 a year ago. Now I wish I'd bought a few thousand at
that price.
I just got a 12 pack of flints in and my local shop has a steady supply of
black powder...
-Curt
On Sunday, February 14, 2021, 12:56:42 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Ahh, yes, a nice 1911 is always a good choice. I haven’t looked at the
firearms market of late, but I’ve heard it’s a crazy place, no doubt much like
the car market.
ML500 went to Haiti. Long story. Suffice to say I made money on the deal.
I can wait, I’m not under any pressure. I was just caught off guard by the
state of the market. I knew there was demand with the stimulus checks, but I
had no idea how bad it was. I suspect it will get worse before it gets better,
since tax return time is coming as well.
What I found stunning was that some big, high volume Ford dealers here don’t
have squat, even in new inventory. Kaleb pretty much spelled it out, but still,
I was amazed as these are dealers that have literally hundreds of vehicles on
their lot at any given time. Brandon Ford, one of the highest volume dealers in
the southeast, has almost nothing new or used.
Guess I’ll stay on the sidelines for now. Not a big deal, the S320 wagon and
SL500 are chugging away doing yeoman’s work without complaint or issues. And I
have no car payments, too.
-D
> On Feb 14, 2021, at 12:08 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> These things don’t seem to last long. I’m truly >amazed that if things are
>> so bad for so many >people why there is such a big market for used >trucks
>
> Sounds like "car fever". I get it. I have "Kimber fever" right now. After a
> year of being told "no", the consumer market is bursting with pent-up demand.
>
> As I responded to Craig's post about a used ML, things are tight in the car
> market. There is a semiconductor shortage, so automakers have had to scale
> back production of new cars and trucks. That makes used trucks more in
> demand. Then there's the promise of some sort of stimulus check (down payment
> at buy here, pay here) and even the prospect of Universal Basic Income. It's
> a bubble, and it will pop. Stay on the sidelines until you find your deal. Do
> you still have the ML? I'd buy a utility trailer for now. It seems very few
> people understand the value of a small 5'*9' trailer.
>
>
> Rick
> _______________________________________
> http://www.okiebenz.com
>
> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
>
> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
>
_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
