The word on the "street" is that many manufactures of EBR (Evil Black Rifles) are a month or two behind on their orders due to increased demand from Obama being elected. The prices of many AR's and Ak's jumped dramatically within hours of Obama being named the next President of the United States. Ammunition for these weapons has also been driven sky high.
On a number of websites, the basic Century AR-15 that was $599 just a month ago is not $699 or more. Entry-level Bushmasters have gone up even more then a $100. A case of 5.56x45 ammo has risen by a third. Surplus 7.62x39mm ammo is up a buck or buck-fifty for just 20 rounds. What the hell?
Even in Obama manages to get gun laws changed, it is not going to happen the day he steps into the White House. These changes take time. People need to stop this panic buying and step back and reaccess the situation. There is plenty of companies that have not raised their prices but that is due to change. Manufacturers are looking to get their share of the panic pricing and are raising their costs to distributors and guess what, those price increases only get passed onto the gun store, who in turn passes on even more of a price increase to the consumer.
There is nothing wrong with getting what you want, when you want it, but geez, panic buying is just dumb. We, the consumer, are the one's eating these cost increases. Does anyone really think the manufacturer, distributor, or even gun store is going to lower their prices once the supposed crisis is over? Not, me. Thanks a lot folks.
