Will AR lowers be less ridiculously priced next year (building featureless)?

[Earl Manigoat]

I live in LA and Martin B. Retting is trying to sell stripped lowers for $100-150 depending on how many you buy.

I already have two AR-15's which I will have to register in 2017 and then hopefully remove the bullet buttons.

I am thinking my next will be a featureless with probably a Thordsen stock - those monsterman grips seem uncomfortable and more likely to become illegal during the next round of BS legislation. Are those stocks sturdy enough given that they are only attached to the grip? I've never seen one in person.

Given this, any reason to buy the lower(s) now? Will they be harder to find next year when you can no longer buy or build an AR other than featureless?

I would like to be able to carry a rifle in my trunk on rare occasions and don't want to go to jail for stopping at McDonalds on the way back from the range with an "Assault Weapon" in my trunk.

[SmallShark]

buy now, there will be a national panic after Hillary is elected.
Everybody knows she will be worse than Bill Clinton on gun control

[crazychinaman]

It will be worst next year do to Clinton most likely be in office.The problem right now ,is not just CA.Its every where.Buy what you can now.

[hatidua]

AR's are cheaper right now than they were 20 years ago. These are 'the good old days', right now.

[edgerly779]

I bought an anderson complete lower and nfa complete lower 1 for $120 and 1 for $150 to stock up. Watch the sales ads.

[JDW67]

AR's are cheaper right now than they were 20 years ago. These are 'the good old days', right now.

Wut???

Complete Colt AR's were going for $299 back in 1996...not sure what you're talking about...

[Mr.Caketown]

Wut???

Complete Colt AR's were going for $299 back in 1996...not sure what you're talking about...

Thats roughly $500 today

[Blade Gunner]

YES

[BigPimping]

Horde all you can sir. You may not get another chance.

[drifts1]

AR's were not $299 in 1996, more like $699-$799 on sale! AK's were, AK's were $299ish in 1996.

[SamIAm]

AR's were not $299 in 1996, more like $699-$799 on sale! AK's were, AK's were $299ish in 1996.

Yep. Of course, "preban" ARs were selling for $1000 on up. (Cosmetically, the same guns. Just no flash hider or bayonet lug or collapsible stock.)

[anothergunnut]

Wut???

Complete Colt AR's were going for $299 back in 1996...not sure what you're talking about...

No. I bought my Colt Match Target Competition HBAR in Feb 97 for $830 before tax and DROS. Granted, it was the most expensive model but the lesser models were only slightly cheaper.

It's amazing how cheap AR lowers are. I bought my first "off list lower" in 2006 when there were very few dealers willing to sell them and the window to purchase was going to close in "two weeks". That stripped lower was $250 before tax and DROS.

I wish I had purchased and registered M16 drop in auto sears in 1986; the sears were cheap and the stamp was $200. It seemed like a lot to a fresh out of college young man but if I had sold my car and used the proceeds to buy and register drop in auto sears, I'd be retired now.

I wouldn't be too concerned about overpaying by $50 for a stripped lower. Of course, you should have bought a year ago when they were $45 but to late for that.

[machrono]

+1
Buy now. Absolutely no question.