Official 2022 Panic Buying Thread: 6/1 Has it started?

[smle-man]

My LGS is awash in ARs and AKs, hanguns of all types and endless ammo.

[Epaphroditus]

In honor of our potato in chief I planted 100 seed potatoes and will order another 100.

[cz74]

I see opposite happening, panic selling. Those young new/first time gun owners who bought $2,000 Gen3 Glocks and $1.00 per round of range 9mm ammo, lose their jobs in the coming recession, will be pawning them cheap.

[223556]

I’ll be looking for some miscellaneous lower parts kits for the AR so I have spare parts. Other then that I’m good.
If anything I’ll need to down size as I’ve accumulated excess parts and stuff over that past panic buying frenzies.

[JC2020]

[cenix]

I just keep track of ammo and I don't see pricing on ammo going down anytime soon.

[rsrocket1]

[Capybara]

Never sell guns. Only buy. Best advice I've ever had.

[jeffyhog]

By Oct we will be panic buying basic food staples.

Why not start buying now so you don't need to panic in October?

[bugsy714]

Never sell guns. Only buy. Best advice I've ever had.

[Burbur]

Never sell guns. Only buy. Best advice I've ever had.

Thank you.

Gun sales are up, briskly, since the resident of the white house spoke two Thursdays ago. Inventories are holding steady, and manufacturers are even showing inventory the past few weeks.

Strange times. Standby

[smittty]

[racinjason233]

^^^ me and other like me! Buy nice quality guns for us please…

[Brother_Hesekiel]

We all have different levels of enthusiasm for stuff we enjoy. I collected numerous *things* before I became serious about collecting money for retirement. As one result, I own 5 nice wristwatches, worth low 6 figures. I wear 2 of them often, 1 rarely, and 2 almost never. Result, I'll sell those 2 pretty soon. Luckily I won't lose money on them.

Same with guns. I now own 3 carry guns, 2 competition guns, and 2 cool guns, just because. How many do I need? I might consider buying a rimfire rifle for steel challenge, but for me it's 1 new gun in, 1 old gun out.

Things are different when it comes to consumables like ammo. I buy when I see a good deal, like a box of aluminum cased 9mm for $18.99 at Turner's, and I stack up as much as sanity allows me to.

[deadcoyote]

I feel like anyone in touch with the industry is already stocked up. The only guns I would possibly want at this point are target .22’s or a small upland game combo gun. Ammo prices are still awful, despite the shelves seemingly bursting with ammo at all the shops I go to. I am afraid we may be in a “new normal” kind of situation. With that, I think taking up reloading may be in order.