Lots of people right now realizing the many hurdles of buying a gun

[Axxe55]

More like Taurus, springfields, and high points


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Clarification please. Are saying these brands are inferior, or less than quality handguns?

Surely not. Springfield makes some very nice, and well made firearms. Taurus as well. They did go through a bit of a QC problem some years back, but they got through it. HighPoint, other companies wished they had their warranty. Inexpensive, and decently made. They are still a bit on the blocky and ugly side though.

If your intention is to malign a brand, at least quantify your reasons for doing so.

 

[sobi1998]

Clarification please. Are saying these brands are inferior, or less than quality handguns?

Surely not. Springfield makes some very nice, and well made firearms. Taurus as well. They did go through a bit of a QC problem some years back, but they got through it. HighPoint, other companies wished they had their warranty. Inexpensive, and decently made. They are still a bit on the blocky and ugly side though.

If your intention is to malign a brand, at least quantify your reasons for doing so.

Do you have some personal affection for those brands? You missed the point by a mile. Those brands are priced lower than the rest, therefore...wait for it...they get bought up


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[Axxe55]

Do you have some personal affection for those brands? You missed the point by a mile. Those brands are priced lower than the rest, therefore...wait for it...they get bought up


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Simply asking for clarification of what you meant, based on what you said.

With the exception of the HighPoint, I have owned quite few of both the other brands. Not a personal affection, just that I appreciate decent firearms that are a good value.

Or it could be retailers are pushing on new gun buyers, who wouldn't know a decent handgun from a bad one, or those are brands they have large stock of and it's now a good time to unload them for a profit.

I don't know, but maybe you can educate me!

 

[paveknife]

Simply asking for clarification of what you meant, based on what you said.

With the exception of the HighPoint, I have owned quite few of both the other brands. Not a personal affection, just that I appreciate decent firearms that are a good value.

Or it could be retailers are pushing on new gun buyers, who wouldn't know a decent handgun from a bad one, or those are brands they have large stock of and it's now a good time to unload them for a profit.

I don't know, but maybe you can educate me!

I would imagine it's because those are what they have in stock. Cheap pistols sell better normally than more expensive ones, so they're the ones more likely to be stocked. Well, those and Glocks.

 

[oldag]

I don't think it will.
I'd bet most of them never re-enter the market.

They will be either too scared or embarrassed to sell. They will just stick them on a closet shelf and forget about them.

 

[Moonpie]

I would imagine it's because those are what they have in stock. Cheap pistols sell better normally than more expensive ones, so they're the ones more likely to be stocked. Well, those and Glocks.

I agree.
Panic buy guns are the lower tier stuff. Glocks, Hi-Points, Taurus, Mossberg, PSA, Bubba built 80%, etc.
Sure there are higher end brands mixed in there but not all that many.
High end 1911's, Benelli's, Colt SAA's and boutique AR's and the like are NOT going to be showing up in pawn shops.

 

[PhulesAu]

They will be either too scared or embarrassed to sell. They will just stick them on a closet shelf and forget about them.

Sounds like the check scam from Lock stock and two smoking barrels.

 

[Kar98]

Clarification please. Are saying these brands are inferior, or less than quality handguns?

Surely not. Springfield makes some very nice, and well made firearms. Taurus as well. They did go through a bit of a QC problem some years back, but they got through it. HighPoint, other companies wished they had their warranty. Inexpensive, and decently made. They are still a bit on the blocky and ugly side though.

If your intention is to malign a brand, at least quantify your reasons for doing so.

Are you a rep for Springfield?

It was merely an observation on the price range of certain brands. Like I said in a different post, gun store X is all out of Springfields, but the $4,500 1911s and the SCARs are still on the shelf.

 

[BRD@66]

aannnd, it's on!

 

[easy rider]

Certainly Glocks were sold due to television (name recognition), but my guess is that first time buyers want cheap. They have no clue about quality.

 

[TheMailMan]

Certainly Glocks were sold due to television (name recognition), but my guess is that first time buyers want cheap. They have no clue about quality.

Then on the second day they were buying anything they could afford that was left in stock.

 

[BRD@66]

Then on the second day they were buying anything they could afford that was left in stock.

Sounds like a quote from the revelations chapter of the shooters bible.

 

[Axxe55]

Are you a rep for Springfield?

It was merely an observation on the price range of certain brands. Like I said in a different post, gun store X is all out of Springfields, but the $4,500 1911s and the SCARs are still on the shelf.

Pretty much. Most gun stores are going to keep larger stocks of what guns move the fastest off the shelves. They tend to stock smaller quantities of higher priced top tier guns for their discerning, or richer customers.

When panic buying commences, stores can suddenly start offloading guns that are not the best selling guns, that they have taking up space, and that they have a substantial investment in, to new gun buyers that know little or nothing about guns to begin with.

I would speculate, that many of these new gun buyers wouldn't know the difference between a decent inexpensive gun, and a cheap POS gun!

 

[sobi1998]

I’d hate to see people buy something they don’t necessarily need. Say an employee convinced them a Sig was gonna save their life but a Taurus wouldn’t. Reminds me of the panic buying before hurricane Harvey. I saw people grabbing large yeti ice chests off the shelves like they were going out of style. In a panic, some people grab the item regardless of the price or quality


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[Kar98]

I’d hate to see people buy something they don’t necessarily need. ...

What are you, some sort of communist? :P

 

[Whistler]

"Discerning".

 

[sobi1998]

What are you, some sort of communist? :P

If they buy it, there’s less for me


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[Axxe55]

"Discerning".

I just happen to like that word!

 

[Axxe55]

If they buy it, there’s less for me


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Well here's a question for you then. How many guns do you really need, if things do truly go sideways?

And I put the emphasis on the word need, and not about what guns you want.

 

[jrbfishn]

Depends on the apecific situation.


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