 Hey there friends things for checking in the bottom line is this guns cost too much today's market is outrageous The new and use market one thing holds true and that is guns cost Too much. How did we get to this point? Well, if you look at prior to all of this nonsense like over a year ago Budget guns were flying off the shelves. That is nothing new. You look at sky Taurus Diamondback some of the Turkish made guns and yes high point two They were flying off the shelves people love to pick up a gun for two hundred dollars or so and Call that their home defense or carry gun whatever the case I'm a fan of budget guns myself But if you look at today's market Even the budget guns are outrageously priced something that used to be two hundred and twenty five dollars is like four hundred dollars And then you look at the mid-range market You're looking at you know glocks Walters MPs those of all skyrocketed as well. How did we get? To this point. Well, it's always a supply and demand thing Is that's what drives the market a gun is only worth what somebody is willing to pay for it And now you have all these new shooters entering the gun world and they don't have a baseline as to what's normal Like I have people contacting me all the time say what are you selling? You know, I don't care I need to get a gun that is still happening Although I think it may be slowing down a little bit because there is very little supply out there So they don't have a baseline They are actually driving up the cost of firearms because if a gun store Can get that much for it That will be their new baseline and they will raise the price plus they're not getting the inventory that they're used to So they are raising the cost to offset some of their overhead And this is how we got to this point you look at handguns Shotguns shotguns are outrageous try to get a Mossberg Maverick these days. It's near impossible that gun used to be Two and a quarter now you're looking at over 300 closer to three fifty four hundred dollars. It's crazy What's going on? All you have to do is look at the manufacturers as well I truly believe they are cranking out their current supply of firearms their lines They are they're doing their best to get them out into the distributors But they themselves have raised their MSRPs across the board like this is stuff I study all the time I Go back and look at some of my old videos and what the MSRP was two three four years ago And what it is now that has substantially increased and then the distributors increase it the gun stores increase it You've got new shooters out there that are paying for it and the rest of us are sitting back saying What happened to the price of guns? Well that basically explains it You know you look at many of the popular models. They're hard to find and when you do find them They're three four hundred dollars more than what we're used to so things have gotten outrageous things of Could they they're not slowing down, but what is slowing down is inventory and that is What is also driving up the cost we see a lot of new releases now you have to remember that Many of these companies were holding on to models that were not ready for release, but they were going to launch them at shot show and Of course, we didn't have shot show so they're trickling out one at a time It's like almost every manufacturer is coming out with their their new release and reviewers are getting them but When you go online to see them if you call your local gun store, they're not getting them They are getting eaten up the little supply. They have They're getting bought up very quickly and that too drives up the price you know we get all excited about a new release and We then look at the price and we say wow that is way too expensive I'm going to hold off on that and and wait a little bit. There was once a time where the MSRP was just a Suggested retail price you you'd see an MSRP of say 465 we'd expect to get that gun maybe around 400 the upper 300s now an MSRP is a Bargain if you can get the a firearm at the MSRP that is a great price and people are jumping all over those So what do you see? You see? Prices raised above the MSRP and people are still buying them I've had many people tell me that you know what? I'm in a hold pattern. I'm not doing anything you look at a Ammo you look at guns. It's outrageous. I think it will slow down And I do think that supplies will increase over time possibly over the summer because the summer is typically a slow time for guns, but the ammo thing is still No end in sight Situation so we have to see how this whole thing's gonna shake out I would I would hold still right now if you see a bargain go for it But I don't think you're gonna see a bargain you might every not against somebody says hey I picked this up, but the used market. Oh my gosh. Those are Crazy priced guns cost too much Don't get into the situation we had in 2012 where people were way overpaying And then we saw that very same product dropping cost six months later because supply caught up with the demand and They they felt like they got totally ripped off. I think we're going to have that same effect right now And it may be even worse if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe