Off another forum re the same subject:
The estimated total produced by the top 10 manufacturers was just under 275,000 in 2010 the last year for which production totals are available. and just under 300,000 for 2009. If anyone believes one person was able to buy over 80% of the total production for the year, they are delusional.
At an early FReeper get together, I was offering FReepers AK’s NIB for
$399. They were $545 retail. I was able to give away more than a dozen that weekend. To date, nobodies ever brought up that sale. When the AWB was only a twinkle in DiFi’s Husbands eye’s we bought low and sold high. We still have AK’s NIB, but they’re not $399 anymore!