[444Flyer]

I see what you're saying. I was thinking more of a long term effect on business if they can't get product from suppliers to meet requests. Say you walk into a shop and request a certain item. The owner says, “I don't have any and can't even put in an order because I have no idea when it will even be available in the near future.” That's a lost sale that day. That's more what I was getting at.

[thackney]

There is no doubt, most sellers in guns and ammo could be making more money if they could get supply. But the situation is not going to last forever.

The market will likely stabilize at point higher than what it was, but eventually, buyers like myself who used to keep several months supply at home will settle out at a few years supply. But my consumption of ammo is not going to keep up with my current purchasing rate. I am going to reach a balance point.

Now I know a few that had a casual interest in guns that are currently taking it more serious, spending more than they should to buy a gun or two now and going to a range for the first time in years. But that demand, while it may settle higher, is still going to settle and not continue to grow at the current rate.

[DuncanWaring]

It’s a lost sale for that day because the sale was made the previous day, so overall it’s not a lost sale.

[William Tell]

444Flyer said: "... if they can't get product from suppliers to meet requests. "

Also of concern is the period of time, assuming that we are not engaged in a civil war, when this bubble pops.

Gun manufacturers may find that they have already created and sold several years supply of guns and that the used market is able to supply the majority of purchasers.

The same could apply to ammo manufacturers, perhaps to a lesser degree because their product is consumed more quickly than firearms are.

Five years from now, perhaps in the depths of a stag-flation like we have never seen before, a used gun will go for a mere $10,000, or a pound of rice.