I saw new C Products 30s change hands for $39 + tax in a gun store.
I seem to recall Pmags on bulletin boards asking $75.
Just curious: do any of y’all remember what prices AR mags were actually fetching during the Panics?
Gun store I was working at was selling aluminum (DPMS?) mags for $39.
I couldn’t believe people were buying them.
Best I can recollect was picking up used pmags for a buddy at $35/ea. Grabbed four total for him. The only reason I remember what he paid was because he found them via the internet in my neck of the woods so I paid for them and he paid me back. I remember at the time telling him he was crazy but then he showed me online where people were paying $50 for a new pmag.
This was during the panic of 2012. I was deployed when Obummer was elected so was not a part of that shit show.
Post Sandy Hook, I went with a home-based FFL buddy of mine to sell a case of PMAGs in a parking lot.
He sold them on Gunbroker auction, started at $1, the frenzy ran them up to $3500.
The dude who won the auction and drove 4 hrs each way to get them FTF, paid cash.
It wasn’t remotely the highest I saw them go either.
The distributors were cleaned out in a day, same buddy thought about buy 50 cases but by the time he decided, all he could get was 5.
Glock 19 OEM 15 rounders went for $99 the highest I saw in 08.
Cheaper Than Dirt was selling PMags for $100/ea after Sandy Hook. I stopped doing business with them after that.
Yeow! Was anybody paying that?
Right now you can get Pmags 10 for $100 if you look. Palmetto has D&H 30s for $7.
I was in college when the AWB expired and I remember seeing 33-round Glock mags selling for $99
I sure hope not. I know a lot of people were upset by that. I remember BCM having a message on their website stating they weren’t going to raise prices to panic levels, but that meant they were basically sold out of everything all the time.
Im taken care of
I felt sorry for folks in '08 and '12, so I didn’t profit much selling stuff. I did trade a brand new in the plastic Colt BCG for fifteen Glock 17 mags in early 2013, though. I purchased a pile of Pmags prior to the 2016 election to make a bit of money. I figured I’d take my wife to Hawaii on the profits (I have a bunch). I still have them 
If you can read the writing on the wall, shouldn’t we all be by now?
CTD supposedly canceled a bunch of orders then re-listed there mags at very inflated prices. I wasn’t into the AR game then but I remember Mini-14 mags for $100. I did have around 8 very beat up 30 round GI mags I somehow kept after my enlistment. These things probably saw at least 10 if not more years of abuse by god knows how many Marines. A guy at work offered me $300 for them even after I told him about how shitty they were. I took him up on the offer.
Not necessarily. Buddy of mine just bought his first AR-15. It came with one pmag. He asked me to sell him one more, so I did, for $12. He figures he’s set.
After the 94 AWB expired, I said never again. I will be long. long dead and my nephews will still not have consumed all my AR mags.
You can set your watch by it; whenever a gun rush happens, there are always established members on forums that “were just about to by XYZ firearm / accessories / etc”, but then the rush happened. “I just want it for a FAIR Price!!!”. MMhum, supply and demand, stupid.
It’s people who are just lazy or don’t prioritize well. IDK - now when I buy AR mags, it’s in QTY 30 or more- that amount fits perfectly into a Steralite 18qt container in 2 rows of 15 mags - you even have room on one side for ten 20rds. Pistol mag are rarely bought in less than QTY 10. I reasonably have more than I’ll ever need, but when you see things so cheap, it’s always good to add to the stash.
I sold a Norinco 120rd AR drum for around $500 in 2013. It was like new and worked really well. I kept all of my 20’s and 30’s through both panics. The trouble with selling high is that you do run the risk of not getting them replenished when things calm down; legislation can put a damper on that plan. So stack 'em high and deep. Sell off numbers you “invested” in and be sure to have plenty left over.
I had 5 spare BCG’s before SH. The money those items were going for absolutely made it worth the risk.
I don’t feel sorry for anyone that gets caught with their pants down when the panic buying starts. We’ve had years to prepare and I ain’t gonna be Capt Save A Hoe for people who were too busy buying the latest iphone instead of stacking mags and ammo deep.
I dont remember mag prices all that well but I remember 223 rounds being like 80 cents a round
Yep. I saw 1000 round cases of PMC Korean 55 grain stuff going for $740 plus tax. Ouch.