Black Friday gun sales hit an all time record high last week with demand for new firearms so overwhelming that it caused outages at the FBI background check center on two separate occasions.
…the FBI reported 154,873 background check requests on Friday – a 20 per cent increase on last year’s record total of 129,166 checks.
The number of guns sold could actually be double or more that figure because only one background check is recorded per sale even if buyers purchase multiple firearms.
I also noticed several ammo sites I was watching sold out over the weekend.
When I bought the two Troy Defense carbines from Dick’s on Black Friday I had to wait about 10 hours to go pick them up because of how backlogged they were on that system.
In and out in a flash on Saturday with a new Glock 19. Of course, it was 7pm Alaska time. I imagine most gun stores in the rest of the country were closed by then.
That sounds like some win to me. Sure, panic buying is increased demand which will likely lead to higher prices in most cases, but that’s awesome for national gun support and boosting the economy even a little.
Can I ask where you got it up there? My brother is stationed there and he wants one, I told him I would get here and ship to him. If you dont mind pm me the price?
I saw a couple at Great Northern Guns in Anchorage for $550. Boondocks sporting goods had one also in that price range. I purchased my actual pistol from an FFL that posts on here, he doesn’t have a store front so I’d like you to PM him first. Send a pm to hunt_ak to see if he can help you out.
I didn’t shop on Black Friday but I did go to the shooting range Black Friday and again on Saturday. This was at the largest gun club in the metro area and usually there is smattering of all types of rifles on the line. Both days last week I was surprised that 90% of them were some form of AR15s (including me). Old guys like me, “kids”, father/sons, girlfriend/wives, a lot of different people but mostly AR15s with a couple of Garands (me too) and usually a 10/22 and one or two bolt guns. I would have to say the AR15 is now the American Rifle. Is this a great country or what?!
I was talking about the OBAMA cartel Scandal that doesn’t seem to be sticking to his Muslim ass.
As far as new gun owners… shit. It doesn’t take much payin attention as a current gun owner to see this. Conversations overheard… the influx of first time AR owners here, the idiots you stumble over if you go into a gun store, relatives who weren’t into shooting but now are, etc.