Back in stock at Midway USA

[Rebel jim]

Wish I had the money

 

[Stantheman86]

I've been killing those Midway sales, however, the balance on my credit card is probably something I don't even want to look at right now

I tell myself that they won't be this cheap probably ever again so I just picked up a $240 Pietta 51 Navy and I'm fighting the urge to get a Leech and Rigdon

People on GunBroker selling well used Dragoons for $450, I'm thinking yeah they're 400 bucks brand new at Midway right now maybe I should get a Whitneyville

I wish I'd jumped on the $270 Wells Fargo before they went back up

 

[earlwb]

Yeah I missed out on that one. I bought the non-loading lever version as that one was out of stock at the time. I really didn’t expect them to get in more with the loading lever on it.

 

[Longhunter]

I try not to look. There’s a few on there I’d like to have in my cabinet.

 

[Stantheman86]

You definitely don't want to look , Midway is beating places like Dixie gun works by $50-100 in some cases.

Every time I browse I end up buying something

 

[TDM]

You definitely don't want to look , Midway is beating places like Dixie gun works by $50-100 in some cases.

Every time I browse I end up buying something

I’m fairly sure we’re only here once. Go for it. Not that I need anything else at all, but if I have any regrets, it’s not having to many, it’s the ones I should have bought.

 

[Stantheman86]

I’m fairly sure we’re only here once. Go for it.

My thoughts exactly....nothing beats "going to the post office to pick up a gun" day ..plus when the sales end I'll be like, I remember when MidWay was basically giving cap and ballers away and I should have bought what I wanted.

 

[maillemaker]

Does anyone know how Midway is able to sell them do cheap compared to other importers?

 

[TDM]

Does anyone know how Midway is able to sell them do cheap compared to other importers?

Most likely volume sales IMHO.

 

[Stantheman86]

It makes me wonder what Midway pays for a Pietta steel frame navy if they can sell them for $240. They probably do pay $150-200 a piece but they know they'll sell boatloads of them for that price and they'll still make lots of money by undercutting everyone else .

The $220 .44 brassers went away and are back to $270, they were probably throwing them out the door by the pallet for that price , probably some went to "resellers".

 

[JRL1164]

Man I've been eye balling this one for a while don't tempt me. I keep telling myself the holidays are just around the corner.

 

[TDM]

Man I've been eye balling this one for a while don't tempt me. I keep telling myself the holidays are just around the corner.

If it helps, you have my permission.

 

[Brokenbear]

You know how you prime a pitcher pump ..you put in water and more water to prime it and shazam out comes a whole bunch of water at once ..

Well covid ..overseas manufacturing source ..and orders following orders trying to get something on the shelf.. then bam ..all or most of the orders get placed on/in one container and all of a sudden the shelf won't hold them all

I know what buying from an off shore manufacturer with lead times and currency exchange and letters of credit and everything else ..it is a buyer's nightmare and plethora for the shipper who has their money ..has their orders (that they we expecting to dibble in just as they dribbled the purchase orders to the manufacture

So I believe we are seeing more of a dam break of unexpected quantities than any thing else

The wild card ..most if not all orders for overseas goods are paid for up front and the manufacturer guarantees the number of units and unit price often 6,12 and 18 months in advance of receipt

It is entirely possible that they are selling guns right now at a price below what the next container batch will cost them

If I was a betting man I would just about cover the wager that we will see a 25% price increase in the next 6 months ..and I hope I'm way wrong

Bear

 

[TDM]

You know how you prime a pitcher pump ..you put in water and more water to prime it and shazam out comes a whole bunch of water at once ..

Well covid ..overseas manufacturing source ..and orders following orders trying to get something on the shelf.. then bam ..all or most of the orders get placed on/in one container and all of a sudden the shelf won't hold them all

I know what buying from an off shore manufacturer with lead times and currency exchange and letters of credit and everything else ..it is a buyer's nightmare and plethora for the shipper who has their money ..has their orders (that they we expecting to dibble in just as they dribbled the purchase orders to the manufacture

So I believe we are seeing more of a dam break of unexpected quantities than any thing else

The wild card ..most if not all orders for overseas goods are paid for up front and the manufacturer guarantees the number of units and unit price often 6,12 and 18 months in advance of receipt

It is entirely possible that they are selling guns right now at a price below what the next container batch will cost them

If I was a betting man I would just about cover the wager that we will see a 25% price increase in the next 6 months ..and I hope I'm way wrong

Bear

I’m afraid your right. Nothing is going to get cheaper for a long time.

 

[Stantheman86]

You know how you prime a pitcher pump ..you put in water and more water to prime it and shazam out comes a whole bunch of water at once ..

Well covid ..overseas manufacturing source ..and orders following orders trying to get something on the shelf.. then bam ..all or most of the orders get placed on/in one container and all of a sudden the shelf won't hold them all

I know what buying from an off shore manufacturer with lead times and currency exchange and letters of credit and everything else ..it is a buyer's nightmare and plethora for the shipper who has their money ..has their orders (that they we expecting to dibble in just as they dribbled the purchase orders to the manufacture

So I believe we are seeing more of a dam break of unexpected quantities than any thing else

The wild card ..most if not all orders for overseas goods are paid for up front and the manufacturer guarantees the number of units and unit price often 6,12 and 18 months in advance of receipt

It is entirely possible that they are selling guns right now at a price below what the next container batch will cost them

If I was a betting man I would just about cover the wager that we will see a 25% price increase in the next 6 months ..and I hope I'm way wrong

Bear

This is an excellent way to explain the current Glut of Italian revolvers. Pietta and Uberti want to recover lost $ too from 2+ years of the Pandemic

By this time next year a Uberti Dragoon will be a $600 gun

 

[axesbold]

The strong dollar can't be hurting either.

 

[wganz]

Man I've been eye balling this one for a while don't tempt me. I keep telling myself the holidays are just around the corner.

Today is my birthday..............
I can hear them singing to me, "Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday dear WGANZ, Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!!!!"

 

[Mica]

I have an 1849 Uberti that I got earlier this year and will be selling it here shortly.

 

[Mica]

Check out Muzzle-Loaders for the brassers, guys.

https://muzzle-loaders.com/collecti...black-powder-revolver-pistol-44-caliber-reb44

 

[Tenmile]

Some years ago I was in a gun shop looking at various pieces when I was drawn to the black powder section. I saw a 2nd Generation Model 1851 Colt Navy pistol. This was a pistol reintroduced and produced by Colt from about 1972 to 1983. They stopped producing cap and ball revolvers in 1873 when the metallic cartridge Peacemaker was introduced. The Navy was the gun carried by Wild Bill Hickok and was next to the 1860 Army 44 in popularity in the nineteenth century. It had a deep navy blue finish with casehardening and an action like a sewing machine. I held it and examined it for a good while. Tempting as it was, (I needed a cap and ball revolver almost as much as I needed a side-saddle), Reason finally overcame Passion, and I reluctantly returned the pistol to the clerk and left. I had driven less than a mile when I turned on the radio, and would you believe it, the first thing I heard was the theme to Rawhide. I just turned the truck around, returned to the store, and bought the gun.