A few moons ago, I put a deposit down at TWO gun stores for an M&P Shield. Back in November, gun store #1 called and said my Shield was in. This was before all the real madness and I went down and bought it. I paid $400 for it.
A few weeks later, gun store #2 said my Shield was in. I was going to cancel it, but just said thanks. Yesterday (1/12/13) I finally went down and picked it up. I figure, with all the madness, I might need another gun. I now have only two guns in my safe. :yup:
A few things of note:
A few weeks later, gun store #2 said my Shield was in. I was going to cancel it, but just said thanks. Yesterday (1/12/13) I finally went down and picked it up. I figure, with all the madness, I might need another gun. I now have only two guns in my safe. :yup:
A few things of note:
- I got it for $400. Of course, they have none left in stock and I fear to know the going rate for that gun
- I still don't actually possess the gun. I, of course, had to undergo a background check and when I inquired about 30 minutes later, I was 200th in line in the computer. Approximately a two hour wait. I live an hour from this shop so I decided to go home and return on a different day.
- They still had lots of guns. I asked the clerk and he said before the madness, they had an inventory of 5000 guns. (It is the largest store in the region.) Now they only have 2000. They still had some ARs for sale and some other desirable guns, but no Glocks, M&Ps, XDs, etc. Rifles were pretty much limited to hunting rifles. I don't know what that 2000 is. There were many displayed. Prices were a "bit" higher, but not gouging.
- A box of .22LR ammo (a brick of 525) was going for $30. Limit 2.
- Hard to find any ammo for it. They had ammo, but no .223/5.56. A box of 9mm target ammo was going for $15.