Airgun Market Shift?

Trucker3573 · 2024-11-04T13:34:41-0600

Stubbers said:
Interesting how you take something out of context just to rage bait others...

There is a difference between saying "How many fools can you sell $2,000 rifles to" and "Every person who buys a $2,000 rifle is a fool".

Full stop. I'll give you a day to read this then you go on my block list. I have zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

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Ok then who’s the fool and who ain’t ?

Smitty911 · 2024-11-05T04:11:52-0600

Stubbers said:
Interesting how you take something out of context just to rage bait others...

There is a difference between saying "How many fools can you sell $2,000 rifles to" and "Every person who buys a $2,000 rifle is a fool".

Full stop. I'll give you a day to read this then you go on my block list. I have zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

-Matt

Matt,

Semantics. Block, don't block, my life will go on.

Smitty

cavedweller · 2024-11-05T08:26:04-0600

Stubbers said:
Interesting how you take something out of context just to rage bait others...

There is a difference between saying "How many fools can you sell $2,000 rifles to" and "Every person who buys a $2,000 rifle is a fool".

Full stop. I'll give you a day to read this then you go on my block list. I have zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

-Matt

In the grand scheme of all things internet related - we must remember - we only have words to go by and the subsequent feelings they invoke "within" our "own" psyche. That said, such discussion with cold beer in hand or at the range are completely different and often only create laughter or a middle finger with a smile behind it.

steve123 · 2024-11-05T09:27:03-0600

Trucker3573 said:
Only if……errr I won’t say it. Lol

Yeah exactly. Uh "Vote Harder" is a common saying and hope the cheat is overwhelmed somehow.

What a bizarre charade we live in. The climate crisis is our political climate not the other.

rwsmike · 2024-11-05T09:43:01-0600

From what I'm seeing is if you purchased a gun new and you want to sell it then get ready for a gd lose but we all know that . I tried selling a ataman for half price and now I'm giving up and just keeping it ...it's a gd gun. The used market is swamped right now .

rwsmike · 2024-11-05T09:52:39-0600

Another issue I have now is living in the northeast the days are very short and all I can do is use my airguns on the weekends because I work all week.

jps2486 · 2024-11-05T10:18:13-0600

Stubbers said:
Interesting how you take something out of context just to rage bait others...

There is a difference between saying "How many fools can you sell $2,000 rifles to" and "Every person who buys a $2,000 rifle is a fool".

Full stop. I'll give you a day to read this then you go on my block list. I have zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

-Matt

How many "fools" play golf and piss away thousands of dollars.

lbc_PSI · 2024-11-05T10:50:41-0600

Going to paraphrase Ed (of EdGun)..where he was responding to someone questioning pricing the L2 at $2000+..

“As long as there are people willing to pay $2000 for an airgun, that will be where the price will be.”

Goodfast08 · 2024-11-05T13:04:17-0600

rwsmike said:
Another issue I have now is living in the northeast the days are very short and all I can do is use my airguns on the weekends because I work all week.

I feel your pain. Im not letting DST or shorter days stop my fun. Night vision shall cure my itch to shoot everyday! Until it's 0° out atleast

L.Leon · 2024-11-05T17:03:28-0600

rwsmike said:
Another issue I have now is living in the northeast the days are very short and all I can do is use my airguns on the weekends because I work all week.

Same here, but this season am ready with an Zulus 5-20x for occasional, after work plinking in the dark. The limiting factor is the colder weather..

beerthief · 2024-11-05T17:15:19-0600

EPG said:
I agree jps2486 - the higher price end of the market seems to be shifting towards slug shooting - requiring higher power levels and slug-specific barrels.

It’s a hobby for me - so the money I throw at it has to balance the enjoyment I get from it.

It’s a less expensive hobby than say owning a classic or high end car(s)… so I rationalize it as 40 years of a competitive tennis hobby resulted in a $100,000+ back fusion surgery. Of course I still get out to play some tennis - and its more fun now when its not focused on winning tournaments.

With pellet rifles and distances of 75 yards and in, you will find amazing accuracy without needing big power - it doesn’t take huge power to even shoot .30 caliber at 870fps… and you don’t need .30 caliber, lol.

Even for incredible accuracy at typical air rifle distances of 30-40 yards, I’ve obtained great results from modestly priced rifles - just check out the 30 and 40 Yard Challenge leaderboards to see the level of precision that can be achieved with pellet focused rifles.

To stay grounded, I remember a YouTube video of a young UK kid with his Weihrauch HW97 hunting rabbits out in the British countryside. At one point he puts a target about the size of a US quarter on a fencepost - and nails it 10 straight times at about 25 yards with his springer… after the 10th hit he asks viewers “how much more accurate do you need?”.

What I really need is to be 15 years old again - with an HW97, a tin of .177 and a nice weather day…

-Ed

with my 97 in hand i AM 15 again! !

cavedweller · 2024-11-05T18:20:15-0600

rwsmike said:
Another issue I have now is living in the northeast the days are very short and all I can do is use my airguns on the weekends because I work all week.

Yeah winter really cuts into my trigger time

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