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Mike40-11 · February 15, 2013, 05:22 PM

Unless you're going to stock major distributor size quantities, how much are you really going to make off of "gun stuff"?

How much do you have to invest? Let's say $1000.

So, back when they were $14, you picked up 71 Pmags. Now you can get $40. Okay, you made $1840. More than doubling your money but you had that $1000 tied up. And it took a 'black swan', the Newtown shooting and subsequent buying frenzy, to make your investment pay off. Even after the election time shortages started, nothing had gotten really scarce or expensive until then.

Or maybe you go for primers, they keep, right? So you get Tula in bulk when they're $20/thousand. After shipping and hazmat, your $1000 gets you say, 8 cases of 5,000. I don't know what Tulas or going for, but let's say $50/K. So you double your money to $2000. But again, your money was tied up and you you didn't have any profit potential until something extraordinary happened. Oh, and selling that many primers....are you a dealer now? Do you need a license? For that matter, were they legally stored by the fire code? And what if your basement flooded while you were waiting for the price to spike?

So sure, you can buy and hope for something to drive prices up, but how long are you willing to wait and how much money are you willing to tie up? If you had bought those 71 Pmags back in 2010 you would've probably gotten sick of sitting on them before January 2013. And what if Feinstein's fantasy came true and they became illegal to sell and thus literally worthless?

I buy in pretty good lot sizes but I do it to protect myself from future price increases and scarcity, not to resell later. Not enough potential upside, too much potential downside, IMO.

February 15, 2013, 05:22 PM	#5
Mike40-11 Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 842	Unless you're going to stock major distributor size quantities, how much are you really going to make off of "gun stuff"? How much do you have to invest? Let's say $1000. So, back when they were $14, you picked up 71 Pmags. Now you can get $40. Okay, you made $1840. More than doubling your money but you had that $1000 tied up. And it took a 'black swan', the Newtown shooting and subsequent buying frenzy, to make your investment pay off. Even after the election time shortages started, nothing had gotten really scarce or expensive until then. Or maybe you go for primers, they keep, right? So you get Tula in bulk when they're $20/thousand. After shipping and hazmat, your $1000 gets you say, 8 cases of 5,000. I don't know what Tulas or going for, but let's say $50/K. So you double your money to $2000. But again, your money was tied up and you you didn't have any profit potential until something extraordinary happened. Oh, and selling that many primers....are you a dealer now? Do you need a license? For that matter, were they legally stored by the fire code? And what if your basement flooded while you were waiting for the price to spike? So sure, you can buy and hope for something to drive prices up, but how long are you willing to wait and how much money are you willing to tie up? If you had bought those 71 Pmags back in 2010 you would've probably gotten sick of sitting on them before January 2013. And what if Feinstein's fantasy came true and they became illegal to sell and thus literally worthless? I buy in pretty good lot sizes but I do it to protect myself from future price increases and scarcity, not to resell later. Not enough potential upside, too much potential downside, IMO.