I think the picture you are painting is a bit rosy, John.
Best,
Ted
Probably so, Ted. Might should have waited until I was sober to type that. Like I said previously, half of what I post here shouldn't be taken too seriously. I don't.
JR
John, I don't actually care if you are sober or not, as long as the point is valid.
But, not even considering new CSMC inventory, the used CSMC stuff on the "usual suspect" gun websites is positively stagnant, and unmoving. You can expand that comment to bunches of different SXS guns of all makes, if you include 12s. A few gunshops have been turning away 12 gauge SXS trade-in guns.
I don't recall a time in my life where the same 12 gauge doubles had been sitting in inventory somwhere for most of a decade.
Except, now.
Best,
Ted
Oh, I was sober. It was just a little self-deprecating turn of the word. Be assured, Ted, I knew you did not care. Whatever.
There may not be enough energy in this market to get some renewed interest in the CSMC guns. Lord knows things have slowed down a LOT for this stuff and may slow further yet.
I think there are probably less than 5K serious double gun enthusiasts in the US. Maybe a lot less. When you start considering the point of saturation for that small of a market, then also considering where all the RBL's, A10's, and Invernesses are supposed to go, the picture does start to become less rosy than I may have first thought.
I think I'm going to let Tony Galazan worry about it.
JR
