PCP gun sales down?

[Guest]

After talking to a few dealers it appears that air gun sales are way down and they are not sure why.

My guess, which is just that, people are watching the inflation clock and holding back. 

My other guess could be that the super hot sales in the past few years is that many people had just found out about PCP high power pellet gun like me. I learned about them about 4 years ago and sort of went nuts buying them and the accessories. Now I'm all but done with purchasing air guns and only buy pellets.

There are a LOT of dealers out there and most don't stock stuff, just middle man sales which is fine but I think they are starting to feel the pain of inflation or lack of sales due to the market being saturated. 

But, who am I to know?

Still, air guns are totally fun to shoot.

 

[madeintheuk]

I’m actually suprised by this. The only reason I could see sales being down, is because stock is down. The ammonia shortage brought a ton of new shooters to our sport, but it also caused a lot of shortages with ammo and Airguns also. I’ve bought 4 guns in the past 8 months, and that is on the low side for an airgunner. I would have bought more, but all guns I currently want are in back order. 

 

[darylm]

Probably because the guns are overpriced and never in stock

 

[ChRiSiS]

The only reason I can see that sales are down is because there is a disruption in supply. If the manufacturers can’t ship product then there simply is not as much to sell. Certainly it is hard to see that demand could be down given the ongoing shortages. I also can’t see why there would be any connection to inflation, at least in the short term.

 

[Fullmag]

Been on wait list for Delta Wolf for many many months gave up on that now on wait list for Fx M3. Its crazy new products get hyped big time yet nothing is hitting the streets. RMAC was like a FX commercial you’d think they would have ramped up production for the bump they would have gotten from the publicity of that event. I don’t know how the airgun shops stay in business, it doesnt help with supply chain being fudged up. Hope things get better for them and us.

 

[elh0102]

Sales may be down (haven't heard this), but not demand. Supply chains are FUBAR! 

 

[qball]

Maybe the lower end stuff but the nice guns are still on perpetual back order. That being said I kinda went nuts and don’t foresee myself buying another new gun for a while since I got what I like and want for now. 

 

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[Guest]

You cannot buy a LCS in this country but KRALE has unlimited supply. Same goes for .35 cal JSB or any brand impossible to buy,, all on back order but I found a dealer in Japan that had as many .35 cal JSB you can want, I just bought 4 cans. And yes, they are legitimate and one of the largest air gun dealers in the world. Not sure how long delivery will take but at least I got pellets on the way. Needed some to shoot my FX Impact that I just put a .35 cal barrel on yesterday. 

 

[Guest]

Airgun On is the dealer I bought the JSB .35 cal pellets, really not sure if they are in Japan or not. Maybe I got ripped off which has happened to me before from some outfit in TX...lost $125.00, once they got my money I could not get ANY response from them, none. Really pissed me off but oh well.

 

[CharlieF]

Sorry mate, but Airgun On is a know scam site. They are the same folks that claimed to be from TX. They got you twice.

 

[TMH]

airgunon.com is a fake/fraudulent web site, along with airgunus.us, airgunns.com, and probably a bunch of others run by the same scamming a$$holes.

 

[fdales17]

If AoA would hurry up and get the BSA CLX in stock....I happily get one 

 

[Marley5]

I've got a gun and scope on backorder......that may be the issue. 

 

[triggertreat]

Most likely a supply issue. Not everyone is the pre-order type.

You think PCPs are bad try buying a new truck, in-stock. I spent the last two months looking for one after the one I had was taken out by a drunk driver. It was a real eye-opener to current supply issues. Any of the ones you see on the lot are already spoken for.

 

[CyberDyneSystems]

- Seasonal,. heading into Spring/Summer, they could not keep any in stock.

- Back to the real world, back to work. Pandemic is being treated very differently. Fewer people with free time.

 

[Guest]

"Sorry mate, but Airgun On is a know scam site. They are the same folks that claimed to be from TX. They got you twice."

Well CRAP-O-LA!!! I REALLY go nuts when I get ripped off but it's not like the dude down the road. This online scam has to have some sort of defense. I really thought I could trust this outfit...crap. 

Someone once told my I was gullible...and I believed him.

Paypal won't do nothing about it either. 

 

[harrymoreland]

UK, I settled on a confirmed three month wait on my third choice gun, after being told by two dealers they could not give me a estimate time of delivery on my second choice. 

+1, thinking it is a supply issue

 

[kball]

Went to Bass Pro yesterday and was surprised to see the ammo on the shelves. IMO a lot of the airgun sales in the last year were to people that could not get ammo to shoot their powder burners and now that ammo is available again they are going back to what they prefer to shoot. Probably bad for new gun sales but I predict there will be some deals on used airguns in the future if the PB ammo remains available.

 

[Keyman62421]

Why in the world would you buy air guns if you can't buy pellets. I'm just saying!