Firearms Industry Outlook

It's interesting to look back at the effect the Obama administration has had on the firearms industry. What folks call the black gun bubble. These are primarily AR style rifles. The bubble started around November 2008, and peaked in April 2009. By June I was seeing lots of black guns available again. The bubble didn't have any affect on Shooters Resource. Since we primarily sell Crimson Trace Lasergrips, we saw very little impact. We had a huge December which we attribute to the Christmas season. In January sales slacked off a bit, and in Feburary they picked back up and peaked in April. We attribute this cycle to the traditional discretionary income increase caused by Income Tax Returns, plus some stimulus money becoming available to everyone.

Here we are now, in the traditional Summer slack for the firearms business, preparing for the Fall increase. It's just around the corner, so it's time to start thinking about those products you want that just might get scarce again.