Can someone give me the pre-obama price?
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Float Pilot
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They were $1,250 to $1,300 around here a couple months ago.
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maskedman504
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Even though Barry is in office I have still seen the DPMS' going for $1500-$1800~
Ha, if only this guy only knew what was purchased in that time period. The DPMS SASS is one of the last things for the collection. Your comment indicates you are frustrated; perhaps you're the one not prepared. Be that as it may, I work hard for my money and if I want to get a SASS, I will get one.
I have not seen any SASS going for less than $2,000 online or at gun shows (although they're not very common at gunshows).
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Well, typically the actual street price is right around 18-20% off, so if MSRP is $2,109, I'd guess about $1,700.
wally
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Around here, post election, the higher end stuff that was $1500+ has only gone up in the 3-10% range, whereas the more common AK & AR configurations have generally gone up 25-100% with the lower end having the bigger increases.
Stripped lowers have gone from $90-$130 range to $180-$250. Lowers have been common, but good luck finding the parts to complete them. All the on-line vendors seem to be 8-12 weeks back ordered. I've backorders from Nov 10 and Nov 15 I've not heard a peep about
--wally.
Stripped lowers have gone from $90-$130 range to $180-$250. Lowers have been common, but good luck finding the parts to complete them. All the on-line vendors seem to be 8-12 weeks back ordered. I've backorders from Nov 10 and Nov 15 I've not heard a peep about
--wally.
RaferJanders
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Obama price? foolish hysteria and the uniformed and underprepared have driven prices, Supply and Demand simple economics, with a large dose of fear and hysteria, 66912 told me about a kid at his work came up to him and said "I just bought my Obama AR" 1500 bucks he borrowed from his parents, who in turn put it on their credit card, 66912 asked, "How manny mags did you buy?" answer "It came with one" "How much ammo did you buy?" "None" 66912 shook his head "Man that is one expensive club" Good luck with your AR purchase! When you buy 7 30rd mags 1000 rds of Ammo and all those cute little tactadoodle do dads you are looking at 3000 grand!
wheelgunslinger
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Wow. thanks for the news flash and economics lesson.
1000 to 1500 were the pre Obama prices.
No, the SASS was not selling for 12-1300 bucks at any time. Around here (Texas) as well as internet prices (check forum archives) the SASS was selling for closer to $2800 even 2-3 years ago. The BASIC bare bones DPMS was selling for $1000-1200 when you could find one , usually with a 6 month or so wait.
DPMS makes two SASS rifles. One in 5.56 and one in 7.62 (marked .308 but has the upgraded fully fluted 7.62 barrel). The SASS 5.56 can be had for about $1500 pre-Obama... not sure what they are now but probably still in that neighborhood as they never caught on like the 7.62.
When the DPMS SASS .308 first came out the barrel was not fully fluted (only fluted up to the gas block). Then when the 2nd generation fully fluted barrels came out there was a huge backorder and it was around $2000 OTD (early 2007 time-frame and Obama was no where in sight). Then prices stabilized around $1800 or so (give or take). That is when I purchased mine as I had been timing the market back in early 2008.
It is a heck of a bargain as it easily competes with out of the box bolt action rifles in terms of accuracy (Tikka, Savage, and even the 700) and comes standard with forward assist, dust cover, JG adjustable trigger, low-pro gas block, magpul stock, competition grip, BUS, mounted collapsable telescopic front bi-pod, fully fluted barrel, and rails all anodized the same nice deep black hue as the rest of the rifle.
The add-ons alone come to well over $800! This is probably DPMS's best rifle to date and the biggest bargain. You can easily shoot sub MOA on a bet all day long with Federal 168gr ammo.
The only competition the DPMS SASS .308 has is Noveske and if they are truly going for near $3K I would probably just save my pennies and pay the $3300 for the Noveske but I am sure you can still find the DPMS SASS for ~$2500 if you look hard enough.
I like my DPMS SASS .308 so much I ordered an AAC 762SD for it as I think I will like shooting it without ear protection. Anyway good luck!
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We are currently in an "Obama Gun Price Bubble". Like the "Real Estate Bubble" or the "Dot Com Bubble", it will inevitably burst, and prices will return to normal. Just be aware of the market and ride it out.
DocBoCook
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I hope so. Getting some money soon and can't wait to add to the collection a wonderful EBR
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