22-rimfire
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Deaf Smith, I suspect you are right in that 22LR guns are not selling as well and it is probably likely due to the ammunition shortage. A new shooter might be hesitant to buy a 22 rifle when they can't even buy ammunition for said gun except at scalper prices.
If I were in the market (and I suspect that I am almost always in the market), I look at the asking price on guns and shops that price at suggested retail or above do not get my business at all. The key there is knowing suggested retail at a minimum. Once I learn their pricing tendancies, I stop going. By the same token, I might go into a Bass Pro type store and everything other than guns are pretty much full retail unless it is "on sale". But I know that going in.
If I were in the market (and I suspect that I am almost always in the market), I look at the asking price on guns and shops that price at suggested retail or above do not get my business at all. The key there is knowing suggested retail at a minimum. Once I learn their pricing tendancies, I stop going. By the same token, I might go into a Bass Pro type store and everything other than guns are pretty much full retail unless it is "on sale". But I know that going in.