{"id":568,"date":"2017-11-23T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2017\/11\/23\/doing-my-part-to-stimulate-gun-economy\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:28:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:28:19","slug":"doing-my-part-to-stimulate-gun-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=568","title":{"rendered":"Doing My Part To Stimulate The (Gun) Economy &#8211; 2017 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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have been doing these Black Friday posts <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/doing-my-part-to-stimulate-gun-economy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annually since 2010<\/a>. The state of the firearms industry is a bit different this year. After many years of double-digit growth, it appears the bubble has burst. In earlier years you would have been lucky to find an AR-15 upper for $400 or so. Now you can get the whole AR for that price.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just say it has not been a great year for the firearms industry in general. The thought that we would have a President Hillary and you better grab while grabbing is good was crushed late on the night of November 8th when Donald J. Trump was elected president. Dennis Badurina of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlwtn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dragon Leatherworks<\/a>&nbsp;who also owns a small gun store in Tennessee has been pointing out the state of the retail firearms industry with his posts on his Facebook page for a number of months. As Dennis notes, the industry is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/djbadurina\/posts\/10214094075244315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freefall<\/a> and is in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/djbadurina\/posts\/10214514376671588?pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state of contraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to make the assumption that the industry will be using Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a major tool to rid itself of excess inventory. If you are in the market for anything, I think you should find some good deals with careful shopping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2016\/11\/doing-my-part-to-stimulate-gun-economy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As with last year<\/a>, I have decided not to reinvent the wheel and will point out some of the better aggregations of Black Friday\/Cyber Monday sales. I will be adding links to individual companies as I go through the weekend when I find something that might not be covered elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Starting off, there is the <a href=\"https:\/\/gun.deals\/black-friday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Friday page of Slickguns.com<\/a>. It has links to the sales at all the major big box sporting and outdoor stores.<\/p>\n<p>Crowd-sourcing is a great way to put many eyes together to find the deals. The \/gundeals subreddit page of Reddit is one such place. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gundeals\/comments\/7ch87z\/official_black_friday_deals_megathread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They have a Black Friday megathread<\/a> going that has a little bit of everything. The other major crowd-sourced effort is on Arfcom. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ar15.com\/forums\/general\/-Official-GD-Black-Friday-deals-discussion-thread-\/5-2051234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;official GD Black Friday&#8221; thread<\/a> is at 6 pages and counting. The first thing that caught my eye there was $8 PMags. You can never have enough magazines! Now if I can find some less expensive CZ P-09 mags, I&#8217;ll be in hog heaven.<\/p>\n<p>If you trend more towards the tactical, SoldierSystems.net has a dedicated <a href=\"http:\/\/soldiersystems.net\/2017\/11\/14\/2017-black-friday-cyber-monday-sales-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post <\/a>that is continually updated with Black Friday sales.<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I&#8217;m good on most things. However, I&#8217;m in the market for a good quality handgun safe\/strongbox with a mechanical keypad. My granddaughter Olivia Grace is almost three and has a little sister due in April. Little fingers can get in places they shouldn&#8217;t be and I want to protect against that.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I&#8217;d like to remind everyone that No Lawyers &#8211; Only Guns and Money is <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zfrk3G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Amazon affiliate<\/a>. All commissions that I earn from your purchases go to non-profit gun rights organizations like the Second Amendment Foundation and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in the market for an inexpensive tablet device, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b\/?ie=UTF8&amp;node=6669703011&amp;ref_=fs_ods_fs_tab_cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle Fire 7 is only $29.99.<\/a> It was $33.33 last year. The Complementary Spouse uses her Fire daily to keep up with email, crafts, and family.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b><br \/>\n<b><br \/><\/b><br \/>\nThere is a thread at 24hourcampfire.com with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.24hourcampfire.com\/ubbthreads\/ubbthreads.php\/topics\/12413510\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more hunting related Black Friday<\/a> specials.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Andy Langlois of Ching and Rhodesian sling fame is having a sale on all his products. Save 20 percent off all his products from Nov. 22 \u2013 28 and 10 percent off all products from Nov. 29 \u2013 Dec. 24, 2017. I have both his belts, both style of slings, and even a couple of holsters by Andy and the quality is top-notch. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andysleather.com\/collections\/black-friday-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.andysleather.com\/collections\/black-friday-sale<\/a>. 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