If you’ve been a customer of Midsouth Shooters Supply for long, you know we love our Black Friday Giveaways. One of our favorites in the past has been the Lock-N-Load Giveaway we did a few years ago. Thanks to the fantastic folks at Hornady, we’re able to bring you the Return of the Lock-N-Load Giveaway! Click Here to get started!
As the crowning jewel of our Black Friday through Cyber Monday sales extravaganza, the Lock-N-Load Giveaway gives our customers the chance to win one of three Hornady Press Kits.
What You Could Win:
One lucky winner will receive the Lock-N-Load Classic Kit Deluxe, with almost everything a reloader would need on their bench to start cranking out their own ammunition, at a fraction of the cost.
Comes with Classic Single Stage Press, Powder Measure with Stand, and everything else shown here!
Next is the Lock-N-Load AP Progressive Press. This kit is great for the bulk ammo producer. With every pull of the press handle, you have the ability to churn out hundreds of rounds of ammo, great for bulk pistol shooters, competition shooters, and AR enthusiasts.
The Lock-N-Load AP Progressive Press
Lastly, one winner will get their hands on the newest offering from Hornady, the Lock-N-Load Iron Press Kit. This beefy press offers the heaviest in class weight, great for building big ammo for max distance and knock-down.
The New Lock-N-Load Iron Press Kit, with Auto Prime
The deals are still going on, so head over to Midsouth for some great sales, and a chance to win a brand new press. There are tons of ways to enter, so don’t worry about not being on social media. We’re thankful we get to serve our customers, and we wish all of them luck in the giveaway!
Despite many gun owners stocking up prior to the 2016 Presidential Election, firearms retailers still expect a good holiday sales season.
Source: Reuters
Like most other retailers, gun sellers thrive during the holidays. Last year’s Black Friday featured record activity for a single day, according to Federal background check data. This year, Christmas actually came early for U.S. gun shop owners. Spurred on by fears of a Hillary Clinton victory and the accompanying threat of restrictive gun legislation, U.S gun shop owners had staggering sales in the months prior to the election, but these same retailers may now be hard-pressed to match last year’s record holiday sales (December 2015 was the second busiest month ever, next to December 2012 in the face of an Obama-driven push for more restrictions). Analysts believe that this year’s holiday sales may appear to be floundering due to gun owners having stocked up in anticipation of a possible Clinton presidency. Overall, though, there’s no cause for alarm.
Federal background check data showed that gun retailers had a record October this year, the month preceding the November Presidential Election. As reported last issue, gun store traffic has fallen off substantially since Donald Trump won the presidency. The following day, November 8, shares of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp dropped 15% (but with a rebound this past week), while Sturm Ruger & Company’s stock is 17% lower.
Now, with this year’s Black Friday upon us, gun dealers say traffic is regaining momentum after the post-election drop.
“I’m not expecting it to be any slower than our normal Black Friday,” said Kellie Weeks, owner of Georgia Gun Store in Gainesville: “But if Hillary had won, we would have sold out already…”
History repeats… After Democratic candidate Barack Obama was elected in 2008, November background checks jumped 48% compared to the prior November, according to data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. By comparison, background checks rose a more modest 5% in November 2004 after Republican George W. Bush was re-elected.
The Federal background checks are the best source for factual data on gun sales, which gun manufacturers do not publicly release. This data is refined and relayed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). The NSSF eliminates applications for conceal-carry permits (typically made by people who already own guns) from the data to give a better reflection of actual firearms purchases.
Through October 2016, background checks are up 15% compared to the same time last year, suggesting another a strong year of overall sales.
Wall Street expects Smith & Wesson’s revenue to increase 28% in 2016 and 11% next year, based on data from Thomson Reuters.
Let’s relax a little and go buy the guns that we really want to have, and let’s get back to enjoying that pursuit. It’s a far better feeling to buy something you’ve always wanted rather than something you might not be able to ever get again… So what’s on your Christmas shopping list?
More Americans had their backgrounds checked purchasing guns on this most recent Black Friday than any other day on record, according to data recently released by the FBI. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 185,345 requests on Nov. 27, one of the largest retail-sales days in the country.
Stephen Fischer Jr., of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, wrote in a release, “This was an approximate 5% increase over the 175,754 received on Black Friday 2014. The previous high for receipts were the 177,170 received on 12/21/2012.”
Other Black Friday shopping days in 2014, 2013 and 2012 occupied the FBI’s “top 10” list of the most background checks processed in a 24-hour period.
Since 1998, FBI data shows that the bureau has processed requests for more than 222 million firearm purchases. The highest per annum total recorded in the 17-year span was in 2013, with just over 21 million requests.
We had some great shopping deals this year, in our humble opinion. We hope you found a great price on something you were looking for. Check back in a couple of weeks for other bargains and clearances.
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 185,345 requests on Nov. 27, setting a single-day sales record.
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