Now Mossberg Discontinues Sales to Dick's Sporting Goods, Too

Source: AceOfSpades
Published: May 10, 2018
Author: Ace
Post Date: 2018-05-10 01:07:09 by Tooconservative
Views: 2389

First, Springfield Armory decided to sellcot the 2nd-Amendment hostile Dick's.

Then MKS Supply severed ties.

And now Mossberg.

Virtual signalling and alienating customers to get nice articles written about you for the non-customers of Buzzfeed's audience will cost you real cash money.

Their press release:

Mossberg(R) Terminates Relationship with Dick's Sporting Goods

NORTH HAVEN, CT -- O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., a leading American firearms manufacturer, announced today its decision to discontinue selling products to Dick's Sporting Goods, and its subsidiary, Field & Stream, in response to their hiring of gun control lobbyists in April 2018.

Effective immediately, O.F. Mossberg & Sons will not accept any future orders from Dick's Sporting Goods or Field & Stream, and is in the process of evaluating current contractual agreements.

"It has come to our attention that Dick’s Sporting Goods recently hired lobbyists on Capitol Hill to promote additional gun control," said Iver Mossberg, Chief Executive Officer of O.F. Mossberg & Sons. "Make no mistake, Mossberg is a staunch supporter of the U.S. Constitution and our Second Amendment rights, and we fully disagree with Dick's Sporting Goods' recent anti-Second Amendment actions."

Consumers are urged to visit one of the thousands of pro-Second Amendment firearm retailers to make their purchases of Mossberg and Maverick(R) firearms. Firearm retailers can be found through the Mossberg Dealer Locator by visiting http://www.mossberg.com/dealers.

I'd note there's really no need to buy baskeballs or hockey sticks from Dick's, either.

As a not entirely wise man once said: You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists.

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#1: Tooconservative    To: sneakypete (#0)

BearingArms: CMP Releases Surplus 1911 Prices

We discussed this a while back.

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However, some might be less than thrilled about the prices.

“Some of those are anticipated to be unusual and worthy of being auctioned,” said Mark Johnson, CMP’s chief operating officer on Wednesday. “The remaining number will be sold based on a computerized Random Number Generator.”

The guns will be in four grades:

Service Grade $1050. Pistol may exhibit minor pitting and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition.

Field Grade $950. Pistol may exhibit minor rust, pitting, and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition.

Rack Grade $850. Pistol will exhibit rust, pitting, and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips may be incomplete and exhibit cracks. Pistol requires minor work to return to issuable condition.

Auction Grade (Sales will to be determined by auctioning the pistol). The condition of the auction pistol will be described when posted for auction.

It should be noted that the grade is close to, if not under, current market prices for U.S. military 1911s. For example, the current Blue Book value of a Remington-Rand made 1911– the most common maker who cranked out more than a million such pistols in WWII– is listed as $900 in 60 percent condition.

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People are bitching the price is too high for surplus, etc. But they'll probably sell at those prices anyway and everyone knows it.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-05-13 07:31:35   Reply   Private Reply

#2: GrandIsland    To: Tooconservative (#1)

This is the price for being a bunch of Dicks!

GrandIsland posted on 2018-05-13 07:56:05   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Tooconservative    To: GrandIsland (#2)

The collectors kind of ruin it for that guy that wants just one historic firearm.

Gun collectors are the biggest gun nuts there are.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-05-13 09:00:58   Reply   Private Reply

#4: sneakypete    To: Tooconservative (#1)

People are bitching the price is too high for surplus, etc. But they'll probably sell at those prices anyway and everyone knows it.

Not everyone. They come as a hell of a shock to me. The last one I bought was in excellent condition and I paid $175 for it.

sneakypete posted on 2018-05-13 13:38:47   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Tooconservative    To: sneakypete (#4)

Not everyone. They come as a hell of a shock to me.

Yeah, I thought you'd be interested in how valuable yours has become. Not that you'd sell it but even so...

Tooconservative posted on 2018-05-13 19:23:29   Reply   Private Reply

#6: sneakypete    To: Tooconservative (#5)

Yeah, I thought you'd be interested in how valuable yours has become. Not that you'd sell it but even so...

I have multiple 1911A1 variants,and altogether,they are worth zero dollars because I will never sell any of them. Not that I think I need them,or even shoot very much anymore. It's just that selling any of them would be like selling a faithful and reliable old friend. Make no mistake about it,if things ever turn ugly,1,or maybe 2 of the things I will be carrying will be a 1911A1 of some sort chambered in 45 ACP. One will definitely be my old built-up all-steel Combat Commander. Seems like anything I shoot at with that one gets hit where I intended it to be hit.

sneakypete posted on 2018-05-14 00:56:08   Reply   Private Reply