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Unread 02-05-2014, 12:22 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by Olle View Post
During the prevous asssault rifle scare, some locals hoarded hi-cap mags and sold them at the shows for 3-4 times the list price. It was kinda funny to see them a few months later. When you finally were able to order Butler Creek .22 mags online for $20 again, they were still trying to sell them for $50. I talked to one of them, and he said that he had taken a huge loss on hoarding mags while the prices were still going up. That's money he'll never get back, and I can't say that I feel sorry for him.

Nope, don't feel sorry for him either. I had a few, actually a dozen or so, purchased during the Clinton scare. Did not sell or try to. Still have them all, except for two I sent to a friend (on another board) in LA, with the direction sometime to pass the favor forward.
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