SRP on gun company websites

**Photon Guy** · March 1st, 2020, 04:24 PM

Lets say I go to a website of a gun company such as Kimber and I check out a certain make and model. There is going to be the SRP, a suggested retail price. Sometimes the price can be significantly lower at a gun shop that has the particular make and model in stock. I would think, you always want to try to get the gun for less than what the SRP is on the website but how much lower can you expect to get it for? How much lower for it to be a good deal?

**Emptymag** · March 1st, 2020, 04:34 PM

There's no "percentage" you can assign to that question.
An MSRP is just that - a SUGGESTED retail price. It's not a realistic number to work with.

Just compare prices online like everyone else does and go from there.

**jthrelf** · March 1st, 2020, 04:38 PM

Google: name of gun + gun deals

Gun.deals is a search engine and will generally return a page with the model at numerous online retailers priced in order.

**R L Suehr** · March 1st, 2020, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

There's no "percentage" you can assign to that question.
An MSRP is just that - a SUGGESTED retail price. It's not a realistic number to work with.

Just compare prices online like everyone else does and go from there.

^^^this^^^

There's lots of factors. Some guns sell for far less than MSRP and some can go for over it if they're in really high demand. It's best to check a couple online shops and get an average price for whatever your looking for.

PickingPA · March 1st, 2020, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by jthrelf

Google: name of gun + gun deals

Gun.deals is a search engine and will generally return a page with the model at numerous online retailers priced in order.

I have the “gun.deals” app on my phone, it’s very useful.

I also do a gun broker search as well - never bought anything from gun broker, but it’s a good resource if I’m trying to put a value on a used gun model that I’m not familiar with

**Rosco the Iroc** · March 1st, 2020, 10:53 PM

What matters is MAP Min Advertised Price set by the maker. Unless given an exemption it's the min price a shop can sell it for.

**Royinmontco** · March 2nd, 2020, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Rosco the Iroc

What matters is MAP Min Advertised Price set by the maker. Unless given an exemption it's the min price a shop can sell it for.

Min that they can sell it for? Or min that they can advertise? I frequently see "too low to advertise" in the sales flyers of a couple of local gun shops....