Summer is in full swing, and we are back to our normal lives for the most part. Americans are vacationing at historic levels, events and crowds are returning, and music festivals and baseball are reminding us what summer is all about. Honestly, it is all so refreshing after last summer. You don’t realize how much we all took for granted until those regular summer activities were taken away.
Another thing we shouldn’t take for granted is the historic sales we’ve seen in our industry because things are starting to return to normal levels. According to shipment data from SCOPE, in the last few weeks, firearms shipments have slowed. This seems to be the decline we’ve all been anticipating and may be a signal of things to come. However, ammo shipments have increased above last year’s levels, loosening up what was a very limited supply. And despite the declines in firearms shipments, we are still drastically outpacing the three-year average. So the sky is not falling, but we are starting to return to normal. |
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