Kimber pistols come flooding in -- a sure sign the gun glut is over

The gun glut is most definitely over and a buyer's market has been in full swing for the past few weeks. Yesterday I listed 10 new Kimber pistols on gunbroker and how we have 17 Kimber models listed plus a .22LR conversion kit and a couple of different Kimber nonlethal pepper sprayers.

Kimber pistols we've had on backorder for weeks and even months are now coming in daily so I think it's accurate to say the Kimber factory has finally caught up its backlog of demand and is shipping promptly.

I'm lazy so I just copied and pasted our Kimber listings off gunbroker. You can look at the pretty pictures free, we haven't figured out a way to charge for that yet.

187174577		Kimber Custom Shop Ultra CDP II 45 w/Night Sights						Select
			13d 2h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
186882616		Kimber Black 22 1911 Rimfire Target Conversion Kit						Select
			11d 8h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
187175289		Kimber Custom Shop Compact CDP II 45 wNight Sights						Select
			13d 2h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
187176258		Kimber Custom Shop Full-Size Custom CDP II 45-N.S.						Select
			13d 2h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
185704940		Kimber Custom Shop Pro CDP II .45 ACP 1911 Pistol						Select
			5d 2h +	$0.00	2	No bidders	0
185756704		Kimber Custom Shop SS Raptor II .45 1911-N.S.-Used						Select
			5d 6h +	$0.00	4	No bidders	0
187181020		Kimber Custom Shop Super Carry Full-Size 45-w/N.S.						Select
			13d 3h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
186655614		Kimber Custom Shop Super Carry Ultra 1911 .45 ACP						Select
			10d 4h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
187174366		Kimber Custom Shop Ultra CDP II™ CT LaserGrip 1911						Select
			13d 2h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
187208800		Kimber Eclipse Pro Target II 45 w/Adj Night Sights						Select
			13d 5h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
185937259		Kimber LifeAct JPX Jet Protector w/Laser+5 OC Cart						Select
			6d 5h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
185702878		Kimber PepperBlaster Less Lethal Personal Defense						Select
			5d 2h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
186679165		Kimber Rimfire Target Black Match .22LR Semi-Auto						Select
			3d 6h +	$0.00	2	No bidders	0
187213640		Kimber Tactical Custom HD II 1911 45 wNight Sights						Select
			13d 6h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
187171770		Kimber Tactical Ultra II 45ACP 1911 w/Night Sights						Select
			13d +	$0.00	1	No bidders	0
187171456		Kimber Ultra Carry II Black .45 ACP 1911 Semi-Auto						Select
			12d 23h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
187221158		Kimber Ultra Carry II Stainless .45ACP 1911 Pistol						Select
			13d 6h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
185496139		Kimber Ultra Carry II Stainless 9mm 1911 Semi-Auto						Select
			4d 2h +	$0.00	5	No bidders	0
187172331		Kimber Ultra Crimson Carry II 45ACP w/CT Lasergrip						Select
			13d 1h +	$0.00	0	No bidders	0
185760674		Kimber Ultra STS TLE II 1911 .45ACP w/Night Sights						Select

A strange long weekend for Gunbroker sales with Sunday as holiday

Gunbroker sales for the gun shop where I work run in spurts but this weekend has been even stranger than usual. Starting on Friday and through 7 p.m. Monday as I write this, we have sold 12 guns for a grand total of $9,073.95, not including shipping, credit-card fees, et c. Not too shabby for a mom and pop gun shop in the little town of Wadesboro, NC, which most folks couldn't find on a map. It probably helps that we currently have more than 700 auctions going so there's a lot of choice stuff to choose from.

And here's the strange part, that four-day period is actually only three days of sales. For some unknown reason, our gunbroker customers all got religion at once and not a single firearm was sold on Sunday. Weird.

There were several high-dollar guns in this spurt, the biggest of which was a Lew Horton Special Government Colt engraved in gold "God Created Man, Col. Colt Made Them Equal" for $1550.

In second place was a Kimber USA Shooting Team Match II 9mm 1911 for $1,399. Frankly I figured that 9mm would sit for a while, but what do I know?

Third place was a fairly well used WWII Springfield Garand with a crack in the stock for $850.