Originally Posted by KRosh

Just for fun I checked with the local gun stores..

The colt LE6920 was 1100 on Friday by Wednesday it was $1799.00

On Thursday I called the store again they said they are $1900 and going up by the hour. Half an hour later I stopped into the store and they were $1999.00 - About 10 min after that quoted price, with 50 people milling around in the store, they announced the price went up to $2200

I wasn't looking to buy anything, just checking out the mayhem. They said that the store had purchased quite a few rifles from other stores and suppliers at high prices so as they sold through them, they had to increase the price based on what they had to pay to receive them.