We can only hope that folks looking around before buying.
CT might not be as competitive as other big box dealers since they might not bulk / bulk.
Pretty hard to compete against BP, Cabela's, or the once WSS, on "some items" that is.
The chain that buys the largest amount of goods at 1 time usually gets a better deal.
CT I would think, might sell 2 or 4 pallets of rifles per year.
The big companies that work Canada and the USA might sell 100 to 200 pallets of firearms along with lots of tractor trailers of ammo ever years.
This makes a big difference when it comes to Buying power for each retail-tail out-let.
CT would have to sell alot of firearms in order to get a lower dealer rate compared to the larger sellers in the market place.
None of us will really know this unless we get a chance to look at the books.
Whole Sale Sports was getting super low manufacturing prices before they closed the doors, they sold a pallet of 500 Savage rifles at dealer cost, the pallet was empty empty in less than 5 to 6 hours.
My friend in GP went on a spending spree, he cashed in after selling them off to the next buyers. 37 to 42% return on his investments.
Purhaps the same sales idea as CT, but at a much lower price point below the $1000 line.
This is one of many tools used to get ahead or show profits.
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