Would you buy a rifle model going out of production?

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I have a specific one in mind, but I am curious as to opinions in general. So let us assume that the manufacturer has a decent reputation; is not going out of business; and no Internet red-flags as far as I can find: simply, they appear to be discontinuing a specific model after only a few years. Concerns or business as normal?
 
Are parts common to other rifles in their line-up?
 
If it's a Savage, they discontinue models every other day, so no worries.
 
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Does it fit my needs and price? Then yes.

Not rifle/gun, but Ive bought discontinued things before because I wanted them and it was a solid deal.
Example, I bought a HP tablet. I cant remember what they were called, but they dropped them from their lineup and had a firesale on them. Got a 32gig tablet for under a hundred bucks.
It was my intro to tablets.

Like others have said - will you be able to repair/fix it later? If yes, then go for it!
 
The specific rifle I was looking at is a Howa Alpine. As I understand, the bolt and action are akin to their 1500 series, but the barrel and stock are model-specific lightweight variants. I just happened to see this model online; found the sparse online reveiws positive; and very much was interested by the light weight. I noted, however, that the model appears not to be continued in the 2018 Legacy Sports catalog. Hence my posing the question.
 
I think that stopping a model instead of a complete product is different. The barrel and stock can be changed. No big deal. If Remington ended production of the 700, that would be huge, dropping the adl only would not be as earth shattering
 
The specific rifle I was looking at is a Howa Alpine. As I understand, the bolt and action are akin to their 1500 series, but the barrel and stock are model-specific lightweight variants. I just happened to see this model online; found the sparse online reveiws positive; and very much was interested by the light weight. I noted, however, that the model appears not to be continued in the 2018 Legacy Sports catalog. Hence my posing the question.

If the stock and barrel are the only difference from their other models.... You have no worries. Or get more than one!
 
Not sure I see a difference between the rifle you have in mind and all the people buying long out of production S&W pistols.
 
I think that as a general rule you just consider whether or not you will be happy with the configuration out of the box. If you are, then I see no reason not to buy it. If you are concerned that customization parts won’t be available, then I would not buy it.
 
I recently bought a Sig 556. Ask me this same question in a few years and I’ll tell you if buying a discontinued rifle was a bad idea or not.

So far it’s pretty hard to find parts, and will only get harder. I’m trying to buy spare parts now while they still exist. The worst thing is a owning a gun that don’t shoot.
 
Only if it’s something with a lot of established aftermarket support. If for some ungodly reason Savage decided to quit making the 110 series or Remington the 700, there’s more than enough aftermarket parts out there to supply a man for decades.
 
I have an old Remington that's been out of production since the 80s. I can still get parts. I stocked up on some of the parts for the bolt on eBay.

I think it just depends on a lot of factors. How available the parts are, the reliability of the weapon, how much the parts cost relative to the weapon cost, etc.

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Not strictly a "going out of production" example here, but I gladly snatched up a Marlin 882 at Walmart a couple decades ago when Walmart put that model on a SERIOUS discount.

Why so much of a discount? It was explained to me that Walmart periodically looks at the models they're carrying with an eye towards changing their inventory towards other, more marketable, models from time to time. When that happens, they want to unload the models they aren't going to carry any longer in order to make room for the new stock.

So I got a really nice bolt action .22 LR for (if I recall correctly) about $75.

I see no problem doing exactly the same thing for something going out of production, either, provided it struck my fancy in some way.
 
I would still buy it if I liked it. If it was low production even more so as the value would most likly go up long term.
 
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