"is the party over for this type of entry-level gun now? No more "newbies" coming into the used-gun market anymore?"

It is just my opinion, but I have felt that hunting and shooting generally require mentoring, and that isn't what it used to be. Also. if someone learns a little they know nontoxic ammunition looms and that can be stifling to some extent. Think California, said to be the future of the nation. I hope not. Then throw in that choke tubes make a gun very versatile as well as more steel shot compatible, and that ammunition is about as hard to get as it has ever been since I suspect the Great Depression and you get a picture that might direct shooters toward modern stuff. Then again I might be completely wrong and the store has just maxed out its budget preparing for the next big gun buy and after it hits they'll be taking consignments again?