I have only been involved heavily in firearms for maybe 7 years. Most of you know that I like nice double shotguns and I recently arranged to purchase a nice two gauge O/U from a dealer out of state. The dealer advised me to have a dealer in my state send him a signed FFL. Normal firearms transfer, no problem I thought.
I went to a dealer whom I normally buy bulk ammo from. I have purchased two pistols from him and other guns.
Well when I inquired about the transfer, which I know he does on a regular basis, the guy went ballistic! Started yelling and shouting and became quite unintelligible. Now I have dealt with him for a long time and I have never had a problem, he has my CCW permit on file so he knows I am not a creep.
I gently tried to remove myself from his store and finally made it out the door. It took me about two hours to calm down and try to figure out what happened
I finally went to a range where I shoot bullseye on monday nights and they will handle the transfer without any problems.
I am still puzzled by the reaction of the dealer, he really got nasty with me and called the dealer I purchased the gun from a crook and accused me of trying to put him out of business. The dealer is the importer of a line of high quality shotguns, and they are not crooks, have always treated me well. He admitted to me that he did not know the dealer!
The guy lost a customer, I buy reloading supplies in bulk and will take my business elsewhere.
I live in New York and deal with @ss****s every day but this really got to me, I am not the type to argue and I left this guys store trying to smile.
I guess I am naive in some ways, I was in no way trying to pull anything shady, just trying to arrange to get my gun. Sometimes this industry puzzles me?
Geoff Ross
I went to a dealer whom I normally buy bulk ammo from. I have purchased two pistols from him and other guns.
Well when I inquired about the transfer, which I know he does on a regular basis, the guy went ballistic! Started yelling and shouting and became quite unintelligible. Now I have dealt with him for a long time and I have never had a problem, he has my CCW permit on file so he knows I am not a creep.
I gently tried to remove myself from his store and finally made it out the door. It took me about two hours to calm down and try to figure out what happened
I finally went to a range where I shoot bullseye on monday nights and they will handle the transfer without any problems.
I am still puzzled by the reaction of the dealer, he really got nasty with me and called the dealer I purchased the gun from a crook and accused me of trying to put him out of business. The dealer is the importer of a line of high quality shotguns, and they are not crooks, have always treated me well. He admitted to me that he did not know the dealer!
The guy lost a customer, I buy reloading supplies in bulk and will take my business elsewhere.
I live in New York and deal with @ss****s every day but this really got to me, I am not the type to argue and I left this guys store trying to smile.
I guess I am naive in some ways, I was in no way trying to pull anything shady, just trying to arrange to get my gun. Sometimes this industry puzzles me?
Geoff Ross