I'm in MO. also but seldom buy a gun off a dealers shelf so to speak. I research the gun I want from resources such as Gun List and dealers only distributor fliers such as Jerry's. I then go to the dealer I use money order, letter to seller describing gun desired and stamped, addressed envlope in hand. He sticks a signed copy of his FFL in the envlope and when the gun comes in I go pay him a small fee and pick it up.
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
[This message has been edited by Gunslinger (edited March 07, 2000).]