Where is your go to place online to find the best prices on guns? Looking to buy an m&p m2.0 9mm. Retail stores are more expensive

Gunwatcher.com

Best part about buying guns online is no background check and delivered right to your home.

I've bought 3 or 4 from Buds.

Go to gun.deals and search there to scour the web. Have also used:

Palmetto State
CDNN Sports
Academy (on a coupon)

https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/

For complete firearms. Almost anything you want and runs lots of sales. (One of the few mailing lists I want to be on)

www.primaryarms.com

For AR parts.

Also make sure you have a cheap FFL transfer option. Most of the time the 25-50 bucks you can save on the gun can get eaten up by delivery and FFL transfer fee.

www.gunbroker.com

Just had a really good experience with Osage County Guns. They had an unbeatable price on a Beretta 686 and were very friendly when I called to inquire about it.

If you are in DFW www.grabagun.com has really good prices. Their website is not that good. They are in Carrolton so no transfer fees if you pick up at their location. I've bought a couple of guns from them at the best prices I could find since you can buy online and pickup. They have a storefront in a business park.

Buds - I like the way their directory is layed out and can look by manufacturer.
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/index.php

Anyone know of a good FFL in college station i can transfer to for cheap?

fourth deck said:

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Go to gun.deals and search there to scour the web. Have also used:

Palmetto State
CDNN Sports
Academy (on a coupon)

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This x1000

Go look at guns at your local shop to pick them up and see how you like it, then come back search for the exact gun you want. Most places will offer free shipping, out of state stores mean no sales tax, and that leaves the only extra fee is the ffl transfer. This is how I buy pretty much all of my guns, unless I find a good deal on a used one while I'm out and about.

grabagun..com

gigem70 said:

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grabagun..com

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I make my orders around the time I have to travel to Irving for work and pick them up at their storefront.

I save the shipping and the FFL fee that way.

On the buying online note, any preference on an FFL in BCS? I typically never order online, but have a lower ordered and the FFL I used in the past is no longer available.

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BCStalk said:

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On the buying online note, any preference on an FFL in BCS? I typically never order online, but have a lower ordered and the FFL I used in the past is no longer available.

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Both Burdett & son and champion have treated me well

Grab a gun is a good option for sure. But the owner seemed like a d00uche-canoe when I met him and discuss some pistols. I was telling him about a LCP 380 that I had and I mentioned how it was a decent little pistol, but wasn't too accurate past 10-15 yards. He made a smarta$s comment about how I probably just wasn't a good shot. Might be true, but it was an odd statement to tell a first time customer. I was tempted to pull out some deer kill pics of a recent axis hunt where I killed one from a bow stand with a pistol about 35 yards out, but I didn't want to turn it into a d!ck measuring contest. I haven't been back.

ajolly said:

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Anyone know of a good FFL in college station i can transfer to for cheap?

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I might know a guy...

I'm waiting for ATF to approve my address change on my license. Once that is done, I can start doing transfers again. They told me 1-2 weeks when I submitted at end of July. We moved Aug 15 and still no approval. I called today and was told "it's in queue, probably 1 - 2 weeks"...

West Texan said:

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This x1000

Go look at guns at your local shop to pick them up and see how you like it, then come back search for the exact gun you want. Most places will offer free shipping, out of state stores mean no sales tax, and that leaves the only extra fee is the ffl transfer. This is how I buy pretty much all of my guns, unless I find a good deal on a used one while I'm out and about.

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This is exactly why some brick and mortar shops dont like doing transfers and/or charge a large fee for them. They have to cover the cost of the inventory getting coon fingered and not purchased...

Since I dont have brick and mortar, I prefer doing transfers. I would rather make $20 to do some paperwork than the potential of $40 on a gun that the buyer may never pickup and I get stuck with...

I've bought seven guns from buds.
Easy process.

Try here first

https://www.texianblackmarket.com/

skelso said:

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West Texan said:

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This x1000

Go look at guns at your local shop to pick them up and see how you like it, then come back search for the exact gun you want. Most places will offer free shipping, out of state stores mean no sales tax, and that leaves the only extra fee is the ffl transfer. This is how I buy pretty much all of my guns, unless I find a good deal on a used one while I'm out and about.

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This is exactly why some brick and mortar shops dont like doing transfers and/or charge a large fee for them. They have to cover the cost of the inventory getting coon fingered and not purchased...

Since I dont have brick and mortar, I prefer doing transfers. I would rather make $20 to do some paperwork than the potential of $40 on a gun that the buyer may never pickup and I get stuck with...

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I get that, but it's hard to pass up a significantly lower price than what I could get locally, and the dealer I use for transfers only charges a $15 flat fee.

Interesting. I've never met the owner as far as I know and he could very well be a giant smartass. I just pick up purchased online items during a lunch road trip and don't really make time really converse with the staff.

Just thought I would mention it if you are looking for online prices (they compare with the other online dealers) and a local pickup if you are around DFW.

The comment about the online tax savings vs FFL fees (haven't' done the math) is valid depending on the price of the gun and if you can find an inexpensive FFL for the transfer. I don't know of one that is convenient to me.

I believe on October 1st the e-commerce sales tax take effect. I believe that eliminate the savings on buying online / out of state. Someone smarter than I can confirm that.

I like these guys: https://www.galleryofguns.com/

skelso said:

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West Texan said:

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This x1000

Go look at guns at your local shop to pick them up and see how you like it, then come back search for the exact gun you want. Most places will offer free shipping, out of state stores mean no sales tax, and that leaves the only extra fee is the ffl transfer. This is how I buy pretty much all of my guns, unless I find a good deal on a used one while I'm out and about.

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This is exactly why some brick and mortar shops dont like doing transfers and/or charge a large fee for them. They have to cover the cost of the inventory getting coon fingered and not purchased...

Since I dont have brick and mortar, I prefer doing transfers. I would rather make $20 to do some paperwork than the potential of $40 on a gun that the buyer may never pickup and I get stuck with...

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This is a large reason why I always shop local. I do buy lowers online but fully assembled guns are another story.

malenurse said:

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Best part about buying guns online is no background check and delivered right to your home.

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To make sure that no porch robber gets my no-questions-asked AK if I'm not at home, I'll get mine delivered to my shrink or parole officer's office.

malenurse said:

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Best part about buying guns online is no background check and delivered right to your home.

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And cheaper. And no tax!

J.D. c/o 05 said:

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I believe on October 1st the e-commerce sales tax take effect. I believe that eliminate the savings on buying online / out of state. Someone smarter than I can confirm that.

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I believe that is the start date I saw too.

Here's another piece of info on that. For a long time, the regulation has been such that if you buy anything from an out of state seller and they dont collect Texas Sales Tax, you are required to self report and pay the tax to the State Comptroller's office. I've pointed this out to people on large ticket items like thermal scopes in the past. The consensus has always been they dont have the manpower to enforce it. Guess what... That may be true but they dont have to look real hard to enforce it on firearms. The A&D book dealers keep tells them if a firearm was received from out of state or not and a little leg work can quickly determine if the tax was paid of not.

As I've long said, the improvements in access to and speed of data processing is a blessing and a curse...

skelso said:

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J.D. c/o 05 said:

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I believe on October 1st the e-commerce sales tax take effect. I believe that eliminate the savings on buying online / out of state. Someone smarter than I can confirm that.

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I believe that is the start date I saw too.

Here's another piece of info on that. For a long time, the regulation has been such that if you buy anything from an out of state seller and they dont collect Texas Sales Tax, you are required to self report and pay the tax to the State Comptroller's office. I've pointed this out to people on large ticket items like thermal scopes in the past. The consensus has always been they dont have the manpower to enforce it. Guess what... That may be true but they dont have to look real hard to enforce it on firearms. The A&D book dealers keep tells them if a firearm was received from out of state or not and a little leg work can quickly determine if the tax was paid of not.

As I've long said, the improvements in access to and speed of data processing is a blessing and a curse...

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Would the state have access to that book since it's administered by a federal agency?

Whichever one doesn't make me complete a background check...
















































Oh wait, that's just BS from the anti-gunners...

I doubt the feds would share the info with them but I dont know of anything that would keep them from requiring the info from dealers when filing sales and use tax statements.

Understand I am not saying they ARE going to do something. I'm just pointing out it wouldnt be that hard IF they wanted to start enforcing the regs.