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slsc98 · May 1, 2022

ironpony said:
Is there any place charging more for a transfer?

I asked if this is correct for two transfers and he says "Yes, $80 + $80 is $160." I said that is high and he gives me a well practiced canned response "Some are lower and some are higher and we are right in the middle."
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There isn’t an emoticon that displays shock and disgust simultaneously, is there?

I’m showing this to my current FFL in Hickory who still charges only $10 per transfer (and is literally apologetic when he reminds customers it is still “$10 per transfer, not visit …”

But, only because he’s announced they are going to closing their shop and retiring some tween now and 2024 …

$160. That’s so, so, Iron Curtain-like …

Virgil Co.C · May 1, 2022

Negative experience with them also. Been back it but ehhhh just not a positive vibe .

trickg · May 1, 2022

I've recently discovered Field Traders in Pasadena and did some transfers with them. Their policy is $40 for a transfer, and if you're a designated collector and are doing more than one they discount the remaining by 50%. Your transfers would have been $60 at Field Traders.

rseymorejr · May 1, 2022

slsc98 said:
There isn’t an emoticon that displays shock and disgust simultaneously, is there?

I’m showing this to my current FFL in Hickory who still charges only $10 per transfer (and is literally apologetic when he reminds customers it is still “$10 per transfer, not visit …”

But, only because he’s announced they are going to closing their shop and retiring some tween now and 2024 …

$160. That’s so, so, Iron Curtain-like …

I was excited for a minute. Until I realized you meant Hickory NC and not Hickory MD.
I can walk to Hickory MD !

Sundazes · May 1, 2022

A buddy won 2 rifles at a NRA function. They (the organizers) picked Freestate. Big mistake. They charged him $75 for each.

trickg · May 2, 2022

I don't mind paying a transfer fee to an FFL, but I find the disparity in pricing to be interesting. In the short time I've been dealing with Field Traders in Pasadena, I've been impressed with their friendliness and level of service, and I wonder why I don't hear more about them on the pages of this forum.

FFL's pick their pricing - I realize they are providing a service and that the service is worth something, but when you've got one guy charging $40 and then halving the price for additional transfers, (possibly because they were part of the same order, so they could be included on one form?) but the guy up the road is hitting you with $80 per item regardless...that's not the guy I'd do business with anymore.

I suppose that for many of these FFLs, a large part of their business doesn't come from regular repeat customers, so they probably don't mind losing a few folks - they still make out better in the long run, but at a time when we're getting hit on all sides, it seems that these folks could be helping us out rather than making a point to bilk us out of more.

Cal68 · May 2, 2022

I'm sure they exist, but I have not encountered any FFL who charges more than $80. So the comment that "some charge more and some charge less" does not match my experience. Every FFL I have contacted and/or used charges less than $80 for a transfer.

Cal68

Virgil Co.C · May 2, 2022

Been going to field traders for awhile now for various things , good guys in there . Like Cindys also but field traders is more personable I think. Tyler’s great people just out of the way for me. Small shop across street from field traders , Pasadena arms I believe it’s called .very small and has various hours but hell of nice guy and very reasonable .those are my pretty much go to places .

ironpony · May 2, 2022

Thanks Cal68.

I’m sending A few things to Gun Runners Arsenal in Edgewater.

Johnny5k · May 2, 2022

I don't generally talk bad about this shop, ONLY because I see that they are active in the pro 2A political arena in MD. I bought my first rifle there, they made me wait 3 weeks before they let me pick it up.

They also seem to sell automatic knives, which is against the law in MD.

teratos · May 2, 2022

Johnny5k said:
I don't generally talk bad about this shop, ONLY because I see that they are active in the pro 2A political arena in MD. I bought my first rifle there, they made me wait 3 weeks before they let me pick it up.

They also seem to sell automatic knives, which is against the law in MD.

They are protecting their livelihood. Nobody who charges $160 for 2 transfers gives a shit about the shooter.

Johnny5k · May 2, 2022

teratos said:
They are protecting their livelihood. Nobody who charges $160 for 2 transfers gives a shit about the shooter.

Yeah, thats more or less how I feel, in broad strokes, but it does keep me from badmouthing them, for the time being.

I pay 20 for a transfer with my guy. If I get more than one at the same time, he never charges me for 2. Its an extra 10 for the MSP check for handguns, when he collects it. I usually have to remind him.

Sentus1911 · May 2, 2022

Transfers are $35 at RS Shooting Sports on Kent Island. Good guys there.

Bullfrog · May 2, 2022

Johnny5k said:
I don't generally talk bad about this shop, ONLY because I see that they are active in the pro 2A political arena in MD. I bought my first rifle there, they made me wait 3 weeks before they let me pick it up.

They also seem to sell automatic knives, which is against the law in MD.

Wth... was that in late 2013 during the backlog?

That wouldn't be an excuse, because there were other options, but at least it would be a partial explanation.

Johnny5k · May 2, 2022

Bullfrog said:
Wth... was that in late 2013 during the backlog?

That wouldn't be an excuse, because there were other options, but at least it would be a partial explanation.

Hah, that was about 2 years ago. I was calling them every day. When I finally picked it up, I saw the brady date written on the form. The guy saw me looking at it, and quickly tried to cover it, but I had already seen it.

ironpony · May 3, 2022

I stopped by Gun Runners this morning and paid $45 for a pistol transfer.

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