ClassicFirearms.com - Positive Experience?

ForEnglandJames · Jan 13, 2017

Despite the poor reviews, I decided to place an order with ClassicFirearms.com

I ordered a Yugoslavian M57 (pictures below)
and to my pleasant surprise, it arrived quickly, in good shape and with no issues whatsoever. Customer service was prompt and friendly to me. I emailed them to give a gentle reminder that my card had been charged the day before and ask about when it would be shipped. I probably didn't need to do that but I was a little concerned given the glut of poor reviews online.

I was just wondering, is mine an isolated incident or have others had good experiences with ClassicFirearms?

Boom Boom · Jan 13, 2017

I've ordered plenty of guns from Classic. Never had a problem but I always opt for the hand-picked options. You have to take negative reviews with a grain of salt. Who's mostly likely to post a review? People who want to bitch. Some people will bitch no matter how nice the gun they receive is (for the price). Some people will bitch if the gun isn't at their door almost instantly. I've seen people bitch over petty issues with guns from Classic that I would be thrilled to own.

wdc5008 · Jan 13, 2017

I ordered an 1889 Schmidt Rubin from them a while back. It arrived about two weeks after ordering, packaging was good and rifle was in good shape (for being almost 130 years old) and as described on their site. I was worried about the packaging because my fiancé's father had ordered a few k31s a while back and they were beat to hell during the shipping and weren't packaged very well. But my one experience with them was positive.

redeemed.man · Jan 13, 2017

Bought a police trade in Gen 3 Glock 22 with night sights for $299. It was in great condition. Have also purchased numerous used Glock factory magazines from them at great prices. Never a problem.

jmt476 · Jan 13, 2017

I've bought 4 or 5 guns from them, and I've always been happy with their products/service. I, too, typically choose the hand pick option, but even on occasions when I didn't, I was pleased.

Machodoc · Jan 13, 2017

Maybe they are on an upswing in service again, but the last couple of times that I bought with the "handpick" option, what I got was substantially worse than others who didn't choose that option. We're talking about things like non-matching, battered, corroded, etc., from a batch of guns that had really nice examples being sold. It seemed clear to me that the "handpick" was a sucker option, and it meant that I got the next one that someone's hand picked up out of a pile. There was no way that any time had been spent looking over the guns that were sold to me.

Your choice. You may have excellent luck with them. I just don't go back to a vendor that has crapped on me twice in a row.

TheGunnyRet · Jan 13, 2017

Bought my C308, No Issue with Classic...good service.

rseymorejr · Jan 13, 2017

I've bought from them before and had great results.

MD_3%er · Jan 13, 2017

ForEnglandJames said:
Despite the poor reviews, I decided to place an order with ClassicFirearms.com

I ordered a Yugoslavian M57 (pictures below)
and to my pleasant surprise, it arrived quickly, in good shape and with no issues whatsoever. Customer service was prompt and friendly to me. I emailed them to give a gentle reminder that my card had been charged the day before and ask about when it would be shipped. I probably didn't need to do that but I was a little concerned given the glut of poor reviews online.

I was just wondering, is mine an isolated incident or have others had good experiences with ClassicFirearms?

Still had to go through FFL right? C&R handguns not recognizes in MD correct?

rseymorejr · Jan 13, 2017

MD_3%er said:
Still had to go through FFL right? C&R handguns not recognizes in MD correct?

No, if you have an FFL 03 they can be shipped directly to your house from out of state. You can't use the license to buy in the state.

Alphabrew · Jan 13, 2017

MD_3%er said:
Still had to go through FFL right? C&R handguns not recognizes in MD correct?

WIth a C&R license, you can buy handguns from out of state and have them sent to you in Maryland. Buying a handgun from within Maryland requires you to go through MSP. If that sounds totally stupid, you understand it perfectly.

Alphabrew · Jan 13, 2017

Classic is good to go in my experience. I'd kill a man for some more of those $89 Mosins they were blowing out on Black Friday a few years back!

Boom Boom · Jan 13, 2017

MD_3%er said:
Still had to go through FFL right? C&R handguns not recognizes in MD correct?

FFL 03 and big brown truck delivers them to my front door.

tallen702 · Jan 13, 2017

My hangup with Classic has never been service (thought I've always felt that the $10 extra for the "hand pick" option is a crap-shoot at best), it's always been their rather unscrupulous advertising and sales tactics that have kept me from being a regular customer. Those who have been C&R long enough with them know that they used to put up good stuff at good prices similar to AIM and J&G, but somewhere in the past two years, they started all this "this is the last lot EVAR!!!!1!!!!1!!!!" crap with things like Mosins and Persian Mausers. Add in their love of sending you video links instead of just straight-up flyers for e-mail offers and it makes you want to buy from them even less. My two transactions with them have been fine for the most part, no better nor worse than AIM or J&G overall. I just can't stand the hyping and gouging they tend to do. I prefer SOG's so-so customer service but reasonable prices and lack of hard-sell tactics any day of the week.

Pstango · Jan 13, 2017

Bought several Guns from CF and never had any issues.

Machodoc · Jan 13, 2017

I think that this is what it comes down to with Classic -- just my opinion, of course:

If they've got a bunch of guns that are all in good condition, and the price is right, you'll do fine ordering from them.
If they've got a bunch of guns that are in mixed condition, and they offer handselect for extra $$, it's a crap-shoot whether or not someone will actually spend much time picking out one that's better than any of the others.
If they've got a bunch of guns that are all in poor quality, it appears like they market them as if they're the last that will ever be available in the U.S. (just observation), and they charge as much for them as good examples were bringing.
They often have "bulletin board" import marks on their stuff, but that may have changed recently. I've quit watching their ads.
The quality of their business seems to cycle up and down every 2-3 years. They had a horrible reputation a few years back, then they seemed to push to have quality service and were great for a couple of years, then they seemed to go back into the mode of "we have plenty of customers, so we can crap on some of them". Maybe now they are on the upswing again. I hope so.

gmharle · Jan 13, 2017

I only have one experience with them and it was not good. Paying extra for handpick is just a joke in my opinion. My gun looked nothing like all of the ones in their reviews. It was not horrible and I would have been happier if not for all of the reviews showing near brand new condition rifles. The real problem is that they don't publish any of the less than 5 star reviews on their website.

Jimbob2.0 · Jan 13, 2017

Prompt and easy customer service. They seem to grade a little high, not that the P64s I got from them were in bad shape but they weren't like new like advertised at the time of purchase. Light holster and slide wear, no biggie at the pricepoint.

Now their gouging of limited availability stuff like Mausers etc is insane but they seem to get the dollars (sometimes double gunshow prices).

agrwuj · Jan 13, 2017

Bought a couple of C&R guns from CF,never had a problem.( as advertised condition). Have a big brown truck,incoming with a SKS.

Melnic · Jan 13, 2017

Last purchase was over a year ago. Was great up until then.
I have not bought into the hype cool aid they have been selling with all the jacked up stuff they have been doing videos.
Toks should be fine

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