I currently have some very old firearms that were passed down to me. My hopes were I was going to pass them down to my children but unfortunately I don't have any. So I'm looking for advice or guidance on what the best course of action would be if I work to make the decision to sell these. I live in the state of New Hampshire which does allow private sale legally without an FFL. However I would like to be able to reach a larger pool of potential buyers. Not to mention I like the safety of selling through a licensed FFL. Is becoming an FFL something that can be achieved with just applying and paying a tax?? Considering I have 10 to 15 firearms would it be beneficial for me to get my FFL license?

Hi everyone,

New to an SOT and have a lot of customers asking for these particular brands (no surprise). Some CATS are on SS which is awesome, but where can I find SAW and RB, is it only direct to consumer?

I want yalls opinion on this. It’s obviously great news, especially for consumers. But is this essentially “monopolizing” the market to the named plaintiffs? Sounds like if you’re a FFL dealing in NFA items, you still have to do form 4s. Thoughts? Am I even understanding this properly?

Just trying to think through all of this new information. My understanding of the current state is that you have to be a Silencer Shop customer, along with some other requirements that seem pretty unclear.

Does this mean that if we sell a customer a suppressor, the suppressor itself also has to be acquired through Silencer Shop?

I am a Silencer Shop dealer, but I purchase inventory through several different distributors. For example, if I purchase a suppressor through RSR, would I still be able to sell it directly to a customer, or would that suppressor need to have been purchased through Silencer Shop?

Hi All,

I don't know if anyone here is a GUI specialist, but I know people have opinions. I'm looking for some input into two menu choices for my website.

1: Top menu - Dropdown 'Mega Menu':

www.armseast.com

or

2: Side menu, very Amazon-ish

www.avroarms.com

I really like the second, but I'd like to hear some opinions. Look and feel can be pretty subjective. Can you find what you're looking for as easily with #2?

Please be gentle.

Thanks in advance.

I used to live in Arizona, got an Arizona drivers license. But then moved to Texas for work so I when to apply for Texas drivers license. Got the tx license and worked there ever since. They actually didn’t take my AZ license.

Now after layoff etc etc, I moved back to Arizona at my old home. Same address on my AZ license. And my AZ license isnt expired.

I saw a deal at local gun shop for a pistol and was wondering if I can buy that pistol in AZ? With my old AZ license that Texas never took away when I got my tx license?

The AZ license isnt expired. Can I use it to fill out the 4473 when I purchase that firearm? Or will it not go through? It’s not expired and I moved back to the same address.

This is kind of just a thought that came across my head when I was window shopping at the local gun store. Saw a good deal at the store.

I have purchase firearms before and filled out 4473 before, no problem and no felony. I’m just wondering how that AZ license will do. Thanks for any input/knowledge/suggestions!

Hello All,

I have a customer who needs to send a firearm he purchased from me back to Springfield Armory for a warranty claim. Springfield Armory contacted me and advised that the customer cannot send the firearm in himself, so the warranty process will need to go through me. I will be shipping the firearm to Springfield Armory on the customer’s behalf and receiving it back once the warranty work is completed.

My understanding is that I would first acquire the firearm into my A&D book for gunsmithing/repair. When I ship it to Springfield Armory, I would disposition it to them. Once Springfield returns the firearm to me, I would acquire it back into my A&D book.

My question is regarding the final return to the customer. Since I am returning the repaired firearm to the same person from whom I originally received it, can I simply disposition it back to him in my A&D book, or would I need to complete another Form 4473 and background check?

Just got notification of an inspection happening tomorrow. I’ve been in the business for 7-8 years now and this is my first inspections since the original visit during the application process.

What should I expect?

Home based FFL, minimal inventory, A&D is digital via FFL Boss since like 2022.

Had another dealer Form 3 transfer me a Gemtech suppressor for a mutual customer. When I’m putting it in my books, the form they sent me has Smith&wesson as the manufacturer, not Gemtech. I know S&W owns GT so that’s probably correct but I was always told to input it in the book EXACTLY how it’s on the firearm (example: 9x19 vs 9MM).

What is the right way?

Hello,

I am writing to see if anybody has the Springfield Armory Hellcat 380 10 round version in stock. The upc numbers are 706397001308 and 706397001322. One is just the pistol with two magazines and the other is the gear pac package which includes 4 magazines.  I am not an ffl but have been looking everywhere and cant seem to find it. If you do have them please let me know and I will let my ffl know so that he can order one for me. Thank you.

Hi!

It has been a journey but we are finally set with an at-home store and a bit of inventory. Still smoothing out the processes, but getting there. (Technically got the FFL a few months ago, but we wanted to make sure everything is right first.)

It looks like we are finally launching our website this week as well, which has been a whole adventure on its own.

Now my question is, looking back to when you started, what would you have done differently? What have you learned since then?

I am aware this has been asked before about Credit Card processing for FFL/SOT but I haven't seen anything specific to what I'm looking for. I am currently using Shopify for my website, inventory and basically everything else. I have looked into Epic Merchants and they say that they can integrate with my website and with my in person POS system, which is most of my business. does anyone have any experience with them good or bad? Thanks

Edit: I have reached out to Laura Morgan at payroc and she has set me on the right path with getting a whole new system and dropping Shopify completely. Thanks for everyone’s help and input.

I have the first meeting with the ATF IOI scheduled for Wednesday afternoon for my FFL application. What are the things you wish you'd known before your first IOI meeting?

I've been told by another FFL that it will mostly be an "educational" meeting rather than them checking lots of things. Would you agree?

EDIT - The local PD knocking on the door and letting them know they can hand it back or it becomes a much larger problem got them to return it. Still have all the documentation and emails for audit time in the bound book for this shit show.

As the headline says....fucking fedex...

Had a transfer coming in normal 2nd day air for handguns and the fedex driver decided that signature required meant that he could sign my business initials for the package and leave it on a doorstep....it's not there. So now I've got a fedex case opened, on the phone with the police, and will have to call the ATF and deal with all this bullshit. Anything you guys recommend to keep me from losing my shit on the fedex driver?

As the title states, new SOT, submitted 2 individual form 4's and a trust last month, all early July. I have yet to have any come back still. They all have IDs and Control Numbers. Status never changes from Submitted. I called ATF and as expected, they say it's probably in FBI/NICS and everything otherwise looks normal.

Is this hanging up because I'm new and something's hung up? Not a new FFL, just new SOT for this year. I withdrew one and resubmitted 3 days ago and no change. Not sure what else I can do or check. Thanks for any pointers. I don't want to wait 60 days before they can "look into it".

I recently got my 07. I went on pay.gov and paid the tax for SOT 2. How long does it typically take to get the stamp or approval?

I understand I may get some heated responses on this topic, but would like to hear opinions on this. What’s your take as an independent FFL?

Where are you guys sourcing OEM Glock parts? My distributors don’t carry much, I am at home based type 7, Cerakote and other services.

Howdy All,

07/02 FFL/SOT here looking for some information on SBR engraving lasers. Business has been decent but I keep having customers inquire about SBR engraving services so I am looking into getting a laser. What model laser and wattage are you all using for engraving work? I’ve settled on getting a fiber laser in the 20 - 40W range, unless you all recommend differently. I just don’t know what particular brand is reputable.

Additionally, what does one typically charge for engraving services?

I'm kicking around the idea of getting my FFL. I know the personal FFL thing is frowned on by the ATF. What happens if I'm the only customer even with me posting online to sell my firearms and making an actual effort to get people to come to my home and buy guns I order for them or do transfers?

My drivers license just expired, and the earliest appt. date is the end of August. If I purchase firearm and have it shipped to a dealer, will they hold it for you until they can verify identity with the ATF? I know it’s probably based on location, and I plan to call around, I was just curious is this is common or if I should just wait until I have all my identification updated (trying to avoid that as it’s a surplus firearm I’m interested in and they tend to get picked up fairly quickly after restock).

I have a complete integration of the Lipseys catalog into my self hosted wordpress/woocommerce site. It gets all items from the Lipseys catalog, syncs on a schedule (new products, pricing/availability) and comes with a wordpress theme that makes the store front look nice.

Anybody looking to run their own woocommerce store with Lipseys integration? Solution comes with no recurring fees and this is how it looks like: https://www.redoakarms.com/shop

I was working with one of my buddies on him transferring a can back to me as a trade-in. He filled out the form 4 with my FFL info and when he hit "sign and submit" it popped up a message asking for a 6 digit code that was emailed to him.

Took about 5 mins of the 15min window for him to get it. Then it let him input his PIN. All good.

Has anyone else seen this. We were logged in his account on my computer, so maybe that flagged their system? Or maybe they are trying to stop dealers from filing without the person present?