Shipping and transfers
How an item listed on this site physically reaches you.
Firearms ship to your dropoff location
We ship to your dropoff location. For firearms, your dropoff location must be a licensed dealer who can complete the legal transfer. For parts and accessories, we can often ship directly to your address.
We ship to your dropoff location. For firearms, your dropoff location must be a Federal Firearms Licensee, and the buyer completes the transfer in person at that licensee's premises. At the counter the buyer presents a valid government issued photo ID showing their current residential address, completes ATF Form 4473, and the licensee runs a background check through the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The firearm is released only on a proceed result. Texas imposes no state waiting period, no purchase permit and no state registration, so a proceed result normally means the transfer completes the same day. Federal law limits handgun sales by a licensed dealer to residents of that dealer's state, so a handgun bought by an out of state customer is shipped to a licensee in the customer's own state and transferred there.
What happens at the counter
- The shop confirms the item, the price and your dropoff location with you in writing.
- The firearm ships to your dropoff location, together with a copy of the required license.
- You attend in person with government issued photo identification showing your current residential address.
- You complete ATF Form 4473 at the counter.
- The licensed dealer at your dropoff location queries the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and releases the firearm on a proceed result.
Texas sets no state waiting period and no purchase permit, so a proceed result normally means you take the firearm the same day. A delay result holds the transfer until the check resolves. A deny result means the firearm cannot be released, and the appeal route runs through the federal system, not through this shop.
Buyers outside Texas
A handgun bought by a resident of another state is shipped to your dropoff location in that state and transferred there under that state's rules, because federal law limits face to face handgun sales by a dealer to residents of the dealer's own state. Long guns may be sold to an out of state resident where the sale is lawful in both states.
Parts and accessories
Slides, triggers and other parts are not always subject to the same transfer rules as a complete firearm. A stripped Glock slide, a drop in trigger or a magazine is not a firearm under federal law and can normally ship directly to your residential address as your dropoff location. Several states and cities do regulate magazines and certain components, so the shop confirms which route applies to your address when it replies to your order.
Costs
Shipping, transfer fees and sales tax are calculated at checkout. The price shown against a listing is the item price recorded in the stock system. Your dropoff location may charge a separate transfer fee which is paid directly to them.
The receiving licensee sets their own transfer fee. It is paid by the buyer directly to that licensee and is not included in the price shown on this site.
Timescales
You are given a timescale in writing when your order is confirmed. If you have a deadline, tell the shop when you place your order.
Damage or a wrong item
Tell the shop within the window set out in the returns policy. Do not attempt to return a firearm by post without first agreeing the route with the shop, because unlawful shipping of a firearm is an offence in itself.