PA rifle question

[BCeagle 12]

Just saw Cabelas has a rifle I want on sale and was thinking of picking it up on my way to Hershey and had a few questions.

 

1. What time does NICS open, I will be there around 8am.

2.Can I leave it in my car all weekend.  (Cabelas said yes last time but need to make sure.

3.If 1 or 2 are negative, can I buy it on Sunday?

[HBecwithFn7 296]

Just saw Cabelas has a rifle I want on sale and was thinking of picking it up on my way to Hershey and had a few questions.

 

1. What time does NICS open, I will be there around 8am.

2.Can I leave it in my car all weekend.  (Cabelas said yes last time but need to make sure.

3.If 1 or 2 are negative, can I buy it on Sunday?

 

Are you talking today?  Isn't NJ NICS closed for the Holiday?    And I'd imagine for the weekend as well, no?

 

Or are you talking PICS?  I have no idea about them but I'd assume they're also closed today, right?

 

Why not buy it and leave it on "Will call" where you are picking it up and then do so on Monday when NICS should be open?

[Damjan 73]

1. PA PICS is open 8am-10pm every day including hollidays. Cost is 5$

 

2. Yes. Unloaded of course.

 

 

3.PICS works 7 days a week.

[HBecwithFn7 296]

1. PA PICS is open 8am-10pm every day including hollidays. Cost is 5$

 

2. Yes. Unloaded of course.

 

 

3.PICS works 7 days a week.

 

We should be so lucky in this state....

[mipafox 438]

Outside of Philly, loaded rifles are allowed anywhere guns are not banned by law (courts, detention centers, assume schools, federal bldgs/some federal areas) - except in car, rifles are allowed in car but not loaded. (only SBR/SBS/AOW/MG allowed loaded in car with permit).

 

No permit required.

[BCeagle 12]

Thanks guys, PICS sounds great. I am leaving tomorrow morning. Why can't nj be this great.

[BCeagle 12]

As a nj gun owner, I am not used to anything being this easy.

[mipafox 438]

2.Can I leave it in my car all weekend.  (Cabelas said yes last time but need to make sure.

You can carry it loaded all weekend (outside of your car). But I doubt Hershey would appreciate it

[maintenanceguy 510]

One tip with Cabelas, especially on a Saturday morning.  Be at the door when they unlock and go directly to the gun counter and grab a number.  I got there at 8:20 on a weekday morning recently because I was stuck in traffic through Philly.  I waited 40 minutes for someone in the gun dept to see me.

 

Middle of the day on a weekday is much better if you can stop on your way back instead.

[BCeagle 12]

Way back is easier, but I didnt know if PICS was open on Sunday.  That may be the right call and I can go to Cracker Barrel on the way out instead  

[T Bill 649]

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[average joe 5]

Don't forget PA is a free state, and not afraid of guns.....

[maintenanceguy 510]

Don't forget PA is a free state, and not afraid of guns.....

 

Yup, they'll walk you to the door with your rifle and hand it to you at the door to throw over your shoulder and carry across the parking lot.  Felt odd.

[mipafox 438]

 

Yup, they'll walk you to the door with your rifle and hand it to you at the door to throw over your shoulder and carry across the parking lot.  Felt odd.

 

Walk you to the door while you have a loaded handgun on your hip and a loaded rifle slung over your shoulder

[dtown223 12]

"except in car, rifles are allowed in car but not loaded. (only SBR/SBS/AOW/MG allowed loaded in car with permit)."

No permit required.

So, a standard AR-15 loaded would be illegal in a vehicle, but an SBR, full auto rifle or shorty shotgun loaded is ok?

Seems...odd?

How did this law come about?

[mipafox 438]

So, a standard AR-15 loaded would be illegal in a vehicle, but an SBR, full auto rifle or shorty shotgun loaded is ok?Seems...odd?How did this law come about?

LTCF covers "concealable" firearms for the most part, including those, and covers loaded car carry. There are two prevailing explanations about the ban on loaded long arms in cars (which is only a summary offense, this aint Jersey), the most likely one is fear of poaching.

[BCeagle 12]

Follow up:

 

I picked up a Ruger 10/22 LaserMax for $250 and gave my 10yo daughter a nice long gun safety chat as I start to introduce it to her.

 

BTW:  They did not walk me to the door with it, I walked out with the rifle and 100 rounds of ammo.  I thought they walked the guy out before me, but I was able to walk around the store on my way out and no one said a word.

 

It was empty, guy said it was dead for about a month.  I got there around noon and they were only on #42.  I didnt even have to take a ticket, guy helped me out and a bunch of guys were just standing around BSing.

[T Bill 649]

Once their fall ad comes out in August it'll pick up fast. 

[HBecwithFn7 296]

BTW:  They did not walk me to the door with it, I walked out with the rifle and 100 rounds of ammo.  I thought they walked the guy out before me, but I was able to walk around the store on my way out and no one said a word.

 

What do you think was the difference between you and him that they would walk him out and not you? 

[BCeagle 12]

What do you think was the difference between you and him that they would walk him out and not you? 

No clue, the only thing I could think of was that his wasnt in a box and mine was and they put tape around my box.  Maybe if I cut the tape I would have been taken down.  His was paper wrapped in tape.  Only think I could think of.

 

Either that or I have a trustworthy face.

[Newtonian 453]

That Cabela's is a huge schlepp for me, but I'm passing right by it on my way down to, and on my way up from Memphis next month.

 

Are you guys saying that if I get there at 9am going south, and say 3pm going north, I'll have a very long wait at the gun counter? That could be a deal killer. Wife and kids are not into the manly sports.

[mipafox 438]

 

That Cabela's is a huge schlepp for me, but I'm passing right by it on my way down to, and on my way up from Memphis next month.

 

Are you guys saying that if I get there at 9am going south, and say 3pm going north, I'll have a very long wait at the gun counter? That could be a deal killer. Wife and kids are not into the manly sports.

 

 

They have a girl room.

 

I walked in there once by accident. It has candles and crap. Picture frames and nicknaks. I think it could tie them up for 15 minutes and $200 or so. You can have the kids tie up Mom for about 10 minutes in the Redneck Aquarium. Maybe you get 5 minutes out of the deer room if lucky. Check Google Maps. There are a whole lot of stores packed in that area. There is also the Seventh Day Adventist Book Store for PA right up the hill if any of them are vegetarians, since they sell shelf stable and canned food there.

[Newtonian 453]

   

 

They have a girl room.

 

I walked in there once by accident. It has candles and crap. Picture frames and nicknaks. I think it could tie them up for 15 minutes and $200 or so. You can have the kids tie up Mom for about 10 minutes in the Redneck Aquarium. Maybe you get 5 minutes out of the deer room if lucky. Check Google Maps. There are a whole lot of stores packed in that area. There is also the Seventh Day Adventist Book Store for PA right up the hill if any of them are vegetarians, since they sell shelf stable and canned food there.

Thanks. I'll see if I can arrange a bathroom/food stop for that area.

[BCeagle 12]

There was no wait and it was Sunday afternoon, they said they have been slow.  I even got to buy some 22lr