Can I simply go to Cabelas or Dicks and buy a rifle in PA and drive it home to NJ or do I have to transfer it to a NJ dealer?

 

I purchased a Shotgun in Alaska and the dealer simply handed me the gun.

If you have a NJ FID, and the gun is legal in NJ, then yes. The PA dealer will have to fill out a NJ COE.

Long guns you are GTG - still need an FPID and a COE and the gun has to be NJ legal. Print out the latter and take them with you.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

 

 

Print out a letter?

 

I'm a little confused...are you saying I simply make a purchase and they will have the appropriate paperwork for me to fill out and all I need to do is present my Firearms ID and drivers license?

You will need to print out the NJ Certificate of Elegibility and fill it out with them there. You will also have to show them your NJ FID.

Here...

 

http://www.njsp.org/info/pdf/firearms/sp-634.pdf

Thanks!

Cabelas has the COE, no need to print it out and bring it. They deal with us NJ prisinors regularly

Most dealers along the NJ/PA border have the COE and are ready to sell to NJ residents. However bringing one with you JIC is always a good idea as a backup

Dick's (right across the boarder off of Rt. 33) and Cabela's both have the COE on file and they'll walk you through the steps no problem. Very easy to purchase...wish it was this easy in NJ as well

Any sales tax on firearms and ammo in PA?

Any sales tax on firearms and ammo in PA?

 

 

6% (except in Philly, where it's higher - big surprise)

And you gotta pay a PIC Check fee ($2) and a PA Gun Sales Fee ($3). When I picked up a rifle from Cabela's these were 2 charges on my receipt...I failed to question them though so I'm not quite sure what they really are

PICS is the PA version of NICS. It is handled by the PASP, rather than the FBI. I have no idea what a PA Gun Sales Fee is - maybe something added by Cabela's? PA does require additional state paperwork for a handgun purchase, but that would only apply to PA residents. You should have asked.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

Sweet. I'm moving to Lambertville next month and I want to be able to go over the border to free America to buy toys from now on. A Scar-H is on my list, only have to find someone to block mags for me.

You'd have to pin the stock and swap the fh for a permanent compensator before you crossed the border with that SCAR though.

You'd have to pin the stock and swap the fh for a permanent compensator before you crossed the border with that SCAR though.

 

I've got that handled. Wouldn't want the NJSP knocking on my door.

And you gotta pay a PIC Check fee ($2) and a PA Gun Sales Fee ($3). When I picked up a rifle from Cabela's these were 2 charges on my receipt...I failed to question them though so I'm not quite sure what they really are

A lot of dealers in PA will charge you the $5 it cost them to do a backround check over there. From what I understand they pay $2 when the phone is answered and $3 when the NICS is approved.