Does anyone know how long the wait is for purchasing a firearm in PA? The last time i was in PA (a few months ago) my buddy bought a rifle and we had to wait about an hour for the check to come back. Is it as bad as NJ now? I was hoping to hit Sarco and Heritage on friday for a little surplus hunting.

Last Saturday I was at Sarco and the wait time for NICS was 4 minutes.

10 -15 minutes including filling out paperwork

NY State also. 15 minutes 2 weekends ago when I bought my Rem 700. In and out!

Awesome! Thats great to know. Thanks guys.

That can't be right. NJ has taught us all that the "Instant" in NICS means 10 to 14 days...and you can't be faster than 'instant', right? PA must have mastered time travel or something if they are turning these around in mere minutes--that's thousands of times faster than instant.

I bought a rifle yesterday. 30 minutes max and I was out the door with my new toy.

25 min with delayed PICS three weeks ago.

2 weeks ago bought 2 shotguns. Total about 40 min. PICS call was under a minute and cost 5 dollars.

Same as everybody else. In and out quick and simple. If PA has a gun show going on it can delay pics maybe 15 minutes, but no worries nothing like here.

Five minutes not counting filing out the paperwork.......

Last Saturday I was at Sarco and the wait time for NICS was 4 minutes.

 

Hahaha, they made you wait that long?

Hahaha, they made you wait that long?

 

I know right!

 

Pissed me off all day long, instant check my ass.