Has anyone purchased any firearms from out of state off armslist.com ?

 

I have a possible great deal but have never bought anything from armslist.com

 

I know it will have to be shipped to an FFL here in NJ

 

Thanks

Usually they are scams. People steal pics of a high end gun like a $8,000 K43 rifle and offer it for $2000. Someone will believe they are selling it at that price and send the money and up with no rifle.

 

 

It's not impossible to have a non-scam deal on armslist, but you have to exercise a much higher level of vigilance than at gunbroker.com.

Local FTF deals are usually ok.

No chance I would do armslist deal shipped from out of state. I bought a SVT once on gunbroker and the next day it was listed on armslist for sale in MS and KS. Try other forums.

 

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I would probably buy an out of state gun as long as it was from an ffl. Otherwise don't do it, its not worth the risk.

Look to see if the seller is verified / premium.

That means they are registered w/ Armslist and are trackable - they are usually

the dealers who regularly sell on Armslist.

thanks all for your input

 

Just another hazard we have in the People's Republic of NJ is that older and used firearms are not as readily available to us as other states

We've sold plenty of firearms on Armslist.. 

 

Like everything else Buyer beware. 

 

(FYI: If they want payment sent to Nigeria i would be worried.)

Thanks all

 

It ended being pointless anyway, after I sent the "seller" a possible option of using an escrow service. They just stopped responding which just showed that either they weren't interested in dealing with it or it was a scam. I tend to believe it was just BS. $300 for an unmolested Winchester M1917 seemed to be too good..ah well.