First you don't have to pay someone else's rent to buy a firearm in NJ. You can buy wholesale and only pay the transfer fee and NICS check.

 

I only buy from two FFL's in NJ anymore since I figured it out.

 

Vinny Pugelise from Hunting World of Guns in Freehold. His email is ******* and is in Central Jersey.

 

Paul Kovba from http://www.arms-n-ammo.com. He's in South Jersey.

 

He's how you do it. Buy a copy of The Shotgun News or Gun List. Go on Gunbroker or Auction Arms. Pick out what you want and make sure it's in stock and it's NJ legal.

 

Contact either of the two FFL's mentioned above and ask them to handle the transfer for you. You will need them to send a copy of their FFL to the person your buying from.

 

The firearm you purchased will then ship to the FFL. You pick up said firearm for the transfer fee ( Ranges from $20.00 to $25.00 ) and pay the NICS fee. That's it!! If you purchase the firearm from out of State you do not pay any sales tax either. Screw Corzine and his tax happy politico's!!

 

I've been doing it this was for the last 10 years and saved a bunch of dough. I've only purchased one or two firearms from ShoreShot on an impulse buy. Of course later to find I out I could have saved well over $100.00 if ordered through the above FFL's.

I was always under the immpresion that if you did a transfer to a NJ FFL they charged you tax when you picked it up from them.

eh.... grey area.

 

When you buy out of state, you are supposed to declare it on your taxes.

Some shops withold that tax for you.

 

Cant get into it as it would border tax advice, and based on my dayjob, cant do that. =) PM me if you want more details.

yes you can do that and pay no sales tax. the purchase was out of state the only tax would be what your ffl pays.

 

our local shop charges 75.00 and inludes nics check.

yes you can do that and pay no sales tax. the purchase was out of state the only tax would be what your ffl pays.

 

our local shop charges 75.00 and inludes nics check.

 

I will never complain about $40 including nics ever again. =)

$75.00 WOW!!! Get a new FFL.

We pay zero for the NIC's check. The fee was just another way to raise money for the state.

and while most NICS is done at national level... New Jersey has their own 900 number for it.

Very sound advice.

 

I've noticed a lot of shops in NJ prey on the ignorance of the average consumer and claim high prices are only due to manufacturers' increases in cost due to demand. That may be partly to blame, but everyone at every level of production from producer, wholesaler, to retailer are trying to cash in. Cut out as many middle men as you can and go straight to wholesale whenever possible.

 

That being said, anyone know of low transfer fee FFLs in Northern New Jersey?

Try this guy.

 

JIM'S GUN SHOP

28 Elm Street

Harrington Park, New Jersey

201-803 -3501 and 201 750-1306

Or Contact Us At: [email protected]

everyone around me within a 1hour drive are all the same, my old ffl retired and use to charge 25.00.. that was atlantic arsenal. He actualy still does buisness but hard to work with cause im so darn busy and dont get the time to meet with him. he is by oppointment only.

For everyone's reference, emailed Jim's Gun Shop. Transfer fee is $50 + $15 NICS.

The closest FFL to me is Leroy Stouts in Hamilton, NJ.

 

He only meets by appointment only. I have to check my receipt but I'm 99% sure he only charged me $45 for everything - that's including the NICS fee. I told him to keep the $50 as a sign of my gratitude but he didn't accept it and still gave me $5 change.

That being said, anyone know of low transfer fee FFLs in Northern New Jersey?

Ben, check out Jim at Action Shooter in Haledon. I posted his info in this thread:

http://www.njgunforums.com/forums/ffl-fees-p5709.html#p5709

 

VERY reasonable transfer fees and him and Dave (the other guy that works there) are good guys. Just don't ask him about transferring AKs :?

Only downside is that depending on where you're driving from, you may have to drive thru some sketchy parts of Paterson to get there

He did 2 transfers last month for me, and aside for waiting almost 3 hours for a NICS check one time (which had nothing to do with him), it's been a painless experience

That being said, anyone know of low transfer fee FFLs in Northern New Jersey?

Ben, check out Jim at Action Shooter in Haledon. I posted his info in this thread:

http://www.njgunforums.com/forums/ffl-fees-p5709.html#p5709

 

VERY reasonable transfer fees and him and Dave (the other guy that works there) are good guys. Just don't ask him about transferring AKs :?

Only downside is that depending on where you're driving from, you may have to drive thru some sketchy parts of Paterson to get there

He did 2 transfers last month for me, and aside for waiting almost 3 hours for a NICS check one time (which had nothing to do with him), it's been a painless experience

+1 for Jim and the sketch parts of Paterson, but there are some ways around them. His hours are a little funky too, but he's open until 8pm on Wed and Fri.

and while most NICS is done at national level

 

NIC's goes through a state agency linked to the national database.

hey im moving to nj next week from maine, i own an xdm 9, whats nexed?

Nics is done through the national level. NJ has our own nics, which instead of charging $5, charges $15. but they still go through the national system, just administered by NJ.

hey im moving to nj next week from maine, i own an xdm 9, whats nexed?

 

Are you asking what's nixed in NJ or what NICS is?