Gunbroker

[B&C Blacktails]

Anyone have experience buying guns from gunbroker.com?

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Anyone have experience buying guns from gunbroker.com?

Yes. I have bought and sold several guns thru them. They have always been good about anything that I had questions about. My advice is to go to your local gun shops/FFL's and see if any of them deal thru Gunbroker. When selling, make sure you get good pictures to post advertising what you are selling. It has been a year or so since I used them, but I think they still have a policy that you have a 2 or 3 day inspection period for being satisfied how the gun was described by the seller.

We used to have an FFL here in town that specialized in buying/selling thru them. He took all the pictures, posted ads and packaged/mailed the gun for the seller for a 10% fee. He also represented buyers and just charged his FFL fee of $15.00. Unfortunately he moved to another part of the state. It was a great service.

 

[libidilatimmy]

I've bought three firearms through gun broker and they were good experiences. Like CC said, you'll need to find a local FFL holder that they ship the guns to and they'll charge you a small fee, usually $15-$30, to run the background check.

 

[Team Kabob]

Bought off gunbroker and would do it again and again.


Thanks
TK

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[Team Kabob]

Also you can do a ffl search on the site and it normally gives prices to do the transfer and ship.


Thanks
TK

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[coastalarms]

use it quite a bit, like daily...

hints,
Keep an eye out for shipping charges. If it says the seller will charge "Actual shipping charges" ask the seller and find out what that is ahead of time. One guy I know got charged $24.00 for shipping for 34 rounds of 22wcf!
Find someone in your area that will do transfers. If you find ONE person and use that same person over time they will discount the transfers. I have about a dozen customers that I don't charge for transfers. They have bought so much stuff from us its the least I can do.
If you cant see everything you need to see in the photos, ask for more. Nothing wrong with double checking.
If its too good to be true...well it probably is.
If you are looking at collectibles, make sure they havent been reblued or refinished, and with collectibles ALWAYS make sure you have a 2 or 7 day return. Sometimes the only way to know for sure is to lay your eyes on it....

 

[sra61]

I love Gunbroker. I've bought a number of guns there. If you watch you can find layaway deals and stuff like that. I try to buy at least one a year on a layway agreement. I've never had a bad experience there.

 

[B&C Blacktails]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm looking to get a 44 mag revolver for backup hiking in the woods. Small and light maybe Taurus titanium 4" barrel or the S&W 329.

 

[sra61]

I'm looking to get a 44 mag revolver for backup hiking in the woods. Small and light maybe Taurus titanium 4" barrel or the S&W 329.

Don't overlook the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan, or Redhawk. The Alaskan is a 2.5" snubbie, and the redhawk comes in a 4" barrel. I have both and totally love the Alaskan. It is so much fun to shoot, I went out and bought an Alaskan in .480 Ruger and a Toklat in .454 Casull. I have shot the biggest and baddest loads that can be found for the 44 mag and none are bad to shoot. I think it has to do with the angle of the grip, it is more perpindicular to the axis of the barrel, so it doesn't want to twist out of my hand the way my 629 used to. That's my pick.