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Am I correct in understanding there's no way to do this? NH is seemingly full of cheap Redhawks but the sellers won't ship to Mass even though they're on the list.
Am I correct in understanding there's no way to do this? NH is seemingly full of cheap Redhawks but the sellers won't ship to Mass even though they're on the list.
The problem is getting the Mass FFL to do this.
I've never had an FFL refuse to accept a legal gun.
I've never had an FFL refuse to accept a legal gun.
Push comes to shove one can also find a dealer who is licensed in both states cause they almost sit on the border. Gun and Sport North comes to mind because they are in Salem NH within almost spitting distance. I know they have a MA license and mark some handguns 'MA' because of it.Happens all the time in MA, although it seems like your problem is mainly with the remotes. Try a dealer within 10
miles of the NH/MA border. Most of them are accustomed to sending on-list guns down here all the time.
-Mike
I've never had an FFL refuse to accept a legal gun.
Whether the NH seller is an individual or dealer, they must ship to a Mass FFL who is willing to accept the shipment and transfer it to you. The problem is getting the Mass FFL to do this.
Why the hell would a Mass FFL refuse to transfer a Redhawk?
Push it through a willing NH dealer and get it forwarded down here for (whatever that costs). Probably could be done for $50 or less.
-Mike
This sounds great in theory, but will the "usual suspect" NH dealers (i.e., the ones we all know and love who refuse to sell & transfer handguns to MA residents) go this route? Something tells me that the same logic that makes them refuse a direct transfer to MA would also cause them to refuse to an indirect transfer to MA as well. But that said, I'd love to be proven wrong.I'm a dealer in NH. If you find a gun and that person or another FFL won't ship to MA you can have it shipped to me and I can ship it to your dealer in MA. I would only charge you what it cost to ship it down to your dealer. Usually under $20
I'm a dealer in NH. If you find a gun and that person or another FFL won't ship to MA you can have it shipped to me and I can ship it to your dealer in MA. I would only charge you what it cost to ship it down to your dealer. Usually under $20
Why the hell would a Mass FFL refuse to transfer a Redhawk?
Back in the good old days, meaning before 1998, whenever I would buy a pistol at Big Al's in Seabrook he would have one of his guys drive the pistol to Salisbury Ma. and drop it off at a FFL dealer for transfer. I can't speak for anyone else but Al never charged me a nickel for this service. Of course that was a long time ago before this Mass. compliance BS. I seriously doubt that any N.H. dealers do that now.
M-O-N-E-Y.
Back when Richard Feinberg was still a dealer, I transferred a S&W Scandium through him. Brandy-new-in-box. Cheap cheap cheap, even with the shipping and transfer fee. Richard was big on not opening the box until you arrived at his house. So he had no idea what was in there. When he saw it, "I've got those! Why did you transfer it?" "Because it was $150 cheaper than something I could get here." "Oh. Really?" (Thankfully, he was more interested in how to get a cheaper gun so he could sell more than the fact that I could have bought it from him. LOL)
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I ASSUME that's because you were avoiding the MA Sales Tax. Otherwise, how foolish is it for the MA dealer to forego a profit on the sale and then accept just a transfer fee. Strange occurrence for sure. Back in the pre-98 days.
Calm down Sparky.
Maybe you should write your msg in bold. Oh? Never mind . . .
This sounds great in theory, but will the "usual suspect" NH dealers (i.e., the ones we all know and love who refuse to sell & transfer handguns to MA residents) go this route? Something tells me that the same logic that makes them refuse a direct transfer to MA would also cause them to refuse to an indirect transfer to MA as well. But that said, I'd love to be proven wrong.
Push comes to shove one can also find a dealer who is licensed in both states cause they almost sit on the border. Gun and Sport North comes to mind because they are in Salem NH within almost spitting distance. I know they have a MA license and mark some handguns 'MA' because of it.
This sounds great in theory, but will the "usual suspect" NH dealers (i.e., the ones we all know and love who refuse to sell & transfer handguns to MA residents) go this route? Something tells me that the same logic that makes them refuse a direct transfer to MA would also cause them to refuse to an indirect transfer to MA as well. But that said, I'd love to be proven wrong.
What is the difference between an indirect transfer and a direct transfer?
I looked for the answer to this in this thread and did not see it. If somebody answered already I'm sorry if I missed it. About half of the FFL's that I use will not accept an out of state shipment from a private citizen. They all take shipments from out of state FFL's.I've never had an FFL refuse to accept a legal gun.
What is wrong with an SKS?Indirect would be a manufactured method to get something to MA, and I'm not thinking of anything illegal. Example: I was at Cabela's in Maine and I wanted to buy an SKS that they had. They would not sell it to me because I was from MA. I asked them to transfer it to a NH FFL who could then transfer it to me; legal and indirect. Cabela's refused to send it to NH because they now knew what I was going to do and "Cabela's doesn't want that rifle in MA."
What is wrong with an SKS?
That's not been my experience, but maybe I've just been stopping at the wrong places. The fear of Dimples the Tyrant seems pretty damn strong in southern New Hampshire these days.For every NH dealer that won't send stuff down here there's probably two more that will, while extending double pumped middle fingers directly towards Boston.
Not a thing, and that was the ultra frustrating thing. Cabela's, both the Maine gun counter and national office said that "the law was unclear about the legality of the SKS." They weren't hearing otherwise.
That's not been my experience, but maybe I've just been stopping at the wrong places. The fear of Dimples the Tyrant seems pretty damn strong in southern New Hampshire these days.
Why the hell would a Mass FFL refuse to transfer a Redhawk?