Buying Guns Online

[Bowhuntrben]

I am considering buying a new rifle for my wife. I found one I like on budsgunshop.com. I've never bought a gun online and was just wondering if anybody has experience using this place? Good experience or bad experience?

Thanks!

 

[Corax]

Is this place in Maryland? I believe bought a biathlon rifle from them about 3 years ago thru Gunbroker.com. I was satisfied. They are a big outfit - in this case they had bought about 50 rifles from a club in Germany.

 

[stillkickin]

Buds is very prompt in my experience, the variable is how good the FFL holder is on your end as they have to get everything to Buds in a timely fashion.

Google “gun genie” and that works really well if you don’t have a relationship with an FFL.

 

[DRS]

I normally like to buy local if I can but I did buy rifle from Buds back in August because it was the only place I could find that had one in the caliber I wanted. The process went fine. What helped me is that I was able to get some recommendations on a good FFL that a couple of guys at my church had used for online purchases previously. They happened to be on Buds list of preferred dealers.

 

[Dave N]

No problems for me. Easy place to deal with.

 

[VikingsGuy]

I start with my neighborhood gun shop, but if they can't get want I need I buy online. Have had plenty of success and no problems. I use my local gun shop as my FFL. I have purchased via Bud's, Sportsman'sGuide, and any number of smaller shops with online inventories. YMMV.

 

[LCH]

I've used Bud's, CheaperThanDirt, and GunBroker. GunBroker was kind of a pain as it was small shop to small shop, but the other 2 were a piece of cake as long as you have a good FFL to have it shipped and transferred through.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

Thanks for the input!

 

[KU_Geo]

I’d also check Whittaker’s guns, they have fantastic service and pricing.