Question of the Week starts at 13:38!!! Guys, this is the first Vlog that we have done that has gotten alot of attention, most vlogs were just viewed by locals who wanted to see the inventory we were getting in. The "Question of the Week" was meant to be an afterthought in the vlogs. For future vlogs I will be more clear and dedicate more time to the "Question of the Week" as well as leave timestamps in the video so you can skip over the inventory stuff. Please bear with me... This video was not meant to be some elaborate ploy to trick you into watching me unbox things - its just what my local customers wanted me to film. I will work on changing the format moving forward. Thanks!

If your local gun store owner has a problem with transfers, you need to find a new gun store owner.

I never understood how my kids could sit on KZfaq and watch videos of people unboxing toys. now I understand...

A Gun shop 2 miles away was trying to charge me $85 bucks for a transfer. Went ahead and travelled the 23 miles for a pawnshop that charges me $12 .

I am an FFL dealer. I love doing transfers. I charge $25 because I am a home-based FFL. If I had a shop, I'd go lower and do as many as I could.

Transfers only make you on average $25.00, but it gets the person into your store and that's half the battle. They see what you have to offer and maybe they pick up some ammo or see another firearm they've been looking for and buy yours. It looks like a win win for the store.

Why would anybody be pissed off about getting free money they didn't have to even stock any merchandise for it. "oh I'm so pissed off this person walked into my shop and handed me $20 to sign some papers and make a phone call"

I had a argument a while back with a local store who were giving me attitude on me wanting to transfer over a wasr 10 to pick up. They were wanting to charge me 80 bucks for it and said when it gets here it gets here dont bother to call us. I told them well if you wouldnt carry shit ras and c39s this would not be an issue, second ive spent thousands at your store in the past with your old owner who passed away and was a dear friend his son now owns the shop and he remembered how much i respected and took care of his dad there so he told the dumbass employee to not treat customers like that this man has been loyal for years charge him 25. Done deal came in few days later and bought good amount of ammo from the son now owner and thanked him for being a stand out guy. I ended up spending more than the 80 bucks but because i was treated with respect they got more out of me than just the 25 fee. Kindess goes along away. Being a prick in sales you obviously are in the wrong line of work. Sure customers can be and mostly are the douches but alot of us have spent thousands and kept these stores open and to treat us like trash because we found a good deal that didnt poke our eyes out is wrong.

i just go to a private FFL. He charges $20.

Mark, have very much enjoyed your videos and especially appreciate how you talked about the transfer fee issue. As a buyer, here's my take: The local gun store I patronize has very, very good pricing. Any firearm I buy online has got to be at least $40 less than he can sell it to me and even then I've gotta think about it. But I have bought a couple guns online and transferred them through him. No problem. He was helpful, gracious and appreciative of the price I was able to get.

Some of the shops around me will transfer a gun for free if you make an in-store purchase of 100 dollars or it is 25 dollars just to have it transfered. The way i see it buy a 100 bucks worth of ammo and get basically 25 buck worth free

Great info and great attitude. I would bet after a few transfers, with your positive attitude, many gun owners would actually just buy from you even if a little more money. Keep up with the good work, wish your business all the success in the world.

Awesome Video! When I used to work at a Gun store ( The former mark up king ,Gander Mtn.) unpacking new guns was always like Christmas for me to!

I really like this behind the scenes view of a gun store!

Dont forget the little things they need ammo, cleaning kits, slings, an you have them in your store,.

Great! I never knew anything about the PTR. Now I gotta get 1!!

My ffl loves it, he looks at it as free money, plus the more I and whoever I drag in with me to ship or receive a firearm come through his shop, the more likely I am to see something that I can't live without, so he has made several gun sales that way, plus the better relationship that we build up, the more likely that I am to go to him when I need something locally. I have moved recently some 35 miles away from my fly, but I still use his services due to the relationship between us that we have built up over the years. So on several levels, they need to look at transfers as a positive thinking.

This video came up in my suggestions... You have a great attitude, and I am a new subscriber because of that. Munro

It's not just saving the $ because you found a better deal, it saves you the tax as well.

If I ever get a job at a gun store, I'd probably have a negative balance on each paycheck. Too many temptations.

A lot of good points, home based myself. I'm always looking to get the customer the best deal. Since I don't have to charge tax for transfers, most of the time a transfer is the best way to go. But a few times I've been able to save them a couple hundred just going through distributors and that included tax. I'll always have them ask me first, just so I can look into it for them. Good video brother!

Some nice guns, as usual! I've never bought an AK. I'm thinking about maybe... 😏 Thanks for these vids... I always jump on them when I see you've posted a new one. I liked today's question, too. I've done 2 transfers through a local dealer and feel just a little funny about it but they're always really cool.

Nice editing. I like the unboxing videos - it’s like Christmas, but like a kid I want to see what’s inside, asap!

2:20 WASR is not a "parts gun". They are imported as complete rifles. Unfortunately some parts have to be replaced and the mag well opened up to fit standard AK mags before they can be sold.

New to the channel, and wanted to say thank you for the excellent videos. One of the dealers near me has a variety of services, including transfers, available. Handguns are $25.00, Longguns are $35.00, but if you have a membership to their range facility, transfers are free.

I just finished building 2 new Hungarians - an AMD65 and AMD63 UF like the one you are showing off. The wood is quite nice on them.

I think I just found my new FFL. I had a good one about 3 miles away, he ran it out of his garage and was a great guy, always $20 or less, sometimes free. A few years ago, he passed away suddenly after feeling he caught the flu. This place is about 45 minutes away, but I'm tired of the pissed off attitude from other FFLs just because I didn't buy from them. One place that was local refused to do transfers unless you were LEO, needless to say after they adopted that practice, they folded.

Hoosier nation 👍🏼💯 love seeing stuff from my home state

I find it depends on the dealer. The pawn shop down the street told me they're game any time. Another has a bunch of requirements before they'll do it. They're also the only gunsmith in my area. The other one in my area says they'll do it under certain circumstances but, when I ask them, they say they'll get back to me and never do. Guess which ones get my business.

I had to switch ffl's because they charged a price that was ridiculous. $100 if they dont have it in stock and $150 if they do. Now i go to another store and they charge $35 regardless. Now they know me as a guy who likes wierd guns so when i walk in they know something interesting is about to come to them.

I don't care if it makes them mad or not. They offer the service for a set price and they are bound by it. If they don't want to do transfers, then they can charge a price high enough that nobody would use them. The ffl I use is primarily a pet store, they just do the ffl transfers as a side gig. Works for me.

I wonder sometimes how these gun shops can even stay in business anymore. It’s so easy nowadays to find great prices online that often include free shipping and with a small $15 FFL transfer fee... It’s a no brainer.

Sometimes depending on how much that transfer fee is can wipe out any deal you might find online.but if you can’t find what you want local it’s the only option,now more than ever!

As someone who really only buys milsurps my go to FFL has tried on many occasions to buy things off me which I had just transferred into his store. And seeing as he only charges 15 I always be sure to trumpet his name whenever a friend is looking to get a new CCP or AR or more standard purchase. Like anything its nice to have folks willing to help and its nice to help others.

When I lived in kalifornia, mainly between San Fran and sac, the transfer fee was $100 at all local shops and they did not take kindly.

I was looking for a wasr10 for a reasonable price, my gun store only had RAS47s, C39s, and other cast trunion bullshit for 700 bucks. Add the tax on that you're looking at about 750. So I found a RH10 which is pretty much a WASR with a front sight/ gas block combo for 550 bucks online. Had it shipped, paid 25 dollar fee and was on my way.

I like to have a good relationship with a few local stores. In case I would like to trade or if I have a issue with the gun. Good service is worth the little bit extra.

It also gets people into your store. I don't go into a gun shop without looking around, especially at used guns. More than once I've bought another gun while there.

Are the C-308’s any good I’ve always wanted that style rifle I just don’t know a ton about the different imports and such.

I'm drooling over these guns

If I do a transfer, I usually buy a couple boxes of ammo in the store I do a transfer at even though I could easily save money buying bulk ammo online.

Kind of a repeat thought here, but I instantly thought I like most would tend to buy some other item from a place that didn't have an attitude toward helping me out. I surley would never set foot in an establishment that gave me a hard time because there are too many other stores out there.

There are plenty of FFLs in my area that don't sell firearms and only do transfers, I prefer to use them over a gun shop. I'll only use them when I cant find what I want locally though. Had to do it with a CZ 75 compact recently, no one had them and they couldn't get them but I found one online.

I try to shop my local store before online... seems as though their prices are getting outrageous... most recently I wanted a Colt Railgun 1911 stainless. I was quoted 1700 when I found it brand new on GunBroker for 1230 shipped. So I like local but not at that mark up.

I like the 870 a lot but grew up on 500’s I can’t get myself to like the safety on the 870 like the tang safety better. On the SR1911 does Ruger make them in 9mm I have bunch of 1911’s in 45 want to see how soft 9mm shoots in a full weight 1911.

My FFL charges me $10, and he's always thrilled for the business. I'll go to him every time.

C 308 is a awsome rifle i own one and beer/ bear hunt with it. Little long but good and reliable.

Some of the ones in NYC have stupid transfer fees, often $100 + $30 for background check, or 15% the value of the gun (whichever is higher).

I never considered that a shop that offered the transfer service didn't want to do the service they're offering. If it pisses them off they could just not offer it or charge a high enough amount that either stopped people from using them or made the store happy to do it.

Got a question, Mark, regarding transfers not bought at your store. I think it may help the store to keep tabs on what's being transferred that they may not carry. Kinda' like, "hey, people are buying X-gun a lot, maybe we should start carrying them?". Do shops use out of shop transfers as a marketing tool? It seems it may be a good one. Great VLOGs, thanks.

Question, The store I purchasing the two firearms at, didn't charge any tax. Will I have to pay any taxes after FFI transfer is complete? The transfer fee is $60 will I be charged any taxes at pick up?

I never buy online and in my state of NH you don’t need to do a transfer for private sale of a firearm. But I always buy from my local dealer, he might know me alittle to well hahaha he knows me by name and knows I’m going to buy a lot of ammo or a new gun every time I walk in his store. Honey these guns in my safe are all old I don’t know what your talking about

I always ask what kind of deal can you give me on this weapon I found online usually they will give me the same or 10 - 20 bucks less.

I wish you were in my town. I drive to another smaller county to get my guns from veteran owned and operated. He always shows me his profit , and I want them to make a profit, and I prefer being treated with dignity. The city I live in is ripe for a nice big tactical store and range, because the ones currently here are such douche bags( yes I have been to other stores and know what proper customer service is). Never understood the stigma with many gun shop owners. Im always like “ why is this guy even in business since he obviously hates everyone.” Thanks for the video.

Nice selection

FFL in NJ I seen as much as $90 but mostly $65 to $75 for a handgun long guns are more.

I insist on driving a few miles to one of those small shops that have maybe a few cases of armaments, some on the wall. They tend to order anything for anyone at nearly the minimum and they're fine with it. The alternative is go to that big store with just about everything ...except maybe what you want. Their prices are at least $100 over MSRP because that's their way of saying 'because screw you' and then apply the taxes. Transfer fees are high as some of the staff are snobby. >.< (e.g, bought a Desert Eagle in April this year. $1550 for the cheapest one at big box. Went to the independent shop, paid $1390 _after_ tax and whatnot)

I had one get all huffy and say "well I got a used S&W 38 special sitting right there in the case for less than what you paid for that! Why didn't you buy that?"....My response? "Because it's not a nickel model 10-5 with a 5" barrel and Detroit Police inscribed on the backstrap.". .. oh

$25+$15 for each additional gun at same time at my local pawn shop. That price includes background check. Most of their business is transfers I think (very small shop).

I buy a lot of guns online. Usually because I buy stuff that is no longer in production . My dealer knows me well enough that when I come in to pick up the gun he has ammo and accessories ready for my consideration . I bought a mini 14 Government Barrel model that was a police trade in . When I picked up the gun I bought 5 extra factory 20 round magazines and 500 rounds of ammo . The dealer waived the transfer fee and only charged me $10 for the background check .

What distributer do you order your guns from?

Here in Arizona the transfer fees vary from $25.00 to as high as $75.00

The problem with getting things transferred in is when you go to pick up the gun. You end up buying one from the gun store too so you leave with two guns you wanted and an even bigger dent in the bank account

Most FFLs here in Florida welcome transfers. They usually charge $25, and many small dealers actually make more money on transfers than gun sales. The MP5 clone with a binary trigger would be just Da Bomb!

In NJ if the transfer is on a saturday the person who is having the gun transfered he will wait at least 90 minutes for the transfer to go thru as it has to go thru tne nj state police who then tie into the federal system.

The Gander Outdoors in my area does transfers for free. Instead of paying $640 for a Smith & Wesson MP Sport II that was in stock at the store, I bought one for $499 online and had it shipped there 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. I purchase lots of ammo and magazines inside the store though so I dont feel guilty about purchasing firearms online.

Any time a customer steps into your store, it is a chance to make a good impression on the customer and any hint of annoyance on the part of the personnel attending to them will be remember by them. The customer will more than likely never darken that dealer's door again. You only get one chance to make that 1st impression. Guns are a long term thing for most and they will be needing ammo and accessories, reloading supplies and other stuff, besides which you local gun store employees are standing around with their thumbs up their backside for many hours per day and having something to do and someone to discuss firearms with is a blessing. When a store employee has a transfer to complete that is one hour the company gets his salary covered by the customer and not the store. If you or your employees get pissy with customers, they pick up on it and remember. If the store employee gets pissy they need to go find another profession like today.

25.00 for about 15 minutes of “work”... transfers are good for business if you think about it. Shisters up in NY have been known to charge 40$+ for a transfer.

2:15 man that's nicer wood than what came on my WASR10.

transfers are confusing for someone who has not done one.there are 3 parties to this, the seller, the shipper and the receiver. so bargaining with each is less than certain and confusing.

Yes , they do. Dealer spazzed on me before.

My favorite gun store said they love transfers because they get to see cool stuff they never would have ordered themselves. If your local gun store doesn't like transfers then you should probably find a new gun store.

$25 is the max I would pay.

Eye doctors charge you for your prescription if you intend to purchase your glasses/contacts outside their office.

soon im hoping to get a chiapa rhino 40, its gonna be sick!

I seriously doubt that anyone would make wooden gun furniture out of something as soft as Balsa wood. Did you, by chance, mean Plywood?

The Ruger 1911 doesn't have front strap checkering that was the only thing that bothered me

"we got us a couple of AKs" ... then pulls out a G3 lol. Love your channel, I just thought that was funny

My local ffl/dealer surprised me he said he makes just as much if not more on annual transfers than markups. Also not everyone is looking for the guns that are in stock I rarely buy guns just because it's a deal.

My local firearms dealer doesn't always have what I am looking for and if they do its sold before I have saved up for the guns. So I buy mags,parts ect..(have bought firearms from them)but lately transfers. They charge $35 and I give them $50 and say keep the change.

My dealer charges $50, and I am OK with it. I would buy some of the transfer stuff from them, but the online guy has a great layaway program that my local guy can’t meet and it allows me to buy more good stuff.

I'd like to be able to buy across state lines, as a person that lives on a border close to 2 states.

in los angeles transfer is about $100

If i find it cheaper and its under $50 I'll just by local and walk out that day over $75 that shits getting shipped and i'll spend the $15 transfer fee the $50 -$75 range depends how bad i need a gun lol.

Thanks for the insight. This is the first vid I saw of yours and it's something that I always wondered. I guess that I'm that guy who has called and seemed a bit sheepish about asking. Do you charge for the transfer of a gun purchased from your store? I've seen the lot. Some build a high fee in the price which raises that price, but it's right there for the consumer to see. Some charge "nothing". I say nothing in quotes because of course it costs something. But it's usually their true cost over their entire sales line. I can see the charge for the state stuff that the store gets charged as a per-event. But the absolute worst is when you get charged full-boat retail transfer fee on the gun on an over-the-counter sale. That is as bullshit as car dealer "dock fee and advertising". What do you do in your store?

What kind of sig 226 was that?

Just sub! Very informative thank you

I collect old Military Surplus, so most gun stores these days don't have what I need unless I transfer it in.

That’s why I use a local pawn shop for transfers. Shhhh..... my gun shop doesn’t know.

I really wish that I could relocate from the Bronx, new York to a gun friendly state.

Damn I remember in the early 90's getting AK's for like 250.00 all day. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.

Most shops in my area do a $10 transfer

I have never had a problem on transfers. in Northern nj 50 dollars is the average transfer price. I joined a range because I shoot there quite a bit also they do transfers for free for members if the member is the buyer. If I am a seller it is 65.00 If it is a new gun they always say see if they can meet the price.

Here in Oregon they forced transfers on us for private sales.

Dude I’m from Westfield. I graduated in 2011. I like in Texas now.

Cool vlog I like the way you think... On the up side you potentially gain a new customer And let’s face it there are smaller mfrs. out there that are not readily reped In big box stores or many smaller gun shops I prefer to keep my interactions on a more personal basis where we have a handshake and chat a bit When I run into you in the local community Un fortunately there are some folks who think god made them an authority and their shit don’t stink Good job I did sub as well👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Local pawn just raised their charges from $30-$40. I'm done with them, I always buy something at the shop I do transfers, I even considered buying my next gun from them but after the upcharge, I had one more purchase and that's it. I'll go somewhere else. I used to live in another city where I got transfers from a police supply who didn't stock firearms, $25 transfers and no drama.

Save CASH and TAX!!! I know I save at least $100-200 depending on model before TAX. After tax another $100 to the bill I would save if the firearm is $500 here in FL. I save big. But like last month I tried to find a new p320 that I dont have to send back to sig it cost me almost $620 with Tax in Academy Sports but I got a born date of April 2018 which others online was trying to sell me a 2017 model. So I paid the extra cash.

Working at a gun shop in CA, yes. I HATED private party, even mailed in, transfers. Twice the paperwork, twice the amount of time, and we only charge $25(some shops now do $10 per gun as each additional gun is that much more time). So the shop gets hardly any reimbursement. More than the work, it was the customers 60% of the time that were annoying. They either didnt have the documentation needed, would have to take the stupid CA HCS test, were ADD to the max, just annoying. Two transfers really stuck with me. One I had both individuals as a buyer and seller. The second was one guy selling to two different people 2 guns, and himself buying a gun form either one of them, or both. Needless to say, I HATE private party transfers. But hey, how else are you gonna prevent criminals from illegally buying guns....oh, wait, they dont follow the law anyway... Out of state transfers were not as bad, but what I hated about it was that we do not open the package until the customer arrives(that way they can't say we scratched it, or removed an item). Why did I hate that? Time wasted on opening the package(especially if it was stuffed with fucking packing peanuts). I guess out of state transfers were not too bad in retrospect, but I really would prefer we at least opened the shipping package and clean the trash and leave the gun package sealed up rather than dong the whole thing when the "customer" comes to do the paperwork. Ya, we can clean it up while they drool over it, but if it is a busy day, we would be stepping over trash, until we had a lull to clean it up. Rather get it out of the way when we have downtime, and the customer is not there yet(which they would take 2-5 days to come in). But, money wise. Customers, you are not always right. Don't care what you say about it. We are in business to make money, not to have you buy the gun elsewhere and make us do the damn paperwork for you. Shops are lucky to make 15% on a new gun in profit, so on an out of state transfer, you bet your last dollar that we will take it for you using our books, and time, and storage. Private transfers, well, the paperwork costs us money thanks to the state. We are not making money on the $25 paperwork fee, or on your gun that is not even taxed, so guess what, if the shop wants to charge an additional $10, pay up, or go to a pawn shop, we really don't care to have your business if it is not money being spent on the actual products and services we provide. It is a waste of time, and you can blame politicians and ignorant voters on that. It's too bad that in CA we are required to do a PPT so long as it is a legal transfer. This is not me saying I don't like people who do PPT's or out of state transfers, it's just me telling you to go pound sand if you are not happy about the pricing, to an extent. Some jackass charged $50 for a PPT, on TOP of the state fee. We charged $25, and i think $10 for each additional gun, and $75 for out of state transfers. Our gun prices were set at MSRP since we were low volume. We could not compete with the other shops in merchandise for reasons i can't discuss, but your local best buy gun dealer selling a glock for $500, they are maybe making $40. We sold them for $600. We made up for those prices though with our service, and our full gunsmithing shop. If we did not have an item, we would order it.

That Ruger PC carbine. Want it