must be a regional thing. I have never paid for a background check at a show or in a gun shop. I have a CCW and I am in and out in 5 mins
It's $10 anytime they run a background check in Oregon, and having a CCW/CHL doesn't get you a thing here.
So a C&R here will save you $10 on C&R items when buying from a dealer, or $35 or more when not transferring *through* a dealer. Well worth having it.
slumlord44 said:I also see that a lot of people only use it for military surplus guns. I have military surplus guns but mostly collect Stevens single shots and other older guns that are over 50 years old.
By my calculations, you saved about $1,200 (30+ X 39= $1,170+) on the guns you bought . Congratulations !I am about to renew mine after having it for 3 years. As part of the renewal, it asks how many C&R guns you purchased over the previous 3 years and how many you sold. In my case, I bought 39 and sold 9 of them. I saved a BUNCH of money on transfer fees. (And of course am going broke buying C&R guns!)
I do almost all my buying FTF at gun shows. A C&R license is hardly an advantage under those circumstances.
Once you overcome the inertia and go through the bother, the C&R is a pretty good thing to try at least once. In a small way it lets you experience the joy of having firearms sent directly to you, just like ANYONE could prior to 1968. If you ponder what a royal shafting we continue to suffer it won't seem as cool, but I digress.