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AggieLCP wrote:

How do you go about buying a new firearm?

I dwell over all the options and choices for weeks while compulsively reading everything about them on the internet!

Haha, same here!

ahogo wrote:

Mage218 wrote:I am looking to get a new firearm for summer carry particularly a small frame 357 revolvers taurus ruger or s&w depending on what I can get the best deal on and was wondering how other users go about purchasing a new firearm.

When you find one you want do you pay what the shop is asking or do you try to negotiate a lower price, free ammo, holster etc..?

Everything is negotiable.

Yes, everything is negotiable. The worst that can happen is the seller says no, at which point, you don't lose anything.

Haven't bought a gun locally - store or gun show for a long time. Always buy online and have it shipped to my local FFL for a $20 transfer fee. Bud's Gun Shop is a good place to start.

I do frequent gun shows and Collector's Firearm to see and feel the weapon.

Ever since I bought my first gun - what a failure, a good way, as I have found, is to frequent the particular gun's online forum. For example, I hung out at Glock Talk for a long time before I got my Glock. The reason is a) I can ask many questions and hear many feedback, b) I want to understand both pros and cons, and c) deals do come up. Some of my guns I purchased came with fantastic deals - would be a "crime" to tell you how much I paid for.

I am not an impulsive buyer, I don't mind waiting for deals, and I like to understand the gun before I put my money down.