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I purchased my first gun from a dealer since getting my CHL. I very much like the process of not having to wait for a NICS check to come back.

The purchase was made at Academy and the lady working the gun counter not only thought it was awesome she didn't have to call it in but that I carried so we talked about carry guns for a while.

And for the record, I bought a Winchester SXP black shadow. I really like the "pump that thinks it is a semi" feature.

SQLGeek wrote:.. I very much like the process of not having to wait for a NICS check to come back...

A nice benefit for sure! I wish I could take advantage of it more often .

SQLGeek wrote:The purchase was made at Academy and the lady working the gun counter not only thought it was awesome she didn't have to call it in ...

That's different. I thought some folks had said that it was Academy's policy to run the NICS check anyway. Has that changed or am I misremembering that or did she not follow company policy?

C-dub wrote:

SQLGeek wrote:The purchase was made at Academy and the lady working the gun counter not only thought it was awesome she didn't have to call it in ...

That's different. I thought some folks had said that it was Academy's policy to run the NICS check anyway. Has that changed or am I misremembering that or did she not follow company policy?

I don't know their policy, but my most recent purchase was also from an Academy, and there was no call in.

C-dub wrote:

SQLGeek wrote:The purchase was made at Academy and the lady working the gun counter not only thought it was awesome she didn't have to call it in ...

That's different. I thought some folks had said that it was Academy's policy to run the NICS check anyway. Has that changed or am I misremembering that or did she not follow company policy?

I have only purchased two pistols from Academy. Neither time did they run NICS.

She had a higher level manager come over and verify the paperwork so I don't think she was breaking any kind of policy.

She was also instructing a new employee on the gun purchase process and she told him a couple of times that no NICS check was needed.

They also let me buy a case of shells, which I thought I had heard Academy was not allowing customers to buy a gun and ammo at.the same time. I probably heard that wrong.

Have bought many guns from Academy. Never have they run a NICS check on me...

C-dub wrote: That's different. I thought some folks had said that it was Academy's policy to run the NICS check anyway. Has that changed or am I misremembering that or did she not follow company policy?

I've only had one purchase from Academy since getting my CHL and they did run an NICS check. It was Black Friday last year and I had to wait about 4 hours to pick it up because NICS was swamped. Maybe they have changed the policy since then?

I have bought three different guns at three different Academys since getting my CHL and never had to go through the NICS check. All three also asked if I wanted to purchase any ammo before they walked me to the front to check out. I guess it is their "right" to still do the NICS check, but it is also my right to not buy from them if they insist. (I wouldn't have waited 4 hours myself as stated above, but thats just me).