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I think from reading the board, you will find that the policies that companies follow varies greatly. Some follow the IL law and some just follow whatever the written policy the drunken small animals in the back room pound out on a keyboard (or so it seems). Some companies will give you one answer one time and others another the next time and they don't want to listen or have their lawyers actually look at IL law..

 

Some will do the shipment to an FFL outside of Cook and some will not. And wait until you get a suburb that splits across Cook and another county.

 

This seems to apply to magazines, ammo and firearms...and some won't sell parts to various places. I'd suggest reading their purchasing policies and go from there. I think someone recently had a seller that wanted to either ship with no mags or replace the standard cap with 10 rounds.

 

There are other FFLs to consider.

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So it sounds like my best bet is just to buy locally or on Gunbroker.

 

Do major retailers like Cabela's have problems with customers having a Chicago FOID/DL address?

You're going to pay a premium tax in Cabelas ($25) + ammo tax due to Cook County. I hear their firearm sales have plummeted since that went live.

 

There are a number of FFLs that do transfers for a reasonable cost, but you would have to check on their personal policies also. Depending on the LGS, some will not sell some items (at least in the past) to Cook residents, but that was typically modern sporting rifles IIRC due to the Chicago "AWB" even though one was allowed to own..

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I will usually use http://www.slickguns.comto shop for the pistol I want. On each add, there will usually be several stores with prices listed so I can comparison shop. I can usually find numerous retailers that have no problem selling to me and I also live in Chicago. I use an FFL that lives in Merrionette Park for all my transfers. I have bought firearms from http://www.kygunco.com that is in the same Kentucky town as Buds. I have bought from several other retailers as well. I have also bought AR15 lowers from http://www.odfirearms.com , http://www.joeboboutfitters.com , https://tbrci.com along with a few others. What has worked for me is to look at their shipping restrictions or terms and conditions pages and if there is no mention of Illinois or Chicago, I place the order. Usually if there is a problem with one, there will be several others that have no problem.

 

And like was mentioned, by ordering online, crook county doesn't get to tax the purchase and there is usually no Illinois tax either, you just have to pay the transfer fee.

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Grabagun will not have any problem shipping here. I've bought 3 pistols from them and I live in Chicago. I believe Impact Guns will, as well. Bud's will not.

 

 

grabagun this month said no

 

http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=64715

That's very strange. My brother put a gun in layaway with Grabagun TODAY. I've bought 3 pistols from them since 2014 and talked to them 2 weeks ago about buying another.

 

 

Sent from my Mate 9. Sorry if I missed any misspellings.

 

 

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I will usually use http://www.slickguns.comto shop for the pistol I want. On each add, there will usually be several stores with prices listed so I can comparison shop. I can usually find numerous retailers that have no problem selling to me and I also live in Chicago. I use an FFL that lives in Merrionette Park for all my transfers. I have bought firearms from www.kygunco.com that is in the same Kentucky town as Buds. I have bought from several other retailers as well. I have also bought AR15 lowers from http://www.odfirearms.com , http://www.joeboboutfitters.com , https://tbrci.com along with a few others. What has worked for me is to look at their shipping restrictions or terms and conditions pages and if there is no mention of Illinois or Chicago, I place the order. Usually if there is a problem with one, there will be several others that have no problem.

 

And like was mentioned, by ordering online, crook county doesn't get to tax the purchase and there is usually no Illinois tax either, you just have to pay the transfer fee.

I've also recently started looking at https://www.galleryofguns.comand on occasion have seen a couple of surprising (in a good way) sale prices from local places listed.
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I can confirm what Raven312 states about his 3 purchases from Grab a gun and my new layaway today. The completion of this transaction will be my 3rd with them and my Chicago address has never been an issue. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

 

The previous thread about grabagun was that they will no longer ship mags >10rds (of any kind) to anywhere in Illinois. They also will not sell ship ammo to Illinois residents last time I checked.

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I can confirm what Raven312 states about his 3 purchases from Grab a gun and my new layaway today. The completion of this transaction will be my 3rd with them and my Chicago address has never been an issue. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

 

The previous thread about grabagun was that they will no longer ship mags >10rds (of any kind) to anywhere in Illinois. They also will not sell ship ammo to Illinois residents last time I checked.

 

And they told the OP in that thread that they would not ship the firearm with a standard capacity magazine which is relevant to the OP in this thread.

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I can confirm what Raven312 states about his 3 purchases from Grab a gun and my new layaway today. The completion of this transaction will be my 3rd with them and my Chicago address has never been an issue. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

 

The previous thread about grabagun was that they will no longer ship mags >10rds (of any kind) to anywhere in Illinois. They also will not sell ship ammo to Illinois residents last time I checked.

 

And they told the OP in that thread that they would not ship the firearm with a standard capacity magazine which is relevant to the OP in this thread.

 

 

So I guess I can still order from them, but just buy guns with 10rnd mags, then sell them, then buy new mags. Seems like a lot of trouble.

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So it sounds like my best bet is just to buy locally or on Gunbroker.

 

Do major retailers like Cabela's have problems with customers having a Chicago FOID/DL address?

 

For accessories, I'll just ship them to a family member out of state and make sure to keep a credit card with that billing address.

I ordered a NANO from Gander Mountain online and picked it up in JOLIET. Which sucked I ordered on a FRIDAY they called me 7 days later told me your gun is in come pick it up. I drive there from CHICAGO fill out papers and background check and then told I had to wait another 3 days for cool down period, then drive back and forth again 3 days later.I said cool down I ORDERED 7 DAYS AGO.

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So it sounds like my best bet is just to buy locally or on Gunbroker.

 

Do major retailers like Cabela's have problems with customers having a Chicago FOID/DL address?

 

For accessories, I'll just ship them to a family member out of state and make sure to keep a credit card with that billing address.

I ordered a NANO from Gander Mountain online and picked it up in JOLIET. Which sucked I ordered on a FRIDAY they called me 7 days later told me your gun is in come pick it up. I drive there from CHICAGO fill out papers and background check and then told I had to wait another 3 days for cool down period, then drive back and forth again 3 days later.I said cool down I ORDERED 7 DAYS AGO.

 

Some FFL's start it from the time the transaction is processed (ie. you paid for it) but most start the wait once you fill out the 4473.

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I wanted to update this. I spoke with someone at Grabagun. They said that they will not ship any handgun with more than 10rnd mags to Cook County. They made no mention of the state. I guess I need to call back and ask if they'll ship to a resident of Cook county, but an FFL outside of Cook county.

 

Looks like I need to find a new FFL.

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Will Buds, Impactguns, and Grabagun ship handguns with standard capacity mags to FFLs in Cook County with a customer having a Chicago billing address?

 

If they will not, are there ways around this like changing your billing address to an address outside of Cook County/Chicago?

No, Bud's is very afraid of Chicago's law and do not understand them. They decide based on the address of the FOID card. There are many more dealers who will ship to a Cook County FFL. Bud's lost a lot of money when they would not send me a Browning high end bolt action. I was mad and sought another retailer who did ship to Cook.

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So it sounds like my best bet is just to buy locally or on Gunbroker.

 

Do major retailers like Cabela's have problems with customers having a Chicago FOID/DL address?

 

For accessories, I'll just ship them to a family member out of state and make sure to keep a credit card with that billing address.

I ordered a NANO from Gander Mountain online and picked it up in JOLIET. Which sucked I ordered on a FRIDAY they called me 7 days later told me your gun is in come pick it up. I drive there from CHICAGO fill out papers and background check and then told I had to wait another 3 days for cool down period, then drive back and forth again 3 days later.I said cool down I ORDERED 7 DAYS AGO.

 

Bo69, that truly sucked. Sorry. You had to endure that.

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