Federal regulations require all out of state firearms sales conducted through licensed gun dealers. Firearm has to be shipped to a dealer, dealer will verify identity of the buyer (transferee), conduct background check and hand over the firearm if the buyer is eligible. This process is commonly called a "transfer".

If you decide to do the transfer with us, you will start by filling out the "Transfer Request" form below. We will provide a copy of Bargain Arms FFL license to the seller if you request. We can e-mail or fax the copy to the seller (or FFL dealer that handles sellers transaction), whatever is their preference (based on the information that you provide to us in the form).

 

If the seller is not a licensed dealer and ships directly without the help of an FFL, we would require a copy of their driver license or other valid photo ID with their name and address before we provide the FFL copy to them. We would request that they email or fax the ID copy to us. When buying from a private individual from out of state, we recommend that you send the payment to the address on provided ID.

 

Once the purchase is made, you will have to make an appointment to fill out the ATF form 4473 and provide your FOID card. Appointment can be setup before or while the gun is shipped, however, we recommend to wait intil the item is delivered.

 

There is 72 hour Illinois mandatory waiting period that now applies to all firearm types. Illinois state police clarified that the waiting period starts once you reach agreament with the seller:

 

"ISP concludes that the waiting period to purchase a firearm as defined under state law, 720 ILCS 5/24-3(g) begins when the buyer and seller reach the “agreement” to purchase the firearm and that agreement may be formalized in a number of ways. As the FFL will be required to answer any questions raised by ATF inspectors as to how the waiting period was observed, ISP suggest that FFLs memorialize the agreement in some form that is verifiable and consistent with each purchaser."

 

More information is available at the following link: http://www.isp.state.il.us/foid/ffldinfo.cfm

 

To facilitate the transfers we created the form below. Please fill it out to start the transfer process. Once you submit the form, we will receive notification and will forward our FFL copy to the seller if required. If you upload the your purchase confirmation that states the date of purchase (GunBroker sale notification, online purchase confirmation, etc...) the waiting period will be counted from the date of purchase. Otherwise, the waiting period will start at the time of form submission. We prefer purchase confirmation in PDF format. If you do not have PDF utility, you can download free application that allows you to print files to PDF just like you would to a printer at the following link: http://www.pdfforge.org/