Rural King "waiting period"

[Mgderf]

Well, Lafayette's Rural King now sports a sign stating that there is now a 24 hour "waiting period" to purchase a MUZZLE LOADER!

Ruarl Kings' headquarters are in Illinois , and the store manager lists this as the reason for the new company policy.

PLEASE contact Rural King customer service to voice your opinion about this new policy. They have every right to implement it. Still, I felt the need to remind them (store manager) that Wal-Mart does not have a waiting period, and neither does ANYONE else in Indiana!

 

[scottka]

Wowsers... That's a new one to me. What an idiotic reason. I'm at Purdue, so I'll mention that when I contact them to at least let them know I'm local.

 

[.452browning]

That sucks. We have a Rural King in Martinsville that I regularly shop at and although I have never bought a muzzle loader from there I have never heard of anyone having to wait for to pick up their weapon. If I was you I'd ask for my money back and walk over to walmart and buy it from them or a local gun shop.

 

[leftsock]

Send them a clear message by taking your business elsewhere?

 

[Mgderf]

That sucks. We have a Rural King in Martinsville that I regularly shop at and although I have never bought a muzzle loader from there I have never heard of anyone having to wait for to pick up their weapon. If I was you I'd ask for my money back and walk over to walmart and buy it from them or a local gun shop.

I've got no less than half a dozen smoke-poles now. I don't need another one, didn't buy one, and would have passed on that anyway.

As I stated earlier, Wal-Mart does NOT have a waiting period. I was just posting this because I found it unbelievably ill-advised. This may not be the season for selling a bunch of muzzle loaders, but I have a feeling this new policy will cost them in the long run if they continue it.

 

[cjfarmer]

I work at Rural King in sporting goods and we have no wait period for ours.

 

[Win52C]

Ummm why a wait. It's a muzzleloader. There's not any paperworK or a nics check to begin with. Hell you can mail order them direct to your house! Just stupid..

 

[SaintsNSinners]

did they give you a reason for the wait?

I mean its not like you can go on a killing spree (time out everyone while I reload)

 

[BlueEagle]

Hold on! This shooting spree will commence as soon as I can get a new ball down the barrel! Nobody move, and most importantly, nobody attempt to take me down during the 30 seconds that I am armed only with a heavy stick. Just cooperate and some of us will get through this shooting just fine....mainly me.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Ummm why a wait. It's a muzzleloader. There's not any paperworK or a nics check to begin with. Hell you can mail order them direct to your house! Just stupid..

That all depends on the make/model.

SOME muzzle-loading rifles require a 4473; generally it's the "in-line" style rifle.

-J-

 

[Mgderf]

That all depends on the make/model.

SOME muzzle-loading rifles require a 4473; generally it's the "in-line" style rifle.

-J-

I just purchased a brand new CVA "Electra" in-line muzzle loader this past season. I bought it through the Sportsmans' Guide catalog. Paid cash and it was delivered to my doorstep.

I've yet to see the muzzle loader that required a 4473 transfer.

 

[Tydeeh22]

my local rural king is now tainted.. soiled even. ugh. and i was happy with the ammo pricing. time to start ordering online.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I just purchased a brand new CVA "Electra" in-line muzzle loader this past season. I bought it through the Sportsmans' Guide catalog. Paid cash and it was delivered to my doorstep.

I've yet to see the muzzle loader that required a 4473 transfer.

T/C, Rossi, and some NEF products are the ones where you'll get stuck with a 4473 due to the receiver accepting other barrels that fire "fixed cartridge" ammo.

I'm sure there are a handful of others, too.

But you're right, not all in-line ML's require a 4473.

-J-

 

[booey50]

the michigan city Big R has the same stupid sign. PLUS THEY CHARGE A TWO DOLLAR "FEE" TO RUN A 4473. WHAT THE ****? Never did like there policy anyways for buying a handgun so there goes another place I will not shop.