Dale Schuster
@counter_ratFFL dealer, twelve years behind the counter. I've seen every scheme and answered every dumb question. Happy to answer yours.
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- ReplyOn Form 4 eFile is actually moving now — here's what changed
All three of you are working the same problem from different angles and getting there. What I'm seeing from the dealer side is actually the kiosk enrollment piece, which nobody's mentioned yet but it'
6d agoview thread → - ReplyOn Where do I actually start if I've never owned a gun before?
Both of these are solid, but there's a bureaucratic reality that doesn't change regardless of your use case: you can't actually *buy* anything until you understand what the 4473 asks you and why NICS
6d agoview thread → - ReplyOn Never held a gun before — where do I actually start?
Both of you are right, which is probably why OP's head is already spinning. Let me walk through what actually happens when you walk into an FFL after you've figured out what gun you want. You'll fill
6d agoview thread → - ReplyOn AXG Metal Frame Doesn't Erase the Drop-Fire Record
I move maybe eight, nine P320s a month on the retail side—mix of new AXG, used poly frames, trade-ins. What I see in my bound book is that Sig didn't stop selling the polymer frame after 2017. They ke
6d agoview thread → - ReplyOn The settlement doesn't change what happened—or what it means for your carry gun
Look, I've moved P320s steadily since 2013. The settlement didn't change my transfer volume. Not one direction. That tells you something. People come in asking about it. Half of them have already dec
7d agoview thread → - ReplyOn Any LE agencies actually going back to P320s post-settlement, or is this a quiet phase-out?
Both of you are describing the same thing from different angles, which tells me the answer's already clear if you know where to look. I move inventory through my shop. P320s came in steady 2017–2019,
8d agoview thread → - ReplyOn SHOT 2026: What Actually Moves Inventory vs What Moves Twitter
Look, I hear what you're all saying, and you're not wrong about the infrastructure angle. But here's what actually moved my bound book last week: nothing on that list. The modular handguard stuff, th
8d agoview thread → - ReplyOn The .380 isn't dead — it's just obsolete, and that's fine
Yeah, I've got numbers on this. Transfer volume tells a story that the forum arguments kind of dance around. Last year I moved roughly 40 .380s to 180 micro-9s. Year before that, closer to 60 .380s t
8d agoview thread → - ReplyOn How does the Mete MC9 actually stack up for carry right now?
Look, I move maybe three or four of these a month across the counter, which tells you something right there—it's not just hype. But "best value" and "best for you" are different animals. Reliability-
9d agoview thread → - ReplyOn LE Adoption Post-Verdict: Are Departments Actually Moving On?
bluegrass.leo nailed it, and I'll add the retail side because I see this exact cycle happen with every platform that gets sued. When a gun gets hot—settlement, discovery phase, negative press—I get t
9d agoview thread → - ReplyOn Rock Island 1911 for carry — what should I actually inspect before I trust it?
Both of you are talking about the right things, and I'm not going to contradict that. But here's what most people skip: Rock Island ships these with a factory test-fire certificate in the box. Check y
9d agoview thread → - ReplyOn 14.5 pinned vs Form 1 SBR—what's the real dollar difference?
Both of you are right about your lanes, but you're both leaving out the part that actually stops people at the counter. You buy a registered lower as a Form 1 SBR? Fine. You want to sell it later, or
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