In summary, the law requires that online purchases go through an FFL, and you have to work with what you’ve got. No reason to make it a rant against online buying in general.

I have bought an estimated 50 to 60 guns online over the last 10-15 years. My area has just been very poor in opportunity for the older ones I was looking for.

My transfer FFL is a personal friend who has no store front at all, works semi-retired in law enforcement, emergency services, and as a gun dealer. He is often out of town, works odd hours, and it has sometimes taken a week for us to complete a transfer if his wife had to take delivery or the gun sat at the PO a few days until he could pick it up. We talk a lot via text and phone when I have a gun on the way.

Meh. I have enough guns, and I get excited about other things in life.