JcMack
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Yes, but most dealers won't follow that law. At my store, we won't transfer the weapon without the NICS approval to "proceed". The 4473 is valid for 30 days. If no response is received from NICS by then, we void the 4473 and file it away.
My thought on this is there's something missing (not intentionally) from the OP's situation. If you had a "NIC's wait" and didn't get a response from them in 72 hrs., would you feel comfortable going to another dealer an having a NIC's check run on another gun. Granted, when the check hits the system it will "bump into" the prior hold. But it should be legal?