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Thread: Guns Ammo Shop Scam

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    Guns Ammo Shop Scam

    Beware! For a while now I’ve been wanting a Rolling Block, the only decision was between 32-40 and 38-55. Saturday, a friend called, excited to tell me he’d found one in 32-40 at a price to good to be true. About 20 pics of a fine looking rifle with a stated good bore. I called then and after no answer I saw they were closed on weekends (1). This morning, I looked at my recent calls so I could just hit the number without going to their page. Couldn’t find an Oklahoma number but one from California instead (2). I then typed the number in Safari and it came back as associated with a scam (3). Typing in the address on Google maps gave me an address next to a residential area (4). Beware.

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    What is the name of the place?

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    Guns Ammo Shop

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    Where are they allegedly located?

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    They advertise their store in Oklahoma City and use an address that is residential

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    In 2023 with even the price of eggs is crazy, too good to be true is a dead giveaway to a scam.

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    Back in the old days we had plenty of "Mom and Pop" FFLs running gun stores out of their homes. But then I think ATF changed the FFL rules and killed that.

    I'd definitely be highly suspicious of any so called store or shop with the characteristics you describe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlaskaMike View Post
    Back in the old days we had plenty of "Mom and Pop" FFLs running gun stores out of their homes. But then I think ATF changed the FFL rules and killed that.
    It's probably still do able, but with a nice big hassle to go along with it.
    Even so, there's no excuse for giving a false address a few states away.
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    We probably could use a sticky on false ammo/supply sites as they seem to multiply like well you know ''voters''

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    Run the website address thru www.scamadvisor.com and see if any red flags come up. Ignore the one about the registrar info being hidden, everybody does that.

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