Question about gun shows and wait times

[Rykdean]

Question for you all. When buying at a gun show and waiting for the background to complete, I assume the gun stays with the vendor until all is finished? So then if you bought from a vendor who came from a long way off, you would have to travel to his location to pick up the gun some days/weeks later? Either that or have it shipped to an FFL local to you? (assuming there isn't an instant approval). Is this correct or am I forgetting something?

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[L308]

At an Albany Gun Show over the weekend this issue came up for me. If the background check had not been completed before the end of the show, I would have to travel to the dealer's location to pick up the firearm. The background check was completed around two hours after the purchase so this issue didn't come up. Might a good reason to attend gun shows earlier rather than later in the day. The dealer did have to retain the firearm until the background check was completed.

 

[Rykdean]

At an Albany Gun Show over the weekend this issue came up for me. If the background check had not been completed before the end of the show, I would have to travel to the dealer's location to pick up the firearm. The background check was completed around two hours after the purchase so this issue didn't come up. Might a good reason to attend gun shows earlier rather than later in the day. The dealer did have to retain the firearm until the background check was completed.

I assumed that was the case. With some people having to wait weeks for the check to complete, trying to purchase from a non-local-to-you dealer becomes much more of an issue.
Thanks for the reply

 

[Andy54Hawken]

My last purchase at a gun show. was...
My Ruger Old Model Bearcat ...I had to wait , thanks to Washington's dumb azz laws.

How it worked was like this...
I bought the Bearcat from the seller...we used the FFL dealer at the show for the BGC....
I then picked up the Bearcat at the next show ( about 2 weeks later ) from the FFL dealer.

I sure do miss the days of a no hassle face to face deal at shows and such.
Andy

 

[Dallas Ken]

They sure took the fun out of wheelin and dealin...
How have you been Andy....still buying knives?

 

[Andy54Hawken]

They sure took the fun out of wheelin and dealin...
How have you been Andy....still buying knives?

Yep they sure did....used to really love going to the gun show...and picking up a new to me gun or project...
All without any big deal or fuss.

And yep still buying knives...
Andy