Guns.com

[Beck]

Has anyone bought a gun off of this website, is it legit?

 

[dogcat1]

Tried to but could not get it done. No real person on the other end of the phone. Gave up.

 

[Beck]

I was afraid of that

 

[Rare Breed]

I looked at them a few times and just felt like a big scam site so stay away

 

[USMA84DAB]

Bought my .375 Ruger Alaskan with VX3 2.5-8x36 for $700-ish prior to first safari. (Purchase date was in 2020) No problems whatsoever. Rifle was unfired/nearly unfired - great "used" buy.

 

[Nicaburns]

I bought an SKB shotgun for my wife… zero problems and certainly wouldn’t hesitate to use them again.

 

[BJH65]

It’s 100% not a scam site, I’ve bought quite a few guns off this site. I’d say the vetting process for sellers is much much better than a particular very popular online gun auction/buying site

Some things I don’t care for though: no method to contact seller if one has additional questions about a gun. Sometimes photos are limited as well. I don’t see a significant number of Safari type rifles.

They have a few different types of return policies depending if it’s a certified gun or non certified. Because of their vetting process as far as scams go, that’s more likely to happen here.

If there was some mechanism to contact the seller when questions arise it would be a lot better. Anyhow, I would absolutely buy from them again, it will be a problem free transaction.

 

[Whit]

It is a legitimate website

 

[HookMeUpII]

Legitimate. I bought my Browning Silver SHOT Show special edition from them 2 years ago. I was skeptical at first because they had it on sale for $300 off what they were everywhere else. I bought with a debit card, selected an FFL from their list that was a couple miles up the road from me, 4-5 days later the gun was at his shop. I do remember calling during the order process to ask a question about selecting an FFL and someone answered the phone. Maybe things have changed.

I was sort of surprised how easy it was.

 

[BJH65]

I was just checking out their site again. There is no direct contact with the seller but you could email a question and wait to hear back which I’ve not done. I’ve purchased 7 handguns and several rifles from them, all trouble free and very consistent.

 

[Triathlete3]

I bought a CZ 458 Lott and all went great.

 

[MauserDuff]

I've bought two .375s from them, and was very pleased. It appears that some of the firearms are stocked by guns.com, and others may be brokered. On the first purchase, I asked a question, and it was a couple of days before I got a response, but it was accurate. Also, shipping was rather slow (weekish?). On the second purchase, the rifle was shipped on Monday after being ordered on Saturday, with arrival on Wednesday. Ratings for the rifles were "Very Good" to "Excellent". Both were essentially new, but one had been rebarreled (to a custom barrel maker, SSK Industries) which they didn't mention. I don't remember if they showed a photo of the new barrel ID, so it may have been my oversight. I'm pleased regardless.

 

[coreydb]

I've had years of success with guns international and gunbroker.

 

[BeeMaa]

If you are buying through an online auction site or even a retailer/gun shop...you better do your homework. We all know that getting scammed sucks. Stay frosty.

As for this particular site, I've seen a few ads for things I might want but have had difficulties getting conformation or just gotten a weird vibe that turned me off. This is by no means an indictment against them as the sample size is too small, but that's been my experience.

There is a short list of retailers I trust and at the top of them is @TOBY458!

 

[duckfish]

I bought a brown precision after a few tweaks, gunshot great

 

[Monski]

I've bought a couple of guns from them. The transaction aspect of it goes smooth. I returned one that was magna-ported without it being in the description or able to tell from original pics. That also went smoothly. Their gun knowledge, pictures and descriptions are poor. Everyday they list pistols under rifle categories on Guns International. I mean do they really not know the difference between a rifle and a pistol?? Damn, that annoys me!
Like on a previous post here, I was able to request more pics and information that I recieved a couple of days later.

 

[charlieb]

I bought a brown precision after a few tweaks, gunshot great

7 mag?

 

[duckfish]

No 270 I have a 7mm got it from gun broker

 

[Bush Buck]

I was looking for a nice Kimber Classic Select in 7mm-08. They had a Classic Select for sale but listed as a Super America - which is a much more expensive model. The price reflected Super America (which it was not).
I emailed them twice about this but only got automated responses on how to purchase the rifle online. The error in the advertisement wasn't fixed in the next couple of weeks (I eventually stopped looking).
This put a bad taste in my mouth and I've avoided them since.

 

[Woodcarver]

Sounds like I'm not the only one that has had a not so good experience with these guys. I put an offer in on a Ruger #1 that took them 4 days to respond to (they advertise 24hrs). The reply was simply an automated response on how to buy. Additional emails took just as long to get a response. A phone call was answered by a woman who made it clear they didn't care about my concerns. The "policy" they publish on their website wasn't worth the time to read. By the end of the week, never having gotten a real response to any of my emails, I sent an email withdrawing my offer and made it clear I was completely done dealing with a company that has no concept of customer service (they never responded to that either, not even an automated email). If I see guns.com as the seller of something that caught my eye, I just move on. Have no interest in dealing with a company that operates like they are doing the customer a favor by letting them buy something.