Off list pistols

[dwtt]

I'm likely going to attend my last gun show this weekend before returning to CA, so I plan to buy a pistol I will no longer be able to buy after I move back. So, I was wondering what off-list pistols the members of Calguns would buy if they could. Having lived in VA since 2010 and going to some gun shows here, I have become a bit numbed to all the handguns laying on the tables at the shows, caring more about the cost of a gun than anything else, and I could use some CA reality jolt. There was a discussion about the Caracal pistol, and I saw one at a gun show this month, but for $450, I just didn't want to spend the money on it. Of course, after returning to CA, my opinions might change.

[ruddogg]

HK45/HK45c
HK P30's

are always sought after here in CA.

[Czsp-01-9mm]

Chiappa rhino, pretty much any gun off list would be good

[Black Majik]

Only thing I can comment on is to not buy it hoping to sell it for a higher price. With the availability of SSE, off-list pistols don't go for nearly what they used to. Of course, goes to say, we wouldn't even think of purchasing an off-list pistol to make money off if it anyways, right?

[alfred1222]

Don't buy a gun, buy an STI frame and sell it to me

[mc21]

I picked up a P30 and next gun I want is a PPQ. Seems like all the guns I want are off roster =\

[shooting4life]

Buy what you want. Don't worry about the list.

[elSquid]

Buy guns that are not easily converted for SSE.

Personally, I'd buy:

- a couple of the 'recent' police trade-in H&K P7s

- a Walther P5

- offlist Ruger 22LR autos.

- pistol frames

- I'd buy a bunch of Caspian 1911 frames.
- Some AR pistol lowers, 'cause they are cheap.

- SIG P210

- alloy frame SIG P230

- I'd probably also go shopping for a clean 9mm Colt Commander, just because.

Give me some time, I could probably double that list.

-- Michael

[goldengate]

With the SSE option in CA, you can obtain almost any semi-auto that is off list, but it will add to the cost of the handgun. Most stores charge the MSRP price of the gun and there might be a SSE fee on top of DROS fee.

Before coming back to CA, try to get a few nice 1911s and check out the Walther PPQ.

[troysland]

My wish list:
Sig p226 or p229 Combat. Any Sig Scorpion (p226,p220,p229).
Kimber Desert Warrior.
Any 4th gen Glock.
Any XDm.

[sirgiles]

this!

Buy guns that are not easily converted for SSE.

Personally, I'd buy:

- a couple of the 'recent' police trade-in H&K P7s

- a Walther P5

- offlist Ruger 22LR autos.

- pistol frames

- I'd buy a bunch of Caspian 1911 frames.
- Some AR pistol lowers, 'cause they are cheap.

- SIG P210

- alloy frame SIG P230

- I'd probably also go shopping for a clean 9mm Colt Commander, just because.

Give me some time, I could probably double that list.

-- Michael

[fmunk]

AFAIK, you are considered an importer when you move here with guns and anything off-list is prohibited from being imported. To bring them in, you'd probably have to deal with a CA FFL who can do the single-shot exempt conversion (like EBR in Thousand Oaks)... transfer to them, then transfer back to yourself.

[Raider888]

buy a bunch of Walther PPQ in .9mm, you will have no problem sell them. I'll buy one or two.

[ke6guj]

AFAIK, you are considered an importer when you move here with guns

correct, you are considered a personal handgun importer.

and anything off-list is prohibited from being imported.

incorrect, a personal handgun importer can import off-roster handguns when they move to CA.

To bring them in, you'd probably have to deal with a CA FFL who can do the single-shot exempt conversion (like EBR in Thousand Oaks)... transfer to them, then transfer back to yourself.

nope, no need to do that.

[Oceanbob]

AFAIK, you are considered an importer when you move here with guns and anything off-list is prohibited from being imported. To bring them in, you'd probably have to deal with a CA FFL who can do the single-shot exempt conversion (like EBR in Thousand Oaks)... transfer to them, then transfer back to yourself.

Lets tone down the FUD


(Jack was faster)