Question about Turner's

[Mr. Beretta]

I don't post very often, but I do enjoy the site and the content. If this is the wrong place to post my question, I apologize. It seems that oftentimes when sellers are discussing the PPT, they say they do not want to use Turner's. Why is that? They're the local shop where I'm at and where I got my FSC. Are they a problem when it comes to a PPT? I appreciate any info, thanks.

Pack a lunch & give yourself an extra hour or 2.

Good luck!

[dustry]

Thanks everyone for all the great info. A three hour wait time...yikes😮 I think I'll go to OC Guns in Lake Forest.

[cantdance]

I laugh at the Turners complaints. Either the poster isn't telling the full story or they (the poster) screwed up. They do take a lot of time to cross their I's and dot their T's. Real nervous nellies.

In my experience Turners are no faster nor seem slower at PPTs. They are the biggest and by laws of probability they will get the most complaints.

BTW, I ignore trolls.

[SarcoBlaster]

I laugh at the Turners complaints. Either the poster isn't telling the full story or they (the poster) screwed up. They do take a lot of time to cross their I's and dot their T's. Real nervous nellies.

In my experience Turners are no faster nor seem slower at PPTs. They are the biggest and by laws of probability they will get the most complaints.

BTW, I ignore trolls.

Found the Turners employee!

[JR18]

Read the PPT at Turners thread and you’ll see why.

[Garv]

I laugh at the Turners complaints. Either the poster isn't telling the full story or they (the poster) screwed up. They do take a lot of time to cross their I's and dot their T's. Real nervous nellies.

In my experience Turners are no faster nor seem slower at PPTs. They are the biggest and by laws of probability they will get the most complaints.

BTW, I ignore trolls.

[The Gleam]

Your mileage at Turner's depending on location will vary... except for 1 location on which just about anyone that has visited at least 5 or more different Turner's stores, including that 1 location, for ANY reason will agree:

Reseda. The absolute worst in the chain, for service and worst of all; PPT transactions.

[hermosabeach]

Some turners are very busy. Very very busy

If you PpT call and figure out when they are slow.

The employees get bonuses for selling certain types or brands of guns.

They also get perks from selling nra memberships and some accessories.


A PPT gets them nothing except the $10-$12/ is my guess hourly wage.

So no surprise they are not excited for doing paperwork for no upside.

[Nothingontv]

Go turners if you nothing to do for 3 hours for the PPT and pick out. Never again, I will go to Turners for a PPT. I’ve done over 8 PPTs at turners all but one were horrible.

[Scratch705]

I doubt that there are many shops who like doing PPT. I would think that Turners would do this just to bring in business, maybe not.
I've bought a lot of guns through Turners, it's always a little longer because of all the checks and recheck that they do, it's always been better then Ammo Bros, atleast for me.

Maybe a location would help for suggestions

yes, but at least other FFL's try to finish the PPT process as fast as possible so they aren't wasting time/money.

turners seem to take the other approach. they take as long as possible. on average they take 1 hour to complete a PPT.

aces pawn does it in under 20 minutes. so that $10-15 bucks from PPT actually does cover the cost, while at turners, they are losing money on PPT as i'm sure the profit is eaten away by that clerk taking the entire hour to process.

[cantdance]

Found the Turners employee!

I drive a truck. And not a Turners truck. I've seen a few negatives about other gun shops I thought were totally unfair, Ammo Bros came up recently and I see no problems with them. The Shootist in Temecula was another. If all these accusations had merit those shops would have been out of biz long ago.

[cantdance]

Well, one. I never timed any of them and they seemed pretty much equal. And besides, what's your big hurry? Did it take all day?

[eviioiive]

Some people have issues with everything they do and don’t realize it’s themselves that’s the problem.


I’ve probably done 50 ppts through turners without an issue that can be attributed to turners

[edgerly779]

I have used turners it has been OK sometimes a wait. For long guns I se big 5 . No crowds Goes smoothly. They have had sales on hevi shot ammo. Doing a dros tomorrow at big 5.

[jeremiah12]

I did a PPT at Turners once. The seller insisted on it. It was for a C&R handgun and I have a FFL03 and COE. I am legally able to DROS and pick up the same day, no 10 day wait.

The manager of the store said that was not legal even with a FFL03 and COE. I had driven 400 miles and combined a family vacation with the purchase.

I could not get the seller to go to another FFL just 5 minutes away that knew the law because Turners always treated him right.

So I had to make another 800 mile round trip drive two weeks later to pick up.

That was the last time I ever stepped inside a Turners store. They recently opened one just a mile from where I work. I am not even tempted to look. Just a quarter mile from work a Sportsman Warehouse opened two years ago. My credit card hurts every time I stop by the gun counter.

Today is my Birthday and my wife told me to go get my B-day present. I said I will go to Sportsman Warehouse after work. My credit card started heating up.