Gun Shops near Albany NY

[Konstantin835]

I live around Albany NY and was wondering if anyone can recommend some gun stores in the area. I used google maps to find some but I was wondering if anyone had personal experience with any. In particular I am looking for something that has military surplus or C&R like old Mausers and Mosins (I'm a bit of a history buff). If you don't know of any do you know of any shops with good FFL transfer rates? By the way I am 15 so a C&R License to get them shipped to my house is out of the question unfortunately. Thanks for the help!

 

[330d]

I don't know about the transfers, but B&J guns on central ave is a pretty good spot... They have a large inventory (don't know about the Mausers and Mosins). I'm sure if they don't have, they can get. Nice guys to deal with, too. They aren't gun shop snob types.

 

[Vaarok]

The Albany area, unfortunately, blows for guns. Transfers are expensive, shops are expensive, most shops carry almost all new stuff.

B&J is a bit overpriced on what they do carry, but they're okay-ish.

McGregors up in Queensbury is pretty good, the shop in Palatine Bridge is okay, and there are a few okay shops south of Albany.

Really, your best bet is to head west an hour to K&K Train and Hobby in Utica, they're large and usually everything's decently priced, and they have a good selection of surplus stuff.

 

[malpaismike]

Hello the camp. A site, AuctionArms, is NRA-affiliated or related or I just give NRA part of my sales to be a good guy. One of their links is ffl's in your Zip code. I don't think you have to register to look at the info; even so, it doesn't cost or hurt until you buy--the hurt comes when the sigoth sees the next cc statement.
I live in rural Cochise County, about 10 mi out of Sierra Vista. I could not believe my fortune when I plugged in my zip--and got an ffl about 4 mi from my house. He charges $20 for a transfer, and he's a good gun mechanic to boot.
'Spose that's enough brag; I suggest trying surrounding zips in your area. Maybe you'll hit paydirt. I know nada about NY, except Albany is 'upstate'--correct? NY and CA can go neck-and-neck as anti-2A; but northern CA is fairly decent in getting a CCW, according to cas pals I talk to. Could upstate harbor some similar gems? Best of luck. mm

 

[Vaarok]

Digressing, the named counties are difficult to be a firearm enthusiast in, the red counties are nigh- impossible, and the remaining counties are very reasonable, with local variance regarding the difficulty of obtaining a handgun license.

As someone who has several friends in the Albany area and having lived in NY about an hour east the past twelve years, I say with fair certainty there's no reasonably priced transfer dealers in the capital district.

 

[Konstantin835]

Thanks for the help but the overall tone seems to be that Albany, most of NY for that matter blows for getting guns, not very surprising. I tried auction arms FFL locator and I might have gotten lucky. It says there is someone with an FFL who charges $15 for a transfer only 10 minutes away from my zip code but when I looked it up on google maps it just looked like someones house but that could be a mistake. It could just be someone who got an FFL to try to open a little shop because they like guns or it could be a mistake, I don't know but later I will call and find out.