So this has been my year for guns! After a multi-year drought (nothing was really "calling" to me), I got the hankerin' for some new toys.

A while back I posted in Mason's Rifle Room about a long-range (for me anyway) rifle. I was thinking about the Barrett MRAD in .300WM. fritz and sigfruend both patiently schooled me, and I recalibrated. I ended up getting a Tikka T3i TAC AI in 6.5CM. I'm still getting that one set up, waiting on the scope to come in, a Vortex Razor Gen II 4.5-27x56. It should be here in a couple of weeks. Got reasonable deals on both.

Then I convinced my wife to get me a Glock 17 G5 MOS for my birthday. I got that about 3 weeks ago. I put a Vortex Venom red dot on it. Paid a little bit more for it than I should have, but I wanted a Glock for cross-compatibility.

Finally, last week I rounded out the selection with a new shotgun. I wanted something relatively compact, and I've been looking at the Kel-Tec KSG, a bull-pup with a dual-tube magazine with 14+1 capacity (7-2.75" in each tube, 1 in the chamber). Gunbroker had them for ~$1300, which I wasn't willing to do. Found one locally (about 1.5H away) at an Academy Sports. With military discount, I paid 10% under the $899 list. I was a little concerned they wouldn't sell to me, as my ID is New Mexico and I'm working a project in SC - they have a policy where they don't sell rifles with pistol grips to out of staters. But they considered it a long gun and all was OK. It was also the first time I did a 4473 electronically.

Now I need to get out to the range!

congrats. Your post reminded me of one of my heroes, Bruce Lee, in Enter the Dragon. "GUNS! Whey doesn't someone just go in there with a 45 and BANG, settle it!"

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It was also the first time I did a 4473 electronically.

I didn't even know that was a thing until I bought a new .22 plinker rifle last week. The only weird thing about it was doing my signature on a tablet using my fingertip. It didn't look very much like my regular signature, but they didn't balk at it.

What was REALLY hard was having to do a reasonable facsimile of my signature using a mouse. Had to do that a few months ago when I filed for a pair of cans using the SilencerShop kiosk. Those looked nothing like my normal signature, but ATF didn't say anything about it and my stamps both came back approved in August.

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How long was the process to get your cans? Toying with the idea of one for the Tikka but I've never done it before.

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How long was the process to get your cans? Toying with the idea of one for the Tikka but I've never done it before.

I filed the applications on Jan 29 this year. The approvals were marked 7/28 and 7/29. So, six months for ATF to process the application and another 2-3 weeks to return the stamps to the dealer. Both were filed as Individual, not through a trust.

If you decide to go ahead, find a local class 3 dealer with a SilencerShop kiosk. Makes things a lot simpler, you do the fingerprints and photo right there in the store. You can purchase the can online if you find a better price, and have them transfer it to your local dealer (assuming the dealer is willing to accept a transfer from a 3rd party, most are for a small extra fee). SilencerShop's web site has a page to help you find a local kiosk.

Congrats on the Tikka.

My son was able to take the Seal Sniper course two years ago and his boss (a former Seal), lent him his Tikka. By the end of the course he was hitting tennis balls at 800 meters!

It’s a great platform!

Intrepid- I did the exact same thing and didn't buy any guns for several years......then december a S+W bodyguard 380 (which I already sold due to it's crappy trigger) and a shield came along, then a few months ago bought a CZ custom- matte stainless 75B converted to SAO and their magic, then came a SIG 210A.......now waiting to find a LCP II locally to replace the bodyguard I sold.

Enjoy your new toys.......if you can find the ammo to feed them, that's the other issue these days.

Congratulations on three awesome guns.

I don’t like the electronic 4473. I’m so used to the paper form I hate doing it on the computer.

I just filled out a new version of the 4473 last week. I had the option of picking “non-binary” as my gender which is new.

Congrats. I bought a KSG years ago and really like it.