???? How many pistols can one Purchase in one day ????

[drhuner]

Had a discussion at a local shooting range last night with a dealer that said, " A person can only purchase one hand gun per day in PA " another dealer stated that the limit was 2 handguns in one day and if the buyer bought 3 He would have to notify the BATF.

Does anyone out there know for sure ?????

[smitty56]

There is a particular number (5?) that if you buy 4 or more in one day that they have to send a form to someone.
So what? Are you doing anything illegal with them? Send away.
I did seven in one day once about 4 years ago.

[BimmerJon]

Had a discussion at a local shooting range last night with a dealer that said, " A person can only purchase one hand gun per day in PA " another dealer stated that the limit was 2 handguns in one day and if the buyer bought 3 He would have to notify the BATF.

Does anyone out there know for sure ?????

Depends on how much $ you have and how big your arms are to carry them.

No purchase limit in PA.


Although I THINK if you buy more than 3, they do fill out a form to report it

[gnbrotz]

There is no limit on how many pistols one can purchase in a single day. *Dealers* are required to report multiple pistol/revolver sales within a 5-day period, but these types of transactions are NOT prohibited. Also, if you purchase single handguns from individual dealers, the reporting requirement would not be triggered.

http://forum.pafoa.org/pennsylvania-...se-pistol.html

[Sharkey]

4 an hour unless the back ground check phone is busy ......

I do not know of any limit ....... but I don't have enough money to find out ......

Oh the possability's ......... I'm playing the lotto

[Nic]

No limit... purchase away!

[HiredGoon]

As many as your wife will let you

[myblacktruck]

As many as your wife will let you

I like this answer

[chez323]

As many as your wife will let you

Ditto what he said!

[Xringshooter]

A person in PA that is not prohibited can by as many handguns per day as they want.

However, the dealer must report multiple handgun sales to the BATFE by the end of the business day of the multiple buy. If the buyer purchases more than one handgun in a five consecutive business day period, that is considered a multiple handgun purchase and it gets reported to the BATFE and the Chief LEO of your location. As shown below, 5 business days is not necessarily 5 calendar days straight (like Mon-Fri).

Here is what the BATFE says:

As a licensed dealer, must I advise ATF if I sell more than one handgun to an individual?

If you sell or dispose of more than one handgun to any non-licensee during a period of 5 consecutive business days, the sale must be reported on ATF Form 3310.4, Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers, not later than the close of the business day on which you sold or disposed of the second handgun. The licensee must forward a copy of the ATF Form 3310.4 to the ATF office specified thereon, and another copy must be forwarded to the State police or local law enforcement agency where the sale occurred. A copy of the Form 3310.4 also must be attached to the firearms transaction record, ATF Form 4473, documenting the sale or disposition of the second handgun.

A business day for purposes of reporting multiple sales of pistols or revolvers is a day that a licensee conducts business pursuant to the license, regardless of whether State offices are open. The application of the term “business day” is, therefore, distinguishable from the term “business day” as used in the NICS context. Example: A licensee conducts business only on Saturdays and Sundays, days on which State offices are not open. The licensee sells a pistol to an unlicensed person on a Saturday. If that same unlicensed person acquires another handgun the next day (Sunday), the following Saturday or Sunday, or the Saturday after the reporting requirement would be triggered, the subsequent acquisition of a handgun would have to be reported on a Form 3310.4 by the close of the day upon which the second or subsequent handgun was sold.

[18 U.S.C. 923(g)(3), 27 CFR 478.126a]