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8/20/2025 11:17:31 PM EDT
Likely moving to California from AZ for work in the near future. In reference to handguns are there any that are must haves or fetch a premium on the personal sale market? What should I stock up on? Thanks for the responses
8/29/2025 7:05:10 PM EDT
[#1]
Crickets. CA already sucks and I haven’t even moved yet
8/30/2025 2:02:53 AM EDT
[#2]
I'm at the old enough to consider liquidating things.  Maybe some hot competition forums, etc., might have some discussions of what folks might want.
8/30/2025 3:39:12 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Rex_Allen:
Crickets. CA already sucks and I haven’t even moved yet
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This CA Forum is mostly dead.  The few who do post here must not know the answer to your question because they are a very helpful group.


We have lost a lot of former posters to other States.  I see their posts from new locations, locations other than CA.  What you have to understand is the "exodus" from California that has happened is real and significant and continues on (see footnote below).  Millions have left for "greener pastures".  


Be careful about your question.  If you bring personally owned firearms for your use, they do not need to be on the roster to be legitimate.  The CADOJ needs to be notified you have them (registered?) but you are allowed to bring them.

If you bring them for the sole and stated purpose of selling them inside CA, a lawyer might argue you are a de-facto importer and they might question the legality of bringing them in.

I could be completely wrong on that, so feel free to ignore this post.



Footnote - "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an astonishing 8.5 million people have moved out of California since 2010...  No other state has sustained anywhere near this 15 years of unrelenting mass exodus."
9/2/2025 1:15:56 PM EDT
[#4]
Look into the stupid laws about threaded barrels and what not. If you can get Beretta 21a's in 22lr relatively cheap, they typically sell for north of $500 when they pop up. I paid $600 for one a few years ago.
Watching the kids shoot Pieeater's 1919 was great. Nothing warms the heart more than seeing a little kid kneeling in a pile of brass and links.-Pthfndr after the Nov 13th NorCal shoot
9/17/2026 6:48:15 PM EDT
[#5]
Alpha Foxtrot, Bul Armory, anything sub 4" barrel 2011, Laugo Alien, CZ Shadow 2's, Staccato XC, remember you can only do 5 transactions a year, 50 guns a year. So 50 once, 10 five times, or 1 five times.

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