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  • Close to home for me
  • Super easy and professional
Today was my second transfer here and I couldn't be more impressed with the speed and professionalism of the process. They also have an outstanding selection of new/used items to browse. Will definitely use them again in the future.
Best group I've worked with
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Thes= Salem location worked with my dad in selling his firearms on consignment, they did a great job in making quick sales at the prices my dad wanted and providing documentation for the Estate. In the end they assisted me in purchasing the remainder of his estate and working with me on final accounting. I could not imagine working with a better crew in such a devastating time in my life. Thanks to their hard work and detailed paperwork my father's estate was settled with the remainder of the family without any issues.
Gun Purchase
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It was a purchase from a private we did the transfer there. Excellent customer service!
Great Range Facility
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Pros
  • Great shooting range, store is well staffed
Cons
  • Sometimes limited inventory
Great shooting range, friendly, helpful and expert range officers. Store staff is knowledgeable.

Classes are worth the money, private lessons are also available.
Great Experience
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Pros
  • Great Selection, Knowledgeable Employees
Cons
  • May have to wait outside if the store is full.
Purchased a surperssor, great service, they even had inventory.

Had purchased a VP9 sk last December, easy process lots of inventory.
Great Range and club to be a part of
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Pros
  • Great variety for various guns and applications
My father is a member and I go with him offen. It's in a great location, off I5, and has a huge variety of ranges for different applications.
Nice LGS and range
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4.00 star(s)
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4.00 star(s)
Selection
5.00 star(s)
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4.00 star(s)
Pros
  • Low transfer fees, great ammo prices
Nice selection of guns and ammo, good ammo prices. Attached range. Avoid lunch time, parking gets busy.

Lowest transfer prices, have used them several times. Nice efficient service.
great folks, nice range
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Pros
  • great rental selection
my favorite local range! nice folks, good prices, safe but not absurd rules
Great place to go and join.
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  • All good. Very nice range.👍👍👍
Nice range, nice folks, clean and extremely save to shoot. A nice day in the woods.
Awesome guys
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Pros
  • Knowledgeable
  • Friendly
  • Helpful
Cons
  • None
All of the guys who work here have been super helpful and awesome to talk to. They are always willing to spend as much time as they need to helping narrow down choices, teach, and source parts or firearms. They're even willing to refer people to other shops if they have the item in question. Love talking to the guys there and always look forward to going in!
Awesome guys
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Pros
  • Friendly, knowledgeable
These guys are great. Very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. I made more than a few transfers here and every one of them was a smooth experience.
Pretty Cool store on the Coast
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Pros
  • Variety
  • Plenty of employees
  • Lever gun selection
  • Revolver selection
  • Reloading brass & primers
Cons
  • Used handgun selection was small
  • Very few Reloading bullets
  • No Gunpowder
Stopped by randomly when passing through on a coastal trip. Well stocked on much of what you might want including some holosun red dots, lasers, quite a bit of ammo, and even some reloading components.

Guns:
  • They had lots of AR rifles/pistols and quite a few stripped lower receivers.
  • They had an above average lever gun and revolver selection.
  • Wished that they had more used handguns.

Reloading:
  • If you need brass check here. They had tons of clean range brass; especially 9mm, 5.56, 38 special and 45 ACP.
  • They had bricks of CCI primers on the shelf. Pretty much all small primers, mostly CCI 400 and 500 with some 550's as well. They did have some CCI Large Pistol about to be put out as well. VERY limited bullet selection and no powder.
Private/Online purchases
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  • Good rates, prompt, efficient, professional, very helpful!
Cons
  • Busy place
This place is great for private transfers and online purchases.
Great local home based FFL
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  • Great local home based FFL
Have used Arden a dozen times for inbound transfers over the last year. Excellent service, nice people. Highly recommend.
Best local spot in Vancouver
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Very helpful staff and they're 2A advocates. Great selection of everything.
Not a great experience - won't return
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2.00 star(s)
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3.00 star(s)
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2.00 star(s)
Pros
  • kept gun while waiting on transfer
Cons
  • overpriced transfers
  • disinterested and disengaged staff
  • slow transfer process
$50 for a transfer is too much.

I had to wait nearly a week (they did not call it in) for the transfer to process, meaning I had to make the trip to this store twice.

The staff had little to no eye contact, acted uninterested, and seemed like they didn't want to be there.

First and last experience at Coat of Arms was disappointing, especially with so many other FFLs that have a better experience.
My home away from home!
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Pros
  • Best place for gun transfers in the PNW! Friendly and knowledgeable staff. They buy and sell used guns for very fair prices.
I do all of my transfers at ACAP. This is the best place to do gun transfers FTF. They are extremely helpful and get transfers going fast and charge a very reasonable amount of money for transfers.

They also purchase your used guns for a fair price so this is the best shop to look for milsurp and other used firearms.
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Short Trip
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  • Customer Service
Was a great shop to look through, loved the options and the care of the staff. Was definitely somewhere i suggest.
THANKS MAZAMAS
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  • Easy to work with, very knowledgeable
Steve at Mazamas ROCKS! He is so knowledgeable and very friendly, thanks for a great experience every time.
Great shop
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5.00 star(s)
Pros
  • Excellent service
  • Easy transfers
I love coming to Pantel for any of my firearm needs. They are easy to work with. When I came there for my first firearm purchase, they guided me through the process without any headaches.

The staff is also very friendly. They aren't afraid to spark up a friendly conversation. While I was waiting for paper work to be processed, one of the staff members let me inspect his lever-action rifle build. It inspired me to build my own lever rifle a few months later.

Overall, a great shop I highly recommend.

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