Originally Posted by MacCool

Often a local gun shop will sell the gun somewhere around the same price you can find it online. If you find it online, and buy it that way, you usually have to pay a local gun store for the transfer fee anyway and that will run anywhere from $25 to as much as $75, often eliminating any price advantage, even if you exclude the sales tax. The only caveat I'd offer is that some of the most ridiculous firearms advice I've heard has come out of local gun shops, so be careful about doing your research on individual guns and where you get your information.