As an ex-member of the range, the place is legit, infact there is even some footage in a documentary from this place about gun ownership. When I went the staff was top-notch and super patient with the guests. I had only been twice or so as technically it's out of the way for me and I have other ranges and places to shoot but I had a feeling of class all around. Being ex military it looked professionally run, they even had cases available to transport rifles to and from your vehicle. While the range is indoor, it was adequate and again friendly.
Fast forward a year, I decided to purchase a Glock 43, with all the closings around here in NY due to the pandemic and because 3B's was recommended by the location as a place to transfer I didn't even second guess it. There was another location a little closer here in Narrowsburg, NY but i've had a weapon transferred there before and on pickup it was full of oil and smelled fired. Anyway, I figured I'd simply have an FFL dealer get the gun transferred here right across the border in NY. A simple everyday transfer, they called and said they received the shipment and I asked what paperwork, license, etc they'd need and told them i'd find a FFL dealer to come down, fill out whatever paperwork was necessary for a transfer and etc.
Contacted a FFL dealer, he said he knew of the place and would handle it. At this point it seemed pretty straight-forward, about two days later I got a call from the FFL dealer in NY saying that he was having problems with the location. There was some sort of issue and he has had problems with this place before, he'd take care of it and get back to me. A couple of days later I got a phone call from a very unfriendly woman who said that I was doing some sort of shady gun deal. I have the recorded conversations with her and they are not pretty. She said that she was calling the state police and all other sorts of yelling and screaming. I kept trying to get a word in edgewise, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.. She kept going and then hung up.
Called the NY FFL Dealer and he said he'd go down there himself, calls me back and lets me know that the place is being manned by a teenager and he's waiting for some call back from the boss? At this point i'm livid, called counsel as well as contacting the Pennsylvania State Police, ATF licensing division, the Sheriffs Office and New York State Police. Everyone who heard this story was amused, the New York State Police asked me to bring down the paperwork and I had a great conversation with our local NY state trooper as well as our EMT unit here. Laughs all around and good people.
NY State Trooper decides to call 3B's and get the skinny, he said the owner gave him the rundown and said she couldn't get in contact with the original dealer (the original dealer thought that was laughs as well). The original dealer explained that she had called them to transfer the Glock 43 back to them this morning. In any event, they are shipping it back to me in NY, i'll have a little drive and I hope they don't ban the lady like they have some other FFL's and I've gotta follow up with the ATF and NY State Trooper division here but if you are doing any sort of gun transfers or sales; you definitely don't want to do business with this place. For posterity if anyone wants the recordings just hit me up. I wont spit on this place if it was on fire! read more