If you want them shipped directly to you then you must become an FFL. The ATF only issues FFL’s for honest to goodness firearms related business. It can be run out of your house with no retail store front but it must be a business. There are soem guys still out there with FFL’s with out an actual business but the ATF is cracking down on them and revoking licenses. There is a lot of paperwork that must be maintained and you are open to inspection by the ATF anytime sans warrant. There is a speciall FFL license called a Curio and Relic or C&R FFL. It is only $35 a year it typically obtained by collectors. However, all the weapons you purchase must be 25 years or older... Go to the ATF site and you can find more info.
Thanks for the tip, really appreciate it. The nearest known “Gun Shop” to where I am currently located is about 75 miles away. I would have to take the local county transit bus and transfer to the neighboring county bus just to get into the city, then have to stay overnight before returning the next day. Add to that the inability to know beforehand what was available, let alone within the price range I can afford, and then the added burden of completing the regis-forms of which I am not certain of what would be required for completion and ten-day waiting period on top of that before possibly being able to return to pick up the purchase... just a great headache. Even considered riding with a friend to a neighboring state relatively close by and trying there, but I hear there are some rather large difficulties with purchases or attempts thereof from another state. All info is appreciated.