Madison County Pistol Permit Office is a joke!

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So, last weekend I read through a forum thread Changing Caliber? to determine if I needed to register a new caliber for my pistol. I bought a .357 SIG barrel during a Labor Day sale at Brownells. It is labelled for the P320C but it fits perfectly in my P250C.

After reading here that new calibers must be register and on the pistol permit I headed to the Permit Office at the Madison County Sheriff's Office this week with the receipt from Brownell. The pistol permit office is at the Madison County Sheriff's Office in Wampsville, which is opened Monday through Friday, 8AM to 4PM closed from 12noon to 1PM for lunch.
The first time I went on Tuesday was just before noon. I had finished up my morning schedule early so I could make it there. When I arrived I was informed through the intercom at the door that the clerk had left early for lunch. Fine, I knew I had been cutting it close.
So, I go there the next morning at 8:20AM. I present the clerk with the receipt and tell her I am there to have the new caliber to added to my permit.
"Did you buy this online? Oh, no. You can't do that. You have to take it a FFL and bring in the paperwork," she scolded.
"But I've read that other counties allow people to bring in the receipt for the amendment. Why can't I do that here?" I asked.
"That's just not how we do it here."
Grumbling, I stop by a LGS on the way home from work. After showing them the receipt, he shakes his head and says that he needs me to bring in the gun with the original .40 cal barrel in it and the .357 SIG barrel as well. Then he will swap the new barrel into the gun, run a background check for his usual fee, and then give me the receipt to take to PP office who will then add the new caliber to the permit with a ticket to pick up the gun. :(
As I did not have the pistol that evening, I once again returned to the LGS this Friday afternoon. After paying my fee and receiving the paperwork I went yeet again to the PP Office at 3PM. Well, this time the intercom informed me that the clerk had left at 2PM for the day. :mad:
So, now I have to wait until Monday for the permit office to re-open to have it added to my permit and get my stinking ticket to exchange for my gun. But the LGS which is holding my gun is closed on Sundays and Mondays. So my gun is held hostage until Tuesday at the earliest. All because I was trying to follow the rules. :banghead:
 
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AnthonyC said:
So, last weekend I read through a forum thread Changing Caliber? to determine if I needed to register a new caliber for my pistol. I bought a .357 SIG barrel during a Labor Day sale at Brownells. It is labelled for the P320C but it fits perfectly in my P250C.

After reading here that new calibers must be register and on the pistol permit I headed to the Permit Office at the Madison County Sheriff's Office this week with the receipt from Brownell. The pistol permit office is at the Madison County Sheriff's Office in Wampsville, which is opened Monday through Friday, 8AM to 4PM closed from 12noon to 1PM for lunch.
The first time I went on Tuesday was just before noon. I had finished up my morning schedule early so I could make it there. When I arrived I was informed through the intercom at the door that the clerk had left early for lunch. Fine, I knew I had been cutting it close.
So, I go there the next morning at 8:20AM. I present the clerk with the receipt and tell her I am there to have the new caliber to added to my permit.
"Did you buy this online? Oh, no. You can't do that. You have to take it a FFL and bring in the paperwork," she scolded.
"But I've read that other counties allow people to bring in the receipt for the amendment. Why can't I do that here?" I asked.
"That's just not how we do it here."
Grumbling, I stop by a LGS on the way home from work. After showing them the receipt, he shakes his head and says that he needs me to bring in the gun with the original .40 cal barrel in it and the .357 SIG barrel as well. Then he will swap the new barrel into the gun, run a background check for his usual fee, and then give me the receipt to take to PP office who will then add the new caliber to the permit with a ticket to pick up the gun. :(
As I did not have the pistol that evening, I once again returned to the LGS this Friday afternoon. After paying my fee and receiving the paperwork I went yeet again to the PP Office at 3PM. Well, this time the intercom informed me that the clerk had left at 2PM for the day. :mad:
So, now I have to wait until Monday for the permit office to re-open to have it added to my permit and get my stinking ticket to exchange for my gun. But the LGS which is holding my gun is closed on Sundays and Mondays. So my gun is held hostage until Tuesday at the earliest. All because I was trying to follow the rules. :banghead:
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Your tax dollars at work :rolleyes: Good luck @AnthonyC let's see what words of wisdom the intercom system comes up with next :popcorn:
 
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I would have told the FFL, ok well while we wait, put my original barrel back in (that whole part makes no fucking sense, but what ever we can talk about that later) and give me my fucking gun back
 
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I stopped in the county clerks office last week to pick up a purchase coupon, the gal say's 'lucky you, going shopping' Yep, she says 'just the one?' yeah, I says, when I was younger I used to carry a couple in my wallet all the time just in case I find the deal of the century, but found out I couldn't afford to have these things around all the time, 'well have a good time' she says. Returned with my receipt from the shop this week and she says 'oh hi! did you find what you were looking for?', Yes, I did!! All very cordial. It is a crappy thing we are made to go through, but our county makes it as easy and pleasant as possible under the circumstances.
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Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it was my understanding you only needed to add a conversion barrel to your permit if you ever plan to carry the gun with the conversion bbl, not for plinking at the range with a different caliber.
 
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Wait...a pistol's frame is serialized. The frame is the actual "firearm." If that firearm was legally purchased, including a NICS check, what is the issue with changing a barrel and magazine? It is still the same firearm and still in a pistol configuration. No new firearm was created since the original firearm and the "new" firearm cannot exist at the same time since they use the same serialized frame.

Seriously...WTF?
 
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Robin said:
I stopped in the county clerks office last week to pick up a purchase coupon, the gal say's 'lucky you, going shopping' Yep, she says 'just the one?' yeah, I says, when I was younger I used to carry a couple in my wallet all the time just in case I find the deal of the century, but found out I couldn't afford to have these things around all the time, 'well have a good time' she says. Returned with my receipt from the shop this week and she says 'oh hi! did you find what you were looking for?', Yes, I did!! All very cordial. It is a crappy thing we are made to go through, but our county makes it as easy and pleasant as possible under the circumstances.
Robin
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Pretty decent folks we use .
 
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Phazer said:
Wait...a pistol's frame is serialized. The frame is the actual "firearm." If that firearm was legally purchased, including a NICS check, what is the issue with changing a barrel and magazine? It is still the same firearm and still in a pistol configuration. No new firearm was created since the original firearm and the "new" firearm cannot exist at the same time since they use the same serialized frame.

Seriously...WTF?
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I was waiting some one to post this. I sure as hell won’t register another caliber/barrel.

It’s a freaking joke that LGS made you do a background check, even if so he should not have charged you, also holding onto your gun fuck that. Find a new LGS.
 
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I was waiting some one to post this. I sure as hell won’t register another caliber/barrel.

It’s a freaking joke that LGS made you do a background check, even if so he should not have charged you, also holding onto your gun fuck that. Find a new LGS.
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I know now; won't be using him again.
 
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I've always been treated really good by their office girls.. they offered to pull my restrictions of my permit years ago when I went to do a change of address. My wife just went through the appeal to remove her restrictions and was approved in less then two weeks !! but the office lady did tell my wife she should buy a lottery ticket that same day,, seems most go denied..
 
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AnthonyC said:
So, last weekend I read through a forum thread Changing Caliber? to determine if I needed to register a new caliber for my pistol. I bought a .357 SIG barrel during a Labor Day sale at Brownells. It is labelled for the P320C but it fits perfectly in my P250C.

After reading here that new calibers must be register and on the pistol permit I headed to the Permit Office at the Madison County Sheriff's Office this week with the receipt from Brownell. The pistol permit office is at the Madison County Sheriff's Office in Wampsville, which is opened Monday through Friday, 8AM to 4PM closed from 12noon to 1PM for lunch.
The first time I went on Tuesday was just before noon. I had finished up my morning schedule early so I could make it there. When I arrived I was informed through the intercom at the door that the clerk had left early for lunch. Fine, I knew I had been cutting it close.
So, I go there the next morning at 8:20AM. I present the clerk with the receipt and tell her I am there to have the new caliber to added to my permit.
"Did you buy this online? Oh, no. You can't do that. You have to take it a FFL and bring in the paperwork," she scolded.
"But I've read that other counties allow people to bring in the receipt for the amendment. Why can't I do that here?" I asked.
"That's just not how we do it here."
Grumbling, I stop by a LGS on the way home from work. After showing them the receipt, he shakes his head and says that he needs me to bring in the gun with the original .40 cal barrel in it and the .357 SIG barrel as well. Then he will swap the new barrel into the gun, run a background check for his usual fee, and then give me the receipt to take to PP office who will then add the new caliber to the permit with a ticket to pick up the gun. :(
As I did not have the pistol that evening, I once again returned to the LGS this Friday afternoon. After paying my fee and receiving the paperwork I went yeet again to the PP Office at 3PM. Well, this time the intercom informed me that the clerk had left at 2PM for the day. :mad:
So, now I have to wait until Monday for the permit office to re-open to have it added to my permit and get my stinking ticket to exchange for my gun. But the LGS which is holding my gun is closed on Sundays and Mondays. So my gun is held hostage until Tuesday at the earliest. All because I was trying to follow the rules. :banghead:
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Sounds like she's trying out for the "Majors" of bureaucratic bullshit - the DMV.
 
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