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Best on your phone. Point your camera at your firearm, answer a few questions, and submit it in a couple of minutes. We email your offer within the hour during business hours. No cost, no obligation.
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How selling a gun to The Armories works
The Armories buys and trades for used firearms. Scan the QR code with your phone to start the appraisal, which uses your camera to view the firearm and takes a couple of minutes. You get a confirmation email right away, and our team emails your offer within the hour during business hours. Accept it and bring the firearm to our Kissimmee, Winter Garden, or Oviedo store. Payment is by check or store credit and is finalized once we inspect the firearm in person. You must be 21 or older and own the firearm you are selling.
How it works
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Appraise it on your phone
Confirm the firearm is unloaded before you start.
Scan the QR code with your phone camera, or tap Start my appraisal. It uses your camera to look at the firearm, then asks about model and condition. Runs in your browser, so no app and no account.
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We email your offer
A confirmation email lands as soon as you submit. Our team reviews what you sent and emails your offer within the hour during business hours. Submit after we close and your offer goes out by 10am ET the next business day.
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Bring it in
Accept the offer and bring the firearm to your nearest store, unloaded in a case or box with the ammunition left at home. Include the original box, manual, magazines, and paperwork if you still have them.
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We inspect and pay
Our team inspects the firearm, checks function and bore, and confirms the offer. Take a check or store credit toward anything we carry. We complete the bill of sale and transfer, then you are done.
Every offer is based on the condition you describe and show us, so the final payment is contingent on our inspection of the firearm. If the firearm does not match the submission, we adjust the offer and tell you why before anything is final. You are free to decline.
What you get paid
Check
Straight purchase. We take ownership, you take the money, and the transaction ends there. Best when you want the value out and nothing back in.
Store credit
Credit stretches further than a check on the same firearm. Apply it to a new pistol, a suppressor, optics, ammunition, or your NFA paperwork.
Both are finalized after we inspect the firearm and confirm it matches your submission.
What we buy
Yes
- Modern handguns, rifles, and shotguns from current production brands
- AR-platform and AK-platform rifles, complete or stripped receivers
- Short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns registered to you
- Fully transferable machine guns and registered full autos
- Optics, mounts, and quality accessories bundled with a firearm
- Single guns, safes full of them, and inherited collections
No
- Suppressors. We sell them, but we are not buying them back right now
- Ammunition and loaded magazines
- Firearms with removed, altered, or unreadable serial numbers
- Non-functional, heavily corroded, or unsafe firearms
- Anything you do not legally own or cannot transfer
You must be 21 or older to sell a firearm to The Armories.
Have something the appraisal cannot price?
The appraisal covers most production firearms. Some things need a personal touch:
- Collections and estates, including full safes
- Short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other registered NFA items
- Fully transferable machine guns and registered full autos
- Antiques, C&R firearms, and rare or collectible pieces
- Anything the appraisal returns no value for
Send us photos and details and we will price it directly. For collections, include the cases, optics, and accessories going with them, and leave ammunition out.
Contact us about your firearmWhere to bring it
Kissimmee
564 Osceola PkwyKissimmee, FL 34744
Mon to Thu 10am to 7pm
Fri 10am to 6pm
Sat 10am to 5pm
Sun closed
Winter Garden
13023 W Colonial DrWinter Garden, FL 34787
Mon to Thu 10am to 7pm
Fri 10am to 6pm
Sat 10am to 5pm
Sun closed
Oviedo
3607 Aloma Ave #1041Oviedo, FL 32765
Mon to Thu 10am to 7pm
Fri 10am to 6pm
Sat 10am to 5pm
Sun closed
Serving Orlando, St. Cloud, Poinciana, Celebration, Clermont, Ocoee, Apopka, Winter Springs, and Lake Nona.
Questions people ask before selling
How long until I get my offer?
Within the hour during business hours. Submit after we close and your offer goes out by 10am ET the next business day. A confirmation email arrives as soon as you submit so you know we have it. Nothing is binding until you accept.
Is the offer final?
The offer reflects the condition you describe and show us, so the final payment is contingent on our inspection of the firearm. Most offers hold. When something turns up that the appraisal could not catch, like a cracked frame, a worn bore, or mismatched parts, we adjust the number and explain why before anything is final. You can decline at that point.
How much is my gun worth?
Condition, model, and current demand set the price. Submit it through our appraisal tool and we price it against what firearms like yours actually sell for right now, not a book value from three years ago. We confirm the number once we inspect the gun in person.
Do I need to use my phone?
It works best on a phone. The appraisal uses your camera to see the firearm, and a phone gives you a usable angle and decent light. It will run on a desktop through your webcam, but holding a gun up to a laptop is awkward and the results are worse. Scan the QR code above and go from there. Confirm the firearm is unloaded before you start.
Does it cost anything to get an appraisal?
No. The appraisal is free and the offer carries no obligation. If the number does not work for you, walk away and nothing happens.
Can I sell my gun to a gun store?
Yes. Federal law lets you sell a firearm you own to a licensed dealer. The Armories holds a Federal Firearms License, records the acquisition in our bound book, and gives you a bill of sale. Selling to an FFL removes the risk that comes with meeting a stranger from a classified ad.
Do you buy transferable machine guns?
Yes. We buy fully transferable machine guns and registered full autos. These fall outside the appraisal tool, so contact us with photos, the make and model, and the registration details. Transfers run on a Form 3 or Form 4 depending on the parties involved, and we walk you through the paperwork.
Do you buy suppressors?
Not at the moment. We sell suppressors and handle eForm 4 filings, but we are not buying them back right now. We do buy registered short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and transferable machine guns, so contact us about those.
Do you buy short-barreled rifles and shotguns?
Yes, when the SBR or SBS is registered to you. These fall outside the appraisal tool, so contact us with photos, the make and model, and the registration details and we will price it directly. We handle the ATF paperwork for the transfer.
What do I need to bring?
The unloaded firearm in a case or box, a valid government-issued photo ID showing you are 21 or older, and anything that came with the gun: original packaging, magazines, manuals, tools, and receipts. Leave ammunition at home. If you inherited the firearm, bring documentation showing it passed to you.
How do you pay?
By check or store credit, your choice. Credit buys more gun per dollar than a check does, so most customers upgrading a carry pistol take the credit. Payment is issued after we inspect the firearm and complete the paperwork.
Can I trade my gun toward a new one?
Yes. Submit the appraisal, and once you accept the offer, apply the credit to whatever you are buying and pay the difference. Trade credit also covers suppressors, optics, ammunition, and NFA transfer fees.
What about an inherited gun collection?
Contact us with photos and details instead of running each gun through the appraisal. We review everything as one lot and send an offer covering the whole collection. For safes we cannot reasonably move, we arrange a visit to your location and handle transport.
How old do I have to be to sell a gun?
You must be 21 or older to sell a firearm to The Armories, and you must be the legal owner of it. Bring a valid government-issued photo ID.
Do you buy guns that need repair?
Sometimes. A worn finish or a broken sight rarely kills a deal. Cracked frames, missing serial numbers, and unsafe actions do. Send it through the appraisal before you drive out and we will tell you either way.
Start with the appraisal
One firearm or a safe full of them, the process starts the same way. Grab your phone, send it over, and we will come back with a number inside the hour.
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