He did offer to meet at an FFL in my state to transfer it, but that would have been a 4 hour round trip for me. I passed because there were other things higher on my list that day.
I've been kicking myself ever since....
This past spring, I won a bid for a very nice condition Remington 511, a replacement for one that that I foolishly sold a few years before. Well, not really foolishly. I sold it to a friend’s son and he really likes it and shoots it well! But I missed it quite a bit, so…
Anyway, it was from a dealer in my state, but it was 3 hours away. So, the wife and I made a mini vacation out of it. We took in some nice sights, stayed in a nice hotel and come home with an exceptionally nice rifle.