Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Douglas County. Gardnerville and its twin town Minden sit in the Carson Valley, the oldest farming country in Nevada, where cattle and alfalfa fields run right up to the foot of Job's Peak. Ranching, the Minden-Tahoe airport and a steady flow of Tahoe commuters keep the valley busy.
Pick an FFL dealer near you that accepts shipped transfers and name it at checkout. We confirm their license and ship the firearm to them. Ammunition, optics and parts ship straight to your door where Nevada law allows.
Nevada has no permit to purchase, no firearm registration and no state waiting period. What it does have, since January 2, 2020, is a background check on nearly every transfer: buying from a dealer means photo ID, ATF Form 4473 and a federal NICS check, and two private parties must appear together at a licensed dealer so the dealer can run the check, with narrow exceptions in statute for immediate family and short temporary transfers. Under federal law a dealer sells rifles and shotguns from age 18 and handguns from age 21. Nothing in state law adds a second permit or a second wait.
Dealers in these communities all work for Gardnerville-area buyers:
Open carry of a handgun needs no license in Nevada for an adult who may lawfully possess one. Carrying concealed requires a Nevada concealed firearm permit, and permits are issued by the sheriff of the county where you live, which in the Las Vegas valley means the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Applicants must be 21, or 18 to 20 with active-duty or honorably discharged military service, and must pass a Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs firearms safety course that includes live fire. A permit runs five years and the sheriff has up to 120 days to decide. Schools, child care property and posted public buildings are off limits.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife sets big-game hunts by hunt unit and hunt code rather than by one statewide season. Mule deer, elk and pronghorn tags are drawn from the annual big-game draw, with applications open from about mid-March to mid-May; the 2026 deadline was May 7. Most any-legal-weapon mule deer hunts fall between October and late November, with earlier archery and muzzleloader hunts and a few late hunts either side. State rules allow a centerfire rifle from .22 through .50 caliber with a case no longer than three inches, and prohibit full metal jacket, steel core and tracer ammunition.
The Carson Valley is ranch ground between the Sierra and the Pine Nut Mountains, and the Pine Nuts hold the local mule deer herd along with a good chukar population on the east side. Deer tags are drawn and public access runs off the Fish Springs and Sunrise Pass roads.
Most shooting here happens on public land in the Pine Nut Mountains, and the nearest government range is the Carson City rifle and pistol range up the highway.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife does not run public shooting ranges, so Nevada's public ranges are county and city facilities; everything else on our list would be a private club, which we leave out. Dispersed shooting on BLM and Forest Service ground is allowed in most of the state but is closed across much of the Las Vegas valley by county ordinance, so check before you drive out.
Source: Clark, Washoe and Elko county parks and community development pages, the City of Carson City parks department and BLM Nevada, September 2026. Distances are approximate; call or check the agency site before you drive out.
Ships to FFL$491.04Caliber: .243 Winchester | Capacity: 4
Ships to FFL$492.19Caliber: .30-06 Springfield | Capacity: 5
Ships to FFL$1766.39Caliber: 7.62x51 NATO, .308 Win | Capacity: 10
Ships to FFL$942.99Caliber: 6.5 Creedmoor | Capacity: 5
Ships to FFL$697.46Caliber: .308 Win | Capacity: 5
Ships to FFL$503.69Caliber: 6.5 Creedmoor | Capacity: 4
Ships to FFL$480.69Caliber: .300 Win Mag | Capacity: 3
Ships to FFL$711.84Caliber: .270 Winchester | Capacity: 4
Ships to FFL$977.49Capacity: 17 | Barrel Length: 3.7
Ships to FFL$954.49Capacity: 9 | Barrel Length: 3.0
Ships to FFL$698.61Capacity: 17 | Barrel Length: 3.7
Ships to FFL$359.94
Ships to FFL$502.54Capacity: 13 | Barrel Length: 3.1
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Ships to FFL$725.06Capacity: 7 | Barrel Length: 2.75
Ships to FFL$729.09Capacity: 8 | Barrel Length: 3.8
Yes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Minden, Genoa, Johnson Lane, Gardnerville or anywhere in Douglas County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
No. Nevada has no permit to purchase and no firearm registration. You show photo ID, fill out ATF Form 4473 and pass a federal background check at the licensed dealer near Gardnerville that receives your order.
No. Nevada has no state waiting period. Once the background check clears, the dealer can hand the firearm over the same day, and most checks come back in minutes.
The sheriff of the county where you live issues the Nevada concealed firearm permit; in Clark County that is the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. You must be 21, or 18 to 20 with qualifying military service, and pass a Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs course with live fire.
We ship every firearm to a licensed dealer near Gardnerville that you choose at checkout, never to your home. The dealer runs the background check and hands the gun over. Ammunition, optics and most parts ship straight to your door.
Each dealer sets its own transfer fee, commonly $25 to $50 per firearm, and some charge more for handguns. Ask the dealer near Gardnerville what it charges before you order.
Shots across sage flats and open basins can be long, so flat-shooting cartridges such as the 6.5 Creedmoor, .270 Winchester, .308, .30-06 and 7mm Remington Magnum are the usual picks, and many elk hunters move up to a .300 Winchester Magnum. State rules require an expanding bullet, so leave full metal jacket ammunition at home.
Each dealer sets its own fee, commonly $20 to $75. Call before you order to confirm the price and that they accept firearms shipped from an online store.
General information, not legal advice. Rules current as of September 2026. See our Nevada gun law overview and check with Douglas County Sheriff, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in Clark County or a local attorney about your own situation.