Buying a rifle online in Ohio

This rifle ships to your chosen Ohio FFL, where you complete Form 4473 and the dealer runs the NICS check. Buyers must be 18; the state sets no waiting period. Before you order a deer rifle, check the chambering: Ohio gun season allows only straight-walled cartridges from .357 to .50 caliber, so a .308 or .30-30 is a coyote and range rifle here, not a deer rifle. The rule is explained in Ohio deer rifles & slug guns. Long guns ride unloaded in a vehicle under ORC 2923.16.