Trusted Gun Exchange

Trusted Gun Exchange: a licensed marketplace for new and used firearms

Trusted Gun Exchange (TGX) is an online marketplace where private sellers and licensed dealers list new and used firearms for buyers across the United States. The platform states that it holds an active Federal Firearms License issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which frames how transactions are structured on the site.

The company presents its model around three ideas it summarises as simple, safe and secure: verified buyers and sellers, prepaid insured shipping, and what it calls secure and risk-free transactions. Its TGX Guarantee states that money and firearms remain protected until an exchange is complete.

How a purchase works

Buying follows a defined sequence. The buyer browses the inventory, pays through the TGX escrow service using a debit or credit card, and then inspects the firearm at a local firearm store before approving the transaction. Shipping is prepaid and insured, and the platform indicates that UPS is used for delivery.

How a sale works

Sellers submit an offer to a private party and pay a fixed 10% seller fee; shipping costs are covered by the buyer. The site also provides a tool to calculate a firearm's value. For dealers, TGX integrates with FastBound, an electronic A&D bound book and electronic 4473 service, so that FFL holders who create a FastBound account can import listings automatically. The company invites all FFLs to join, exchange FFL information and list inventory on the nationwide marketplace.

Inventory and categories

Listings are organised by condition and type: new and used, with sections for rifles, shotguns, handguns and machine guns. Individual listings carry price, condition, action, caliber and, where applicable, stock counts. Examples in the catalogue at the time of writing ranged from a used Smith & Wesson M&P Shield in 9mm Luger at $235 to a new Laugo Arms Alien Remus at $5,799.99, and included a used Colt M16A1 machine gun (NFA) listed at $36,000.

A dedicated section groups firearms aimed at competitive shooters, tagging models by disciplines such as USPSA, IDPA, 3-Gun, Steel Challenge and Carry Optics. That section included pistols from Ruger, Fusion Firearms, STI, Dan Wesson, Rost Martin, Atlas, Sig Sauer, Beretta, CZ, Staccato and Kimber, among others.

Accessories through Pewcentric

The site directs shoppers to Pewcentric for accessories, presented as a separate store linked from the marketplace.

Positioning against other channels

TGX compares its service with private sales, local gun stores and other sites. The comparison table it publishes lists an all-in-one place to shop and buy, safety for all parties, a nationwide marketplace, guaranteed payments, acceptance of credit or debit cards, a fixed 10% commission and shipping via UPS as features it associates with its own platform.