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Legally you can say it is for a rifle and they can sell it to you. Store policy might be otherwise though.

Don't say "Pistol Carbine" they might scratch their heads, just tell them it is for a rifle that fires 9mm and you should be good.

Otherwise someone can buy it for you because legally you CAN possess handgun ammo (even more so since you legally own a firearm that chambers it).

And before someone says it, no it is not a "straw purchase" because it is ammo and he isn't prohibited from owning it (the definition of straw purchase is buying for a prohibited person).

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Lol I love how all the handgun restriction specific laws make SO much sense. "You can't buy this little .380 handgun, but yeah if you want the .30-06 it is good to go".

Because .380 is more "dangerous" or powerful than .30-06? hahaha.

Good choice in firearms; I like my CX4 and the PX4 I bought to go with it.

Under federal law, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), you're in the same boat as someone buying .22 long rifle ammo: if the seller is satisfied the ammunition is for a rifle, it's okay to buy at 18; if the seller believes it's for a handgun, you have to be 21.

Understand the laws of your particular state may place additional restrictions on the purchase of handgun ammo.

There are enough pistol-caliber long guns out there now that your inquiry is not that unusual. However, the decision is up to the dealer. If you buy the ammunition with the carbine, you should be okay. But it's going to be the dealer's decision each and every time.

The best place to get a definitive answer is the store where you plan to purchase your CX4. If they will sell you the ammo, you're good to go. Otherwise, talk with your parents or adult guardian about purchasing ammunition to give to you. This is not a "straw purchase" because they are the ones buying the ammunition for themselves with the express purpose of exercising their rights as parents by giving it to you for use under their supervision.

9mm Carbine Pistol

Shogun is completely 100% wrong

You can legally buy ammo for a handgun from a private party

However that is what the law says

You can not buy ammo FOR A HANDGUN until 21 from an FFL

The ammo is not for a handgun it is for a rifle (law does not differentiate between rifle and carbine)

Some retail stores will not sell what is traditionally handgun ammo to some one under 21, but that is more than what the law requires

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(the definition of straw purchase is buying for a prohibited person).

No The definition of a straw purchase is buying a gun with someone else's money. It has nothing whatsoever to do with whether the person is prohibited o not

This is fully explained on the back of that legally binding federal form you fill out every time you buy a gun from a dealer

You are out of luck. You have a carbine made to fire pistol ammunition, so you cannot buy ammo for it until you are 21. This would apply to the other long guns that fire handgun calibers. However since you are 18 a parent could give you some ammo for a gift. Good luck and be safe out there.

u just have to tell the cashier/store owner that the ammo is for a rifle/carbine...

**in fact anyone with any common sense can get any handgun ammo this way....in fact i know lots of ppl that have......while they were 18-21 years old....

** some stores give u a hassle....some don't.......

** biggest problem at walmart will be explaining to whatever moron is behind the counter what a carbine is.......

Some stores will sell it to you and some won't. One Walmart that I went to with my son wouldn't take the money from him to buy .22 magnum ammunition, but he handed the money (actually it was a gift card) to me. The cashier had no problem taking the payment from me. She even told him that he had to let me buy it for him, because it could be used in a handgun.

A gun store that we went to handed the same ammunition to him, no questions asked.

I'm 18 (*I even mentioned it mid conversation) and I walked into wally world for some .22lr and 9mm the other day. I asked for 2 550 federal bricks of .22lr and 2 value packs of WWB. When I asked for the 9mm ammo the guy was like wait a minute!...don't you know the federal is cheaper, and I corrected him by informing him that the price of federal had gone up, making winchester the cheapest ammo. He later asked if I shoot alot and I told him about a ruger 10-22 I built during the winter break and he upsold me into buying another box of 9mm=) so i drove happily home with my 300 rounds of 9mm from wally world. My problem now is finding the money to buy ammo at $22 a box!!

Sounds like a good reason to start reloading.

Take up reloading