Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Cape Girardeau County. Cape Girardeau sits on a bluff over the Mississippi at Missouri's southeastern corner, a river city of about 40,000 built around a regional hospital network and Southeast Missouri State University. Orders ship to licensed FFL dealers throughout Cape Girardeau County.
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 Missouri law allows.
Missouri requires no purchase permit, no registration and no waiting period, and state law preempts local firearm ordinances. Your dealer runs the federal NICS check and the transfer is generally finished within the hour. Federal age rules apply at a dealer counter: 21 for a handgun, 18 for a rifle or shotgun. Missouri has no restriction on magazine capacity or on ordinary semiautomatic rifles. Firearms you order from us ship to the Missouri dealer you name, who completes ATF Form 4473 with you and charges their own transfer fee.
Dealers in these communities all work for Cape Girardeau-area buyers:
Missouri has allowed permitless concealed carry since 2017 for adults 19 and over who may lawfully possess a handgun, and open carry is lawful subject to local rules. The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff issues the concealed carry permit in three-year, five-year and lifetime versions, and it is worth holding for reciprocity and for some location exemptions. Schools, courthouses, police stations, polling places, bars and posted private property are restricted. Missouri requires you to leave when an owner asks, and refusing can become trespass.
The Department of Conservation runs a firearms deer season that opens in mid November for the main portion, preceded by archery from mid September and followed by late antlerless and alternative methods portions into January. Centerfire rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and archery gear are legal during the firearms portion. Permits are sold over the counter, antler point restrictions apply in many counties, and chronic wasting disease management zones add mandatory sampling and carcass movement rules in parts of the state. Read the current MDC regulations for your county.
Cape Girardeau County is where the Ozark foothills run into the Mississippi bottoms, so hardwood ridges and river-bottom crop ground sit inside the same drive. Antler point restrictions apply in many Missouri counties, so read the current MDC regulations before the November opener.
The November firearms opener works like a local holiday, and the mix of bottomland fields and Ozark timber means most households keep both a flat-shooting rifle and something short for the brush.
The ranges below are run or officially listed by state wildlife agencies and state forests near the cities we cover. Most want a hunting or fishing license, an access permit or a daily fee, and some close seasonally, so read the agency page before you drive out.
Source: State wildlife agency public range lists (Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah), September 2026. Distances are approximate; call or check the agency site before you drive out.
Yes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Jackson, Scott City, Chaffee, Cape Girardeau or anywhere in Cape Girardeau County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
No. There is no purchase permit, no registration and no waiting period. The federal background check at the dealer is the only step.
Missouri allows permitless concealed carry at 19 and over for those who may lawfully possess a handgun. The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff issues an optional permit.
Antler point restrictions apply in many Missouri counties, and CWD management zones add sampling and carcass rules. Check the current MDC regulations for your county.
Rarely. States that allow handgun hunting set cartridge or energy minimums that 9mm does not meet, which rules out a G34 or G17L. The 10mm G40 with its 6.02-inch barrel is the one long slide that meets some state minimums, and you still have to read your own rules first.
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 buying guide and check with Cape Girardeau County Sheriff or a local attorney about your own situation.