This year I turn 30 and while I've never personally owned a firearm before, I have fired several of my friend's guns and have taken a few classes.

To commemorate turning the big 3-0 I decided to buy myself a hunting rifle, seeing as I've been wanting to get into hunting as well as guns. So I took to the internet to do research. Upon seeing a photo of full stock rifles, I instantly was obsessed and decided that I wanted a Mannlicher-style hunting rifle as my first gun purchase.

More research led me to Sako, specifically their 85 Bavarian Carbine. I was enamored and set my sights on getting one. I lucked out and found an individual on Guns International selling one near mint for a very good price.

After talking with the seller, I mailed over a cashiers check (customary for purchases of firearms online, at least from what I'm seeing from sellers on Gun Broker, Guns International, etc.) through USPS priority mail and waited the 2 days for the check to be delivered.

It's now been over a week and tracking in frozen, providing me with no update as to where the check is:

Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered to its final destination. It is currently in transit to the next facility.

I called USPS and they couldn't provide me with any help. I'm now left to put a stop payment on the check and hope that I can get my money back but since it's a cashiers check, I have to wait 90 days before I even have a chance of getting refunded.

The seller is a nice person and has been very understanding of the situation but who knows what will happen in 90 days. Maybe the check shows up two months from now and he cashes it but the gun gets sold next week.

Pretty frustrating, not what I was expecting to go through buying my first gun. Anyone go through something like this?