before you get your C&R check local dealers and their transfer fees then think if you'll be buying enough C&R guns in the next 3 years from online dealers (as well as online auctions at gunbroker or auctionarms) to more than cover the $30
transfer fees here range from $10 to $20 per firearm depending on the dealer
and as for the bound book a commonly used option is
this page (print both sides of the paper) in a standard 3 ring binder and you need to record ALL C&R purchases made after recieving the C&R this includes guns purchased locally from a licensed dealer, a purchase made at a gunshow, a face to face sale from an individual
in just the first year of having mine i saved myself $160-320 in transfer fees
the king of my collection?
1943 Izhevsk 91/30 PU Sniper
note: the above pictured sniper is a geniune Soviet sniper rifle and not one of the fakes being sold by Southern Ohio Gun or Inter-Ordnance it is also not one of the genuine snipers currently available from RGuns but an earlier century import from a lot they brought in some time in the 90s