Freedom Munitions used to be a good company until they started the brass trade-in program. Now you even get regular .223 cases with 5.56 ammo. Plus you don't know how many times a case has been reloaded. FTF, FDE, FTL. Bad business...
Rossi crack barrel .22/.410. Started my daughter off on it so she could shoot cb shorts and get used to shooting and not be scared of the sound. Later she could hit a 8" steel target at 100yds with a cheap Tasco red dot on it with regular .22 ammo. I have schooled countless children on this gun...
I bought some 5.56 from them when It was non-existent. They are a little high on price, but usually the more you buy, the lower the price. Plus I ordered on a Wed. and the ammo was at my door on Fri. Really liked that.
I do the same thing, Except I usually do that after the sale/trade. Just so I know that I do not have a stolen gun in my possession. I do tell the guy that I am getting the gun from that I am going to do it, so they have the option to back out.