Built inside a working California FFL

THE BOUND BOOK THAT CAN'T BE UN-WRITTEN

Electronic Form 4473, append-only A&D bound book, and the transfer workflow your state actually requires — full California DROS or straight federal NICS, one switch. Designed at the gun counter, not in a boardroom.

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✓ Training sandbox included — practice everything, erase it with one click. ✓ Real entries made in your trial carry straight into your subscription.
Append-only ledger — corrections, never edits Hash-chained 4473s — tamper-evident 300+ automated compliance checks per release ATF Inspection Mode built in
The Platform

EVERYTHING A DEALER SIGNS THEIR NAME TO

One system for the records that ATF and CA DOJ actually inspect — working alongside whatever sells your guns today.

Native e4473

The real electronic Form 4473 — Revised Aug 2023, built to ATF Ruling 2016-2's conditions. The buyer completes Section B on their own phone via QR + PIN; staff run Sections A, C and E with every stop condition enforced. Verbatim printed reproduction on demand.

Ruling 2016-2

A&D Bound Book

Append-only, sequentially numbered, corrections as visible strikethroughs — never silent edits. Late entries are flagged, not hidden. Acquisitions flow in from receiving and trade-ins; dispositions write themselves at transfer. Daily-download CSV in the 2016-1 format.

Ruling 2016-1 · 27 CFR 478.125(e)

California DROS, natively

DES has no API — so the platform reads your DROS PDFs, links them to the right 4473, tracks the 10-day wait and the 30-day window, and refuses release while DES shows Pending. It even catches the two-clock trap: a NICS check expiring while the DROS still runs.

11 CCR 4230 · The CA wedge

ATF Inspection Mode

One tap locks the device to a read-only inspection view: the 478.125(e) register, every transaction record with print links, hash-chain verification, and book-vs-inventory reconcile. Navigation disappears; only an admin password or manager PIN unlocks it.

Built for the IOI visit

Training mode, built in

One click drops the whole shop into a sandbox — a complete copy of your data where staff can practice 4473s, book entries and DROS workflows for real. Nothing is sent, charged or backed up, and exiting erases every practice entry. The real book can't be touched while it's on.

Practice without fear

Works alongside your existing POS

No rip-and-replace. Keep the register, card terminals and printers you already run — Raincross handles the records a POS was never built for. Receiving, trade-ins and transfers write the book directly, so compliance never depends on your point of sale.

Keep your POS · fix your book
See it

THE COUNTER, THE PHONE, THE INSPECTION

The buyer's own phone Section B via QR + PIN — one question at a time, every stop condition enforced. No store iPad to sanitize.
https://yourshop.raincrossffl.app — ATF INSPECTION MODE
ATF Inspection🔒 DEVICE LOCKED · READ-ONLY
Navigation disabled — reloads and the back button stay here. Unlock: admin password or manager PIN.
128On hand 0Late entries 0Book vs inventory gaps ✓Hash chain intact (219)
#FirearmSerialAcquiredDisposed4473 #
1204GLOCK 19 Gen5BXWP44208/28on hand
1203SIG P365-38066B41280808/2709/01RA-00219
1201MOSSBERG 500V033528108/2608/31RA-00218
Generated for inspection · print links on every recordRead-only by construction
One tap for the IOI visit The 478.125(e) register, tamper-evidence check, and every record — nothing else reachable until unlocked.
https://yourshop.raincrossffl.app/dros
DROS PipelineCA POC · 11 CCR 4230
3Ready to release 7In waiting period 1Check DES today 0Expiring
DROS #BuyerStatusClock
A-88231M. WebbApprovedDay 11 of 10 ✓release
A-88245D. RuizApprovedDay 6 of 10blocked — waiting
A-88198T. JacksonDelayedDay 12 of 10blocked — DES
Two clocks tracked per record — NICS validity and the DROS windowRelease gates enforced
California DROS, done right The 10-day wait, the 30-day window, DES status gates — a delayed buyer stays blocked no matter what the calendar says.
https://yourshop.raincrossffl.app/register
Register+ REGISTER ADD-ON
ItemAmount
GLOCK 19 Gen5 · SN BXWP442⌡ label scanned$539.00
CA DROS feestate fee · no tax$37.19
9mm 115gr FMJ × 2+ 11% CA excise$55.98
▭ Card ▭ Card — external terminal ⚫ Cash TOTAL $687.43
Form 8300 cash watch · drawers · Z reportsBring your own card terminal — any processor
A register that knows it sells firearms Scan the firearm's label and THAT gun rings up, serial and all. Layaway, work orders and the 4473 gates are built into the sale — not bolted beside it.
Kiosk mode

THE BUYER FILLS IT OUT — NOT YOUR STAFF

Section B is the buyer's testimony, so the buyer types it. Two ways, both enforced question by question:

  • Their own phone — staff show a QR code and a PIN; the buyer answers on the device already in their pocket. Nothing to sanitize, nothing to hand back.
  • A shop kiosk — any spare tablet or PC opens in a dedicated e4473 kiosk mode, locked to the buyer session and nothing else. Walk up, enter the PIN, answer, sign, hand it back.
  • Every stop condition fires as the answer is given — a prohibiting answer halts the form on the spot instead of surfacing at review.
  • Staff sections stay staff-side: Sections A, C and E never appear on the buyer's screen.
One platform · two workflows

CALIFORNIA MODE. STANDARD MODE. ONE SWITCH.

The 4473 is federal — but what gates the handoff depends on where you stand. Flip it once in Settings and the whole platform follows: nav, guidance, and the release gates themselves.

CALIFORNIA MODEDROS + the 10-day discipline
DES Approved · day 11 of 10✓ release
DES Approved · day 6 of 10blocked — waiting period
DES Delayed · day 14 of 10blocked — only Approved releases
DROS at day 30expired — do not deliver
DROS views in the nav, the DES upload flow, AB 1078 3-in-30 advisories, and the two-clock trap watch (a NICS check expiring while the DROS still runs).
STANDARD MODE · FEDERALNICS-governed release
27.c Proceed✓ transfer today
27.c Delayed · before the 27.d dateblocked — Brady clock running
27.c Delayed · 27.d reached✓ may transfer
27.c Deniednever — form retained
No DROS screens anywhere. The 30-day NICS validity and different-day re-certification stay enforced — those are federal, and so are we.
Admin-only, audited, takes effect immediately — a California dealer and a Texas dealer run the same platform.
How it works

LIVE IN AN AFTERNOON, NOT A MIGRATION PROJECT

1

Get your environment

Your own isolated instance at yourshop.raincrossffl.app — fresh database, your FFL details, your logins. Nothing shared with any other dealer, ever.

2

Practice in training mode

Run practice 4473s, book entries and DROS workflows with the built-in sandbox. Your whole crew can learn by doing — then erase it all with one click and a clean conscience.

3

Go live — data carries over

Exit training and start entering real transactions during your free trial. When you subscribe, everything you've entered comes with you — no re-keying, no migration, no lost work.

The honest comparison

WHY DEALERS SWITCH

What matters at inspectionRaincrossLegacy compliance softwarePaper book
California DROS + DES workflow built in✓ NativeBolted on, if at allManual
Buyer fills Section B on their own phone✓Store kiosk / iPad—
Tamper-evident 4473 storage (hash chain)✓Trust the vendorFiling cabinet
One-tap read-only ATF inspection mode✓——
Training sandbox with full purge✓——
Your data exports completely, any day✓ CSV + PDFsVariesIt's paper
Built and run daily inside a real FFL✓ Riverside, CA——
Why this exists
"We run a working FFL in Riverside, California. Every feature in this platform exists because we needed it at our own counter — the DROS two-clock warning, the inspection lock, the book that reconciles itself against the safe. We built it, we run our shop on it, and now we're opening it to dealers who are tired of software built by people who've never logged an acquisition."
— Raincross FFL Systems · Riverside, CA
DEALER-BUILTDesigned and battle-tested inside a live California FFL — not a demo environment.
CALIFORNIA-NATIVEDROS, DES gates, the 10-day wait — first-class features, not bolted-on afterthoughts.
YOUR OWN ENVIRONMENTEvery dealer gets an isolated instance and database. Your book never shares a table with anyone else's.
Pricing

START FREE. KEEP EVERYTHING.

Try the full product — not a demo. Anything real you enter during the trial is already in your book when you subscribe.

Free Trial

$0
30 days · full product · no card required
  • Your own isolated environment
  • e4473, A&D book, DROS workflow — all of it
  • Training sandbox for the whole crew
  • Real entries carry into your subscription
  • Export everything, even if you walk away
Start free

Starter

$19/mo
up to 300 acquisitions a year
  • Everything — nothing is feature-gated
  • Unlimited users, 4473s & bound books
  • Training sandbox & ATF Inspection Mode
  • Nightly backups + daily download (2016-1)
Start — 30 days free
MOST SHOPS

Shop

$49/mo
up to 2,500 acquisitions a year
  • Everything in Starter, more volume
  • California DROS workflow included
  • ATF notification letters at onboarding
  • Direct line to the builders — no ticket queue
Start — 30 days free

Pro

$89/mo
up to 10,000 acquisitions a year
  • Everything in Shop, serious volume
  • Priority support & onboarding help
  • Multi-location ready — one bill
  • Above 10,000/yr? Talk to us
Start — 30 days free
Priced by acquisitions per rolling 12 months — the one number every dealer already knows — never per user, per book, or per 4473. Every plan is the whole product. Pilot dealers lock their price for life.
+$29/mo

+ Register

A full firearms point of sale on any plan: register with cash management and Z reports, layaway that won't let the 4473 start early, gunsmithing work orders with bound-book obligations built in, and barcode labels for your whole catalog — not just firearms.

$199 setup + $9/mo

Integrated card processing

Already have a card terminal? Bring it. Standalone mode is included free on every plan — run the charge on your own machine, any processor, and record it at the register with one tap. This add-on is for going hands-off: we pair an NMI-gateway terminal (Epic Merchant Systems, Tactical Pay and other NMI resellers) so amounts push to the terminal and approvals post themselves.

Questions dealers ask

STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Is this legal to use as my bound book and 4473 storage?
Electronic A&D recordkeeping and electronic 4473 storage are authorized by ATF Rulings 2016-1 and 2022-1, subject to conditions — including written notification to ATF and a daily copy of your records at your licensed premises. The platform is built to those conditions, automates the daily copy, and hands you pre-filled notification letters at onboarding. Until your notices mature, you keep printing completed 4473s — the platform tells you exactly where you stand.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
You export everything — the complete bound book as CSV in the ATF daily-download format, and every 4473 as a print-exact PDF. Your records are yours; hostage data is not a business model we respect.
Do I have to replace my POS?
No. Raincross runs alongside whatever sells your inventory today. It owns the compliance records — the book, the 4473s, the DROS pipeline — and leaves your register alone.
What's the difference between training mode and the free trial?
The trial is the real product with real data — everything you enter persists and carries into your subscription. Training mode is a sandbox you can flip on any time (during the trial or forever after) that copies your shop, lets staff practice everything, and erases all of it on exit. Use training to learn; use the trial to go live.
I'm not in California — is this for me?
The federal core — e4473, A&D book, inspection mode — works in any state. The DROS workflow is California-specific, and California dealers are our first focus. Out-of-state pilots are welcome on the list; tell us your state on the form.
What happens during an ATF inspection?
You tap one button. The device locks to a read-only inspection view with the 478.125(e) register, every transaction record, print links, and the tamper-evidence check — and nothing else. Only an admin password or manager PIN unlocks it.
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