rifles - no registration...maybe not in Illinois, but pretty much everywhere else..
Like I said before, you dont have to technically "register" the gun in Illinois, but for all intents and purposes, its the same thing. When you purchase a rifle or pistol in Illinois, you have to present your FOID card, which the state requires you to have if you live here. When you fill out the required form, the gun model and serial number are on that form, along with all your personal info..........they keep this form forever. So yeah, its the same thing as registering. They can call it whatever they want though, I guess.