Shipping a long gun to my son on the east coast.

[moparguy]

Anyone have advice on shipping a shotgun to the east coast.

 

[TowPro]

Have him pick a local gun shop, tell them its coming and send you the address and phone number. Then you go to your local gun shop and have them ship it to his gun shop.



My buddy had to do that to get his AR-15 shipped to him on the east coast.

Originally posted by moparguy

Any one have advice on getting my son's shotgun to Virginia. He's there for a few months and has made contacts to hunt on private land.

 

[parcher]

I would use the "send it to a gun shop" method. WHen I took my hunter safety course this was suggested as the best approach.

 

[RBSOB]

Gun shop to gun shop [FFL to FFL] is the only legal way to ship the gun fully assembled and will cost $20 -$50. You can call around and get prices to go this route. It is also entirely legal to disassemble it, remove the barrel at least, and ship directly to your son via the USPS. At least it was legal 2 years ago, ask at your post office, much cheaper and faster. Jim G.

 

[Rman]

Originally posted by RBSOB

Gun shop to gun shop [FFL to FFL] is the only legal way to ship the gun fully assembled and will cost $20 -$50. You can call around and get prices to go this route. It is also entirely legal to disassemble it, remove the barrel at least, and ship directly to your son via the USPS. At least it was legal 2 years ago, ask at your post office, much cheaper and faster. Jim G.

The person receiving the firearm must be a FFL holder, not the person shipping it. I ship firearms quite often and i'm not an FFL. UPS is the best and cheapest ways, though there are others. Let the post office know how rediculous it is for their requirement, i do frequently. You must declare it with UPS and fill out the form.

 

[slavallee]

just send two separate boxes of "machine parts" a day apart from each other through the regular mail. Make sure neither box has all the essential parts to consider it a complete firearm

 

[PLaFrombois]

If you send the firearm to a gun shop, your son will have to pay $20-$50 that they would charge, plus he has to fill out paperwork and have the NICS background check done. He may or may not be able to take it home the same day. It'll depend upon if he gets an immediate approval number. If you go that route pick a shop that's close, so it won't be such a hassle if he needs to return the next day.

Paul

 

[Hammer]

Moparguy. .

I am not sure where in Arkansas you are but I make weekly trips thru there with the large truck and live in Eastern PA. If I can be of assistence let me know and we will see what we can do for you... ... Andy

 

[Boomer II]

Why would either party need an FFL, it's a private transaction between two individuals. I don't need one to sell or give a gun to another party.

 

[lpearson]

Misinformation

I just went through this exercise. You can send a rifle or shotgun through the regular mail US Post office. It's not that expensive. You can bypass the gun dealers etc. The only requirement is that it has to be unloaded and that they may ask you to show them that it is unloaded before shipping.



It is illegal to send hand guns through the mail---- this may be where others have gotten the idea you need to send long guns- dealer to dealer.



I don't know how long persons have been able to do this, so it may be recent. But, again I checked this out personally and it's legal.



Cost for my shotgun to send back east with insurance was $16+ regular mail or express mail was a couple dollars more. :



Regards,

Lowell

 

[Rman]

Originally posted by Boomer II

Why would either party need an FFL, it's a private transaction between two individuals. I don't need one to sell or give a gun to another party.

wow, dude welcome to liberal politics of the united states.



So your saying 2 guys on the internet could just say hey i wanna by your pistol, and the other can just say hey sure how's 400 bucks sound. ANd mail them off? Big nono, the ATF would be ALL OVER YOU and you'd be spending some prison time with a nice fine too boot. It sucks, but its the rules in place.



In this instance, being a long gun, yes what everyone has stated is perfectly legal. Mailing through the post office and signing the document decalring the firearm unloaded would be the best route. Sometimes they do make you open it and prove it to be unloaded.



I remember an instance some time ago where some shmuck went to prove his rifle was unloaded and ended up discharging a round. Needless to say he was arrested and got in a little trouble.



One thing though, is that this rifle is still under the owners registration, one cannot transfer ownership of the rifle without an FFL. It's one of the loopholes the liberals are all up in arms about, the typical gun show magic.



I goto gunshows all the time and rarely can you buy a gun without a background... . since most of the sellers are dealers they are required to. There might be the occasional gun swap with another person... but that is risky if you don't have the serial numbers run first, i've learned the hard way.

 

[PLaFrombois]

Boomer II

If you send a firearm to each others private address you don't need to have an FFL involved. If you involve the services of a dealer with an FFL, he must receive the firearm into his inventory even though he didn't purchase the firearm. In order for him to release the firearm, a NICS background check must be done on the individual who picks up the firearm. The ATF looks at these types of transactions more closely when they come in for an audit. Thanks to the Brady law.

Paul

 

[moparguy]

Thanks for the input guys.



Hammer, I sincerely appreciate the offer, but it looks like the US Mail, is the way to go. I'll have time next week to check things out and we'll see.



Thanks all.



RJR