Transferring Registration on a 410 HR Handy Gun
Good evening,
My grandfather recently passed away and his gun collection was passed along to me. It was not willed, just given to me by my grandmother. One of these is a HR Handy gun. I've done as much research as I can, it looks as if it was made in the 30s and the family story is that the gun was won by my grandfathers uncle in a bar game. I've done all the research and know the legalities about short barreled shotguns and whatnot.
I have the original papers from where my grandfather registered it in 1968.
Is there any possibility of transferring it to my name or is it relegated to the safe for good?
My grandfather recently passed away and his gun collection was passed along to me. It was not willed, just given to me by my grandmother. One of these is a HR Handy gun. I've done as much research as I can, it looks as if it was made in the 30s and the family story is that the gun was won by my grandfathers uncle in a bar game. I've done all the research and know the legalities about short barreled shotguns and whatnot.
I have the original papers from where my grandfather registered it in 1968.
Is there any possibility of transferring it to my name or is it relegated to the safe for good?
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Check with your local class 3 dealer. Or wait for Mark. 0 -
It can be registered to you-probably without the tax stamp fee. Call ATF and ask them the procedure to transfer it. 0 -
Firstly if you have physical possession you need to give it back to your grandmother. You can file ATF Form 5, which is the tax free transfer of a lawfully registered National Firearms Act Weapon or since this is an Any Other Weapon by definition file ATF Form 4 and pay the five dollar transfer tax. Either will work and the same paperwork is involved, the only difference is paying or not paying the five bucks. Don't take possession of the weapon until your Form 4 or Form 5 is approved. 0 -
Thank you all, I've been searching this on my own for awhile until I came upon this forum and figured this seemed to have the most knowledgeable answers.
The weapon is not in my possession at the moment, we discovered all of my grandfathers guns in the back of his closet when he passed. Never was one for safes or anything like that. The gun is currently in a safe at my parents house who live in the same town as my grandmother. I knew that I couldn't necessarily possess it, but we didn't want it laying unsecured either.
I assume that I need to work through a dealer or class 3 license holder to complete the forms?0 -
No, you don't need the services of a Class 3 dealer; inheritance is one the few regulated areas where common sense seems to have used by ATF. You can contact them directly.
How the form is completed depends upon your GF's estate. If it was probated, then the personal representative or attorney will need to complete the ATF form.
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It was not actually willed to me as an inheritance. My grandmother just passed them down to me when he passed away knowing that I was the only family member that knew and appreciated firearms. Technically they were willed to her along with the rest of his estate.0
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