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shipping a firearm to a FFL dealer

Darth AkSarBen
If I have a rifle for sale and want to ship it to a FFL license holder, can I ship directly from "me" to them by including their FFL number on the outside of the box UPS or USPS?
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  • shoff14
    Yes, send it USPS it will be cheaper.
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  • Spider7115
    You can ship it USPS but the law forbids you from identifying the contents as a firearm. Do not put the FFL number or anything identifying it as a firearm on the outside of the box. I always use the dealer's personal name and FFL address so nobody knows it's even going to a gun store. Be sure to enclose a copy of your ID for the dealer to log into his book.
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  • 11b6r
    It is perfectly legal for an unlicensed person (you) to mail or ship by common carrier (UPS or FedEx) a rifle or a shotgun TO a FFL holder. You do not need to give the shipper proof that they are a FFL. You DO need to declare to the shipper that the package contains a firearm. Nothing on the outside of the box should say that it is a firearm. DO be certain the the FFL will receive a rifle from a non-FFL (perfectly legal, but some dealer's won't) DO give him a Xerox of your driver's license so that he can log the gun into HIS bound book.
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  • Darth AkSarBen
    Many thanks! Well exlpained as I, or anyone stumbling into the thread, will understand.
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  • golferboy426
    I could be wrong but I don't believe you need to declare it as a firearm when shipping usps.
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  • brentd711
    You do need to declare to USPS that it's a firearm. My local PO refused to allow me to ship a firearm, said it wasn't allowed. I asked to see the regs that prohibited it and he pulled out the official flowchart to see what was and was not allowed. I walked him through all the steps that led to non-licensees being allowed to ship to an FFL and he still said he wouldn't do it. I use the PO in the town I work in, it's pointless to argue with idiots.
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  • Darth AkSarBen
    What then if he refused to ship? Would you contact the supervisor up the line from him?
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  • duckhunter
    Just go to another post office. "Only a fool will debate a fool"
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  • ATF
    I don't know where you guys are from?
    here in MAINE it's much cheaper to ship a long gun by UPS not USPS.I do it all the time.[:(]
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  • 11b6r
    ATF- 2 mile drive to Post Office. 35 mile drive to UPS hub. You pays your money, you takes your pick.

    As far as Post Office clerk that refuses a rifle, would not argue with him, but have been known to use the magic phrase. "May I please see your supervisor." KNOW what the Domestic Mail Manual says, and be able to refer to the section. Rifles and shotguns are NOT a "prohibited" mailing. (Having a printout of that section is also good- it is on line, and easy to find). Thank God I live in a rural area, small post office, folks that know their business.
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  • golferboy426
    The PO will typically ask is the item you are shipping hazardous, liquid , perishible or fragile. A long gun is none of these. So you answer truthfully no. It NEED not be declared as a firearm.
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