Receiving from a retired FFL dealer
I was in the market for a 22 revolver and came across a Colt Frontier Scout. I had one years ago and wished I'd never would have sold it. I found one that looked just like the one I had, But after reading he said " I am a retired FFL Dealer, make SURE your FFL will receive from a non-FFL(this is legal) or we could make some other arrangments." Is he correct or should I keep looking.
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Totally legal. You just need an FFL on your end who will receive from an individual. 0 -
As a retired FFL is is exactly like you, a private individual with o FFL. Just be sure your transfer FFL will accept a shipment from him and/or pay for a trasfer FFL on both ends. It is only money and the good pistols don't come along that often. Good Luck! 0 -
Yep, curlyrai, it is perfectly legal for a private citizen to send an FFL dealer a gun. However, the "CYA" (Cover Your ***) mentality of some FFL dealers makes them make you jump through hoops that you legally do not have to jump through. It is bad enough that we have the ATF. It is sadder that some feel that they need to safeguard themselves& encumber us with their new layer of rules, and at a higher monetary cost (DOUBLE FFL transfer fees), too.[V][:(!] 0 -
Be absolutely sure in advance that your dealer will accept the pistol. This forum has been the scene of a number of horror stories where folks found their firearms trapped in a sort of limbo because the dealer on one end of the transaction would not accept a shipment from a private party. The actual problem is that the receiving dealer takes the gun but then won't release it because it came from a private party, there by leaving the buyer hanging. There is nothing in the regulations that mandates FFL-FFL, but this has become the popular way of doing business over the past several years. 0 -
Perfectly legal- except NY State. Their state laws permit dealers to receive only face to face, or from a FFL. 0
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