Gun reciever question
OK after seeing those gun pictures last night where that guy built his own 1911, i decided to do one myself. but looking into getting a receiver you have to go through a FFL? this is odd since its not a shoot-able gun. so why does a ffl have to get it, verse me?
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If it has a serial number on it, it has to go through an FFL. 0 -
oh OK. so is there anywhere you can get them without or am i pretty much stuck with going through a ffl holder, its not a problem but it would save me money as you can get things cheaper through the Internet, VS. a ffl holder not only that i don't want to be limited in receivers. i got more research to do cause there seems to be a million different receivers then finding the parts that go with it. 0 -
Transfer may run you $50 to $100, depending on state laws. Getting around this will cost you much more, possibly a few years, again depending on state law. 0 -
The gov't needed a definition for 'gun.' They didn't want to make it difficult to trade gun parts, so SOMETHING had to be the gun. That something is the receiver. You can ship barrels, triggers, stocks....you can ship the whole gun (minus the receiver) without the help of a FFL. But the receiver is defined as the 'gun' and so it needs to go through the FFL.
It sounds like you're interested in building a 1911, so I don't know if this is relevant to you, but I do know that for some guns (e.g. AR-15) you can buy receiver 'blanks,' which are basically solid pieces of metal in the shape of the receiver. These don't have to go through a FFL because they aren't really receivers. You then can (legally, I believe) machine those blanks such that they function as receivers. I know one person who's done this. It's pretty cool, but when he offered to sell his work to me, my response was: "not without a serial number!"
I think if you can machine your own receiver for yourself, then you're ok (but I wouldn't try selling it). Otherwise just suck it up and pay the FFL for a legal receiver.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Blckhrn
Transfer may run you $50 to $100, depending on state laws. Getting around this will cost you much more, possibly a few years, again depending on state law.
DANG!!!! Find a new FFL, mine does it for 15.00 bucks, and no state law out there to determine how much he charges.[xx(]0 -
unless you want to fabricate it yourself, you have to go through a dealer. post about "something has to be the "gun"" is right on the money.
you could buy an 80% frame and do the finish work but unless your a competent machinist(sp), i wouldnt try it. buy the frame through an ffl and the rest of the parts straight to you. then fit em together and shoot the crap out of it
100 for a transfer, wow. i guess if your the only ffl in the area willing to do transfers you could get away with that but thats a whole hell of a lot of money to do the paperwork. i agree everyone has to make a living but thats ridiculous.0 -
No kidding. 50-100 dollars for not even 10 minutes of paperwork is extortion. Of course it's their right, but IMHO any FFL dealer who does that is a jackass and should not be in the gun dealer business. 0 -
My FFL charges me at the most $20. But he does change his fee's to me quite often, and at times even does it for free for me.
But in all it probly comes out to about a $10 average from the highs and lows.
But it definatly helps when you spend alot of other money with them other than just transfers. I probly spend an average of $200 a month with my FFL not including any transfers. And I do about 2 transfers a month with him.0 -
I pay $7.00 a transfer. I show my FFL exactly what I want, and he get's it. Very easy. 0 -
OK then its settled i ask my local dealer and see what they can get then see what they charge for a transfer fee from like Midway or else where if need be. i hope barely anything since its really not a gun 0 -
quote:Originally posted by joker5656
OK then its settled i ask my local dealer and see what they can get then see what they charge for a transfer fee from like Midway or else where if need be. i hope barely anything since its really not a gun
I've never heard of an FFL varying their fees based on what they are transfering, but you might find an open-minded dealer. Who knows.0
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