El Rojo
Member
Here is the situation. My friend wants to sell his pretty much new Ruger 77/17 HMR custom gun to fund another project. My understanding of federal laws is this. If someone out of state wants to buy the gun, first, we must transfer the gun to our local FFL in the PRK. Then our local dealer would then transfer it to the dealer out of state. Then the buyer would do whatever he has to do with his dealer to take possession of the gun. The buyer can send the funds directly to us first right?
My gun dealer had never had a request like this before so he thought maybe my friend could send his gun directly to the dealer out of state. For some reason that doesn't make sense to me and I believe we would have to relinquish it to a FFL then have it sent to another FFL.
The only other concern I have and you guys might be able to give me some feedback on this one. Once I receive certified funds, what happens if the buyer doesn't pass a background check to receive the gun from his local dealer? I doubt that would happen, but any recommendations on how I can make sure the buyer can take possession and everyone will be happy? The last thing I want to happen is the gun shows up at the out of state dealer and then the deal goes bad. I would have to refund money, have the gun sent back, and it wouldn't be fun. My first precaution would be to simply ask the buyer if the FFL they are going to use has done a transfer for them before. Then call up the FFL and verify it with him on an informal level.
Thanks for your help everyone.
My gun dealer had never had a request like this before so he thought maybe my friend could send his gun directly to the dealer out of state. For some reason that doesn't make sense to me and I believe we would have to relinquish it to a FFL then have it sent to another FFL.
The only other concern I have and you guys might be able to give me some feedback on this one. Once I receive certified funds, what happens if the buyer doesn't pass a background check to receive the gun from his local dealer? I doubt that would happen, but any recommendations on how I can make sure the buyer can take possession and everyone will be happy? The last thing I want to happen is the gun shows up at the out of state dealer and then the deal goes bad. I would have to refund money, have the gun sent back, and it wouldn't be fun. My first precaution would be to simply ask the buyer if the FFL they are going to use has done a transfer for them before. Then call up the FFL and verify it with him on an informal level.
Thanks for your help everyone.