Curio & Relic application

[Alex]

I'm kind of interested in getting the curio & relic license. There appears to be a deluge of information on the subject, but it's getting kind of confusing. Can anyone tell me exactly what I need to do to get this license and where I can find the correct forms on-line. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Alex

 

[Bacchus]

Check out:

http://www.cruffler.com/

for all your C&R needs.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Download these two forms, fill them out and send them in. That's it.

http://www.atf.gov/forms/pdfs/f531016.pdf
http://www.atf.gov/forms/pdfs/f533020.pdf

 

[CZ 75 BD]

Don't forget ...

one copy to the chief LEO in your area.

 

[Highland Ranger]

I heard that there were dire consequences to applying for one of these . . . . ATF moves into your house or something.

 

[Alex]

Thanks for all the info. Ranger unless I'm mistaken I believe that the BATF has the right to show up at your door and see your book whenever they want, a friend of mine has an FFL license for gunsmithing, he simply has the address on the FFL listed to the grocery store he owns to bypass his private residence. In any event I want the license for purely legitimate reasons and because of that I have no problem with the BATF showing up at my door.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

I believe that the BATF has the right to show up at your door and see your book whenever they want

Not 'zactly. With the C&R, ATF can "review" your records once a year. They have to contact you beforehand and you have the option of allowing them to review your records at your home or their office.

 

[Jim K]

Correct. A dealer's license is a business license and BATF has the authority to inspect a dealer's books and premises at any time during business hours. A collector's license is just that, and a collector is assumed not to be in business (in fact it is illegal for a collector to engage in the business of buying and selling guns) but to be a private individual who engages in collecting activities at his home.

In fact, I have known C&R license holders who have never had any BATF check in years of having the license. The only way a collector can get in trouble (if state and local law is obeyed) is for a gun delivered by him to turn up in the hands of a non-collector after an illegal transfer. A collector can sell to a non-collector but only as an individual, not under a C&R license - that is engaging in business.

Jim

 

[Hkmp5sd]

I've had my C&R for right at 20 years and have never seen an ATF agent.