Hi,
My Grandfather passed away this week, and I am flying out to Nevada for the funeral tonight. It's sad, but he died peacfully, without pain, and 89 years isn't a bad run. My memories are good.
My mother was out there already to help with his home care before he died, and she mentioned that he'd wanted me to have some of his "civil war guns".
Now I know that anything that's muzzleloading, cap and ball etc. or pre-1900, is not even legally a firearm by Fed. regs, it's just an "antique" with no more legal oversight than say, furniture. Shipping, other than UPS pinheads manning the counter, that shouldn't be a problem.
Considering the ignorance of my non-gunner family, I know he had at least two "modern" firearms, a Llama .22 pistol he kept in the nightstand, and a 1903 springfield that had been sporterized sometime in the 1950's or 60's, and I suspect he may have had several more.
I've done some searching on THR, and the TFL archives, and I just want to state what I've gleaned, and run it one more time for accuracy.
- Self-shipping or interstate transport of inherited post 1900 firearms does not requrie an FFL as long as said firearms are legal in the destination state, and you are not otherwise a prohibited person. i.e. a felon.
Am I forgetting anything?
My Grandfather passed away this week, and I am flying out to Nevada for the funeral tonight. It's sad, but he died peacfully, without pain, and 89 years isn't a bad run. My memories are good.
My mother was out there already to help with his home care before he died, and she mentioned that he'd wanted me to have some of his "civil war guns".
Now I know that anything that's muzzleloading, cap and ball etc. or pre-1900, is not even legally a firearm by Fed. regs, it's just an "antique" with no more legal oversight than say, furniture. Shipping, other than UPS pinheads manning the counter, that shouldn't be a problem.
Considering the ignorance of my non-gunner family, I know he had at least two "modern" firearms, a Llama .22 pistol he kept in the nightstand, and a 1903 springfield that had been sporterized sometime in the 1950's or 60's, and I suspect he may have had several more.
I've done some searching on THR, and the TFL archives, and I just want to state what I've gleaned, and run it one more time for accuracy.
- Self-shipping or interstate transport of inherited post 1900 firearms does not requrie an FFL as long as said firearms are legal in the destination state, and you are not otherwise a prohibited person. i.e. a felon.
Am I forgetting anything?