Questions on selling an SKS in california

[johnnyh]

My Russian SKS, do I need to go through a dealer if I sell this private party here in California?

 

[NavyLCDR]

http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/forms/pdf/Cfl2007.pdf

Page 37:

Sales, Loans, or Transfers of Firearms
It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed firearms dealer pursuant to Penal Code section
12071, to sell, loan, or otherwise transfer a firearm to a non-licensed person unless the sale, loan,
or transfer is completed through a licensed firearms dealer. (Penal Code §§ 12071, 12072, 12082.)
Exceptions
1) The dealer licensing and reporting requirements do not apply to the sale, lease, or
transfer of any firearm in the following instances (Penal Code § 12078(u)):
• Firearms obtained by individuals through operation of law, such as:
- the executor or administrator of an estate;
- a trustee in a bankruptcy proceeding;
- an assignee for creditors;
- a receiver for an estate in receivership;
- a surviving spouse;
- a transfer of property between spouses.
NOTE: Concealable

 

[56hawk]

A Russian SKS should be a curio and relic and would therefore be exempt.

 

[Librarian]

A Russian SKS should be a curio and relic and would therefore be exempt.

Correct - if it can be verified it was manufactured pre-1961 (and a quick look on the web says Russians stopped making them in 1956) then Penal Code 12078(t)(2) says a FTF sale of such a long gun is legal, no FFL required.

 

[2FFords]

I might be interested in buying it.

 

[harrygunner]

Also, there's no registration of rifles in California. No paper trails for the DOJ.

I saw a Russian SKS for sale in a Simi Valley gun store. They are decent rifles.

 

[Librarian]

Also, there's no registration of rifles in California. No paper trails for the DOJ.

True, to the extent that the DROS software does not currently collect make/model/caliber information; however, outside C&R long guns, the sales still must run through a CA FFL.