Selling a Rifle Online

[Crawfish141]

I noticed the trading post section down at the bottom of the forum. I have a rifle that I want to sell, what is the legal way of going about this?


What do I have to know to do this, legal, etiquette, anything else?








If this is the wrong section, I apologize.

 

[MrCleanOK]

Post information about the rifle you have for sale, including pictures is nice. Name your asking price, and be sure to include the state in which you are selling it. Put it in the body of the text, and in the subject line.

Obey federal and state laws regarding private citizen firearms transfers where you live, and remove your post when your item has sold.

If you haven't already done so, read some of the posts that are already in that area, and you'll get the idea of how things happen.

 

[Crawfish141]

Thanks, so what are the laws regarding transfers in Ca?

 

[ripcurlksm]

Well you are in CA, which makes me assume it is CA legal-- find a buyer and have them provide you with their local FFL dealer. You go to your local FFL dealer, fill the paperwork and they ship it to the buyers FFL.

What you should do is join the forum CALGUNS.NET, and they have a forum for selling guns as well. What is nice about this fact is you can find a buyer in your area, meet them at a mutual FFL dealer/shop. He gives you the money for the rifle, you both fill out the DROS paperwork to do the transfer. You walk out with the cash, the buyer has to wait 10 days for the background check before pickup. I have sold 2 guns this way, and purchased 2 guns this way at CALGUNS.net and it was easy, legal and reassuring with the face to face transfers. good luck!

 

[Crawfish141]

Do FFL's typically charge to do the paperwork, or is it charged to the buyer?

 

[toivo]

Do FFL's typically charge to do the paperwork, or is it charged to the buyer?

It can go either way. You pay your FFL guy to send, and the buyer will pay his FFL to do the transfer to him. Or the buyer pays both. Here's why.

I don't know about California, but Federal law does not require the sender to be an FFL; only the recipient of the shipment. The problem is that many postal clerks don't know this--they will ask to see your license when you show up at the counter with the boxed-up rifle. It helps to print out both the federal statute and the postal regulation and show it to them. Also, you should have a copy of the recipient's license with you. This will be provided to you by the buyer's FFL transfer agent, either by mail or fax.

Even some FFLs don't know this--they will insist on only receiving shipments from another FFL. If the buyer's FFL is in this camp, it's not unusual for the seller to specify that the buyer pays any additional FFL costs incurred by the seller.

 

[guns4craxx]

Indeed, I have sold many guns from California myself as a private citizen, without mailing it out at an FFL, you will need to verify in advance if the FFL your sending to will accept from an individual, and of course you will need to check their FFL with FFL EZ check on the ATF website (just google ffl ez check). I always insist on keeping a signed copy of their FFL as well for my records, since I have always maintained a C&R FFL log myself.

Although by far the easiest way is to find a local buyer and meet them for a face to face PPT at the gun shop of your choice.