Shipping black powder pistol

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How is the FFL going to transfer the cap and ball pistol to you? Are they going to do a form 4473 and NICS background check? If they do, they are violating the law and subject to a $10,000 fine and loss of NICS privileges, ending their business as a firearms dealer. These actions amount to fraud (charging you for an illegal background check), using the NICS system to enable such fraud.

Like this:

the LGS owner just said "nice pistol" & handed it to me

Farnorthdan,
Maybe that's how to handle this; goto your LGS or pawn shop and tell them the situation, and see if they'll do the same for a quick $5 or $10. You shouldnt have to do it, but it might be money well spent just for the aggravation saved.

You're not in SE Minnesota are ya? I'll do it for free. I only have a 03 FFL but that's more than enough here since no FFL is really necessary. But it looks all official and stuff