Should a repaired gun be sent to a FFL dealer let owner pick up?
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CapnMac
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Ok, let's get some things clear.
FedEx is a "Common carrier" and thus, not the Post Office. Hand guns cannot be shipped via the Post office, except by FFL.
So, the FedEx return ticket is ok to ship to Charter Arms.
Whatever CA does, when they are finished (barring some obscure VA law) they will ship the repaired gun right back to the return address you provided when you shipped the gun.
Should those repairs require a new serialized frame, CA handles that. They report that Frame number nnnnn is destroyed during repair, and that number yyyyy replaces it. Or they will simply take an unserialized frame from the factory and use that, giving it the s/n of the destroyed frame--even easier for less paperwork.
Now, I don't know a lot about Virginia, what I do know has to do with which bars to not go into in the Little Creek/ Dam Neck areas, and that I have a 300 unit apartment complex building in Chesapeake. However, from what little I do understand, no one in Va LE has the s/n of your Charter Arms, nor much cares, since you are a law abiding Virginian.
Charter Arms does business in California and New York, I'll guess that they can handle Virginia. They sent you the fedex label. I'd put the CA in a boxk, apply the label and let CA handle it the way they handle all their warranty work. This is probably not their first rodeo.
FedEx is a "Common carrier" and thus, not the Post Office. Hand guns cannot be shipped via the Post office, except by FFL.
So, the FedEx return ticket is ok to ship to Charter Arms.
Whatever CA does, when they are finished (barring some obscure VA law) they will ship the repaired gun right back to the return address you provided when you shipped the gun.
Should those repairs require a new serialized frame, CA handles that. They report that Frame number nnnnn is destroyed during repair, and that number yyyyy replaces it. Or they will simply take an unserialized frame from the factory and use that, giving it the s/n of the destroyed frame--even easier for less paperwork.
Now, I don't know a lot about Virginia, what I do know has to do with which bars to not go into in the Little Creek/ Dam Neck areas, and that I have a 300 unit apartment complex building in Chesapeake. However, from what little I do understand, no one in Va LE has the s/n of your Charter Arms, nor much cares, since you are a law abiding Virginian.
Charter Arms does business in California and New York, I'll guess that they can handle Virginia. They sent you the fedex label. I'd put the CA in a boxk, apply the label and let CA handle it the way they handle all their warranty work. This is probably not their first rodeo.
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efeng9622
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CapnMac,
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Coyote3855
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I agree it is legal for a repaired firearm to be shipped directly to the owner, given the conditions noted above by other posters. I am dealing with this situation at the moment. I had a revolver reblued. The shop said they could ship it directly to me, but shipping costs would be $70-80 for the required next day air. There is no direct next day air between two small towns in Wyoming. So the shop will ship it to my FFL guy, who will not charge me for a transfer, for $30. I don't know if any of this correct, but that's what's happening to me. $30 is cheaper than the tank of gas it would require to go pick it up in person.
I've sent one handgun in for repair. Actually the same gun 3 times. When it went back the 3rd time with less than 50 rounds through it I got a new pistol shipped right to my door. Which I promptly traded for something else without ever firing it.
Dain Bramage
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Good question. I just got a brand new CA Bulldog Boomer. The exposed ejection rod under the barrel was bent, rendering the gun inoperable.
Email contact with Charter Arms had them saying that all guns are inspected for function, and the damage could not have originated from them. If true, that means someone goofed with my gun between manufacturer and dealer. The damage could not have happened in the padded case from shipping.
CA sent me a Fedex tag, and the gun was fixed within three weeks at minimal cost to me (had to buy a Fedex box). I live in Washington state, and the repaired gun was shipped directly to my door.
larryh1108
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It is my understanding that a mfg will ship a repaired/replaced gun back to whomever sent it in. If you take it to an FFL to ship to the factory (non-warranty work, you paid) then the factory will ship it back to the same FFL. If you mail it directly to the mfg (they send a pre-paid label for e.g.) they will ship it back to your home. SO, the answer depends on how it was sent to them in the first place.
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