Value of California firearms

[gaucho1]

Hi

A very good friend of mine has some revolvers that were purchased in
Ca. he would like to sell.Also a springfield M-1A with ca. legal brake.
Mint 19 21/2" with box and papers.Mod.27 6" with box.ANIB or close.
He is in Nevada now and I am trying to help him with best way to
sell for most value.

Are Ca. registered guns more valuable in Ca?

Can he do a typical sale and transfer to a Ca. based ffl?

I realise we are all looking for the best price to buy.My friend had surgery and needs to get the most he can from the sales.

Thank you for any info.

 

[Flintlock Tom]

California does not have gun "registration". Your friend can dispose of his guns in any legal manner that he choses. That includes Face-to-Face (through an FFL), online auction, or straight up sale to a gun dealer. Just be sure to get a receipt to verify that it was sold legally.

 

[vynx]

SInce he nows resides in Nevada, I believe he can only sell handguns to California that are on the approved list. If its not on the list you cannot mail to a FFL to do the transfer.

If he lived in Cal. he could sell handguns that are not on the approved list in what is called a face-to-face transaction or on consignment at a gunshop. In both transactions the gun is registerred thru an FFL and is held ten days.

 

[Zoogster]

California does not have gun "registration".

Wrong CA does have registration of all handguns purchased through an FFL in the state, which is a legal requirement for any and all transfers or transactions public or private.
They do not require a person who purchases them in the state to register, they just do it automaticly and add the owner and gun to the CA DOJ database through the DROS. A database available to state, and therefore by association federal law enforcement. So anyone with connections in the country can find out who in CA has or has ever had a handgun legaly.

If someone moves from another state into CA they must register thier handguns since they won't have been automaticly added to the database when they went through the FFL. It is called "NEW RESIDENT HANDGUN OWNERSHIP REPORT form" and requires you to actualy pay for the privelidge of registering the handgun, currently $19 per handgun. You have 60 days to do so or you are breaking the law.

As to the original poster, no once it is taken outside of CA it still has to go through the same process to be reimported into CA if it is sold to a new person in CA by a now out of state resident. So it is no different than any other gun.

 

[gaucho1]

I have noted the phrase CA. gun in postings and ads.
If a gun was purchased in CA. by a CA. resident,is it more sell-able because
of restriction on what can be brought in from out of state.Assume the
Nevada part of my original question is no longer a factor.

Thank you for your replies. I hope to sort this out for my friend.

 

[Zoogster]

It simply means it was approved for sale at some time in the past. That could mean it still is, or it could have been removed or purchased before they even had an approved list. So it really means nothing.
To sell a handgun to someone in CA from out of state the gun needs to be legal to be purchased in CA from an FFL which you would have to transfer it to first since there is federal law on out of state purchasing of handguns.
It is not legal to import a gun for sale into CA if it is not on the approved handgun list. It would also require a 10 round or less magazine.

It does not matter if it was purchased in CA if the owner is no longer a CA resident. Private party transfers (which still go through an FFL in CA) only apply to residents of the same state. So if he moved back to CA and was a CA resident again then he could transfer them to whoever, both on list and off list guns that comply with mag capacity and don't have "assault weapon" features.
However as an out of state resident now the guns he has are no different than any other gun out of state. They must be on the list to sell them to someone in CA. If they are on the list they can be tansfered through an FFL, as required under federal law for interstate handgun sales. Otherwise you cannot sell them in CA.

The only time a gun would be worth more is if you move from another state into CA, become a CA resident with nice guns that are off the approved list but otherwise legal in CA. You would have to pay $19 a piece to legaly own them in CA as a new resident, and could then at a later date transfer them to anyone within the state.
If you are not a CA resident however that does not apply. So as a resident of another state his guns are not worth anymore in CA than anywhere else. Considering he bought them in CA to begin with they are probably also not something that would command a higher price in CA than elsewhere.
So no, they are actualy worth less in CA than out of state guns purchased someplace else that are off list in CA (if he moved back to CA and later sold them in CA.)

They are either legal to sell to a CA resident if on-list, in which they are no different than that same gun for sale already in CA and not worth more, or they are off-list and illegal to transfer to CA to be sold, in which case they are worth $0 on the legal market in CA.

 

[Quiet]

I have noted the phrase CA. gun in postings and ads.
If a gun was purchased in CA. by a CA. resident,is it more sell-able because
of restriction on what can be brought in from out of state.Assume the
Nevada part of my original question is no longer a factor.

Thank you for your replies. I hope to sort this out for my friend.

No. A gun purchased in CA is not worth more than one that can be bought in another state.

 

[gaucho1]

So the bottom line on value is if you have guns off the list that are
already in Ca. from before the"list",they may be more valuable because
they are unavailable.
Now I see references to Ca. guns probably refers to guns on the "list".

Thank you all for helping me understand the deal.

 

[Quiet]

So the bottom line on value is if you have guns off the list that are already in Ca. from before the"list",they may be more valuable because they are unavailable.

Yes.
Handguns not on the CA approved list and are in CA, tend to sell more than handguns that are on the approved list. This is due to their rariety and supply/demand economics.