short barrel rile - The Firearms Forum

thomas berry · 03-07-2009, 11:09 PM

im in the process of buying a sbr im bidding on it now my question is i know i will have to buy a tax stamp to own the rifle thats not a problem it will be shipped to an ffl who also sells sbr and full autos if i end up winning the auction will my ffl have to hold on to gun until i get the license which i dont have a problem w/ that or am i doing this all wrong i dont want to get a license then end up not getting the gun can anyone could give me some info that would be great or should i get my ffl have the m/o in is name instead of mine so it would be sold to him instead of me then get my tax stamp to transfer to me? any help would be great .THANKS.IF anyone has any info please contact me at hberry213@comcast.net THANKS!!!!!!!!!

Alpo · 03-08-2009, 09:14 AM

Here's the way it works.

You buy the gun, you pay for the gun, it gets "transferred" to the FFL. Once the paper comes back saying the FFL can have it, it gets shipped to him. Now you start the process of having it transferred to you. Until you get your paper back, you cannot have possession of the gun. It belongs to your FFL and has to stay with him. When your paperwork comes back, the gun officially belongs to you, and then you can take possession of it from your FFL. If your dealer has a range, it is perfectly legal to go shoot your gun, at his range (at least with an indoor range. don't know if this would work if you had to actually leave the building with the gun, to shoot on an outdoor range). But you can't take it home.

You asked if your dealer will have to hold on to it until you get a license. You don't get a license. You get a tax stamp and a transfer. You can't even start getting the transfer done until you've bought it. You need the previous owner's paperwork to get it transferred. So there is no need to worry about paying for the paper to be done and then losing the auction.

Make sure, beforehand, that you can legally own the gun. Also make sure that your CLEO will sign off on it. If he won't, have other plans made (corporation, trust, whatever). My machinegun-pusher had a MAC in his safe for a couple of years. Seems some damn fool ordered and paid for it, so Mark got it transferred to the shop, and then found out the prospective new owner had a felony on his record, and could not receive it. Since the jerk paid for it before it was shipped in, it belonged to him, but he couldn't have it. It was a mess to straighten out.

03-07-2009, 11:09 PM	#1
thomas berry Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1	short barrel rile im in the process of buying a sbr im bidding on it now my question is i know i will have to buy a tax stamp to own the rifle thats not a problem it will be shipped to an ffl who also sells sbr and full autos if i end up winning the auction will my ffl have to hold on to gun until i get the license which i dont have a problem w/ that or am i doing this all wrong i dont want to get a license then end up not getting the gun can anyone could give me some info that would be great or should i get my ffl have the m/o in is name instead of mine so it would be sold to him instead of me then get my tax stamp to transfer to me? any help would be great .THANKS.IF anyone has any info please contact me at hberry213@comcast.net THANKS!!!!!!!!! --> Last edited by thomas berry; 03-07-2009 at 11:12 PM..

03-08-2009, 09:14 AM	#2
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: short barrel rile Here's the way it works. You buy the gun, you pay for the gun, it gets "transferred" to the FFL. Once the paper comes back saying the FFL can have it, it gets shipped to him. Now you start the process of having it transferred to you. Until you get your paper back, you cannot have possession of the gun. It belongs to your FFL and has to stay with him. When your paperwork comes back, the gun officially belongs to you, and then you can take possession of it from your FFL. If your dealer has a range, it is perfectly legal to go shoot your gun, at his range (at least with an indoor range. don't know if this would work if you had to actually leave the building with the gun, to shoot on an outdoor range). But you can't take it home. You asked if your dealer will have to hold on to it until you get a license. You don't get a license. You get a tax stamp and a transfer. You can't even start getting the transfer done until you've bought it. You need the previous owner's paperwork to get it transferred. So there is no need to worry about paying for the paper to be done and then losing the auction. Make sure, beforehand, that you can legally own the gun. Also make sure that your CLEO will sign off on it. If he won't, have other plans made (corporation, trust, whatever). My machinegun-pusher had a MAC in his safe for a couple of years. Seems some damn fool ordered and paid for it, so Mark got it transferred to the shop, and then found out the prospective new owner had a felony on his record, and could not receive it. Since the jerk paid for it before it was shipped in, it belonged to him, but he couldn't have it. It was a mess to straighten out.