Firearm shipping question

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rugerdude

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I was thinking about the laws on shipping firearms and I was wondering, (about, say, a mossy 500) if you took the gun down to all it's basic parts, you could ship all of them but the trigger assembly (I'm not sure about the bolt).....but what if you took the trigger assembly apart (asuming you could do this without damage to the gun) would it be legal to ship without an ffl?

Basically, what is the single, one piece, can't dissasemble it part that makes you have to have an ffl to ship it?

This question is purely out of curiosity, I have no intention to ship my guns anywhere period.

thanks,
rugerdude
 
The receiver of a firearm is considered a firearm all by itself and must be shipped through an FFL when crossing state lines for sale or transfer.
 
Really? that's interesting..............but, for the sake of argument, could you cut the reciever in half and ship it to another residence with a very good welder. (I laugh at the thought of a welded back together reciever)
 
There are BATF requirements for torch cutting the receiver, including how much metal must be removed. It effectively prevents rewelding of the receiver. Saw cuts no longer meet BATF requirements.
 
Holy Cow! these questions are getting to be a regular.

My advice is to just follow the law.......do the right thing

I would rather pay a few $$$ more and keep my gun rights than try to save a few $$$ and get hit with a felony and lose my gun rights.
 
I was just wondering about the regulations. I have no intention of shipping anything (much less one of my precious guns) Just curious.
 
You can torch the reciever to ATF specs, then you are good. At that point, it becomes pretty much impossible to put it back together (and I wouldn't want to shoot it if you did), and can be shipped anywhere.
 
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