Idaho 45 Vaquero
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Over 15 years ago my Filipino grandfather passed away. He worked his whole life in the Philippine National Police. I recently learned that my grandmother still has his service pistol and doesn't know what to do with it. I want to bring it to the US.
The pistol is not valuable (its a third-world copy of a S&W K-Frame) and is very rusty in poor condition from being in a tropical thatched roof for 15 years. I really only want it for sentimentality purposes, as he relied upon that pistol with his life and used it on several occasions in gunfights.
I've heard that I need to fill out a ATF Form 6 from a Dealer to import it. Can I go through any regular FFL dealer? Also, how should my family in the Philippines send it so it can go through customs appropriately? Is all this worth the hassle? Has anyone else done anything like this?
The pistol is not valuable (its a third-world copy of a S&W K-Frame) and is very rusty in poor condition from being in a tropical thatched roof for 15 years. I really only want it for sentimentality purposes, as he relied upon that pistol with his life and used it on several occasions in gunfights.
I've heard that I need to fill out a ATF Form 6 from a Dealer to import it. Can I go through any regular FFL dealer? Also, how should my family in the Philippines send it so it can go through customs appropriately? Is all this worth the hassle? Has anyone else done anything like this?