That's surprising. You didn't have to pay a transfer fee to the FFL? Or did S&W pay it?kraigwy said:I can only speak for Smith and Wesson. I had a 642 that broke. I contacted S&W and they sent me a mailing label, pre-paid to fed ex the back to S&W.
Before I got notification that they received the gun, I got a call saying the gun was beyond repair, and they were replacing it, at no charge.
Since the new gun had a different serial number they had to send it to an FFL where I'd pick it up.
Didn't cost me a penny.
I can only speak for Smith and Wesson. I had a 642 that broke. I contacted S&W and they sent me a mailing label, pre-paid to fed ex the back to S&W.
Before I got notification that they received the gun, I got a call saying the gun was beyond repair, and they were replacing it, at no charge.
Since the new gun had a different serial number they had to send it to an FFL where I'd pick it up.
Didn't cost me a penny.
I also had to send my PPK to Smith under the recall, again, they sent me the mailing label, didn't cost a penny.
Other then that I don't know, haven't had to deal with any other.
Depends on the gun maker. Ruger, S&W and Springfield will cover shipping off the top of my head. Taurus will balk at covering those costs.