My FFL did something new... why?

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My FFL never opens my firearms sent to him untill I get there..does yours...but i get 3 or 4 a month so.
Why are you being an AH dogtown?
 
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What happened to me yesterday did not sit well and I am curious? Why would he take the responsibility and liability of opening the gun prior to my arrival or outside my presence? How do I verify the gun he gave me is actually mine if I don't see the mailing label on the packaging?
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the easiest thing to do would be to get the serial# from the seller of the gun prior to him shipping it to you. that's what I did and when my rifle arrived I matched up the serial# to the gun and everything was fine.

I personally have no problem with an FFL opening my package and inspecting the gun. It is arriving at his store and he has to verify that everything in the box is legal.
 
As others have said, the FFL is legally obligated to register the gun in his bound book. No responsible dealer would skirt that based on the presumption that the transferee has some sort of innate right to open out first whenever he gets there. If your FFL skips the entry requirements, our make me wonder what other points of law he might be skirting with his business.

If you don't trust the FFL you have selected to do the transfer, to open the package and treat your property with the same respect he treats his stock, why are you doing business with him?
 
In my case, even if I'm able to make it in the same day the dealer gets the gun in & notifies me, I don't step out the front door to go pick it up UNLESS & UNTIL he also notifies me that it's logged in. That means he's opened the box (because he's very careful about regs & confirming numbers) & already gotten his part of the paperwork done before I get there.

Cuts down on the time I have to spend during the pickup transaction.
I couldn't care less about being the first to open the box, it's not like it's never been touched by human hands before. :)
I WANT it opened before I get there.

And I have no reason to distrust him for doing it.
Denis
 
Not the same gun

About 3 years ago I bought a POF 308 on Gunbroker. As usual I sent an e-mail to my FFL with the link of the auction. When I went to pick up the rifle the stock was not the same as the one pictured in the auction. I pointed it out to my FFL, he checked the pictures and agreed. He immediately called the seller who promptly accepted responsibility to ship me a replacement with a return postage.

After it was all straightened out we did the paperwork. I did get a replacement as promised and had no further problems.

It seems counter intuitive to do things as your FFL did it, but I wouldn't say it's wrong, just different and little confusing.
 
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Clearly I did not ask to see it first. Nothing registered to me as being "wrong" until he brought it out and I saw that it was already open. I'VE ALWAYS opened them myself in the past. I assume there's a good reason OTHER FFL's had me open the box myself... that way if there was something wrong/missing, it would be immediately clear that it was a factory or shipping error and not due to his actions.
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Allow me to clarify that, while my FFL has me inspect the firearm before I fill out any paperwork, he has already opened the package and seen the firearm. The BATFE requires that the gun be entered into his bound book if it's going to be on the premises overnight, and it's virtually guaranteed that I won't be able to get there the same day a gun arrives, even IF he can reach me by phone the moment the gun comes through the door. Typically, he won't be able to enter it into his bound book without opening the package to see what it is, verify the barrel length, and verify the serial number.
 
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