Purchasing a rifle at auction question.

[ipswervy]

I'm going to try and purchase a rifle at a local auction. Will I need to have that sent to a local gun shop to pick it up or will I be able to take it with me if I have a LTC and not have a gun dealer be involved. Just need to know the right way to handle this if I do purchase one.

 

[MrsGungho]

I'm going to try and purchase a rifle at a local auction. Will I need to have that sent to a local gun shop to pick it up or will I be able to take it with me if I have a LTC and not have a gun dealer be involved. Just need to know the right way to handle this if I do purchase one.

it will still need to be run through an FFL. Check with the auctioneer to see how they handle that. Most will have a dealer they work with to handle this.

 

[snorko]

Three most likely scenarios.

1) Auction will have an FFL on site to do transfers. This is most common with large gun only auctions.

2) Buyer will have to pick up at designated FFL shop. Pretty rare but happens, especially with smaller auctions.

3) Surprisingly common. If it is a Single Seller auction, i.e. an estate, the buyer may just pay the bid and walk with the gun. Went to one like this this past weekend. Larger estate auction with household goods, etc. and about a dozen guns.

 

[ipswervy]

Thanks for the info, I hope they have someone there to simplify things.

 

[darend505]

Most auctions I have been to have a LGS handle the FFL.

 

[Enkrypter]

Why FFL this? It's legal to sell privately. Or is this some BS that because someone is selling on the behalf of someone else it can not be a private sale?