stripped lower, private sale, shipping.

[Wreaver]

I recently posted about getting ready to build my first AR. My buddy has a couple stripped spikes lowers and is willing to send one down. He's way up north, i'm down in clay county. since it's a private transaction in state does he need to ship to an ffl or can he just mail it to me? neither of us were a 100% on this.

thanks.

 

[firemedic140]

Private sale/ gifted no need for ftp. Just right a receipt so both are covered if anything happens to it. Stolen etc.

 

[JoshuaW]

A stripped lower is considered a pistol, I can't remember if that changes things.

 

[CountryBoy19]

A stripped lower is considered a pistol, I can't remember if that changes things.

Not exactly...
it's considered a bare receiver/frame. But on the 4473 it is treated like a pistol in the respect that you must be 21 to buy it because it can ultimately be turned into a pistol (or a rifle).

IIRC, IN allows a private sale of a longarm in IN to be shipped to the buyer with no FFL involved. I think the "receiver/frame" would fall in a gray area. I don't really have an answer but I suspect that it would be treated like a handgun and therefore cannot ship it directly to buyer.

 

[Double T]

Meet somewhere in the middle for a ftf, otherwise go thru an ffl to save any potential legal headaches.

 

[Scutter01]

If only INGO had a detailed FAQ that explained how to ship a firearm...


https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...6185-ingunowners_faqs_sticky.html#post1324458

 

[dice dealer]

it has a serial Number ......it's considered a gun .....

 

[Scutter01]

Not exactly...
it's considered a bare receiver/frame. But on the 4473 it is treated like a pistol in the respect that you must be 21 to buy it because it can ultimately be turned into a pistol (or a rifle).

The fact that it's a bare receiver is irrelevant. If it was papered as a rifle, it's a rifle, even with no parts attached.

IIRC, IN allows a private sale of a longarm in IN to be shipped to the buyer with no FFL involved. I think the "receiver/frame" would fall in a gray area. I don't really have an answer but I suspect that it would be treated like a handgun and therefore cannot ship it directly to buyer.

It is legal to ship both pistols and long guns from one Indiana resident to another. Follow the guidelines in the FAQ I quoted above. There is no "grey area". The law is extremely clear on the subject.

 

[Wreaver]

sweet so he can just ship directly then. sorry scutter. I probably should have perused more of the stickys and such before i started posting. forgive this poor new guy, lol! thanks for linking it though.

 

[Scutter01]

sweet so he can just ship directly then. sorry scutter. I probably should have perused more of the stickys and such before i started posting. forgive this poor new guy, lol! thanks for linking it though.

Don't let it happen again!

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I think we need some kind of collection of this sort of information on this forum. Answers to questions that are asked frequently. Trying to think of a snappy name for it.

 

[slimplmbr]

We could call it QAAL. Questions Asked A Lot.