Gun Shipping

[Scrub Oak Willie]

  Want to send my RV's out for some work next month. Contacted " the man " that everyone say is the best ( and from what I heard he is ) . But I do have a question on shipping them out to him.
   He said to send them out UPS 2nd day air , but here is the problem I have , he does not have a FFL.  He told me since he is a gunsmith and does not buy or sell gun he dos'ent need s FFL. He has done work on other peoples guns and they sent them to him with no problem .  I don't think a FFL in my state (NY) would send my RV's to him if he dos'ent have a FFL . Am I being overly concerned    I sure if I tell UPS that there are guns in the package and I sending them to someone that dos'ent have a FFL they would frown  at that.  How would you go about sending them out or is it OK to send them to him ? If you perfer not to answer here you can send me a  PM.

Regards
Scrub Oak Willie

[Doc Shapiro]

You MUST send the handguns overnight (per federal shipping regs and the regs of the shipper), and you MUST also ship to an FFL.  That is the law.

I don't know who the gunsmith is, but the guns have to be sent to an FFL. 

Doc

[Scrub Oak Willie]

That is my understanding also . So I guess I'm SOL . Thanks Doc

Willie

[Wrangler Rich]

It is my understanding that in order to be a "gunsmith" and keep other people's firearms more than 24 hours, one must have an FFL. 

[Badlands Walker]

Can only ship modern firearms to a licensed FFL.  Period!

[Big John Denny]

It's been my understanding that all reputible gunsmits have an FFL. They log the guns in they receive for repair and send them back to you directly without having to do a 4473, the yellow form. As far as I can tell, there is no requirment for you to ship the gun to a licensed gunsmith through another FFL holder. As a general rule, I always send them a copy of my Driver's License and carry permit with the shipment for their records.

[gryffon2004]

The atf website says that gunsmiths have to be liscened and be able to fill out the paperwork for transfers.