i need to know if there are anyway i can send my son a old black powder pistol if i take it apart through the post office i live in california and i need to send to washington?
2007-01-21 20:47:03 · 9 answers · asked by cindyinoakleyca 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
I'm not going to advise you on the law....this is not a legal advice forum and you need to get that info from the BATF and any state agency that may have jurisdiction.
Do not use the US Postal Service. Use UPS. Now, you need to go to the UPS station....not a UPS Store.
A Black powder pistol is not covered under the same laws as modern firearms.
TITLE 18 U.S.C. CHAPTER 44 SECTION 921(a) (16)
(16) The term "antique firearm" means-
(A) any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, Or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; or
(B) any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica- -
(i) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or
(ii) uses rinifire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade; or
C) any muzzle loading rifle muzzle loading shotgun, or muzzle loading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 'antique firearm" shall not include any weapon which incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breech-block, or any combination thereof.
27 CFR 178.11
Antique firearm. (a) Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; and (b) any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this definition if such replica (1) is not designated or redesignated for using rinifire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or (2) uses rinifire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
2007-01-22 04:06:09 · answer #1 · answered by DJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An antique black powder handgun is not subject to the same rules as modern handguns.
However, it is a complex area. Simply call the local post office, they will give you the straight skinny.
Generally, the only way a modern handgun can be mailed is from one Federal Firearms License holder to another. Cost is about $20 to $25. The other Federal Firearms License holder receiving the handgun then "transfers" the gun, via the federal paperwork to the new owner. This will cost another $20 to $35. You can ship your gun this way but it is probably not necessary. You do not have to disassemble the gun, antique or modern to mail it.
2007-01-21 21:51:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check with the post office, but I think you can if it is considered nonfirable. Plus I think black powder weapons are exempt to most of the laws established for modern firearms.
2007-01-22 06:10:57 · answer #3 · answered by Todd V 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just as a PS.
If you wanted to do this even semi-regularly you can get a collectors of curio or relic (C&R) firearms FFL ($30 for 3 years) - which will let you buy, sell, ship, etc. most firearms which are at least 50 years old or have collector or historic value.
This covers a large range of military surplus rifles - many of which make good hunting rifles - as well as antiques such as yours.
See http://www.atf.gov/firearms/curios/2001index.htm for more information.
2007-01-22 03:34:23 · answer #4 · answered by Jon W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can send it through the Post Office, but I would use UPS instead.
2007-01-22 13:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by mountainclass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be extremely excited about it, so excited that I would start shooting of my brand new gun like the looney tunes character, Yosemite Sam! I rode a bicycle yesterday, its been many years since I've ridden one, I think I was 10 years old last time I did, any who, it was quite fun. You should just steal your neighbors bike, strip the old paint and just give it a new paint job, I'm sure thats what they did to Lance Armstrongs bike when he came here to Sacramento.
2016-05-24 14:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not even think about approaching the post office with a weapon until you have talked to them ahead of time. I think that the post office is "federal", that is real jail time. To answer your question...NO.
2007-01-21 20:56:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
you may need to ship thru someone who has a federal firearms license. ask the postal service.
2007-01-21 20:57:12 · answer #8 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ask ATF ...Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms. They'll tell you how to do it safely and legally.
2007-01-21 21:08:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋