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re: S&W 38 Special...operation identification...Advice on how to sell?

Posted on 11/4/15 at 10:49 pm to
Posted by dawg23
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Jul 2011
5065 posts
Posted on 11/4/15 at 10:49 pm to
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Thanks. If I sold it on gunbroker can I just ship it to an FFL from the post office?
Nope. Licensed gun dealers can ship via USPS, but you & I can't.

If you sell to an out-of-state buyer, you'll be shipping the gun to a licensed (FFL) dealer in his area. You'll probably have to ship it via FedEx - and they may make you ship it "overnight." (UPS has gotten really restrictive on shipping firearms - your local UPS store may not accept it).

The FFL who receives the gun will run a background check on the buyer (the buyer pays the fee for this) -- this protects you from selling it to a felon, or anyone else who is prohibited from buying a firearm.

You need to contact the local dealer and get a copy of his FFL before you ship the gun -- this is to make sure the place you're sending it to is really a licensed dealer.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39054 posts
Posted on 11/5/15 at 6:57 am to
I bought a gun through gunbroker and used a local FFL, but I bought it from a gun store so I assume they were an FFL. I thought about getting a trigger job done on it, but the overnight FedEx shipping was $100 (on top of the $365 for the reduced reset job). The shipping ruined it for me.

Hell, I may be better off a pawn shop with the shipping, PayPal fees, and I assume gunbroker charges a sellers fee.

This post was edited on 11/5/15 at 6:58 am
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