FFLs who will ship guns?

[DeltaKilo]

I'm up in Longmont, CO and need to ship a rifle to an FFL for a guy, and the receiving FFL refuses to accept the gun without it being sent by an FFL. Anyone here know anyone here in CO who is willing to ship out?

[roberth]

5280 will but what about Grandpa's on Main Street or try Gun Sport in Boulder tomorrow, they are open at 9am.

[DeltaKilo]

5280 will but what about Grandpa's on Main Street or try Gun Sport in Boulder tomorrow, they are open at 9am.

Grandpa's refused. I'll check with Gun Sport in Boulder.

[Irving]

Why do FFL's refuse guns that aren't shipped from other FFL's? Why would they even care? Is it some kind of stupid job protection or something?

[DeltaKilo]

Why do FFL's refuse guns that aren't shipped from other FFL's? Why would they even care? Is it some kind of stupid job protection or something?

According to the FFL of the buyer of this gun, it's illegal for them to receive a firearm from a non-FFL. I don't know the law well enough to know.

[Great-Kazoo]

According to the FFL of the buyer of this gun, it's illegal for them to receive a firearm from a non-FFL. I don't know the law well enough to know.

no it is not. the receiving ffl is an idiot. suggest the buyer locate another ffl on his end, and or add $50.00 to the price for the hassle.
odd grandpa's guns will not do a transfer, they tout themselves as gun friendly??

[roberth]

This is a Gun Broker conversation on our topic.

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37388

The receiving FFL can accept or deny shipments from non-FFL sources, it is their discretion.

I always ship FFL to FFL, that way there is a paper trail of the shipment from me to my FFL to the other FFL.

[DeltaKilo]

no it is not. the receiving ffl is an idiot. suggest the buyer locate another ffl on his end, and or add $50.00 to the price for the hassle.
odd grandpa's guns will not do a transfer, they tout themselves as gun friendly??

They will receive, but they won't ship. Which I thought is weird.

Gander Mountain, it turns out, will do it, so I've tacked on the shipping and processing fees to the price and sorted it out. Still stupid.

[DeltaKilo]

no it is not. the receiving ffl is an idiot. suggest the buyer locate another ffl on his end, and or add $50.00 to the price for the hassle.
odd grandpa's guns will not do a transfer, they tout themselves as gun friendly??

That's what I thought regarding sending guns. I've sent before direct to FFLs, and have been advised before that it's perfectly legal. But this is the second time I've heard an FFL refuse to receive a gun except from another FFL. In fact, I got in a very long argument about it, including citing the ATF regs on it. Very frustrating.

[Great-Kazoo]

This is a Gun Broker conversation on our topic.

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37388

The receiving FFL can accept or deny shipments from non-FFL sources, it is their discretion.

I always ship FFL to FFL, that way there is a paper trail of the shipment from me to my FFL to the other FFL.

when you drop off a firearm at UPS or Fedex there is a paper trail w/out involving added expense of an FFL.
some ffl's ship for a moderate fee. if you don't have the time to get to a shippers hub, then yes it is worth the extra dollars.
I stipulate that any out of state sale requires their FFL to accept my firearm as long as a vaild DL is included.
YMMV