Selling a gun for the first time...

[BPTactical]

Basics have been covered pretty well.
Do not sell the party ammo for the weapon at the same time unless they are known to you!
You need to do a bit of CYA Dawn, especially given the atmosphere these days.
Take a couple of reasonable measures to ensure that the buyer is on the up and up.
As far as taking reasonable means to ensure you are not selling to a "Prohibited Person", this is where a bill of sale comes into play. A simple statement on it such as "I hereby certify that ________________ is lawfully qualified to purchase and posess a firearm and does not meet ANY of the criteria of a "Prohibited Person" as defined by BATF regulations.
Have them sign and date this statement. If it goes to court you have taken "Reasonable Means" to ensure that the purchaser is lawfully able to purchase/possess said firearm. If they balk at it, no sale.
Cover Your Azz.

[DawnPatrol]

Thanks for the input, Bert!

BTW, I'm still loving the trigger job you did on my XDm. It's awesome! I'm not selling that gun...it's my 'go to' gun.

[BPTactical]

Thanks for the input, Bert!

BTW, I'm still loving the trigger job you did on my XDm. It's awesome! I'm not selling that gun...it's my 'go to' gun.

Good deal

If Mama aint happy, nobodies happy.........

[mevshooter]

Make sure one of your dang headlights isn't out.

The guy who I was buying a gun from once walked up to me as a cop pulled up behind and started flashing his lights.

It was a really awkward first few minutes explaining what had happened...

[Dr_Fwd]

If I remember right, having more than two people present during the FTF sale makes it gunshow = Background check required.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Great-Kazoo]

If I remember right, having more than two people present during the FTF sale makes it gunshow = Background check required.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Correct[ish] 3 or more people in one place is considered a gun show.
Thank you sensible gun owners, for that one.

[anomad]

You can also check feedback/history from multiple forums. I use the same username on many forums and have a long history, as do others. Although my feedback got wiped out here, I have had many positive transactions.

[Dr_Fwd]

Correct[ish] 3 or more people in one place is considered a gun show.
Thank you sensible gun owners, for that one.

I know it's one of those "doesn't make any sense" laws - just wanted to make sure the OP knows about it.

[Scanker19]

Don't drive far for a sale if you decide to use armslist.

[ray1970]

Don't drive far for a sale if you decide to use armslist.

If it's your first sale, I wouldn't even deal with armslist. Too many weirdos out there. At least here you can do a little research on the seller. You can look at their posts and see if they seem normal as well as seeing what others have sid about them in the feedback section. You really have no idea who you're dealing with on armslist.

If anything seems fishy at all, call the deal off. Not worth the risk. I once backed out of a deal because the guy didn't have a local phone number and even though he said he lived in Golden he wasn't familiar with some of the major roads when I suggested a place to meet. It just didn't feel right so I called the deal off.