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My first thought as well. If buyer is in a commie state like CA, and the rifle has the evil features, the receiving ffl may not have the appropriate AW license required by the state to handle the rifle in that configuration.Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Is it some sort of convoluted Alphabet agency sting to get you to ship ?assault rifle? parts to a ban state or a state where all gun parts and ammo have to go through an FFL ? Kind of like the DEA got Tommy Chong to ship paraphernalia to a state where it was illegal?
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Aside from a little extra effort to ship two packages vs one, I don't see the big deal. And as long as you have cash in hand, I'd do it if the sale is important to you.
Maybe he can't get to the FFL right away and wants the upper. Maybe his dealer is away and won't be around for a few days. Some online companies do that all the time...ship stuff from an order to your home that you can receive and ship firearms from the order separately.
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I have made this sort of request before when I have bought a complete used gun because I wanted the upper but didn't care about the lower. The upper came quick to my house, and I could pick up the lower at my convenience, when I had the time to wait around for a background check. So for me, this request does not seem inherently sketchy, but I think it is fair to ask questions so you are comfortable.
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The guy could just be goofy.
I recently sold a vehicle to a guy that was borderline difficult to deal with because he was just generally weird and insistent on doing things the hard way for no apparent reason. If I was selling him a $5K vehicle I probably would have just told him to pound sand and moved on to the next interested party but I knew despite his quirkiness and odd way of wanting to do things that he was a serious cash buyer and since the amount was well over the $5K I mentioned above I just humored him and went along with it.
I?m in the camp as some of the people above. If you get your money and he eats the shipping for both items and you aren?t sending anything to a communist area where he isn?t supposed to have it then just roll with it. Maybe milk him for an extra $20 for your troubles to ship both items.
What brand AR are you selling? If there?s something on your upper that he?s after and cannot find anywhere else could be an explanation.
Sometimes simple solutions can also work.
If he ships to FFL, he may have to pay sales tax on a complete rifle as the FFL collects sales tax.
If it is just a receiver, the sales tax may be much much lower (what's receiver cost $75?). And since the lower is private sale, no-one is collecting sales tax...
Well unfortunately I think there will be no resolution to this mystery, because at this point it's safe to say I've been ghosted. I haven't gotten any reply since asking about his reasoning, nor do I know what state he was in, but I suspect that the state would have been a big clue as to his intentions. Oh well, saves me the hassle of what would likely have turned into an even sketchier deal. Thanks everyone for the reasoned arguments, I saw some good ideas here. My best guess is that he was in a restricted state and was trying to slide something through on the sly.
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http://www.ar-15.co/threads/9734-sic_semper_tyrannis
It is bad enough being ghosted on dating apps.... but this person took it to a new low...... being ghosted buying a firearm....
You haven't made, or attempted enough gun deals then.
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