Originally Posted by
willyworm
You presume wrong. I was thinking long guns of the non-black persuasion. Guess I shoulda specified.
I'm not a "black gun guy" so I've never messed with shipping that stuff, but I can imagine all the red tape involved. So I now understand it's bad to ship AR parts she "guns" according to the ATF link Griffin posted, but just out of curiosity, does that apply to handguns as well? Could one simply separate the slide/barrel from the frame/magazine and ship?
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That is why I included all 3 long gun variants, including a bolt gun 700 Rem. I figured no need to include what the part on a mini gun that you needed to be concerned with when shipping one.
Pistols get into some grey areas. "Frames" are the serialized part of pistols.......but. This can get tricky in a hurry.
A revolver? The "J" portion of the frame with the serial number.
A 1911? The portion of the fire arm you hold and stick you finger through the trigger guard at. Generally referred to as "the frame" has a serial number and is the fire arm.
A Glock and some others have serialized parts all over them??? Slides, Frames, an in one instances trigger mechanisms. Well, the ATF has said that the "frame" like the 1911 is the actual firearm when talking about a Glock. But Glocks more so than many other firearms end up in Europe & other places in the world where the "slide" is the fire arm. That is why both are serialized. But as far as laws that govern us the "frame" or lower portion of the Glock is the fire arm.
But here is a weird one for you. A Ruger Mark series has a "frame" but it isn't the serialized part. The upper/tube that the barrel threads into much like a remington 700 action is the "fire arm"
My advice. Each individual pistol should be handled on a case by case basis. In the eyes of the law pistols typically hold a greater "evil factor" mainly due to hollywood in my opinion, but none the less pistols as a rule of thumb have many other laws that come with them as compared to long guns.
If you have any questions at all just send said item to a FFL holder.
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