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Postage of a firearm

#1 Post by hobbesy »

I'm selling a rifle and a potential buyer has asked if his RFD could check out the rifle and the condition of the barrel. I would be sending the rifle to the other end of the country.

I was wondering what the legality side of such a situation would be, would the rifle have to be taken off my licence to be sent from my RFD to his?
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Have a look at the post at the top of this forum the sticky distance sales covers the subject in detail.
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You are OK to 'leave' the firearm on your FAC until a sale has been decided as it is with an RFD, the recipient FAC filled in and at that point you can let your firearms department know.
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Also - make sure you are 100% clear on who pays for what before you agree to send it.

Otherwise if your buyer / RFD rejects it, you'll be paying the cost to get your own rifle back.

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#6 Post by ovenpaa »

Individual wrote:Also - make sure you are 100% clear on who pays for what before you agree to send it.

Otherwise if your buyer / RFD rejects it, you'll be paying the cost to get your own rifle back.

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It is not only FAC holders this happens to and I do know of an RFD who had to return a couple of rifles for a customer who despite having asked to view them refused flatly to pay for the return shipping.
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#7 Post by Mattnall »

Ovenpaa wrote:You are OK to 'leave' the firearm on your FAC until a sale has been decided as it is with an RFD, the recipient FAC filled in and at that point you can let your firearms department know.
And remember, should the sale go through you have to fill in the recipient's FAC, not the RFD.
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