Rifle shipping question.

[VNK971]

I put a Lilja barrel on a .22LR rifle that is having extraction issues. Lilja wants me to ship the receiver, barrel, and ammo to them for the repairs. Barrel and ammo I have no questions about. Is an FFL required for me to ship the receiver?

 

[Bozz10mm]

Call Lilja and ask them. Usually when shipping a firearm to the manufacturer for repair, going through an FFL is not required. They should be able to send it directly to your house when repairs are completed.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, double check my work.

 

[GeorgeS]

No. You can even ship via U.S. Postal Service (registered & insured).

 

[rotor]

Assuming the receiver part is the firearm, in interstate commerce the receiver must have an FFL (which I assume Lilja has) to receive the firearm. Make sure your name and address are in the box, etc.

 

[Nightwatch]

Absolutely not through the US mail. Individuals may not ship ammo through the US Mail.

Here're some hints that may be helpful. https://www.freightrun.com/blog/post/ship-ammunition-faq

 

[GeorgeS]

I didn't expect him to send ammunition through thwe mail. His question was about shipping the rifle.

 

[Nightwatch]

RE-read OP...his question included the ammo.

 

[GeorgeS]

Barrel and ammo I have no questions about. Is an FFL required for me to ship the receiver?

"Barrel and ammo I have no questions about".

 

[Nightwatch]

Considering the outcome if he were to walk into the PO with ammo, specific info is worth posting details. Neither of you specified the intent to mail some of the items one carrier, some another. When dealing with the USPS, no credit given for honest mistakes.

 

[GeorgeS]

I answered the question asked. Move along now, Kevin.

 

[Nightwatch]

OK, Hiraldo...

 

[VNK971]

Thanks Guys. I guess I should have said more. I understand ammo needs to go FEDEX or UPS with the ORM-D stickers, or whatever it is now.

 

[VNK971]

I should have looked at the FEDEX and UPS sites too. Ammo can not be shipped in the same package with the firearm.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I put a Lilja barrel on a .22LR rifle that is having extraction issues. Lilja wants me to ship the receiver, barrel, and ammo to them for the repairs. Barrel and ammo I have no questions about. Is an FFL required for me to ship the receiver?

No, you can ship to manufacture or repair.
With no stock makes it a non usable firearm anyway.
You have to ship
Ammo separate and a special
Label. Shipping will have that for
You.

 

[cycleguy2300]

No, you can ship to manufacture or repair.
With no stock it’s not a firearm anyway.
You have to ship
Ammo separate and a special
Label. Shipping will have that for
You.

The receiver is the component that *IS* the firearm, not the stock.

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[TexasRedneck]

With no stock it’s not a firearm anyway.

Note to self.....don't ask Lonesome Dove firearm-related legal questions....

lol

 

[Glenn B]

It's not that complicated but with the answers given here I am surprised more folks do not wind up getting arrested for what they ship and how they ship it. Happy they do not get arrested just surprised they do not. Then again, we have all these rules, regulations & laws and no one enforces half, or more, of them; well, except for the UPS clerk when I try to ship via the UPS customer center in Texarkana, AR. She thinks knows everything and yet has been wrong every time she has told me something is prohibited for shipping and she argues with me about every other or third time I try to ship a firearm or ammo. She argues even when I show her the UPS regulations that say the items are okay to ship or are allowed to be shipped to whom I am sending them - like a C&R firearm to a C&R FFL holder in another state.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I’ve done it several times at the request of whom they were going to. Actually just received one back from having it Cerakoted. Laugh all you want.
Anyone read where the OP was asked to send the barreled action only?
The gun is partially disassembled therefor making pretty damn hard to use in this configuration. Meantime while Myself and others are ate getting their shit done others are ate wondering how to do it.

 

[TexasRedneck]

The gun is partially disassembled therefor making pretty damn hard to use in this configuration. Meantime while Myself and others are ate getting their shit done others are ate wondering how to do it.

Yeah....heaven knows it's impossible to shoot a gun without a stock, right?

 

[crosseyedshooter]

No, you can ship to manufacture or repair.
With no stock makes it a non usable firearm anyway.

The receiver is the component that *IS* the firearm, not the stock.

With my experience and research shipping firearms on eight separate occasions, it's a common mistake interchanging the terms firearm and longgun and handgun. My experience agrees with cycleguy2300; for the purpose of shipping it's important to understand which laws apply to firearms and which to handguns/longguns. The ATF legal definition of a firearm is the serialized frame or receiver.