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This subject comes up quite often on firearms for sale.

I just sold a rifle to a shooter California. If the FFL in California will accept the rifle from an individual the sale is like anywhere else out that socialist/communist state. If the FFL dealer won't accept from an individual, you have to send the rifle through a pre-authorized FFL dealer here in the free portion of the country. In this case I had to drive quite a ways due to living in a rural area. That was all that was required.

Just FYI, for an FFL to be authorized takes the FFL about 15 minutes and then about 3 minutes to print an authorization to ship.

It’s unfortunate some decide to make it a big deal.

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CA FFL's will accept shipment from an individual as long as they send copy of their drivers license with wet signature.

some will. The one I sent the rifle to, would not.

It's just that easy.

I sold a rifle on the 'Fire to a member from California and it was quite simple. He had an FFL there that received it from me (shipped direct with my ID enclosed). It was no big deal at all. The trick (IMHO) is for the California buyer to scout out the FFL there that is easy to work with and knows the drill.

Then the buyer should have found another FFL. Simple...

It wasn't that simple.

FFLs are not all created equally

Ok, maybe not simple but there are a lot of FFL's in CA so it shouldn't have been that big of an issue for the buyer to find another one to save you the hassle on your end.

And that is how simple it is but when some people get an FFL, they invent reasons to not do things they can do and some charge crazy prices for a few minutes of work.

The guy was perhaps 90 years old. I looked up a 1/2 dozen FFL holders near him and let him choose. He didn't like one or two of them. The one he chose would not accept the rifle from me. I could have told him the deal was off, but it was my 416 Rigby that I wanted to sell and he had plans on going on his last African hunt. He wanted the rifle, but it was my responsibility to find a pre-approved dealer on my end.

Maybe FFL dealers should get the paperwork. My close friend who I do 99% of my business through said the paperwork was a pain in the back-side. (ass)

I'm posting this to let people know that sending rifles to the socialist republic of California isn't as hard as some believe.

Not Hard At All...I Dont Send Them...Lessons Learned Years Ago..

I've never had a problem receiving a legal firearm from someone out of state. The biggest hang up has been people just not willing to ship to CA, trying to get back at the state for it's laws or something and in the process throwing there brothers in arms under the bus.

Exactly! I would not be inclined to sell or ship to those individuals either.

Sellers not wanting to deal with Californians has saved me a ton!

I agree with most of what's been said here but the amount of misinformation on this is incredible. A little more than a month ago I sold a gun to a guy in CA and pretty much told him what has been posted here. But he had two FFLs in CA tell him that the seller also had to be a resident of CA. (in other words no guns can be imported to CA). I emailed the buyer a link to the state laws/regs but he said he couldn't find an FFL who would accept a gun from out of state. Might have been fibbing (buyer's remorse) but I let him out of the deal. With my luck something would have gone wrong with delivery and I'd have had a heck of time getting it straightened out.