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C&R Revolver to California question

capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
edited April 2011 in Ask the Experts
Can a private party ship a C&R revolver to a 01 FFL without special DOJ paperwork?
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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes. A private party can ship any firearm, not just a Curio and Relic, to a CA dealer without the DOJ shipping number because that regulation only applies to shipments between dealers. Keep in mind that you must be sure that the dealer will accept a firearm shipped form an unlicensed person. There are many FFLs around the country who insist on dealer to dealer shipping.

    Find out the dealer's policy before you ship.
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  • capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
    edited November -1
    One more question. Is a C&R handgun still a C&R if it has been engraved? What constitutes altering it from its original configuration?
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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Engraving won't make any differnce so far as it's classification as a Curio and Relic. It will save considerable time if you simply tell us what pistol it is that you are talking about and then we can give opinions based on what we know rather then guessing. Unlike general Discussion, you only get ten posts per thread in this forum so we like to get down to business.
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  • capguncapgun Member Posts: 1,848 ✭
    edited November -1
    Colt New Service made 1916.
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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Engraving won't matter nor will changing items like the stocks, sights or even replacing the barrel, so long as you stay with a length and caliber (I think that there were about a dozen) that was OEM. Turn the old Colt (for example) into a silhouette pistol in .44 Magnum and with a 10 inch barrel and you are no longer C&R.
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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    I'm going to pirate LL's photo to use an an example: Let's say that the pistol is over fifty years old and as such would be a Curio and Relic by definition. Modified to this degree it could not longer be classified as a C&R handgun.

    Joe, I hope that you don't mind my using your photo for this example.
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