Quote Originally Posted by javentre View Post
As soon as you give it to a gunsmith for work, he's going to log it in to his books - right?

I don't understand the aversion to shipping it to someone. UPS and Fedex aren't opening your packages, writing down serial numbers, and reporting them to the ATF. They really only come in to play if it's lost, which seems fairly unlikely.
Honestly, I don't know what the "real" answer is, or the "right" answer, I guess. But I know some guys that will only log a book in if the work requires them to keep the gun overnight. For outpatient type work, a lot of guys probably figure it's not worth the trouble to log the gun in. Right or wrong (read legal or not), it is what it is.

Of course I wouldn't ask some one to risk their business over that.