Quick question regarding AR lower sales

AR/M4 AR General Discussion
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As the title indicates, I finally have a brief question. :smiley:

Is there anything I need to do in order to sell a stripped AR-15 lower receiver to another individual? Would it count as a personal sale wherein no FFL need be bothered, or should I go through an FFL ā€˜just in caseā€™?

Thanks.

-B

2

As far as federal law is concerned a FFL would not be required as long as you sold it to an eligible person that resides in the same state you do.

3

Then the FFL would only come into play if he/we insisted on it, or if I sold it to someone out of state?

-B

4

I sold off a Spikes lower to a co-woker last year and to cover both of us I did up a ā€œBill of Saleā€ to show where the lower went. If the BATF/ local cops come to me because the lower was used in a crime then Iā€™ll show them the BOS. Itā€™s got the guyā€™s name and D/L # on it.

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5

i donā€™t even do bills-of-sale anymore. people like being able to have no paper trail leading to them and guns, so why the hell not let them have that?

6

Thatā€™s ironic, because itā€™s my Spikes Tactical lower I want to sell. :smiley:

Thanks for your help guys. Time to make my first post in the Equipment Exchange.

-B

7

Over the last 20 + years I would not even be able to guess how many guns Iā€™ve bought and sold. Iā€™ve never bought them with the intent to resale. I just always`wanted something else. Even if the feds came to me and said one I had purchased was used in a crime I couldnā€™t do or say anything other than I bought it, and either later traded it or sold it to buy something else. Nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical.

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Unless itā€™s someone who I know and trust, I also do a Bill of Sale in two copies (one for me and one for the buyer). If someone I do not know refuses to sign it, then the deal is off.

This is purely a CYA move. Iā€™d like to be able to tell an Investigator who I sold the gun to just in case itā€™s used in the commission of a crime.

9

Question has been answered.

I am closing this down before it gets silly.

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One small point. If you buy a stripped lower from a dealer you must be 21 not 18 (as it is not yet a rifle/ long gun) and you cannot buy stripped lowers out of state as far as I know unless you go through an FFL. Whether this applies in this situation, I am not entirely sure.